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ChapterThirteen
Hallie
Chase held still inside me, and I tried to breathe. The feel of him filling me was so intense I could feel myself already teetering on the edge of another climax. Pure pleasure slid through me as his dark eyes stared into mine. My heart thudded, each echoing beat feeding into the sensations coursing through me.
“Hallie,” he murmured, his voice gruff and velvety.
“Chase,” I returned in barely a whisper.
He dipped his head, his lips catching mine just as he drew back before filling me again. My body moved reflexively, rocking into him as he thrust into me again and again. The slick fusion of our joining was all that anchored me at this moment as I spun inside. Sensation ratcheted tighter and tighter. His angle was just so that I could feel the pressure over my clit with each surge. The pleasure felt shocking, so good I could hardly bear it. I was chasing and chasing, my release rushing at me. He shifted slightly, reaching between us, his fingers teasing over my clit. I shattered inside as I cried out, shuddering so hard my mind went blank. All I knew was he was inside me, and I was holding him fast against me.
I felt him tighten, his body bowing before he shuddered roughly, and I felt the heat of his release filling me. He shifted to the side, staying inside me as he brought me over. I fell against him. The pleasure receded slowly, like the tide rolling out on a gentle day, each wave softer and slower. My body was pinging with sensation as I tried to catch my breath.
I could hear his heart beating against my ear where my head rested on his chest. I lifted my hand, shifting to bring my palm under my chin. His gaze was bemused when his eyes opened.
“That was better than I remembered,” he said. “I didn't think that was possible.”
I giggled. “Me neither.”
I felt the rise of his breath in his lungs. His palm shifted to slide up my spine, smoothing over my hair. I discovered I could stay there forever, relaxed and sated in Chase’s arms with his dark eyes on mine.
Several moments passed before he asked, “Is this the part when I find a way to gracefully get out of bed and leave tonight?”
I didn't want him to leave. Not even a little. I shook my head and decided to be honest. “I want you to stay, but what about your dog?”
“He’s with my dad. I thought that was best just in case.”
“Do you do that often?”
“Only when I know I’ll be gone for work. If I didn't come home tonight, I’d just tell my dad to go check on him, but I already asked.”
I didn't want to admit how much I liked that. The idea he’d thought maybe he'd be staying here tonight sent a curl of warmth through me. I dipped my head, pressing a kiss at the base of his throat.
“Oh, my god!” I gasped as Chase filled me.
“Look at me, Hallie,” he murmured.
I dragged my eyes open to find his dark gaze inches away from mine. Hot water rained down behind us as he held me in his arms. My back was pressed to the tile. We were starting our day off with shower sex.
He'd made sure we were just past the fall of water because, “Well, that messes things up,” he’d teased.
He nudged deeper inside me, and I came in a shuddering rush as he followed me over the edge. None of this felt awkward with Chase. That was something I’d remembered from our first night together. Perhaps it was because I'd given myself permission to let go, to be reckless. Although the boundaries I’d placed around us that night were gone, that unspoken permission was still there.
After our shower, we got dressed. It was only after I'd been exposed and stripped bare inside and out with him that we had an actual awkward moment. It was time for him to go, and I needed to get to work for a scheduled session at my studio.
Chase stood by the door, his eyes skating over my face. “I've got the doctor's appointment in my calendar. Should I meet you there? Or should we meet here, or somewhere else, and drive over together?”
Oh, god. He was going to a doctor's appointment with me. That was how thoroughly I could forget myself with him. I'd forgotten I was pregnant. I'd forgotten we had a doctor's appointment. I hadn’treallyforgotten. Yet I’d set aside the mundane details of what it all meant. I chewed on the inside of my cheek and felt a flush rising up my neck.
He tucked his keys in his pocket and stepped in front of me, lifting a hand to palm my cheek. “What are you worrying about?” he asked.
“Now? How much time do you have?” I managed to tease lightly, relieved that he somehow sensed my anxiety and the uncertainty threatening to undo me. “Why don't you pick me up at my studio? We can meet there and ride over together.”
“Sounds like a plan. Will you text me the address for your studio?”
At my nod, he leaned down. I thought he was just going to give me a quick kiss. But, oh no. Once again, he smashed my expectations to smithereens. A subtle brush of his lips over mine, a kiss at one corner of my mouth and then the other before he fit his mouth over mine in a commanding, devouring kiss. By the time he lifted his head, it was a miracle I was tingling all over and nearly a puddle at his feet.
“I'll see you then. Text me the three things.”
