I didn’t even wait to see whatever else it was she may have felt the need to say. When I was only a few feet away from AJ, Raven tapped her on the shoulder and pointed in my direction. She looked back at me and her face lit up, a smile so fucking bright it made my knees feel weak.
“Well, hello there, handsome.” She bit her lip and I shook my head. That move of hers had a direct line to my cock, I swear. That smoldering look in her eyes could bring me to my knees. “Please tell me you’ve decided to dance with me.”
I hooked her waist, pulled her body to mine, and covered her mouth with my own. She moaned into our kiss, and again I felt my cock jump behind my zipper. “You may have to drive us home tonight,” I whispered as I began to move my hips against hers. “I’ve had a few too many.” Her eyes fluttered shut, her neck arching, exposing her throat for attack. I leaned in and ran the tip of my tongue over the base of her neck, and just to our left one of the girls mumbled, my ovaries are going to explode. Followed by a, no wonder she’s pregnant.
“Rhett Jackson, you lied,” AJ whispered, and I leaned back in order to see her face. She was still smiling up at me. “You can dance, and you can do it very well.”
“It’s you, sweetheart,” I assured her. “You have the ability to make everything easier.”
“I see your old friend showed up,” AJ said without looking away from me, and I didn’t even give her the slightest reaction. “You’re all I see,” I assured her.
“Good answer.” Her smile widened. “You just might get lucky tonight.”
“Already lucky,” I said, giving her a matching smile.
“So cheesy but very sweet.” She threw her head back and laughed.
“I could have said, I’m getting lucky now and dragged you off to the office in the back. Where of course I proceeded to show you all my naked dance moves.”
“Yes, you could have.” AJ reached up and cupped the back of my neck, pulling me forward to bring our mouths closer. “Are these moves you speak of moves I haven’t already seen?”
“I guess you’ll have to wait and see.”
“No,” she stated clearly with a mischievous look in her eyes. “I wanna see right now.” Linking her fingers through mine, she dragged me off the dance floor toward the office in the back. As we passed, I offered the guys a wink. I was beginning to believe the things I’d heard about these pregnancy hormones.
Damn, my woman was eager.
Chapter Thirty-Five
AJ
I did my best to climb out of bed without disturbing Rhett. It was almost impossible to slip away from him when he pretty much wrapped his body around my own protectively every night. But I wasn’t complaining even a little; I loved how protected he made me feel.
I moved through the darkness of the apartment toward the kitchen. Nights had easily become the worst times, as it was next to impossible for me to sleep. Heartburn was a horrendous, torturous event, one I suffered from every night around the same time. It never mattered what I actually ate, it would hit me, leaving me wide awake and feeling as if my entire stomach, chest, and throat were on fire.
I quietly retrieved a glass from the cabinet and poured myself a glass of milk before walking over to the large window. The moonlight reflected off the water, and I lowered myself to the floor and pulled the blanket off the arm of the couch, securing it around me.
I knew without a doubt this very spot would be one that I’d never grow tired of. Maybe it was weird just how much it meant, but it held so many memories, and I only hoped there were many more to come. Memories of the two of us, holding our child, filled my mind every time I closed my eyes.
I’d managed to let go of the fears I’d felt when it came to Rhett and Harley. He was right; she was his past, and me and our child were his future. That worry inside me, the one that often left me feeling raw and irrational, was gone. And in its place was the most radiant and unexplainable feeling. I had never in my life felt as whole as I did right then.
“Hey, beautiful.” I looked away from the window and toward the sound of Rhett’s raspy voice. A silhouette of his body stalking toward me actually made my heart race in my chest. “Is it the heartburn again?”
“Yeah.” Just then, he stepped into the light of the room caused by the moonlight filtering in, and I feel my chest tighten. The man was absolutely gorgeous. “Just having my nightly glass of milk.” I held it up as if he needed a visual.
“Mind if I join you?” He was already lowering himself to the floor in front of me, placing one leg on either side of me so he could move in as close as possible. “Wish I could take on the discomfort so that you could sleep through the night.”
He lifted his hand to my face and moved away the hair, tucking it behind my ear. My eyes closed involuntarily because each touch from Rhett manages to take my breath away. To love someone so much and so deeply that whenever they show you that same love in return—it made it feel like you are free falling through the sky. I adored the feeling; I wanted it all day, every day.
“I’ll be okay after I drink this, I
