I try to burn the image into my memory.
She holds my gaze as she drops down, and my mind goes entirely blank.
Somewhere in the haze of my subconscious, I’m aware of her groaning around my cock. I’m aware of the way the sounds vibrate across my skin.
I’m aware that she can’t swallow me whole, but she makes up for it with her hands wrapped around my base. I’m aware that her eyes water beautifully as she takes me to the very back of her throat.
A stronger man than me would have let this continue for hours. He would have basked in the glory of this moment for as long as humanly possible.
But I’ve never been a strong man when it comes to Maddison.
I grip her hair in warning, but she doesn’t move an inch, swallowing down my undoing without even flinching as star-filled darkness threatens to cloud my vision.
She sits up on her forearms with a satisfied smirk that I want to kiss straight off her face.
“Satisfied, are you?” I ask, though my voice sounds entirely wrecked.
Mia’s smile only grows as she hums happily, licking her lips. “I’m going to go clean up.”
I groan petulantly. “Don’t leave me.”
“I’ll be back in a minute.”
She goes to stand, and I make a show of dramatically lying back down, listening to her feet pad into the ensuite as I let the euphoria settle all over my body.
It’s never felt like this before.
No one has ever felt like Mia before.
That woman…this woman…my woman.
My wife.
Mine.
We could do this forever if we wanted. There could be something here beyond sex and obligation. It would be easy. There’s no reason for us not to now, not when I already have my heart halfway through that particular door.
“Leon?”
“Come back to bed,” I moan, missing her and missing her.
“Leon.”
I finally look up at her, and the smirk drops from my lips when I realize what she’s holding.
“I’m pregnant.”
19
MIA
The pregnancy test feels like lead in my hand. It's far too heavy for me to keep holding on to.
I hold it out to him, but he’s still staring at me, his face unreadable.
The nerves kick in as the silence stretches.
Because it’s my duty to sleep with him, my duty to provide an heir to the Prince’s Hand. That was always the understanding we had; that’s what I’d agreed to do.
