I breathed a laugh at the absurdity of that statement. “I want you more than I ever wanted her. Letting you walk away every day was like watching a piece of me leave. With Reegan, she was one of my best friends. I care about her, I loved her, but it never came close to how I feel about you.”
“Yeah?”
I nodded. “Yeah.”
“I know all of this didn’t go the way we expected, but I am happy about it. I always wanted more kids. My dream was to have four or five, but after Mikayla, I couldn’t imagine it.”
I tucked her hair back and cupped her jaw. “Why not?”
She smiled sadly. “Kyle was never really there for either of us. He worked, came home and did whatever, then went to bed. He wasn’t involved when Mikayla was a baby and never got more involved as she grew up. He used to say he didn’t know what to do with a baby. As she grew up, he said she liked me more.”
“If you’re the only parent there for her, of course she does.”
She laughed. “That’s what I told him. He just wasn’t all that interested in being a father. He felt trapped, just like I did. Trapped with me, trapped with a kid, trapped in a life he never wanted.”
“I don’t feel trapped, Casey. I want this. I want you, this baby, a marriage. I want to be there for everything. I want to go to appointments with you and hold your hand and get you ice chips in the delivery room and do everything I can for you and our kid and Mikayla for the rest of our lives. And if you want more kids after this one, I want that, too.”
Tears rolled down her cheeks. “Thank you.”
I wiped her tears with my thumbs. “What do you need right now?”
She looked up at me, fire and passion in her gaze. “You.”
I didn’t need to be told twice. I picked up the woman I loved and carried her to my bed. I laid her down, keeping my weight off her body so I wouldn’t hurt her or the baby. I kissed her, my cock hardening as her softness molded to my hardness.
Casey wrapped her arms around my neck and tugged at my shirt, lifting it inch-by-inch until she couldn’t pull anymore.
I sat up and yanked my shirt off, tossing it behind me, then helped her up to shed her clothes. Standing in front of me naked, I looked at the swell of her belly and felt a surge of pride and possession I’d never known.
“Mine,” I whispered, sliding my hand over her belly. “You’re all mine.”
“I am,” she said. “And you’re mine.”
“All yours, Casey. Everything I am and everything I have is yours.” I reached for a condom, but she stopped me.
“I’ve only been with you in more than a year. I’ve been tested, and I’m clean. You can say no, but since I’m already pregnant…”
I sucked in a breath. “I’ve never… I’ve always used a condom.”
“Okay,” she said, removing her hand from my arm and moving toward the bed.
“I… Being inside you without one might have me embarrassing myself.”
She chuckled. “I love you. You can’t be embarrassed around me.”
My dick surged at her words. “Fuck, I love hearing you say that.”
“I love you, Landon.”
My cock throbbed. “I need you, Casey. No condoms. Just us.”
“Just us.”
She laid back on the bed, and I pulled her to the edge. I kneeled in front of her and pressed her thighs wide to see her dripping wet and ready for me. “You’re soaked.”
“The man I love said he feels the same. It’s kind of a turn-on.”
“Then I guess I’ll have to tell you more often.”
