“Yes,” she replied in a hasty breath. “A thousand times, yes.”

I grinned at her, pleased with how well behaved she was being. “Good girl,” I said, at the same time thrusting my full length inside her dripping pussy.

Our moans of ecstasy mixed together in the rising heat between us, her walls pulsing tantalizingly around my cock. I paused for a moment, savoring the exquisite sensation she brought me, then pulled out and drove into her again.

Scarlett’s hands floated up my back, fingers digging in sharply. The painful pleasure coursed down my spine and tightened around my balls, sending a fresh surge of blood to my shaft.

“You feel so fucking good,” I breathed against her mouth, keeping my thrusts to a measured rhythm.

I wanted to take Scarlett there steadily before sending her crashing over the edge. As difficult as it was to hold back, her pleasure was forefront in my mind, and selfishly, it was exactly that pleasure that made my own worthwhile.

We settled into a familiar rhythm, our bodies knowing the way without having to think about it. Although, this time there was something different about the way we came together. I knew what it was… making love. All the other times we were driven by our insatiable lust for one another, but now it was so much more than that. It brought a newness to the way she felt in my arms. Even her heavy breath next to my ear sounded different.

My whole body tensed with my looming climax, waves of pleasure rippling through me, all the way up the backs of my thighs to swirl in my groin. I grew even harder, thrusting into Scarlett with more purpose. She squirmed beneath me, her moans getting louder and louder as I pushed harder into her.

We clung to each other, writhing together with a shared goal. To unravel the knotted coil of our desire and come undone in each other’s arms.

Scarlett wrapped her legs around my waist, locking her ankles over my ass. Pressing me even deeper inside of her. I couldn’t pull out any longer, so I took to rocking against her. The walls of her pussy clenched threateningly around my cock, summoning me closer and closer to release.

“Oh, God,” she moaned into my shoulder, sinking her teeth into me.

Her body tensed up under me, and the tremors in her thighs told me it was time. I surrendered then, allowing the waves of my climax to rip through me unbidden as I rode Scarlett through her own rapture. She held on to me as though her very life depended on it, rocking her hips slowly as her body quaked and trembled its way back from its purest bliss.

I placed an out-of-breath kiss on her temple and whispered, “I could do this forever. If you let me.”

Scarlett gave a contented sigh, her eyes fluttering closed as she nuzzled against me.

“My answer is still yes,” she said.

Chapter 24

Scarlett

Therewasnoreasonfor me to be nervous. I’d been around Leo enough times for him to be totally comfortable with me. And yet, as I waited in the hallway, I couldn’t quiet the unsettling waves in my gut. It wasn’t morning sickness—that had thankfully subsided a few days prior.

“Scarlett!” Leo bounced down the stairs in his usual chaotic splurge of energy and threw himself straight into my arms.

Luca came up close behind him, wearing a slight scowl. “Why do you always have to be so rough?”

He tried to peel his son from me, but Leo’s arms were clasped tightly around my waist.

“It’s okay,” I told Luca with a light laugh. “I’m fine.”

I gave him a look that hopefully conveyed my innermost thoughts. He’d been overly protective of me ever since finding out about the baby, and no matter how often I reminded him that I wasn’t an invalid, Luca continued to treat me like a fragile piece of priceless crystal.

“You’re not fine,” he deadpanned. “My son is a hooligan.”

I ruffled Leo’s hair and crouched down in front of him. “What are we going to do about your grumpy dad?” I asked him with an emphasized air of conspiracy, knowing full well Luca could hear everything I’d just said.

Leo sniggered, covering his mouth with his hand. He loved a good secret, especially when it involved his dad.

He cupped his hand by my ear and whispered, “Maybe we should put him down for a nap and go play without him.”

Leo pulled away, his eyes sparkling with laughter. I joined him, swatting Luca’s overly-cautious helping hand away as I rose to my feet.

“We’re ready to go, if you are,” I told him, sparing a wink at Leo.

The kid ate it up. “Unless Papa’s feeling tired, then me and Scarlett can go by ourselves…”