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“Then after attending my class reunion six months ago, I thought perhaps I was missing a lot being so career focused. Maybe it was time to start a family. I started looking around for a relationship. So…my first foray into a romantic entanglement to gain a family life was a complete failure, causing me to lose everything.” She started crying again.
“Please don’t cry, Jessica. I’ll make it right. Whatever you want. Whatever you need.”
“I don’t want you to marry me because I’m pregnant.”
“Well, then I’ll have to marry you because I love you.”
Garrett clenched her tighter to his frame. He hadn’t said those words in a long time. He’d meant them the last time and gotten burned shortly thereafter. Jessica wouldn’t hurt him. She wasn’t Gina. I know that.
“What? You love me?” she asked in mid-sob.
“I do.” He meant it. He loved her. “I love you, Jessica.” He grinned. It was easier and easier to say each time the words came out of his mouth.
“Oh, Garrett.” She turned in his embrace, wrapped her arms around his neck, and kissed him like they were about to part and never see each other again. “I love you, too.”
Her whispered expression of love warmed his heart. They loved each other. He kissed her hard on the mouth, funneling his fingertips into her luscious hair.
It had been a long time since Garrett had contemplated the idea of children. Shockingly, the mere thought didn’t wither his insides with dread. Maybe it was because of his feelings for Jessica.
Another thought came into his head, wondering what Seth would think of possible fatherhood. They’d never spoken on the subject to his knowledge. He didn’t even know how Seth felt about children. The subject hadn’t come up before Gina screwed them over.
The bathroom door opened suddenly, knocking Garrett from his reverie. Speak of the devil. Seth’s voice called out through the steam still hanging in the air around them. “Is it too late for me to join the two of you?”
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“No. It’s never too late,” Jessica’s voice carried across the room like a sultry invitation, putting Seth’s libido into full arousal mode. Her tone seemed a little off—she sounded a little sad or perhaps very satisfied—but he couldn’t wait to take her in his arms.
Seth peeled clothing off as fast as he could as he walked toward the shower. Finally naked, he pulled the door open and entered the steamy space.
Once he got close enough, he could see they were arm in arm facing each other. He took one look at her face, seeing the recent distress in her gaze. He promptly punched Garrett in the arm. “I can tell that she’s been crying. What did you do?”
Garrett pushed out a deep sigh. “I forgot to use a condom.”
Seth’s eyes narrowed in shock. “You did…what?”
His best friend exhibited a look that Seth had never seen before. He looked a little proud of himself, given the shocking nature of what he’d done. “I got caught up in the moment. I jammed my cock inside her pussy without protection and climaxed furiously inside of her. It was awesome.”
Sex without a condom was something Seth had never, ever experienced, but wanted to. Garrett likely hadn’t either, at least until today. Seth glanced at Jessica.
Her sheepish expression was unexpected, until she said, “I forgot, too.” She paused dramatically, then added, “And unfortunately, I’m not on oral contraceptives anymore.”
Seth’s gaze dropped to her belly. The sudden vision of her swelling with Garrett’s child made him…extremely jealous. Not of Garrett, but of his own chance for fatherhood.
He hadn’t thought about the possibility of children since Gina, and she’d been vehemently opposed to procreating. Even Garrett hadn’t known about their ex-fiancée’s feelings on kids. Seth had buried his longing for children quite a while ago, along with that bitter relationship conclusion. The two of them hadn’t ever discussed fatherhood before or after Gina.
The repressed desire to propagate the world with his seed roared to life like a fire hydrant run over by a semi-truck. Likely crazy for a snap decision regarding this news, Seth moved closer to them with a singular intent. “I’d like the opportunity to have sex without using a condom.”
