Knot Intended (10 page)

Joseph returned carrying a red sleeveless dress Nolie had never seen before. “This will look great on you,” he said.

Nolie stared at the dress. He never bought her clothes. “Where did you get it?”

He grinned. “I went on a little shopping trip during my lunch break. I thought my gorgeous wife deserved a sexy dress for our night out.” He paused. “You know, sometimes I really do just stare at the news and wish I was fucking you.”

“Don’t wish. Do it.” Nolie pulled the dress over her head and smoothed it down. It fit perfectly. “We both need to work on making moves on each other.”

“Absolutely. I think today was a good start.” Joseph embraced her and planted a searing kiss on her mouth. Nolie quivered, her arousal already building again. When Joseph let her go, the lust and love in his gaze almost melted her.

“You look amazing,” he said in a husky tone. “Any preference on where we go to eat?”

“Wherever you want,” she said.

Joseph picked up the bundle of clothes and handcuffs. “We’ll decide on the way.”

As they started toward the door, Nolie glanced back and spotted her scarf on the floor beside the chair. She hurried back, picked it up, and smiled at Joseph’s quizzical look. “We might need this again,” she said, smiling. “Sometime very soon.”

He nodded and gave her a look that sent hot chills up her spine. “Yes,” he said. “Yes, we will.”

Epilogue

Standing at the stove, Nolie stirred her homemade spaghetti sauce and smiled as a car door closed in the driveway. Joseph was home right on schedule, and supper was almost ready.

After a few moments, the sliding door slid open and Joseph stepped through. He kicked off his shoes and walked over to put his arm around Nolie’s waist. “How’s my sexy wife?”

“Hungry.” Nolie leaned against him. “Almost ready. How was work?”

“Had to repo a couple of cars.” Joseph kissed her cheek. “After getting ranted at, I’m glad to be home with you.”

“I’m glad you’re here.” Nolie smiled. Three months earlier, she would never have dreamed she and Joseph would grow so close, even closer than they’d been in the early days of their marriage.

“I’m going to go change.” Joseph ran his hand over Nolie’s ass. “Maybe you can help, if you can step away from the stove for a bit. And if you aren’t too hungry.”

His suggestive tone and caress ignited something within Nolie, sending sparks along her skin. She shut off the burner and moved the pot to a cooler part of the stove. “Food isn’t the only thing I’m hungry for. Let’s go.”

“Race you.” Joseph swatted her ass and ran out of the room.

Laughing, Nolie followed and reached the bedroom just as Joseph flung himself onto the bed. Without hesitating, Nolie jumped onto the mattress and straddled her husband, positioning herself directly on the hard bulge in the front of his jeans.

She rubbed herself against him, and he moaned and grasped her hips. “Oh, hell yeah. After the day I’ve had, I need a good fuck with my beautiful woman. Do with me what you will.”

“Be careful what you ask for,” Nolie said in a teasing tone. She pulled her shirt off and tossed it across the room, then took Joseph’s hands and placed them on her breasts over her bra. “I think you need to get me more turned on before I give you what you want.”

“Demanding bitch.” Joseph squeezed one of her breasts. “I should kidnap you again. Then you’ll have to do what I say.”

“I’d like to see you try.” Nolie bent down and nipped Joseph’s earlobe. “Feel me up, babe. Make me nice and wet so I can slide onto that big cock of yours.”

“Ah. Now I’m liking how you think.” Joseph slid his hands around to Nolie’s back and fumbled with her bra clasp for a moment until it released. His warm hands on her bare skin added to Nolie’s arousal, and she shivered.

“You aren’t cold, are you?” Joseph asked.

“Nope. I’m hot as hell.” Nolie sat up and gave him a cocky grin as she let her bra straps fall from her shoulders. “I think you should suck my tits.”

“I think I should do that while you’re riding me.” Joseph fondled one of her breasts. “And I think we should both get naked. As much as I’d love to take all night with this, I want you too goddamn bad to wait. Besides, supper would get cold.”

Nolie stuck out her tongue. “Fucking me is more important than supper.”

“You’re more important than everything,” Joseph said, a serious expression in his eyes. “But food’s pretty important too.”

Nolie’s eyes watered. She’d been too damn emotional lately, and every time Joseph reminded her of how much he loved her, she got weepy. In the three months since their role-play adventure, Joseph had said and done so much to make Nolie feel special and desired she could hardly believe he was the same man who’d only recently been spending sixty or seventy hours at his job and the rest of his time eating or sleeping.

She blinked back the tears and caressed Joseph’s chest. “You have a good point. I wouldn’t want you to run out of energy. I guess I’ll have to ride you now and then persuade you to fuck me slower after we eat.”

Joseph’s eyes gleamed. “Again, I like the way you think. Get those slacks off, woman.”

Nolie’s pussy tightened. Even though they hadn’t repeated their role-play, since that night, Joseph had become more forceful in bed from time to time. And Nolie loved it.

She got off the bed and took off the slacks she’d worn to work. Without getting up, Joseph shimmied out of his jeans and shoved them onto the floor, then sat up just long enough to remove his shirt.

Nolie watched, her mouth watering at the sight of her husband’s muscled chest and arms and the slight paunch to his belly she’d always found cute. His arms were tanned from being outside, while the rest of his skin was pale.

He was the sexiest man she knew, and she was thankful as hell they’d remembered to focus on each other. This was the way she loved seeing Joseph, and until their adventure, she’d seen far too little of it.

With a questioning look, Joseph held out his arms. “Are you just going to stand there staring, or are you going to get over here and sit on my dick?”

Nolie’s heat and excitement was almost more than she could stand. She quickly returned to the bed and bent to kiss Joseph.

He ran his hand through her hair and gripped, holding her in the kiss. His tongue pushed through her lips, and with the other hand he rubbed her back and ass, adding to her arousal. With the way he held her, she could barely move, but that didn’t matter.

The kiss built in intensity, and Joseph maneuvered Nolie to straddle him again. She felt his hard cock against her pussy and moved to take him inside her.

He thrust upward, and Nolie gasped against his mouth as she started fucking him in the rhythm he set. He broke the kiss and found her nipple with his mouth, and the gentle sucking sent jolts straight to Nolie’s pussy.

She picked up the pace, and Joseph matched her. Before Nolie realized she was close to climax, her orgasm burst through her. Her entire body tingled, and she could barely take a breath. Her limbs went limp and she collapsed onto Joseph, her pussy still contracting around his cock.

Tightening his arms around her, Joseph kept fucking her through the climax. His breathing grew ragged, and within moments he cried out and shuddered beneath her as he filled her with his warm cum.

His arms relaxed, but he still held Nolie in place. She snuggled against him, breathing in the scent of his sweat and their sex, so relaxed she nearly fell asleep.

After only moments, though, he nudged her off him. She lay beside him and rested her head on his chest, and he embraced her. “I love you,” he murmured.

“I love you too.” Nolie kissed his chest.

“We can savor the afterglow for a minute before we eat.” Joseph let out a breathy chuckle. “Mainly because I don’t think I can move right now.”

Nolie laughed. “Yeah. Me neither.”

They were silent for a few minutes, and Nolie wasn’t certain whether she dozed or not. Curled up with her head on Joseph’s chest, safe in his arms, she felt only warmth and contentment. This was where she would always belong.

“This whole making time for each other thing has worked out well,” Joseph whispered.

“It has.” Nolie hesitated. She’d been waiting until the right moment to share something with Joseph, but she was running out of patience. And now was as good a time as any. “And it’s good that we’ve learned to put each other first, because pretty soon, we’re going to have another priority.”

“What do you mean?” Joseph sounded guarded.

“Nothing bad.” Nolie lifted her head so she could look him in the eye. “At least, I don’t think it’s bad. I’m pregnant.”

Joseph stared at her. “You’re…?”

“Pregnant,” Nolie repeated. She took a deep breath. She’d expected elation from Joseph. At least mild happiness. Not the dull stare and uncertain expression she saw. “Are you upset? I thought—”

“Upset? Hell no.” His frown gave way to a smile, and his face lit up. Tightening his embrace, he kissed her shoulder. “Surprised. Thrilled. Not upset. I told you that day in the hotel I didn’t care if I ‘knocked you up.’ I meant it. I didn’t know if we were ready, but hell, how could I be upset? God, a baby! When?”

His rapid-fire comments and questions made Nolie laugh. Relieved, she relaxed and put her head on Joseph’s chest again. “I’m about two months along. Do the math.”

“This is amazing. I’m going to be a dad.” He stroked her hair. “You couldn’t have said anything better, babe. And believe me, I’m going to give you and our little one all the time and attention you deserve. Maybe role-playing and other adventures will have to wait a bit, but I swear to you right now, being a parent isn’t going to stop me from being the best husband to you that I can be.”

Again tears came to Nolie’s eyes, and she sniffled. “And I promise you that I won’t let being a mother stop me from being your wife. We might have to get creative about working around sleep schedules and baby stuff, but I’m still going to put you right beside our child at the top of my priority list.”

“Good.” Joseph let go of her. “God, I’m so happy I can’t even say. But right now, my top priority is food. Let’s eat, and then I’ll take you out for dessert.”

“Sounds good.” Nolie sat up and patted her still-flat belly. “This little one already has a sweet tooth.”

“That’s because he or she has the sweetest mother ever.” Joseph grimaced. “See what you’ve done? I’m a total sap. I love you, Nolie.”

“I love you too.” She kissed his shoulder and got up. “Get dressed and let’s move.”

As she put her clothes back on, Nolie couldn’t stop stealing glances at her husband. The man she loved more than anything in the world. The man who, with one small suggestion, had turned their entire marriage around and made it better than before.

Loose Id Titles by Karenna Colcroft

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Knot Intended

Last Chance Tattoo

Karenna Colcroft

Karenna Colcroft is the alter-ego of a relatively shy and sedate wife and mother. She—well, her mild-mannered counterpart, at least—wrote her first story at the age of five, and was immediately hooked by seeing her imagination printed on paper. Throughout elementary, junior high, and high school, she continued writing, though was too shy to show her work to anyone. By the time she graduated college, she had written over twenty book-length manuscripts, all longhand.

In 2006, on a challenge from a friend, she wrote her first erotic scene and discovered a talent for erotic romance. She began posting her stories on a free site, where feedback encouraged her to continue and develop her skills. Karenna was offered her first publishing contract in January 2009. Since then, she has been published with several e-publishers. Please check out her Bookshelf and Coming Soon pages for more information about her books. http://www.karennacolcroft.com

Karenna lives in the northeastern United States with her two children, her real-life romance hero husband, and two cats, one of whom occasionally tries to read over her shoulder. Fortunately, the cat is over eighteen in cat years.