Total pages in book: 61
Estimated words: 56603 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 283(@200wpm)___ 226(@250wpm)___ 189(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 56603 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 283(@200wpm)___ 226(@250wpm)___ 189(@300wpm)
Jaelyn had been hit hard by morning sickness, so I didn’t even have her to commiserate with about how ridiculous Tyler was being. She stayed home since Rand insisted she was in no shape to be out and about. Tyler tried to tell him that he didn’t need to come help, but Rand had apparently been looking forward to the opportunity to razz his friend too much to stay home. After he’d made sure Jaelyn’s stomach was settled and she had everything she needed for a few hours, he’d shown up on my doorstep.
Hefting boxes down to the truck hadn’t stopped him from talking smack—much to my enjoyment since it served as my entertainment for the morning. Rand’s banter helped ease any tension between Tyler and me as we decided what all to pack up while the movers brought the bigger pieces down to load them on the truck.
“Nope.” I snatched two throw pillows from the discard pile and tossed them into the box I was packing. “These aren’t going to Goodwill. They’re coming with me.”
Tyler stared down at the box. “But they’re pink.”
I giggled at his horrified tone. “There’s hardly any pink on them. They’re mostly cream, and they’ll look great with your brown leather couch.”
“Yeah, Tyler. You can barely see the pink at all,” Rand agreed before walking off, laughing and shaking his head.
“If you really want the pillows, then I guess they’re coming with us,” Tyler muttered, ignoring his friend.
I rose on my toes to give him a quick kiss. “Thank you.”
“You’re welcome, sweetheart,” he whispered against my lips before deepening the kiss.
“How does it feel to join the ranks of the pussy whipped?” Rand asked as he walked past, carrying another box.
A deep growl rumbled up Tyler’s chest, making me giggle as I pulled back to ask, “Did you really call him pussy whipped?”
“Yeah,” he sighed as he ran one of his hands through his thick, dark hair. “I’m quickly learning how much of a mistake that was. He doesn’t let a day go by without reminding me of how dumb it had been for me to say it.”
Tilting my head to the side, I grinned. “I don’t know. It’s almost as though you tempted fate by teasing Rand like that, and look where you are now.”
“Damn. Now that you put it that way, it was smart as fuck of me to tease Rand about being pussy whipped if it brought you to me.” A wicked gleam filled his eyes. “Maybe I need to give him shit about knocking Jaelyn up so quickly next.”
I pressed my fingers against his lips before he tempted fate and I wound up pregnant. Then again, considering how often we had unprotected sex, it was bound to happen sooner or later. “We met two weeks ago, and I’m already moving in with you. Let that be enough, at least for a little while.”
“I guess I can stick with teasing him about taking a whole week longer to talk Jaelyn into moving in with him than I did with you. At least for now.”
My brain was still trying to wrap around the ease with which he’d talked about us having babies together to point out that they’d basically already been living together since day one. Not that I needed to since I was sure Rand would be quick to hold that little tidbit over Tyler’s head. Men would be men, after all. Including their strange rivalries.
11
Tyler
“Time to christen our bed,” I rasped as I swung Mia in my arms and stalked into the bedroom. All her stuff was under my roof, and it was past time to celebrate now that she’d unpacked the necessities. Everything else could wait until I’d had my fill of my woman.
“It sounds like a great idea to me, but we already christened this bed,” she pointed out with a laugh after I dropped her on the mattress.
“But it was mine then,” I pointed out as I began to strip out of my clothes. “And now it’s ours.”
“Ours,” she echoed softly. “I love the sound of that.”
After kicking my pants and boxers onto the floor, I climbed onto the bed and went to work on tugging the clothes off Mia’s curvy body. With all her silky, sun-kissed skin exposed, I leaned down and captured her mouth. Her body rocked against mine as our tongues tangled together, and the kiss quickly spiraled out of control.
I was desperate to sink my cock inside her, but I needed to prepare her first. Trailing my hand down her chest, I swiped my thumb over her nipple and groaned when it pebbled beneath my touch as she pressed against my hand and whimpered. “That’s the sound I love. The needy little noises you make when I’m touching you.” Gliding my hand farther down, I thrust a finger inside her pussy and reveled in how her hips lifted up to meet me as she gasped. “I’ll never get enough of them.”