Page 57 of Bound By Love

I was mostly happy about it. I’d be an idiot if I believed I’d get over Will in a matter of weeks. Not after being with him for ten months. I’d never been with a guy that long, much less lived with him. I’d loved Will with everything in me. I wanted forever with him: marriage and children. Well, I’d have the baby part after all, except without him.

I didn’t want to be single for the rest of my life. The thought of never having sex again or a man’s mouth on me depressed me. The days following Will’s trip to Vegas, I’d wondered if I’d ever get my happily ever after.

Having Derek in my life has been incredible. I had renewed hope for the future. But that didn’t mean Will and what should have been our future didn’t haunt me. We were supposed to be together forever.

“I love the gray-and-white color palette. Do you plan to accent it with blue or pink after you know the gender?” Brea asked, pulling me out of my thoughts.

“Yup, that’s what I plan to do.”

“Are you okay? You’ve been off since we left Radiance. Before we left, actually. What’s going on?”

Now was not the time to mention Alastair. I wanted to discuss him with Derek before I told Brea about the incident in my office. I had a bad feeling about the man she had a crush on.

“Kitchen is clean.” Derek entered the nursery like a warm summer breeze. He came up behind me and snaked his hands around my waist, then rested them on my stomach. I leaned my head back on his chest, releasing all the stress I felt. “Hi, beautiful.” He kissed the side of my head.

“You know, I should leave you two alone,” Brea announced with a coy smile. “I’m going to call an Uber.”

“Gosh, I’m sorry. This is all new to me.” I rubbed my hand over Derek’s.

Brea blushed. “I can see that. I like it.”

“Let me take you home,” I offered.

“I’ll take her home. You take a bubble bath.” Derek practically enveloped me in his arms and buried his face in the crook of my neck. Tingles shot through every inch of my body.

“You two figure it out. I’ll wait in the living room.” Brea promptly hurried out of the nursery.

“I’ll pick up dessert.” He pulled away and turned me around to face him.

“Dessert?” I felt my face light up.

He smiled, nodding.

“Maybe I want to be your dessert.”

He cupped my face and looked at me with the sincerest eyes I’d ever seen. “You will be. There’s no limit to the number of desserts we can have.” In his next breath, his mouth crashed to mine.

Good thing Brea had left, or I’d be embarrassed right now. Instead, my hands moved over Derek’s ass, squeezing each cheek in a taunting way.

“Damn, I don’t want to leave now.” His lips brushed over mine. “But I will so I can get Brea home. It’ll build up delicious anticipation.”

“Mmhmm… I like the sound of that.”

20 Will

JUST A GLIMPSE—

I wouldn’t bound into Miranda’s life until Jason was behind bars. Nor would I make more empty promises. I just needed to see with my own eyes she was okay.

The guy, Derek, and his sister, Brea, stepped out the front door. She looked nice enough, chatting with him, a cheesy grin on her face. But Derek? I hated him. They got into his truck and left. I stayed put, willing myself to not jump out of the car and reclaim my girl.

I was glad I’d made the decision to fly out to Spokane. I’d only been in town an hour when Axel had called alerting me Miranda had almost been in a car accident. I was glad his biker friends were out here. Axel had known from day one where she was and hadn’t told me. Yeah, I was still pissed about it, but now I was here. Nothing else mattered to me.

Right now, I had one purpose: to see Miranda.

Her shadow appeared in the front room. I held my breath as my heart nearly stopped. Her hair looked longer as she pulled it into a ponytail. Was she going to take a bath? She never wore her hair up unless she was taking a bath or swimming.

My groin twitched, thinking of her wet and naked. I missed her so goddamn much. I hadn’t even jerked off, as a punishment for hurting her. I wouldn’t have relief until I was making love to her.

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