God, I love his sleep filled gravelly voice. “I love you too, Alex,” I whisper, turning in his arms to face him. I wrap my arms around his neck wanting to hold onto him as long as I can. “I have something to tell you.”
“What’s up, baby?” he asks, coming more alert as he leans his head back enough to meet my gaze.
“Pregnant.” Is all I could muster to fall from my lips.
Alex blinks, then does this again. I start to think he’s going to pull away from me when his lips lift as he grins. “You carrying our baby?” he asks.
I nod my head silently, pulling my bottom lip between my teeth.
“How much time we got before little man comes in here for us to take him to the zoo?” We’d decided to have a family day and take Alec off for some fun. Lyrica was going to join us later on after she got off work from the garage the club owned. She was working there as their receptionist. What she should be doing is helping them with restoring the older cars. It’s one of the many things she’s really good at.
“Um, not much, fifteen maybe twenty minutes,” I murmur, tightening my arms around his neck.
“Good, it’s gonna be quick, but I gotta fuck you, baby,” he declares, sliding a hand down to cup my bare ass cheeks. “Fuckin’ love when you don’t wear anything in bed.”
I knew this. He loved having easy access to be able to sink into me in the middle of the night if he woke up. Or I did, needing him to be inside me.
“I suggest you hurry then,” I tell him, lifting a leg up over his while leaning in to kiss him.
“Don’t worry, baby, I’ll make sure you’ll be able to feel me all fuckin’ day,” Alex chuckles, rolling me to my back where he proceeds to do just that by fucking me until I come twice to his once.
We were lucky to finish right before we hear the pitter patter of Alec’s feet coming down the hall as he calls out for his daddy. It was Sunday after all, which has become beignet day for those two.
“Faith, I hate to have to leave you and Alec, but something’s come up at the clubhouse. I gotta get there, see what’s up,” Alex grumbles as he puts his phone back in his pocket.
We’d just gotten home from the zoo when his phone rang. From the sound of his voice it wasn’t good and I knew times like this would happen. When club business came up, that had to come first. I understood this and I did, didn’t mean I liked it all the time, but that’s life.
“Okay,” I nod in understanding. “I’ll see you when you get home.”
“Baby,” he murmurs, grabbing hold of my wrist and pulling me into him. “You know I don’t wanna leave you two, right?”
Nodding my head, I give him a smile. “I know you don’t. This is part of the life.”
“Fuckin’ hell, the fact you are being understanding should make me feel better. Instead I fuckin’ hate leaving you and Alec after we’ve been having a good day.” Holding me in his arms, Alex leans down to press his forehead against my own.
“We’ll continue to have a good day later when you get back. I’ll fix dinner and get everything set up for a movie tonight, I’m thinking Die Hard,” I say, grinning at him.
“How did I get lucky enough to have you in my life? I don’t know who I gotta thank but I’ll do it every fuckin’ day for me finding you again and bringing you home where you belong. In my bed, carrying my kid, raising our family.” Tears begin to well in my eyes. “Telling you now, baby, this time around you’re not gonna be delivering this kid alone. I’m with you every step of the way,” Alex rasps.
I knew him hearing what I went through would affect him.
Rather than giving him a response with words, I kiss him.
Alex deepens the kiss briefly, then removes his arms from around my body. “Tonight, I’m taking my time with you once Alec goes to sleep,” he murmurs against my lips as he breaks the kiss. “Be back, baby.” Stepping away from me, Alex moves to Alec and lifts him up for a hug then leaves.
Sighing, I walk over to where Alec was sitting and sit with him. “Alright, kiddo, how about you and I watch one episode of PJ Masks before taking a nap?”
“Yay, PJ Masks,” Alec shouts happily.
It’s been hours since Alex left to go to the clubhouse and Alec is in bed for the night. I grab my phone ready to call him when the damn thing begins to ring. Worried it’s the unknown number again, I glance down to find it’s Alex calling.
Smiling I put the phone to my ear, “Hey you, what’s taking so long? You know Bruce Willis waits for no one.”
“You’ve been dodging my calls.” The voice on the other end isn’t Alex’s and my heart feels like it’s about to jump out of my chest.
“What do you want? Where’s Alex?” I demand.
“Where he’ll be unless you do as you’re told and come to me,” he commands.
“Where?” I ask immediately. I watched my husband nearly die once. I won’t do it again. I’ll do anything to make sure he’s safe.
“Hotel on the corner of Saint Philip and Chartres Street. Go inside and grab the key card under the name of Glacier, get to the room, I’ll be waiting.” He disconnects before I can ask any further questions, such as if Alex was with him.
Pulling the phone from my ear, I immediately call Tyres, not wanting to bother
