Page 74 of The Fire Captain's Unexpected Baby
Aaron leans down and whispers in my ear, “I know you can’t take much more, so come for me.”
That dirty command in my ear is all it takes to send me over the edge. The tingling sensation sweeps from the top of my head and spreads through my entire body. I shake and moan uncontrollably while Aaron keeps stroking me with his fingers.
It takes a second before my breathing returns to normal.
“You’re not done yet,” he says with a satisfied smirk at the pleasure on my face. I look down and see that his cock is still hard.
“Let me take care of that,” I purr.
I pull off the condom and sink to my knees in front of him, taking as much of him in my mouth as I can—which isn’t much. I wrap one hand around the base and take him deeper in my mouth.
For a minute, the only sounds in the kitchen are the slurping and sucking as I eagerly try to give him what he wants. When he tangles his fingers in the back of my hair, guiding my speed and depth, I know I have him.
He shudders and pulls my hair harder, pushing as far into my mouth as he can while spilling his cum down my throat. I swallow every last drop and keep sucking until he pulls back.
“Wow,” he breathes, the only word he can seem to get out.
“We could have been doing that all along,” I laugh sheepishly, knowing that it was my fault we were apart.
“I intend to do it many, many more times now.”
Aaron leans in and kisses me tenderly. It’s nothing like the hunger and the heat of a few minutes ago. This is deeper—this is a kiss that says we’re good together, that we can make it work, that we can do whatever we want to do.
I slip beneath a blanket in my skimpy negligee, and he zips up, pours two glasses of wine, and settles on the couch beside me.
“Where do we go from here?” I ask in a small voice.
“We’ve tried doing this without each other,” he reminds me. “And if I recall, we were both miserable. You were all I could think about. You and Noah. I would have even weeded your flowerbeds if it meant being close to you.”
“I’m sorry I let my fear get the better of me. Dating with a kid to think about is still so new to me. Hell, doing anything with a kid is new to me, and I don’t have a sounding board to tell me which idea is good and which isn’t.”
“You do now,” he says simply. “I want to take care of both of you. That is, if you can let go and let me in.”
I take a sip of wine to buy myself some time to think. He is right, I did think of him incessantly during the time we were apart. He’s great with Noah and clearly loves him. Why deny all of us a chance at a happy life?
“I need someone who’s going to stick around,” I say instead, a smile on my lips. “I need someone who’s going to run into aburning building to save us. I need someone with the tenacity to keep working, even when it seems impossible.”
Aaron listens with wide eyes, letting my words sink in.
“I needyou, Aaron.”
I lean in and kiss him on the lips, gentle at first. We brush our lips back and forth, but he eventually deepens the kiss. Our lips part against each other, and I trace the contours of his mouth with the tip of my tongue.
“I have always needed you, Paige. I just didn’t know it.”
Epilogue
Aaron
There’s something about this party that’s a bit reminiscent of the wedding that kicked off this whole domino chain. Paige and I planned a backyard party for Noah and his friends—mainlyourfriends.
Every time I see her across the lawn, I want to rush to her side and hide beneath the cake table with her again. Last time we did that, we were strangers. But we are much more now.
I could steal as many kisses as I want, run my hand up her thigh, and I know I won’t get more than a playful swat here in public. And something much,muchbetter in private later.
“Help me get these chairs out of the garage,” Zachary yells to me from the garage. It’s just enough to break me out of my reverie about how good I have it right now.
“How does it feel to be hosting a kid’s party?” he asks when we’re alone in the garage, trying to carry as many chairs as we can back to the yard.
