Taming Eric (47 page)

“That’s our babies Eric. You felt them? They’re saying hello.” She reached up to cup his cheek and he dropped a kiss on her lips before sliding down alongside of her so he could lay his head on her stomach. He felt her hands in his hair, combing through the sweat dampened strands. His heart felt like it was going to burst in his chest at what an incredible moment this was. All his fears faded and it was just wonder filling him at having just felt his babies, their babies, the result of their love making moving inside Natasha. God, he was going to be a father. They were going to be parents. Suddenly he felt closer to her than he’d ever felt before, even closer than when he was inside her body. He loved her so much it almost overwhelmed him and he felt tears prick at the back of his
eyes.

Suddenly he freaked out. Damn, had they hurt them doing what they’d just done? He hadn’t been very gentle, but then with Natasha constantly urging him on and his own tenuous control evaporating part way through, it was impossible to make love to her slowly and gently. He lifted his head to meet her eyes. “They aren’t pissed off at us are
they?”

She gave him a questioning look. “Why on earth would they be pissed
off?”

He sat up to face her. “Because of what we just
did.”

Natasha burst out laughing. “Don’t be silly Eric. They don’t know what’s happening. They obviously aren’t hurt, they’re just wiggling around, letting us know they’re here. Stop worrying so much. Women have sex while they’re pregnant and the babies aren’t hurt. If you think I’m going to wait until after they’re born to have sex again, you can forget it. The doctor told me it’s ok just so long as I don’t feel sick and I feel fine, better now.” She blushed as she met his
eyes.

If it was possible his heart felt like it was swelling even more in his chest. God but he loved her and to see her looking almost shy, admitting how much she loved having sex with him just made him adore her that much more. As he smiled at her, he couldn’t believe how much things had turned around for them in the last 12 hours. He thought she would never want him again and now he knew that she wanted him, he hoped that she might grow to love him along the way. He was going to try and do everything he could to make her want him and onl
y him.

She sat up bringing his attention back to her. “Still, I need a shower. I’m lying in a wet patch here and it’s not comfortable.” She screwed up her nose and he gr
inned.

“You weren’t kidding when you said you were horny.” He couldn’t help teasin
g her.

She blushed at his words. “Yeah well it’s not just me Mr.” She said as she climbed off the bed. Eric got up too taking her
hand.

“Come on baby, we’ll shower together.” He led her across the room and into the bat
hroom.

They showered quickly and as they dressed Natasha’s stomach starting making a whole series of growling noises. He laughed when one in particular was long, loud and definitely an indication that his girl needed food and she needed it now. “Come on, you and those babies need
food.”

He led her to the lift and they made their way downstairs. Alice was in the kitchen when they walked in and her eyes shifted between the two of them before a bright smile lit up her face. Obviously she was aware of the change in the mood between them. Eric was feeling better than he’d felt in a long time and he couldn’t help himself, he just had to tease Natasha. It was so easy to do with her. She always blushed or she got shitty at him which made it even mor
e fun.

“Alice when you get a chance the bed needs changing in the master bedroom. Miss Barrington took advantage of me.” He joked. Alice gave him a disapproving click of her tongue although he could see the gleam of humour in her eyes and when he looked over at Natasha she had turned bright red. She shot him a look that might have brought him to his knees any other time but he was feeling too fucking good for anything to get him down right now. He had the girl, he’d just had some amazing sex, he’d felt their babies kick in her womb, life didn’t get much better than that. Ok, her telling him she loved him would have been the icing on the cake, but he could settle for what he had now. She wanted him and she knew he wanted her, it was a start at
least.

“I’m pleased to see you two are getting along better. It’s about time.” Alice smiled at them both before leaving the room. Once she was gone Natasha turned on him anger flashing in her eyes. “Why did you say that to her?” She sn
apped.

He laughed. “Lighten up baby. I’ve known Alice for a long time, it’s fine. She’s a friend of Maggie’s so I’ve known her for y
ears.”

She gave him a look of surprise. “But Alice is so much more formal than Maggie. She always addresses you as Mr Rot
hman.”

“Alice has always done that out of respect baby. She calls me Eric when we’re alone but never in front of anyone else. Don’t be embarrassed. I’m sure Alice is thrilled that she needs to change the bed because we’ve made love. She’s got to have noticed that I’ve been like a bear with a sore head all the time. The sexual frustration has been driving me crazy
baby.”

“Well you’re the one who decided you couldn’t touch me Eric. Hopefully now you’ll realise I’m not made of glass. I’ve gone crazy all these weeks too. I don’t know why but I’m craving sex all the
time.”

“Fucking hell.” He thought to himself. Definitely the words any man wanted to hear but she’d better be prepared to stand and deliver because he had a lot of time to make up for and although the sex they’d just had was amazing, he knew it wouldn’t be long and he’d want more. Just thinking about it was enough to have him feel his cock stir in his
jeans.

“So does that mean you’re going to wear me out? You’re going to be using and abusing me?” Amusement shone in his eyes. God he hoped so. No matter how many times he got to sink himself into her warmth, it was never going to be enough. She was really like his drug. He could get his fix which made him feel satisfied for a while but eventually the need and desire for her would have him ready for
more.

Natasha gave him a sly grin and he wondered what was going through that gorgeous head of hers. He didn’t have to wait long. “Well, there’s always Mr Jack Rabbit if you find you can’t kee
p up.”

Damn her, she sure knew how to push his buttons and mentioning that fucking vibrator sure pushed them. No fucking way was she using a vibrator on herself when she had him. He was just as reliable as the fucking thing and when it came to her he could just about keep going as long as the batteries would last in it too. “There will be no Jack Rabbit unless I’m using it on you baby.” He gr
owled.

She smirked at him but then that smirk became a look of horror. What the hell brought on that reaction he wondered. “Oh god, the damned vibrator was on the bed and now Alice is up there. I’m going to die. How will I be able to look her in the face a
gain?”

Eric couldn’t help it, he burst out laughing. The images flooding his mind of Alice finding that damned vibrator and the look on her face were priceless, at least in his head. He stopped laughing when Natasha hit him on the arm. “Ow baby, you’re so violent.” He complained as he rubbed where she’d hit him. “Stop worrying. I’m sure Alice has seen a vibrator before. She might even have one.” He lowered his voice to a whisper. “Plus she’s very discreet.” He teased, knowing he was probably making things worse but she was just so easy to tease. He lov
ed it.

“Still you didn’t have to make it so obvious what we’d been doing.” She gru
mbled.

“Sorry baby, but with the noise you were making, I’m sure the whole neighbourhood knows what we’ve been doing. Alice knew, I could see it in her face when we walked in the kitchen. Stop worrying, stop getting embarrassed baby. I’m sure Alice would have been thrilled to know things are better betwee
n us.”

She slapped his arm again. “I wasn’t the only one making some noise Mr.” She punctuated each word with a poke to his chest. He conceded that she was right. He’d done plenty of shouting, yelling her name and groaning but it didn’t embarrass him like it was Na
tasha.

Alice walked back into the kitchen and Eric tried to keep a straight face when Natasha blushed and refused to meet the older woman’s eyes. Alice set out a large platter of sandwiches she’d made for them and as they both sat down at the kitchen bar to eat Eric told Alice about feeling the babies
move.

Her face lit up with a broad smile. “Oh that’s wonderful. You two must be so excited
now.”

He went back to eating lunch his eyes on Natasha’s bent head. She refused to look at either him or Alice and he couldn’t help himself, he had to stir her again. “Mmm, these are great Alice. Suddenly I feel so hungry, can’t imagine why.” That brought her head up and she shot him a death stare again but he just grinned a
t her.

It was Alice who chastised him. “Oh Eric, leave the poor girl a
lone.”

That got a smile to Natasha’s face and she turned to Alice. “Eric was saying you’re a friend of Magg
ie’s?”

Alice nodded. “Yes, we’ve been friends for over 10 years. That’s how I came to know this one. I’ve been working for him for about 8 year
s now.

Natasha’s lips twisted. “You poor woman.” She smirked at him and Alice la
ughed.

“He’s not so bad pet, just doesn’t know when to leave well enough alone sometimes.” She shot him a stern look and he made some effort to look suitably chas
tened.

While they finished eating Alice cleaned up the kitchen, asked if they had anything more they needed her for and when they both shook their heads she told them she was heading to her home until she had to come and cook dinner. “Well I’ll see you two later and you leave the poor girl alone.” She warned him and walked out, leaving them on thei
r own.

*     *
     *

Eric and Natasha settled into their new routine now they had come to a better understanding of what they both wanted. They made love almost every night and occasionally he would wake her in the mornings with a gentle caress which quickly turned into lust for both of them, followed by hot and sweat
y sex.

The time was rapidly approaching for the 18 week check up and ultra sound so they could see their babies for the first time. The swell of Natasha’s stomach was becoming more and more obvious with each week that passed but Eric still found her the sexiest woman he’d ever known. Now that her morning sickness had settled down she almost seemed to glow. He’d never seen her already near perfect complexion look so smooth and unblemished and her hair had a silky shine to it that had him constantly reaching out to touch it. Despite the shaky start, pregnancy definitely seemed to be agreeing wit
h her.

With every passing day he realised more and more that she was the woman he wanted by his side until he was old and grey. He loved her so much he couldn’t imagine his life without her and he knew it was getting to the time where he needed to grow himself a set of
balls.

He’d spent all his adult life avoiding situations where he could fall in love and he’d achieved it until Natasha. He didn’t want to just live with her, he wanted to marry her but confessing his love, proposing to her were so incredibly terrifying to him that he broke out in a cold sweat just thinking about it. Still, he knew he had to lay his feelings on the line, place his heart in her hands and hope like hell she didn’t crush it between her fi
ngers.

Once he’d finally committed himself to bearing his heart to her and proposing, the next problem was choosing a ring. He didn’t want to just ask her and then go with her to choose a ring, assuming she accepted of course, he wanted to buy one for her and go the whole nine yards, getting down on one
knee.

He decided he was going to have to enlist the help of someone and he finally decided that Samantha from Accounting would be his partner in crime and hopefully help him choose a ring that Natasha would love. Samantha was recently married herself so bursting over with love for everyone it seemed. The perfect person to take ring shopping wit
h him.

It worked out that both Samantha and Eric had a couple of hours to spare in the morning of the day he had to go with Natasha for her 18 week check up and first ultra sound. The timing wasn’t ideal because he couldn’t afford to be late for the doctor’s appointment but Samantha’s enthusiasm was infectious and he was so keen to get out and buy the ring, he didn’t worry about whether they might cut it too fine for
time.

Samantha was obviously nervous being with him and she occupied his mind with almost endless nervous chatter in the limo as they drove to the first jewellers she recommended. She was a nice girl, pleasant personality, sure loved to talk but her perfume swirled around him in the car giving him a headache. What was it with some women and perfume? Did they feel it was necessary to bathe in it or something? It was heavy, brutal on his nostrils and he couldn’t wait to get out of the car and drag some much needed fresh air into his lungs. Samantha’s fragrance was so very different to the subtle perfume Natasha wore that always teased his senses and had him wanting to simply bury his head into the side of her neck and breathe deeply of her sweet
scent.

It was a relief when the limo finally pulled up and they climbed out at the first jeweller on the list. They ended up looking at numerous rings and once Eric convinced Samantha that price wasn’t an issue and she stopped looking through the lower priced rings and moved on to the expensive ones it didn’t take long to c
hoose.

“Oh Mr Rothman this is it.” She said her voice filled with awe as she stared at the ring before her. Eric leaned over her shoulder to see what had her so wide eyed and had to concede it was a beautiful
ring.