the act in detail.
“Grace!” Stephanie blushed. “No.”
“How can you date a guy for two years and not explore him? You must have discipline made of…I don’t know what.” Megan was shocked.
“What about you, Charlie? You’ve known Ayden for ten years?” Stephanie looked to the other woman who was quietly sitting at the kitchen table now taking in the conversation.
“I…I…Uh.” Charlie wanted to disappear.
“You never?” Stephanie looked at her with relief and wide eyes.
“I’m not a virgin. I’ve been with men. Two, but not since I met Ayden. And even when I slept in his bed with him, he never touched me. I’ve never even kissed him on the lips.” Charlie swallowed hard.
“Well I feel so much better.” Evelyn let out a big sigh.
“Why?” Megan looked at her.
“I thought I was alone. I was thirty and a virgin. Of course, I hated men till I met Joshua, so I thought that was it. But apparently it’s about waiting for the right one. If Malcolm is that man, honey, jump on him. Marry him.” Evelyn smiled as Stephanie relaxed and blushed.
“And test the waters,” Grace cautioned.
“Yeah, you definitely have to fool around a little,” Megan agreed.
“But what if I can’t stop? I mean when I kiss him I get so tempted to do more that I pull away. He has the patience of a saint. He has told me all along that he will wait, promised to wait until we were married.” Stephanie blushed again. “I believe he can; he doesn’t even try. I don’t know that I can.”
“You have to be in control.” Evelyn nodded. “Your body and your rules, he will play it your way.”
Charlie thought about it. While listening to the women talking so openly about sex, she felt like she was in a dressing room again. God she hadn’t had sex in a long time. In her mind, no man could hold a candle to Ayden, and she hadn’t wanted another man since she met him. Her thoughts filled with the various fantasies she had come up with over the years. Then there he was, walking into the kitchen coming right for her.
“All right women, we are ready when you are.” Ayden looked at Charlie. She seemed flushed, her cheeks pink. Like a woman ready to be taken to bed. Damn he had to stop thinking like that.
“Charlie, will you hold Logan for me?” Grace passed her the baby so quickly Charlie barely had a chance to hold him, but she did. She held him straight out at arms length. She stood up and looked at Ayden with desperate eyes.
“Here.” Ayden adjusted the tike for her. “Just hang on. He likes to jump and scoot.”
“I don’t think I’m the best person to hold him,” Charlie whispered. She had never held a baby before. It seemed ridiculous, she knew that, but no one close to her had ever had a child. She cooed at babies in strollers when tourists took the backstage tour at the show, but she had never held a child.
“I’ll stay close by.” Ayden held one hand to the baby’s back as he stood in front of her.
Charlie looked at Logan who smiled and drooled at her. He grabbed a hold of her shirt and didn’t let go. He smelled so good, like a baby should smell. His curly brown hair looked like a Mohawk.
After a few moments, it seemed natural to have him there on her hip. She relaxed and cooed at him making him squirm with laughter. He was a cute little thing. He looked like Gray, and Gray looked like his daddy. Charlie wondered if Ayden’s babies would look like him.
“So what did they say about me?” Ayden watched her coo at the baby, and it tugged at his heart. He planned for a family someday. It was about time to start following through on those plans, but first he had to find a woman, a woman that would want kids. At least two, maybe even three. He couldn’t imagine Charlie giving up her perfect body, and the way she held Logan at first proved she didn’t take too well to kids. But she had stopped to play with the boys, and she seemed fine with the baby on her hip now. Ayden shook it off.