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“Nicholas, I’m coming!”
She spasmed around me, taking me off guard, but I was determined to hold out longer than that. I pulled back, set myself free for a moment, until she was done collapsing internally around me. She was taking a breath, and the surprise of my sudden reentry was worth the moments of listlessness when I was away from her.
Lara was very vocal, telling me I felt good, she loved me, needed me, the words just tumbled from her lips. I knew every minute thought and feeling that she had in that moment, and it was freeing because I didn’t have to wonder. I’d never been so sure of anything, but Lara somehow knew just how to make it all the way it was suppose to be. I tried to keep up with her, but my feelings for Lara were breathtaking and when I finally filled her with my seed, there was nothing left to give. I made sure that she got everything, every drop, every ounce of my soul, it was all for Lara’s pleasure.
When we came down from our new heights, neither one of us moved for some time. The window was open and a breeze was coming in, but I was burning up. I moved off of her and stood up, letting the breeze hit my naked body. Lara looked like she was going to need some time before she was ready to carry on. I knew that she was going to need longer than I wanted. I was still hard and ready for more.
Lara shook her head and said that I could just keep going. “What?”
“That look isn’t going to get you anything else.”
I agreed with her and said that I wasn’t looking for anything else. She knew that I was lying and kept her distance, but said nothing. It didn’t take long for Lara to decide that maybe she didn’t want to stay away. I loved that Lara was as into it as I was. She wanted me just as badly and it wasn’t long before she was back in my arms. She knew what was going to happen and still we got to have some fun. I got to touch and tease her all night long, just what I’d hoped for.
26
Lara
One year later…
Icouldn’t have dreamed that my life would turn out this way. After a little over two years of leaving Paris in defeat, I was now the talk of the town and loved visiting. I even had a flat in Paris, right down from my studio. I never thought I would live in Paris again, but now I didn’t know if I would ever want to live anywhere else.
Nicholas had made everything happen. He’d gotten my designs out, believing in me when I’d given up on myself. I didn’t know if I would ever be able to thank him for everything that he’d done. Our life together was one of fairy tales and the longer we were together, the more surreal it looked in hindsight.
We bounced back and forth between Paris and Bogalusa. My brother’s wife just had a baby, so we just came from visiting there. Ashley slowed down for a few weeks and joined us. She was dating a man she met in India and she was happier than ever. Life was better than I thought it could be and it wasn’t just Nicholas and I that were blissfully happy, it was our loved ones as well. Nicholas’s own unit had good luck sweeping through, with three of his friends getting married in under a year. Love was in the air all around.
My career had really taken off, and Nicholas was the one that got most of the props. I was the creative one that made these things, but he was the one that sold me. Nicholas was amazing in so many ways. I couldn’t help how lucky I felt. He had taken a dream that I’d given up on and breathed new life into it.
The meeting was about to start and I was in my head. I seemed to be there more than not, and most people just thought that I was making up some new and great creation. I wasn’t. I was just amazed that this was my life. I was about to meet with a huge brand that was going to start selling my clothing in all of their tens of thousands of retail locations. I couldn’t believe how wide my reach was in under a year.
Nicholas was sitting next to me, and he grabbed my hand for reassurance under the table. He knew that I needed him, but he didn’t want others to see. He was always so thoughtful. I didn’t want them to know that we were together, but I needed his strength. I was going to ask for an amount that I thought was ridiculous. He said that it was what the deal was worth, and I trusted him, but I had a hell of a big case of imposter syndrome. I still didn’t know how I had gotten here, especially after failing for so long. I had just needed Nicholas by my side and all of my dreams were coming true. Things were happening that I couldn’t have ever dreamed up. That’s how crazy it was. I couldn’t have even thought of this, no matter how hard I tried.
The company went for the number, even though I could barely keep my eyes on any one of them when I said it. It just seemed like too much. How could anything I do ever be worth that many zeros? Nicholas was encouraging and had nodded that I was doing right, but it didn’t feel like it. Then, they agreed, and I was floored.
Leaving the meeting, I didn’t know what to say. Nicholas always did though, and he told me how proud he was of me. It was another dream to add to the many that he had made happen. There was another dream that was new, but it was finally going to happen too. Nicholas didn’t know about it, and I was worried how he was going to react.
“I have something I need to tell you,” I started. We were walking to the car that had a driver waiting for us. Nicholas paused and asked me what it was that I wanted to tell him.
I could see the car, but the driver was still inside of it, and I was hoping that he’d stay away. I wanted to get it off of my chest. I think if I had to wait much longer, I was going to chicken out, and he’d find out on his own accord.
“What’s up?” Nicholas stopped walking and I was able to catch my breath. I didn’t know why this had to be so hard.
“I’m pregnant.” There was really no way to ease my way into the conversation. A woman couldn’t be a little pregnant.
His eyes lit up and there was shock, but more happiness than anything else. We’d not talked about kids yet, though I think for me it was always a given. For him though, I knew that his childhood wasn’t the greatest, so he might not want to have a kid. Many didn’t. The smile though, the beaming smile told me that maybe he was going to be okay with the news. “You are?”
I agreed that I was. I had found out a few days before, and it had been hard keeping it from him. Fear was what had kept me from spilling my guts. Now, I wondered what would happen next. Could life get any better?
“Why do you look like you aren’t as happy as I am?” Nicholas wanted to know.
“I just thought that it was a bit too much to ask, you know? I am too happy and now I am waiting for something to happen and take it all away.” It wasn’t healthy, these feelings, but that didn’t change anything.
He didn’t call me silly or say anything about how I was being dramatic. He just hugged me to him and told me that everything was going to be okay. He didn’t try to fix anything. It was like Nicholas just knew that I needed his arms around me.
We started to walk the rest of the way to the car and the driver opened up the back for us. Nicholas held my hand as we got in and all the way home. We didn’t kiss again until we were alone again and this time it was on the way inside our flat in Paris. The place was small, but cozy. It was also only a few feet from the door before we were in the bedroom. That came in handy now.
“I can’t believe what has happened today,” Nicholas said with a hint of shock in his voice. I knew that I was feeling the same way.
“Yeah, that meeting with Dontte was crazy. I don’t know what to think about any of it. I mean, can you imagine that kind of money? What are we going to do with it all?” I had literally no idea.
Nicholas waved me off. “I am not worried about the money. I am talking about the baby.”
“I’ve had a few days to deal with the baby, the deal with Dontte’s is new.”
Nicholas agreed that he needed a few more days to get used to it all. He started to kiss me and then I was the one that no longer wanted to talk. I could feel where it was all leading and before I knew it, the two of us were horizontal on the bed, showing each other without a word how much we cared. It was impossible, but every day I fell in love with Nicholas even more.
