Page 129 of Hold Me Down

“Emma’s eighteen,” she points out, and I scowl.

“That’snothelping.”

Her face softens and she turns in my hold, pressing back against me and looking around our home. My arms stay locked around her, keeping her as close as possible as I breathe her in.

“Things have certainly changed around here.” She sinks against me and I just tighten my hold, burying my face into the space between her shoulder and neck. “We have the perfect life.” I grin against her skin.

“Yes, we do.” I kiss the sensitive spot on her neck, and move to her jaw, then her temple. “I love you all so fucking much.”

“We love you, too, Damien.” She wraps her arms around mine and squeezes, hugging me as tightly as she can as she backs into me more. Her ass rubs against my dick, immediately making my libido forget all about my emotional turmoil. “You are an amazing dad, baby. If Elijah really is trouble for her, then you’ll stop him. But I think we both know that’s not the case.”

“I see what you’re trying to do, and it’s not going to work,” I tease her, because of course, I’ll give in. Ashia knows that she runs this house, and if my queen deems that Emma can go to prom, then she goes to prom…but not without argument or unseen surveillance. “All you’re doing by grinding your ass into me is reopening our conversation from this morning.”

She snaps around and looks up at me with wide, feral, ‘fuck me’ eyes, despite her denial.

“Donotsay it out loud.” She points her finger at me, but I don’t miss the curl to her lip.

“Why not?” I taunt and tilt my head, knowing damn good and well who’s going to win this argument.

“Becauseeverytime you talk about having another baby, I end up pregnant.”

“Damn right, you do.” I can’t help it, really. Our connection is just extremely potent, I suppose. “You know, the boys severely out-number the girls, and we have two more bedrooms to fill.I’m sure we can get two at once again—” She places her finger on my lips, making me shut up.

“Don’t. You. Dare.” She raises an eyebrow and clenches her jaw so tightly that I’m afraid her teeth will crack, but only because she’s trying like hell not to smile from ear to ear. She’s failing. I move my lips down to her cheek and nudge into her until I make it to her ear.

“Admit it, baby girl. You love being full of my babies.” I kiss her temple. “You love seeing me hold their little bodies against my chest.” My teeth graze the shell of her ear, making her shiver. “You love our kids.” I trail my hands down her body and squeeze her ass, pulling her so close that she can feel my rock-hard dick against her stomach. “And most of all, youlovebeing a mommy.” I kiss down her jaw and onto her neck, reaching up to grasp her pretty little throat and force her to look at me as I pull away. “If you don’t want another baby…or two…why didn’t you take the nursery down like you said you would?”

She whimpers in the sexiest way, sending a thrill through my spine. Her tongue darts out to faintly grace her lips, but she doesn’t answer. She can’t, because we both know the truth. She’s not ready to be done with babies yet, and frankly, I’m not either.

I’m knocking up my wife tonight.

“You know, it’s been a long time since we’ve been on awalk.” Her eyes widen at my suggestion, and fire ignites in those ember eyes.

“Tonight?”

“Damn right, tonight. Everyone is preoccupied, the little ones are constantly being watched, and it won’t take me long to have you in the dirt, shaking beneath me,” I promise her. She presses into me even more and gasps softly, heating up beneath my touch. My girl is ready for me, and I never leave her wanting for too long. “Thirty seconds, little wolf, and I promise, I won’t keepyou waiting.” She crashes her lips to mine in a hot, searing kiss. Her body rolls into me before she barely pulls away. “One…”

My growl shakes against her lips, and she takes off, darting out of the kitchen, towards the back door. It only takes two strides for me to catch the perfect view of her sprinting down the hallway and out of the back door with her long, wild hair flying behind her.

I watch every step she takes, knowing that no matter where she runs, I’ll be able to find her. This one little glimpse perfectly portrays our entire life, how happy and excited we’ve lived. I’ve chased her through space and time, coasting through the ages to find her, and I’ll do so for eternity. Wherever she could go, I’ll willingly follow. I told her that she would never be able to escape me, and that promise is fortified by unmatched divinity. Ashia Morgan Hartleyownsme. We’ll hold each other’s hearts and souls forever, standing together as the epitome of love in the heavens. It may have started with glimpses of gold and impending nightfall, but it willneverend, and as I step after her, I become even more determined to prove it.

“Two.”

The End