Total pages in book: 36
Estimated words: 34140 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 171(@200wpm)___ 137(@250wpm)___ 114(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 34140 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 171(@200wpm)___ 137(@250wpm)___ 114(@300wpm)
She frowned and then growled. “Yes! I am jealous. I hate it when women completely ignore me and slide their numbers to you. It’s so rude and offensive. I’m right there and it’s like they expect you to dump me for them, which okay, that could happen, but even still, aren’t we all supposed to be like girlfriends or something? Ugh, I don’t know, but this is a big deal, Carson. This is a baby. We never talked about a baby.”
He threw the test onto the bed and cupped her face, tilting her head back. “You’re right, we have not talked about it a lot, until now, so let me speak.” He quickly pressed a kiss to her lips, because he just couldn’t resist them, nor did he want to. “You and I … there’s no going back, Willow. You belong to me. You’re mine, and I will not let you go. I haven’t been using condoms because I want a child with you. I want to have lots of babies and to fill a house with the sound of their laughter. My luck, I’ll probably get screaming, but I want it all.”
“You do?”
“I know I’m not a good man. A good man would walk away right fucking now, and allow you to find a nice man, a man who doesn’t have people shitting themselves when he walks into a room. But I’m not a good man. I will never be a good man. I’m me, Willow. I will do whatever it takes to keep you, to love you, and to have only you.” He pressed his lips against hers and she moaned, wrapping her arms around his neck.
“I think I love you,” she said.
Carson broke the kiss and stared into her eyes. “And I know that I love you.” He let her go, reaching for the test. “I want you to take this. I need to organize all the necessary doctors to take care of you. I want you to be pregnant, and if you are, we’re flying to Vegas, and your ass is mine.”
Willow gasped. “You call that a proposal?”
“I don’t need to propose. You and I both know I’ll get what I want.”
She took the test from him. “I’ll take the test, but you’re not going to be in the room. I have to pee on a stick, and even though you don’t need or want boundaries, some of us do.”
He chuckled. “I’ve got no problem assisting you.”
“Boundaries. Toilet business is a boundary.” She shook her head and he watched as she stepped inside the bathroom. He moved closer to the door.
“Tell me what you’re doing,” he said.
“Are you for real?” she asked.
“Totally real.”
“I’m reading the instructions first. It says the test will take a couple of minutes to register and that it’s pretty accurate. Of course, it doesn’t use the words ‘pretty accurate’. Are you sure you want to know?”
“I want to know, Willow.” He put his hands either side of the door and waited.
Time seemed to stand still and it drove him crazy. He had tried to keep his life as far away from Willow as possible, but there were moments, like when he walked into a restaurant, where the owner quivered in fear. He couldn’t hide shit like that. He wanted to, but it was impossible. There was a lot he couldn’t hide.
Willow never asked questions, which he fucking loved about her. He never brought his work home with him. Gone were the days of changing his blood-soaked shirt in his home, or bringing his men to the penthouse to talk strategy. None of that shit was allowed to touch Willow.
He had changed his world for Willow. There was no way he would ever be able to step away from this life. He didn’t want to, and he’d worked his fucking ass off to get where he was today. No one was taking it away from him, but he would do everything in his power, even create war, to keep Willow safe.
She opened the door.
“We’ve got two minutes.” She pressed her lips together.
“Two minutes?” He took her hand and then stepped inside the bathroom. She’d placed it on the counter next to the sink. He moved in behind her and put his hands on either side of her body.
“What are you doing?” she asked.
“Well, I think if it says you’re pregnant, I get to fuck you as my reward,” he said.
She snorted. “And if it says I’m not pregnant?”
“Then I get to fuck you to make you pregnant.”
Willow looked at him through the mirror. “So it’s a win-win situation for you.”
“Baby, haven’t you realized by now, I don’t lose, not ever?” He kissed her neck and she released a moan.
The two minutes were a long fucking time and his dick was hard as a rock.