Page 42 of Surgeon's Surprise Baby
They played with the baby before her bath time and bedtime.He watched Aria with her, trying to remember what life without them had been like.Pretty damn empty.He wasn’t sure how he’d gotten so lucky as to now have a child and her mother to love.But he knew one thing.He wanted it all: Aria, Sophie, and a life together.Even marriage.The whole shebang.
Connor had convinced him that he’d been wrong to think what had happened in Afghanistan was unforgivable.He still regretted Casey’s death, and always would.But Connor had gone a long way toward making him believe that her death hadn’t been his fault.It was war.Terrible things happened during a war.Rationally, he’d always known that.But his guilt hadn’t been rational, it had been emotional.And since he was a surgeon he was accustomed to holding his emotions at bay.No one wanted a surgeon who lost his shit.So he repressed his emotions.But now things were different.He wasn’t talking about surgery, he was thinking about the rest of his life outside of his work.
Now he had to prove to Aria that he was sticking.And that they should be together.He knew she was still attracted to him.Hell, she’d admitted it.But she didn’t want a serious relationship with him, or so she believed.He could seduce her.He remembered exactly what had turned her on.But he wanted her to make the first move this time.He wanted her to want to be with him, not have to seduce her into something she’d regret later.
After bathing Sophie and putting her to bed, they watched a movie.He let her pick.He’d thought she’d go for a romance, or romantic comedy, but no, she picked a thriller.A shoot-’em-up, blow-’em-up exciting-as-hell movie.By the end she was snuggled up against his side with his arm around her.
“Wow, my heart is still beating double time,” Aria said as the credits rolled.
He looked down at her and smiled.He could no more stop himself from leaning down and kissing her than he could throw a two-ton truck.She seemed surprised at first but then she opened her mouth and kissed him back, and the next thing he knew, he was lying on his back on the couch and Aria was lying on top of him, still kissing him.He sank one hand into her hair while the other went to her ass to press her to him.
She didn’t resist.No, she responded enthusiastically.He was lost.Lost in her arms, in her scent, in the feel of her pressed against him.He wanted her naked.He wanted her in his bed.He wanted her to need him as much as he needed her.
“Aria.”He tugged on her hair so she’d raise her head.Her lips were swollen, her eyes heavy with desire.“I want to make love to you.”
Chapter Fifteen
Ryan wanted tomake love.Not have sex, or fuck, or any of the other ways to say it.And she didn’t have the heart to correct him.So she pulled his head down and kissed him.“Yes,” she whispered.
“In my bedroom,” he said.“In my bed.”
She rolled off him and got to her feet.He stood, scooped her up into his arms, and started for his bedroom.Was she making a mistake?Was she being fair to him when he wanted to make love and she still wasn’t sure what she wanted?
She wanted him.For as long as she could have him.Whether he stayed or not, she could have this time with him and her baby.Even if everything fell apart later, she’d have this time to love him.
He set her on her feet beside the bed.He stripped off his shirt and she pulled her own off over her head.She started to unzip her jeans but he stopped her.“We don’t have to rush.”He undid her bra and flung it away.Filled his hands with her bare breasts.“God, I’ve missed this, missed you so much.”He bent his head and licked her nipple then pulled it into his mouth to suck on it, caressing her other breast as he did so.
She let her head fall back and reveled in the sensations he was causing.Her hands went to his chest.Slipped over his lovely muscles, slid down to his jeans and his heavy erection she could feel beneath his pants.“Take these off.”
He stopped playing with her breasts and said, “You first.”
“Same time.”
They both stripped out of the remainder of their clothes.He took her down to the bed, holding her in his arms as he kissed her mouth with sensual intent.
How could she have forgotten how he made her feel?She hadn’t.She’d simply buried all those thoughts and feelings because she’d thought never to have them again.But here she was, in his bed, about to make love.Whether it was a mistake or not, she didn’t care.She wanted him, needed him in a way she hadn’t allowed herself in a long time.If ever.
She put her hand on his cock and stroked it.He groaned.“God, that feels so…”
“Good?”
“What’s better than good?That’s how you feel in my arms.Like you belong here.”
*
Aria froze inhis arms.Her hand dropped away from where she was stroking him.“Aria, I didn’t mean—”
She interrupted him by placing her fingers on his lips.“Never mind,” she whispered.“Just kiss me.”
Which, of course, he did.Damn, he’d almost fucked up.He hadn’t meant to crowd her.He suspected they’d be having a talk later.But for now he simply wanted to love her, make love to her, make her come screaming his name.
Or not screaming.But he was determined to make sure she enjoyed it.His hand slipped down, over her stomach, beneath the tiny panties she still wore.Pushed a finger inside her and felt her clamp around it.He continued to kiss her.Added another finger and she moaned.“Am I hurting you?”It suddenly occurred to him she’d told him she hadn’t had sex since before he left Denver.Not since she’d had the baby.
Aria rocked her hips up and tightened around his fingers.“Hmm.No, it feels so good.”
He left her lips and moved down to her breasts, taking the tightly furled nipples into his mouth and sucking.She’d always liked that in the past.From the sounds she made, she still did.He continued playing with her, adding his thumb to torment her clit.
“Oh my God.If you don’t come inside me… just do it.”
