Total pages in book: 96
Estimated words: 94012 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 470(@200wpm)___ 376(@250wpm)___ 313(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 94012 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 470(@200wpm)___ 376(@250wpm)___ 313(@300wpm)
Archie pulled me close and kissed my lips. “Can you stay here with me today?”
“For a while, sure,” I said casually, as if Archie Remington hadn’t just ruined me for all others.
“I have to pick Clancy up from school at two thirty. But other than that, I’m canceling all other plans to give you more orgasms.” He caressed my cheek. “I have to confess something.”
I blinked, my heart clenching. “Okay…”
“That whole thing with me not wanting you to sleep with Jason… It wasn’t just my fear of you somehow getting pregnant. I was jealous as fuck, Noelle. It hit me like a ton of bricks when I saw him here. While I’m sorry about the rash way I handled that, I’m not sorry you broke up with him. And I’m certainly not sorry it meant we got to have this experience today.”
I rubbed my thumb over the scruff on his chin. “I’ll never regret this, Archie. No matter what happens.”
He and I had sex two more times that afternoon, and still I yearned for more. He’d given me everything I wanted physically. My heart, though, still wasn’t satisfied because I didn’t know where Archie’s truly was. Now I was more terrified than ever of losing him.
Later that afternoon, after Archie and I picked up Clancy from school, he dropped me off at his mother’s. Despite my fears, I was on cloud nine, still very much drunk off the sex as I entered the house. I closed my eyes, leaning against the door and letting out a long sigh.
“Oh my gosh. You’ve gone and done it, haven’t you?”
I opened my eyes at the sound of Roz’s voice.
“What are you talking about?” I asked, attempting to play dumb, though I might as well have had the word SEX stamped on my forehead.
Roz laughed. “I might be dried up at the moment, but it hasn’t been that long. I remember what it was like to have that look on my face, and there’s only one thing it means.”
She knew I’d just broken up with Jason in New York, which made this so much worse.
“Roz, don’t judge me. I know that was fast.”
“Fast?” She cackled. “I would hardly call twelve years fast.”
CHAPTER 28
ARCHIE
“LIE DOWN AND relax. I’m gonna make you something special,” I told Noelle, though I was probably the one who needed to relax.
We’d just arrived back at my place after our third IUI appointment. So much was now up in the air, but I was trying not to let my anxiety ruin the day. Whenever I got nervous, I cooked; that was my therapy.
“What are you making?” Noelle called from the couch.
“It’s a surprise.” I wriggled my brows. “Although, certainly not as good as the surprise you gave me today.”
Today’s appointment had been so much different than the last. For one, Noelle had decided to join me in the sperm-donation room. Even though we weren’t allowed to touch, it’d been sexy as hell watching her massage her clit while I jerked myself off. Somehow the fact that we couldn’t have contact made it even hotter.
“I wish I’d had a camera to snap a photo of the nurse’s face when you told her you were going in with me,” I said from the kitchen as I prepared her treat.
The past couple of weeks had also been a distinct shift. Noelle and I had been addicted to having sex after that first day. What had started as putting our best effort into getting her pregnant had turned into something else entirely. Noelle spent almost every night at my place, aside from the days Clancy was with me.
I finally brought out the dessert I’d prepared. Noelle had cut out dairy and refined sugar recently because she’d read it might help reduce inflammation and enhance fertility. So I’d made her a pseudo-chocolate pudding with coconut milk, avocado, and unsweetened cacao.
“This is dairy free and sweetened only with agave,” I said as I handed her the parfait glass. I’d layered strawberries in the middle and placed a single one on top.
“This looks delicious.”
“Try it.”
She took a bite and moaned. “Wow. It’s incredible.”
I crossed my arms and smiled as she devoured it.
“Are you just going to watch me eat?”
“I love watching you do many things. Eating dessert is one of them.”
“You’re not gonna have any?” she asked with her mouth full.
“No. It’s just for you.”
She pointed her spoon toward me. “I can share.”
I shook my head. “There’s only one thing I want you to share with me today, and it’s not that.”
Noelle looked down at my crotch. “I can see you’re ready.”
“The past five days have been hard,” I groaned.
We were told to abstain from sex for three days prior to the insemination today, and it just so happened I’d had Clancy with me the two days before that, so it had been a full five days since Noelle and I’d had sex. But I’d arranged to work at the restaurant two hours later than usual tonight to allow us time together. The doctor said the most important time to do the deed was today.