a very active baby.”
Sav suddenly grabbed my hand without showing any signs of doubt and gently placed it on her swelling stomach. “It’s better if you touch my bare skin,” she whispered, giving me permission to lift her shirt.
I felt the heat tear between us as my bare hand rested on her skin. Suddenly, my heart began pounding hard in my chest as the heat rose from her skin through to me.
“I’m sorry about losing my shit earlier,” I apologised, shooting a pleading look at her.
“Let’s not.”
All of a sudden, as if Jellybean knew that it was time to interrupt Mommy and Daddy time, Sav’s stomach rippled as a strong thud vibrated from her skin to my hand.
“Holy shit,” I whispered, drawing my eyes from my hand to look at her. The moment our eyes connected, I felt our flame burn between us. We had unfinished business, and there was still the devastatingly powerful feeling of love simmering between us. I hoped my eyes showed the thousand unspoken words I was so desperate to say.
“Come to my place tonight and we can talk,” Sav spoke so softly that I thought I imagined it.
I hope to the heavens above that I didn’t.
Savannah
T IME STOOD still, everyone eyeing me with expectation. I was exhausted, overwhelmed, and scared of what my body was doing to me; the same body that was begging me to completely and utterly throw myself at Tate’s mercy. I had just gotten caught under the Tate Connors Effect once again and had invited him to my place later. What the hell was wrong with me? We had just argued and thrown accusations at each other and now all I wanted was him alone in my apartment. Damn hormones.
Jack’s eyes narrowed in on me in anticipation and hope. “Please come out with us, Sav.” He took a step towards me and lowered his mouth to my ear. “I missed you, Sav. We all have. Please come out, even for just an hour.”
My eyes bounced between Tate, Lucas, Tanzi, and Jack, their expressions matching each other’s. How could I say no? Tanzi had just announced that the party was moving to Red Velvet, and it was life or death that I made an appearance.
“An hour. You get me for an hour. I’ve got to go and rest this weary body. I need my bath and my candles.”
A glimmer of a smile flashed over Tate’s lips and I didn’t miss it. I noticed everything about him. I nervously ran my fingers through my hair as my memories flashed back to Tate’s and my adventures in the bath in New York City. Fuck, that had been hot, and my body still remembered every single kiss and caress and the way his fingers had taken my body to places I’d never thought existed. I was like a dog in heat. Pregnancy was causing my sex drive to go into the catastrophic zone. All I thought about was sex, and two months without it was killing me.
“I know exactly what you are thinking about, Sav. I know I am stepping over the line saying this, but thinking of the way my fingers were so deep in you has made the last two months bearable. You were amazing,” Tate’s voice hummed in my ear as he stood so closely that his scent caressed my senses. My eyes closed tight as heat rose deep inside of me. An impending explosion rumbled within me by a simple couple of sentences spoken from him. Arsehole . His torturous assault on my increased libido thankfully ceased as he stepped around me and slipped through the door and out to the foyer.
No, Savannah, you needed to talk and sort things out before you even think about having sex with him.
It was going to be a long night.
W ALKING INTO Red Velvet pregnant caused a wave of insecurities to blast through my body. I felt people’s eyes follow my every move as I made my way through the swollen crowd with my ever-swelling belly on full display.
“People are staring at me,” I spoke softly to Lucas, who walked beside me. His arm was draped over my shoulder, and I felt as he shifted beside me to look in the direction of Tate.
“If anyone gives you any shit, tell me and I
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