BlakeI buried myself in work, but there was always a constant ache in my chest. Until I had her in my arms, and only then did everything feel okay again.Our tongues twisted and tangled together. Aston’s hands twined into my hair and gripped it hard, like she was trying to keep me against her.We were like two fires raging, coming closer and closer together to meet and combust in a giant ball of pent-up passion. Our kiss was fierce, hungry, filled with longing that broke me apart before it started putting me back together again.When we finally came up for air, she smiled against my lips. “You sure seem happy to see me.”“Ditto.” I kissed the tip of her nose and then ran mine down its length. “I missed you, too. How are you?”Something in her expression faltered, but it was gone in a flash. “I’m surviving. Doing much better now that you’re here.” “Yeah? That makes two of us,” I told her. When she stepped out of the circle of my arms, I realized that she looked a little tired. Stunni

BlakeApparently, she was carrying my child. Stress was supposed to be bad for expectant mothers, I remembered that from sex-ed class or somewhere. “I can’t imagine bringing a child into all of this. With all that’s going on, even if I had thought about having kids and we had decided to have them, now wouldn’t have been the right time.”“Your family is in turmoil,” she stated. It was a fact, not a question. She didn’t wait for me to answer before she continued. “It would have been preferable for this to happen when everything with your family was sorted out and we were more stable in our own relationship.”There. That was what I was feeling. She just summarized it much more perfectly than I was able to under the circumstances. Fuck, I couldn’t even pinpoint it exactly until she said it. “I’m at odds with my brother. I don’t even know where I stand with him at the moment, but it’s not a good place. I have a mother I don’t even know suddenly back in my life, and I just almost lost my fa

AstonI still had a bunch of days off I could take, and taking them to be with Blake felt like the best way to use them. I had enough that taking a few days now wouldn’t interfere with the time I would need to go see the doctor for my checkups.Blake’s lips spread into a wide grin. “I was hoping you would say that. We’re going to have to leave tonight, though. Is that too soon for you?”“No, I’m still only packing for one so I can be ready.” I was already mentally going through my closet, deciding what I would need to take with me.He came over, kissing me as he gave me my plate. “Pack everything you need for a couple of weeks, just in case. There’s a doctor in Florida we can go see while we’re there. I met him with Doctor Richards at the hospital once."“Weeks?” I didn’t know if I had that much vacation time. Days were one thing, weeks were another. “I’m in. I want to be there with you for all of this, but if we might be away for that long what are we going to do about the management

Blake“The lack of screaming babies does hold a certain appeal,” I told Aston with a smile.“Not for long,” she said, in a sing-song voice. “Soon enough, there’ll be a screaming baby right here with you.”“Yeah, but he’ll be mine so it won’t be as annoying.” I’d heard somewhere that everything your own baby did was cute, even the stuff that irritated the crap out of you when it wasn’t yours.“He?” Her eyebrows lifted. “What if it’s a she?”I lifted my shoulders. “It doesn’t matter. I’ll be happy either way.”“You will?” She asked quietly.I nodded. “I will, I promise. It all just needs to sink in a little.”“Okay.” She sat back in her chair, looking around the cabin again now that we were in the air. After taking a few minutes to absorb her surroundings, she faced me with a serious expression. “You know, I never wanted money. I just wanted enough to get by so I wouldn’t have to worry like my parents did.”“You’ve done extremely well for yourself, Aston. Not many people can say that at

AstonAdjusting myself until I was positioned just right, every forceful movement of his hips hit my clit and sent shudders of pleasure rocketing through me. My hands flew to his hair, holding him close to me as he slammed our bodies together. I kissed him, clinging to him as I felt the first rumblings of my orgasm beginning to stir deep inside.Kissing him harder, my climax ripped through me. Starting in my clit, it raced through my body all the way to my gums. It was incredible. With my muscles clenching and pulsing powerfully as spasms rocked my body, Blake grit his teeth, following me over into his own bliss. His hips rocked as he found his release, twitching into me.When he was done, his chest collapsed against mine. His strong arms supported me as they wound around my back. Deep breaths feathered across my sweat dampened skin and the muscles in his back rippled as I ran my hands over them.Smiling against his forehead, I murmured, “I think we’re going to be doing a lot more o