Diana

“Diana, here. I stopped at the store after I picked up the feed.” Alex dropped a large box at my feet. It was as long as the recliner I’d plopped my butt on while reading a new romance on my Kindle.

“You got me something?” I asked like it was a surprise. Anytime he got a chance in the past two months he got me something. We married right after we left Arizona with a trip to Vegas. His parents met us there and now have moved back to the ranch on the small house on the opposite side of the bunkhouse. His mother and father wanted to spend time with their future grandchild. I was two months pregnant. Alex was an expert marksman it seemed.

“Open it, babe,” he said, anxiously.

I knelt on the floor and opened the box. Inside was bunch of notebooks, pens, and a cute bookbag in my favorite color, purple. “What’s this for?”

“Um…this came in the mail today.” He handed me a large envelope.

“OMG! It came in already.” It was the letter for veterinarian school. Alex demanded that I fill out the application. They did accept late ones and of course, with the help of my husbands’ connections, I was able to submit it late. I never expected them to accept me.  I wonder how large of a donation Alex made.

“Did you give them a new wing for the building?”

“Not at all. They could use someone as amazing as you.” He picked me up and spun me around as I laughed. I was going to school soon.

“Thank you for it all. Oh goodness, put me down,” I called out. He set me on my feet and I dashed out of the room. My body didn’t like that one bit. There went my entire lunch. Alex picked me up and put me on the counter, handing me a rag and a cup of water.

“I’m sorry. I didn’t think.” He looked like he broke me. His shoulders slumped and his eyes were sad.

“Don’t freak out, cowboy. It’s normal. I feel like it didn’t even happen now. I’m just glad I didn’t chuck it all up on my school goodies. I have to read the letter so I can get myself all situated.” I hopped of the counter and went back to my box of supplies.

I opened the large envelope full of information. I had to register for classes this week and they start in two.

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I had been running behind. In a rush, I went to grab my things and accidentally knocked them onto the floor. When I bent down to get them, I felt a pain in my thighs. Mr. Johnson walked up to me and leaned down to help. As he picked it up he grazed my leg. I thought nothing of it, but then he cupped my legs and kissed my inner thigh. I pushed him by the shoulders then tried to kick him, but he was rough with me. Alex walked into the room, searching for me. I saw him and his look of pure rage. He pulled the professor off me and knocked him into the desks on the side of us. He continued to pound him and the noise attracted security.

“Mr. Sanchez, let him go,” Tom, the head security guard, ordered while tugging on Alex.

“I’m going to kill him,” he roared as the guards pulled him off the beaten son of a bitch.

“Don’t, Alex. Please, don’t do it. Think of the baby,” I said. He slowly relaxed and pulled me into his arms.

“I’m going to sue you,” Johnson sputtered, wiping blood with his sleeve.

“If I let you live to see it,” Alex growled.

The security guards pulled us to the side. “What happened?” Tom asked.

“I dropped my books and he came over to help. He brushed my thigh and I thought it was an accident. Then he gripped them and kissed one.” Alex let go of me and tried to go after him but the two guards stood in the way.

“Calm down, Mr. Sanchez.”

“I tried to push him away, but he got more forceful and then Alex walked into the room,” I said, running my hands over my ponytail.

“Your wrists,” Alex roared. I looked at my arm and saw what he did. My wrist was bruising. The guards blocked him again.

“Can you explain this?” Tom asked the bastard.

“She was trying to hit me,” he argued. What the heck was wrong with the guy? It didn’t make any sense. I was almost defenseless. I’d gained fifty pounds around my belly. Alex had taken my safety very seriously. He would pick me up after my classes no matter what was going on at the ranch. I had always argued, telling him I was safe. I guess that wasn’t the case.

“You assaulted a pregnant woman and a former federal agent, you sick fuck,” Alex roared, holding me in his arms.

“Come on, let’s take your wife out to be examined.”

“Um, can we get someone to swab my thigh. I want more proof before this guy lies. He bit me.” Alex moved me to the side and lifted my dress and there it was, a slight red mouth-sized mark.

“You’re a dead man.” He took me out of the room and in the nearly empty hallway he pulled me into a corner and took some pictures before the marks faded.

The police arrived five minutes later and took pictures of their own. The news came as well, but Alex kept me blocked. “Calm down, Alex,” I implored. He was ready to commit murder.

“That fucker put his hands on you. He’s lucky he’s still got them. But now his ass is out of a job. You’re eight months pregnant and that fucker tried to take advantage because you can’t see your feet or move as fast.” I held the ice to his hand because he refused to let go of his hold on me. My professor of animal husbandry seemed to focus on me a lot in class. I thought it was because I was smart, always eager to learn, and extremely pregnant, but after what happened all the other instances became much clearer.

“I know and you were there to stop him from hurting me. That’s all that matters.”

“Fuck me, this is so damn fucked up. I don’t want you going back and at the same time, I can’t stop you.”

“I love you, Alex. If it made you feel better I’ll never let myself be alone with a teacher. I had no idea he would be that stupid. I feel so dumb.”

“Don’t. Don’t do that to yourself. It’s not your fault. You’re a pregnant married woman who was a former federal agent. You would be the least likely to be sexually assaulted by a teacher. The barely legal naïve girl who is failing would be a more likely target for him.”

“I know, but I shouldn’t have been alone with him.”

“Do you want to go back?”

“I want my degree. I don’t know what’s going to happen, but I can’t let someone hold me back.”

“That’s my woman. I’m all for it, but from now on we’ll be hiring someone to shadow you. I don’t want to hear any arguments because it is what it is. You want to go back, I want you protected at all times. There will be no negotiations.”

“Okay.”

“Okay? That was easy.”

“You’re right. I just want to take a shower, Alex. I feel dirty.” I hoped he would still want to touch me after that asshole had his hands and mouth on me.

“Stop that, Diana. Mi amor, you are going to shower with me and I will take my time eating your pussy until you only remember my touch.” He carried me in his arms, cradling me close to his chest.

After three hours, I felt so wonderful thanks to my husband who couldn’t stop claiming my womb as his.