31 Days of Summer (31 Days #2) (44 page)

‘You are,’ I breathed, as I wrapped my arms around
his waist and held on for dear life.

‘Baby, why didn’t you tell me? I have to hear it
from Brooke screaming like a crazy woman across a bar?’

‘She guessed when I refused alcohol today. I
promise I was going to tell you first, I was planning on doing it tonight. I
only knew for definite on Wednesday and was trying to gauge how you might take
it, you’re still rather complex you know.’ I heard him laugh and smiled.

‘He is complex,’ agreed Logan. ‘Congratulations to
you both, I’m really happy for you.’

‘Thanks, mate,’ Dan uttered, his voice choked with
emotion. ‘We can do the man hug thing in a moment, but right now I just want to
hold her and be sure she’s ok.’

‘I’m ok, I promise. Though lack of oxygen from
your tight embrace is becoming an issue,’ I teased. He slowly released his grip
on me, so I was just anchored to him by the waist as he gripped my chin and
tipped my head back to look at me, with some kind of awe on his face.

‘This is why you were being sick? You never had
the bug, you had morning sickness?’

‘Yes,’ I smiled.

‘How … how far are you?’

‘About three weeks, I was going to suggest we see
the Doctor back home next week.’

‘Over my dead body, you’ll be seeing the top
specialist in London and I won’t take any arguments, you know why this is
important to me.’

‘I do,’ I said quietly. ‘Whatever you need to make
yourself feel better I’ll do, I promise. I don’t want you stressed.’

‘I’ll be stressed regardless, Ellie. You have no
idea how sick with worry I feel right now, but I’m also swollen with pride and
love for you, you and my unborn child,’ he sighed as a few tears escaped his
lashes and trickled down his face. I reached up and brushed them away as I
started crying too. He moved closer to kiss me, a kiss filled with so much
tenderness and love that I felt my stomach roll over and over, then squealed as
a girlish giggle escaped me when he spun me around. ‘I’m going to be dad again.
You’re the best thing that’s ever happened to me, you know that right? God I
love you, Ellie Baxter.’

‘I thought I was the best thing that ever happened
to you? And you never tell me you love me,’ teased Logan. Dan put me down and
playfully punched him in the shoulder, before they grabbed each other into an
embrace and slapped each other’s back repeatedly.

‘You
were
the best thing to ever happen to
me, mate,’ Dan said as he winked at me over his shoulder. ‘You’re so damn ugly
it made it so much easier for me to pull women back in the day.’

‘You cheeky sod,’ Logan laughed as they broke away.
‘You’re damn lucky I didn’t spot Ellie first.’

‘You’re all about brunettes Logan,’ I reminded
him. ‘Especially one that goes by the name of Summer.’

‘Don’t remind me,’ he groaned, as he came and
hugged me. ‘You really do look pale and he did shove you against that table
quite hard, are you sure you’re feeling, ok?’

‘I’ll bloody kill him,’ Dan growled and made to
move back towards where the two drunk men were staggering up the street in the
opposite direction and Logan quickly released me and positioned himself in
front of Dan, as I grabbed his hand.

‘I’m fine honestly, you’re fussing over nothing.’
I gave him a warning look.

‘It’s not nothing to me, it’s my job to defend
your honour. I could have knocked his bloody teeth out when I heard him in the
bar and then when his mate shoved you, I really lost my cool.’

‘I’m surprised they’re not in a worse state,’
confirmed Logan, as he relaxed when Dan turned to face me and swept my hair
behind my ear.

‘I showed some restraint for Ellie’s sake.’

‘That was restraint?’ I looked at him
incredulously.

‘Yes,’ he mumbled, having the good grace to look embarrassed
as he flipped the passenger seat forwards and helped me into the back.

‘Logan, business must be really bad. You obviously
couldn’t afford a car with proper back seats,’ I laughed as I tried to get my
long legs in.

‘It was just me and my man out on the town when I
bought it. Until he went and got himself loved up, I never needed to fit anyone
in the back,’ he objected, as he climbed into the driver’s seat.

‘You’d better hope you don’t get loved up
yourself, this isn’t a family car.’

‘He’s already loved up, just won’t take that final
step,’ Dan laughed as he carefully put the seat back and looked at me for
reassurance that I was ok. I nodded, happy we weren’t going far, it wasn’t
particularly suited to someone as tall as me.

‘Just because you two finally got sorted, don’t
expect me to rush into things.’

‘Rush?’ Dan laughed, then clutched his jaw. ‘You
move slower than I do and that’s saying something.’

‘It’s complicated with my history and profession,’
he advised, as the engine roared to life.

‘Just what I thought, but when you find the right
woman, none of that matters. All that does is her and your family.’ Dan turned
to look at me with an ecstatic smile that melted my heart.

‘God, I thought he’d never leave,’ Dan sighed as
he closed the door and hauled me up against his broad chest. I smiled, our
romantic evening had been sort of gate crashed, but it was lovely to see Dan
laughing with his best friend and I was really fond of Logan, so I couldn’t
complain.

‘He’s lonely. Sure he sleeps with lots of women
for his job, but that’s not the same as being in love and having a family,’ I
reminded him.

‘No, it’s really not,’ he replied, with a firm
shake of his head, as he pushed my hair away from my face and kissed me
tenderly, sending a surge of happiness through my body. ‘And I
am
in
love, Ellie Baxter. Madly, crazily in love, with you, our unborn child and my
adorable son, who I’m kind of missing.’

‘Me too, we could go and pick him up,’ I suggested,
as I picked at his black shirt buttons.

‘I promised you a night of pleasure,’ he advised
as he kissed my neck. ‘Besides, you only have a two seater car.’

‘Shit, I do,’ I replied, as I curled my arms
around his neck and felt my skin crackle. I sighed, I was going to have to get
rid of Maisie, she’d be no use to me now in London with two children and I
loved that car.

‘You seem distracted, don’t you want sex? Aren’t
you feeling up to it?’

‘I’m sorry, my minds racing with all of the things
that I need to sort, but I’m definitely up for sex, and I can feel that you are
too, very up. Stay here, give me ten minutes and then come up, ok?’

‘O I’ll be coming up,’ he chuckled, ‘but tonight
I’m going to make it last a hell of a lot longer than ten minutes.’

‘Like music to my ears,’ I replied, as I made the
most of his soft lips and eager tongue and felt my body ignite. This man had a
direct power line straight to my core. Turning me on as quickly as the flip of
a switch.

‘Actually, is having sex a good idea in your
current condition?’ he asked. I pulled my head back to look at him amazed and
saw a mischievous twinkle in his eye.

‘Keeping my blood pressure down is the most
important thing and orgasms have the most amazing ability to keep a woman
relaxed and happy.’

‘Then I’d better make sure I give you plenty
between now and the birth.’

‘Hmmm, I think the rule is for life, if you want a
happy partner.’

‘One rule I don’t mind having imposed. Fuck, get
upstairs and do whatever you want to do, as I’m ready to take you on that
dining table again,’ he groaned. I laughed and pecked his lips, before
wriggling out of his embrace and skipping up the stairs. So
that
had
gone better than planned, I knew it was early days and his stress levels were likely
to increase, particularly nearer the birth, but for now he was happy, which
meant so was I.

Dan

I watched her disappear and went and poured myself
a small brandy. I didn’t often drink anymore, but right now I needed one. The
largest part of me was thrilled, but there was that small part of me that was
injecting terror into my veins. This was the fourth time I’d been told I was going
to be a father and I only had one child so far to show for it. Not exactly
great conversion rates. Surely my luck couldn’t be that bad? If Ellie thought
she was going to get through this pregnancy without me monitoring her every
step of the way, she was sorely mistaken. No man would rival me for the
interest I was going to show. I’d get Stuart to look up the best specialist for
me and take her on Monday. Even if it meant coming to London more often, I was
going to insist on more regular appointments and check-ups. I’d pay Mrs. McAdams
extra to be around more to help with Oliver and the cooking. If she couldn’t, I’d
hire a live in nanny who could cook, as well as a cleaner. Ellie wasn’t going
to be carrying anything heavy, or overdoing it. Not on my watch. I wasn’t
losing her or my child, not the way I lost Rebecca. I felt a tight band
increasing across my chest, as the image of her dying flashed in front of my
eyes. I downed my brandy and shook myself, I had to stop obsessing. I was so
close to dealing with my past, with my mistakes, with my guilt, that I couldn’t
give into the fear and self-doubt now.

‘Come and get me, big boy,’ came Ellie’s sultry
tone over the baby monitor in the kitchen. I chuckled with a smile and put my
empty glass down. Hearing her come would soon drown out my worries, I loved
making her come. I took the stairs two at a time, removing my shirt on the way
up and unbuttoning my jeans as I strode through the bedroom door way.

‘Fuck,’ I uttered, as my cock stiffened even
harder. I looked at her lying on the bed, she was propped up on her elbows, her
sexy blonde hair tumbling around her shoulders, wearing an emerald green bra,
that cut off just below her large nipples that rested on the lace cup. My eyes
travelled down her flat stomach, the stomach holding my baby, to a tiny
triangle of lace hiding that sweetest part of her anatomy, with three green
strings of material curving around each hip. She smiled and slowly bent her
knees slightly, pointing her toes and parted her thighs. My tongue darted out
to moisten my bottom lip as I saw a flash of pink. Damn it, she had crotchless
knickers on. What the fuck was she trying to do? Give me a heart attack today?
I reached down and grasped my cock through my jeans and squeezed tightly as her
lips parted and she let out a contented sigh.

‘I know you like accessible,’ she purred with a
wink.

‘I do, baby and I love how you’ve put a spin on
it.’

‘Come and take a spin on me,’ she offered as she
thrust her chest forwards, her breasts almost forcing their way out of the
small piece of lace supporting them.

‘Offer accepted,’ I grinned, as I whipped my jeans
and boxers down and my cock sprung free.

‘O Dan,’ she sighed. ‘You’re so gorgeous, there’s
not one inch of you that I don’t love.’

‘I have quite a few inches that are in desperate
need of some love right now,’ I confirmed, as I kicked off my shoes and ripped
my socks away, as I advanced on her.

‘Too many inches,’ she gasped as she watched my
cock bounce as I walked. ‘I swear you’ve grown since this morning.’

‘The thought of you carrying my baby in there,
it’s so damn hot, not to mention this sexy little number you’re wearing,’ I
growled as I crawled over her, kissing her soft stomach.

‘I hoped you’d like them,’ she whimpered as she
lay back on the bed and her fingers moved into my hair, softly tugging at it as
I circled her navel with my tongue.

‘With or without underwear, you’re still the
sexiest woman I ever laid eyes on, Ellie Baxter. I hope you’re not tired,
because I’m going to kiss my way up to those swollen nipples of yours and take
one between my teeth, before sucking it so hard and trying some of that milk of
yours. I’m going to kiss you, take over your mouth with deep plunges of my
tongue as I claim you, before kissing my way down to that juicy wet clit of
yours and teasing it with my mouth, until you come so hard you’ll soak that
lace barely covering your eager cunt. I’ll slide a couple of fingers inside you
to get you ready for my cock, as I work you to another climax as you’ll need to
be stretched and wet to accommodate me. Fuck, I can smell you now, you’re
already wet aren’t you?’ I groaned as that heady scent hit my nostrils. One I
could drown in, one that gripped my balls and controlled my brain.

‘Soaked,’ she mewled. ‘Please don’t tease me, I
love when you suck my clit and look into my eyes.’

‘All in good time,’ I murmured, as I made my way
up to her perfectly rounded breasts. I never got a look in at them with Oliver
around. Well tonight was my night. I dragged the tip of my tongue over a peaked
nipple and heard her gasp as she pushed it closer to my lips.

‘Dan.’ That one word, in that high pitched cry
made me feel so needed. I loved this woman more than life itself and to have
heard that dickhead talk about her the way he did, had made my blood boil. I’d
been ready to kill the bastard. I licked more firmly, her nipple swelling and
hardening. I couldn’t wait to try her with some nipple clamps. Maybe some
tweezer clamps with diamonds and pearls dangling from them, she deserved nothing
but the best. I wrapped my lips around it, as my other hand gently kneaded her
other breast, and sucked powerfully. She moaned and I felt warmth fill my
mouth. Damn that was hot. I pulled my head back, swallowed and suddenly
grimaced and she burst out laughing. ‘Not quite what you thought?’