Phoenix's Heart (5 page)

Jennifer stared into his midnight blue eyes, and the light blue ring around his
pupils. “You're really an incubus?” He nodded. “What will happen to our baby?”

Phoenix looked down and touched
her abdomen again. “Are you sure you want to keep a demon spawn?” She gasped, and wondered if he read her mind.

“I want to keep it no matter what
. It's mine.” She moved his hand and placed her hands protectively over her abdomen.

“Then there are things you need to know. Our child will need me. I will have to show it how to feed without killing. But we don't have to worry about that until it is a te
enager.” Her heart jumped when he said, 'our child.'

“Our child?” She asked and looked
up into his midnight blue eyes.

A slow smile appeared
on his beautiful face. “Yes, ours.” She searched his eyes and what she saw shocked her. He truly cared. There was a loud knock at the door and it made her jump. “We'll talk later.” He kissed her forehead, and electricity ran through her body. She looked up to see if he felt it and he smiled. “I will tell you whatever you want to know later, I promise.”

“I'll be at my desk.” She walked to the door and opened
it to find a beautiful red head with piercing dark green eyes.

“You must be the new temp.” She
smiled.

Jennifer shook
her head. “No ma'am, I’m not a temp.”

The red head
’s smile grew wider. “We'll see.” She looked past Jennifer to Phoenix and her face lit up. “Hello Phoenix.” She purred and Jennifer felt like she was going to throw up…again.

“Hello Melissa.” She bumped
into Jennifer’s shoulder as she passed and she looked over her shoulder to watch Phoenix glaring at Melissa. “Ms. Cruz, please close the door behind you.” Jennifer nodded but didn’t miss Melissa’s self-satisfied look that was plastered on her face.

She closed the door and walked to her desk. She had no claim on Phoenix, so why was
she feeling so jealous?

***

Phoenix knew that Melissa had a thing for him, and he had thought about feeding on her. She was beautiful; with her deep red hair and dark green eyes; but he had a rule not to mix business with his pleasure. And now there is Jennifer. Melissa smiled her perfect white smile and walked towards him.

“Melissa
, what can I do for you?” She was in charge of his marketing department.

“Just wanted to give you the ads tha
t we will be running.” She handed him a large folder and he opened it up. The ad was what he told her he wanted.

“Great.” He looked up at her and she was
smiling at him.

“So how about we go out for a few drinks?” Melissa
tucked a piece of her red hair behind her ears.

He tasted sexual
energy radiating off of her and knew she would have made a perfect feeding, but his mind took him back to Jennifer. She was going to have his baby. He didn’t know if she should be happy or terrified that she was carrying his baby. He wouldn’t let his heart open for Jennifer, not for a human. “I already have plans for tonight.” He needed to call Max, and get him to check on Jennifer.

She looked disappointed as she nodded.
“Of course you do.”

He pulled out his phone to text Max.

Jennifer works for me, and she is pregnant.

WHAT?
Max responded right away. They knew that if either of them were with the same woman more than once they would start to drain their souls.

I need you to meet me at my house. I want you to check her.
Phoenix wanted to know if she would be okay. He wouldn’t be able to live with himself if he were the reason for her pain.

Yeah
, you know I have your back.

Thanks Max.
He put his phone back into his jacket pocket then he looked back at Melissa, and grinned. “I'm sorry about that. Let's go over the marketing plan.” He motioned for her to sit in the chair across from him.

Chapter Four

Jennifer looked at the time and it was
almost time to leave. Melissa had been in Phoenix's office for four hours. She wanted to barge in there and tell Melissa to leave him alone, that he was hers. She reached for her purse and started gathering her things. She wasn't going to wait for him; she was tired and didn’t feel good. She stood up and started to walk away until she heard a door open and a woman’s laughter.

“Phoenix, you must let me tak
e you to dinner.” Jennifer wanted to run out of the office and go home. But she felt Phoenix's eyes on her back. Slowly she turned around and smiled at Phoenix and Melissa.

“I won't have time for tha
t. But thank you.” Melissa took a white card and put it in his shirt pocket.

“Here is my number if you change you
r mind.” She patted his chest and he smiled. Jennifer wanted to rip her arm off.

“Thank you
, Melissa.”

“See you later.” Melissa turned around and her smile
faltered when she saw Jennifer waiting. She just glared at Jennifer as she walked by, but this time she didn't bump into her.

“Does she know that you catch more flies with hon
ey than with vinegar?” He laughed and his smile wrapped around her. “How do you do that?”

His smile fel
l. “Sorry it's part of my charm. I can pull any woman in.” She put her hands on her hips.

“Di
d you do that to me?” He looked down and she was getting angry.

“A little.” He looked back up at her, and she narrowed
her eyes.

“I'm going home.” She turned around and started
to walk away.

A hand
on to her shoulder stopped her. “Wait, we need to talk. Plus I have a special doctor coming to my place to look at you.”

She glanced
over her shoulder at him. “What? A witch doctor?” She saw his smile and it warmed her. “Stop that!”

“Sorry, I will tone it down. And the doctor is a demon, not a witch.” She
couldn't stop herself from laughing. “And I would like it if you’d ride with me.”

Jennifer frowned at Phoenix.
“What about my car?”

“I can send someone to brin
g it to my house.” Phoenix walked in front of her and grabbed her hand.

This shocked her; he told her that he kept
his personal life personal. She tried to take her hand back, there were some people left in the office and they were staring at them. “I thought you keep your personal life personal.”

He squeezed
her hand. “That changed when you became important to me.”

They walk
ed into the elevator hand in hand. “You don't know me enough for me to be important to you.” She looked down.

“You are the most important thing in my life. You are ca
rrying my unborn child.” That was true but she wanted more. She wanted his heart, and she had a feeling he wasn’t going to give it up willingly. They walked out of the elevator and into the parking garage.

“Let me call Megan.” She
knew that she would worry.

“Fine, b
ut I don't like her.” She smiled, usually everyone loved Megan.

She grabbed
her phone and called her best friend. It went to her voicemail right away. “Hey Megs, I’m going home with Phoenix. I'll let you know later what our plans are. Bye, love you.” She looked at her phone and frowned. Megan always answered her phone.

“Everything al
l right?” Phoenix asked and stood next to a black BMW.

Jennifer nodded
. “I think so, let’s go.” He opened the car door for her and she got in.

He started the car and pull
out of the parking garage. “Tell me about your family.” She saw a smile on his perfect face.

“My dad owns a sports
team, and my real mom died when I was a baby. He remarried an awesome woman, Cameo. She became my mother, even when she didn't have to. She showed me how to be a girl. Now my dad is with a twenty something year old and my mom is living about ten minutes from my apartment.” Jennifer smiled thinking about her mother; she was beautiful with her jet black long straight hair, warm hazel eyes and two deep dimples on her cheeks.

“Is that why you live in that n
eighborhood?” he asked. She knew she could live anywhere and her dad offered to buy her a brand new house. She didn't want handouts, which was why she took the PA job.

“I like to be close to her. I know she will always be there for me. My dad is too busy with his n
ew young wife to care.” It hurt more for her to admit that than she thought it would.

“Well you can add me to that list now. I am here for you and our baby. No matt
er what.” She smiled at him and prayed he was telling the truth. “I'm telling you the truth, darling. My kind don’t normally leave our young, and I’m not going to break that tradition.”

“Good, I don’t want to be
a single mother.” She would have if she needed to.

“Darling,
you are stuck with me.” He glanced at her and grinned.

“Tell me about you.” She wanted
to know all about this handsome man.

“That is a long story, and we a
re almost home.” Her heart sped up.
We are almost home.
“I think you should move in with me.”

Jenni
fer shook her head to make sure she heard him correctly. “We don’t know each other.”

“I know, and we will get to know each other. I want m
y baby to live with me.” He didn't mention her, just his baby.

“No, we work on getting to know each other. Then we talk about me moving in with you.”

He pulled into his large gate. “Your apartment was broken into not long ago.”

She turned to look
at him and glared. “I was planning on finding a new place. You know I have this new job now that pays pretty well.” He looked at her as he parked his car.

“Okay, we'll work s
omething out.” Another car pulled in behind his and he got out. She opened the door before he could. He was standing in front of her. “That is the doctor.”

“The demon doctor.” S
he arched an eyebrow.

“Yes darlin
g, the demon doctor.” He reached for her hand and she smacked it away.

“I don’t want you to touch m
e, not now.” A low chuckle grabbed her attention, she looked behind Phoenix and a young man was standing there. He had black hair and green eyes. He was slightly tan, and just as handsome as Phoenix. She narrowed her eyes. “Incubus?” She asked.

He smiled
. “I am. Most normal humans can't tell what I am.” He moved passed Phoenix, and touched her face. “What are you, Jennifer Cruz? Because you aren’t completely human.”

She narrowed
her eyes. “I don’t know what you are talking about.”

Phoenix took
his friend’s hand away from her face. “Don’t touch her, unless you want to lose your hand. What kind of doctor would you be without your hands?” Phoenix growled.

“Okay, okay. Let's
go inside.” She watched him walk back to his car and he grabbed a large bag.

Phoenix leaned down and whispered
, “We will speak later. Please don't flirt with Max.” He took her hand in his and she bit her bottom lip. He was jealous and she loved it. She glanced at the doctor and he winked at her.

Jennifer giggled
as they walk into Phoenix's house. Before, she didn’t get a chance to look at his house. Blacks and bright reds filled her vision; his hard floor was black marble with bright red rugs here and there. The walls were black wallpaper with bright red swirls. The couch and chairs were black leather, with red pillows and a blanket on the back of the couch. “So what are you going to do?” she asked Max.

“When an incubus impregnates a woman we can see faster with an ultrasound. Normal
human pregnancies are slower than if you are pregnant with an incubus or a succubus.” He pulled out a large silver tablet and a thing that looked like a wand. “Normally I would do an ultrasound when you were sixteen weeks or so. When did you two have sex?” Jennifer blushed and looked down. She knew exactly how long it had been.

“Ab
out ten weeks ago.” Phoenix was the one to answer, and she looked at him.

“Good, then we should be able to see what you are having. Phoenix, Jennifer should be laying down. Can we go to a bedroom?”

Phoenix nodded. “Yeah we'll go to mine.” He grabbed her hand and walked up the stairs.

They walked into the same room that had been in many of her dream
s and it was very surreal. One word came to the forefront of her mind déjà vu. “Jennifer it would be best if you remove your skirt or if you can unzip it so I can get to your lower abdomen.”