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"You will not! Those things cost a fortune!"
"Then I guess it's a good thing I have the fortune to spend on new ones, isn't it?"
"I will murder you in your sleep," I growl.
"No, you won't." He brushes my hair back from my sweaty forehead, leaning down to press his lips to my crown. "You love me too goddamn much for that."
"I do love you, but I'm not talking to you right now," I mutter.
He chuckles and kisses my crown again. "Go to sleep. The books you've already memorized will be waiting when you wake up."
"I don't want to fail."
He smiles at me, shaking his head. His dark hair falls across his forehead, obscuring the right side of his face. It's gotten longer. He's gotten hotter. I still look at him and think, 'Damn. This man is all mine.'. It gets me every time. Which is exactly why I'm five months pregnant and six months into my final year of law school. I can't keep my hands off him and my IUD failed.
"When have you ever failed at anything?" he asks.
"There's a first time for everything."
"Not for this. Not for you," he says. "You're going to graduate at the top of your class. You'll pass the bar. You'll go to work for Jude Despora's firm and kick ass, exactly like you dreamed."
"How do you know?"
"Because we're End-Times, little one." He taps me on the nose and smiles, pride shining in his eyes. "We make our own rules. We decide our own future. And there isn't a single fucking version of it where I wouldn't bet on you. You're fearless and stubborn and goddamn terrifying when you want something. You'll do exactly what you set out to do because there is no quit in you, Jessie."
"Creed," I whisper, my face going soft.
"It's true. So snuggle your pretty little ass in, close those beautiful eyes, and go the fuck to sleep," he growls, nipping at my lips. "I'll wake you up when Madelyn gets up from her nap."
I wrap my arms around his neck, pulling him back down to me when he goes to stand up from the bed. "Or you could nap with me, and she can wake us both up when she's up from her nap," I say against his lips.
"You want me to nap with you?"
"I want you to hold me."
Even though I know he has a million things to do today, I know he won't tell me no. He never does. Because there's no quit in him either. He'll hold me while I sleep, and somehow still manage to get everything done that he needed to do today.
He kicks his legs free of his pants and then yanks his boxers back up before crawling into the bed beside me. I pout, but he just shakes his head and smiles.
"You're going to sleep," he says, reaching up to pull his shirt off over his head. He quickly puts it on me, yanking it down to cover me so Madelyn doesn't find us naked in bed and start asking a million questions we aren't ready to answer.
"You're really taking the fun out of this nap," I mutter, snuggling up against him when he pulls me down into his arms.
"That's because I have plans for you later, Jessie baby." His hand creeps down my belly, pausing for a moment over my bump. My heart flutters. And then he continues south, thrusting his hand between my legs to cup my center. "Go to sleep so I can keep you up tonigh,t choking on my cock."
I obediently slam my eyes closed, making him laugh quietly.
"Good girl," he mutters, pressing his lips to my shoulder.
I smile…and sleep.
