Chapter Ten
A couple months later
“Have you told her yet?” Vincent asked.
Daniel stared at his friends. They were in one of the Solano nightclubs. It had been a busy time for them at work. His father was slowly passing more and more work to him, which he didn’t mind. He was a Solano, and he knew there was no way out for him.
“Told who what?” Vincent’s date asked. She was a perky little blonde. Not much going on upstairs, but totally Vincent’s type.
At Natalie’s request, she asked Ronnie and Vincent to have dates so that it didn’t feel like they were all on assignment watching them. She didn’t like having bodyguards. Not that he’d consider his two best friends just bodyguards. They were the only two men in the world he’d ever trust with her safety. No doubt about it.
“Our boy here is in love and has been for some time.”
“That’s really nice.” The girl pressed her hands together. “Love is so romantic.”
Ronnie came back with his own girl hanging around his neck.
“Natalie went to the bathroom.”
Finishing off his drink, Daniel made his way toward the private bathrooms. She’d been on the dance floor with Ronnie’s girlfriend as he had to take a call at the time.
Entering the bathroom, he heard someone vomiting. Going past three stalls, he came to the fourth and saw Natalie throwing up.
Moving into the toilet, he wrapped her hair around his fist, keeping it back. The long locks felt soft against his hand, and his dick protested. If she was vomiting like this, he wasn’t going to get any fun tonight.
Running his hand down her back, he waited patiently as she kept throwing everything up.
“My body hates me.”
“Was it something you ate?” he asked. They had all eaten the same thing.
“No, I don’t think this is something I ate.”
She stood up, flushing the toilet.
Releasing her hair, he watched as she leaned over the sink, and began to press water against her face and neck.
“What do you think it is?”
Natalie stared at his reflection, and reached into her bag, pulling out a packet of something. “I bought this today,” she said. “I was looking into morning sickness, and did you know it doesn’t always have to stay during the morning? It could happen any time.”
She held a pregnancy test kit.
He didn’t wear a rubber when he was with her, and he didn’t want one now. “Do you know if you are or not?”
“I’ve not … I didn’t want to take it without you. I was going to tell you tonight after we had some fun. I wanted you to be with me when this happened. Is that crazy?”
He stepped up close. “Not crazy at all.”
“Please don’t kiss me. I have vomit breath.” She even put her hand up to cover her mouth when she did it.
“Do you want to wait until we get home? Have some fun?” He’d wait if she wanted it.
“It would be kind of hard. If I’m pregnant I don’t want to risk having anything bad to drink.” She stared at the box. “Would it really hurt finding out in a nightclub?”
“I don’t think it would hurt at all. I don’t mind how we find out so long as we know the truth.”
“That’s what I was thinking.”
She opened up the box and handed him the instructions. He read through them. His stomach was fucking flipping.
They could be pregnant. Staring at her stomach, he thought about her swollen with his kid, and all he wanted to do was fuck her, to take her hard and fuck her until she couldn’t think of anyone else.
“I’ll … go and pee.”
She entered the cubicle, and when someone entered the bathroom, he ordered them to fuck off.
He didn’t hear any sound of her peeing. “You okay in there?”
“Right now, I don’t think I can do this.”
“We can go home? I can tickle you.”
This brought a chuckle from her. “You’re crazy, you know that, right?”
“Yep.” It’s why you love me.
She hadn’t said the words, and he didn’t expect her to.
He heard her finally releasing, and when it was done, she came out. Her cheeks were bright red. “I don’t even want to talk about what just happened.”
This only made him laugh harder.
She washed her hands and placed the stick on the counter. He was already checking his watch to see how long they had to wait.
They both leaned against the sink, waiting.
“Do you want kids?”
“Yeah, I want kids. I can see you, pregnant, and I wonder if I’ll get to feel our son or daughter kick.” He took her hand. “Do you want this?”
“I’d love to be a mom. Just … yes, I want to be a mom. I hope I’m better than my own.”
“You don’t want to hurt our baby, so I’d say you’re already better than her.”
She smiled. “I hope so. God, what if I’m not pregnant?”
“Then you ate something and we take you to a doctor to get you fixed.”
“You always think of everything.”
“And you always panic about everything. You don’t need to panic about any of this. I’ve got you. I will always have you, Natalie.” He glanced down at his watch, and the time was up. “It’s ready.”
“Wow, I’m so nervous.” She breathed out a sigh. “Are you ready?”
“As I’ll ever be.”
They both turned and Natalie picked up the stick, and together they saw that it had the two lines.
“I’m pregnant,” she said. “We’re pregnant.”
She turned toward him.
“We’re going to have a baby?” he asked.
He pulled her into his arms, holding her close. He went to kiss her, but Natalie pulled away. “I need to brush my teeth.”
Daniel didn’t kiss her. He wanted to, but he knew she would hate that. Stroking her cheek, he smiled at her.
“What is it?” she asked.
“I am the luckiest guy in the world, do you know that? So fucking lucky.”
“I think I got just as lucky. Maybe even more so. You could have totally been an asshole.”
“I could still be an asshole,” he said. “Damn, woman, I love you.”
He spoke the words that he’d been wanting to say to her for a long time, but simply hadn’t. With work, and everything that had happened, he’d wanted to tell her at exactly the right time, but the life he led, there never was a right time.
She released a little gasp. “You love me?”
“Yes, and I’m not just saying that about the fact we’re going to have kids.”
“I’m pregnant with one baby. We don’t know if it will be twins.”
“I don’t care. I know we’re going to have lots of them, and we’re going to build a family together, and it’s going to be amazing because you’re amazing. You’re the love of my life, Natalie. It’s why I couldn’t be without you. It’s why I never want to be without you. I love you more than anything else in the world.”
Tears filled her eyes, and he didn’t want to be responsible for making her cry.
“Don’t cry,” he said.
“They’re really happy tears. I’m really happy,” she said. “You love me, and I love you too. I’ve loved you for so long, but I’ve been so afraid to tell you, and now I can’t stop crying.”
“It’s probably the hormones.”
“I didn’t want to be part of this crazy life where people killed other people for fun, but I will do anything to be with you. You’re the only man I want, and I love you so much.”
He pulled her into his arms, holding her close.
“I want to kiss you, but now I hate that I don’t have any mints.”
“How about, we tell them the good news, then we leave, and you can brush your teeth, and I can kiss you all night long.”
“I love the sound of that.”
Laughing, he took her hand and led her back out to where his friends were waiting.
“Took you long enough,” Vincent said.
“We’re pregnant,” Daniel said.
Cheers went around the table.
“And we’re going to go and leave. Make this a two-people celebration. We’ll talk tomorrow.”
He didn’t give them time to talk. As he pulled Natalie out of the bar, his car was already waiting for him. He helped her inside, placing the seatbelt around her and making sure she was secure.
She giggled. “I’m fine. I’m safe.”
“Good.”
He would keep her and his child safe.
He’d do everything to make sure he had them both.
****
With her teeth now brushed, Natalie made her way back to the bedroom where Daniel caught her around the waist, spinning her to face him.
His lips were on hers, and she gripped the back of his neck, holding him close. He moved her back until she was pressed against the wall. He took hold of her hands and placed them flat on either side of her head.
“You’re feeling kinky tonight?” she asked.
He chuckled. “I want to love every single inch of you.”
“I’m all yours, Daniel. Every single part of me belongs to you.”
Daniel took possession of her lips, and it wasn’t long before he touched her neck, sucking on her pulse. She loved it when he kissed her neck, especially when he had a day’s stubble, and it felt so good.
He didn’t stop there.
“Keep your hands above your head.”
She held her hands where he told her, and he tore the negligee from her body.
He loved her.
This man. The guy she hadn’t wanted to marry loved her.
Her feelings for him hadn’t been instant. They had taken time, but the moment she got to know the real man beneath the title, she’d fallen for him hard. The world got to see the bad guy, but she got to see him.
His lips moved to her breasts, and as she stared in the mirror she watched as he took one nipple into his mouth. His hand cupped the other, pinching the tip.
“I love your tits. They’re going to get bigger as well.”
She gasped as he pinched one. He moved toward the one he hadn’t sucked, flicking it with his tongue. His touch set her on fire. She wanted more of him, craved him.
Her pussy was already soaking wet.
She wanted him.
Needed him.
Was desperate to feel him fucking her.
Daniel wasn’t in a rush though.
He took his time, lavishing each nipple until he was satisfied. There was no rushing him. She knew from experience that he loved to drive her wild, to take her to the peak, and push her over the edge. Of course, right now he kept her at the edge, waiting.
“How is your pussy?”
“Please, Daniel, I can’t take much more.”
He knelt on the floor, and she opened her legs. This time, he didn’t make her wait long as his tongue touched her clit. He stroked over the nub and she gasped, her head resting against the wall. The pleasure was already to the point of pain, burning for more, for everything that he had to give her.
“You taste so good.”
Daniel moved her away from the wall, walking her back until her legs hit the bed. He followed her down. He pressed two fingers inside her, and his tongue danced back and forth over her clit.
Gripping the sheet beneath her, she rocked her pussy up against his face, needing him.
“Please, I can’t take much more. I need it. Don’t stop. Please.”
He didn’t stop, and when her orgasm came, she was so fucking ready for it.
Screaming his name, she went over the edge, to the point that stars danced behind her eyes. The pleasure was unlike anything she’d ever felt before, and he kept her there, sending her into a second orgasm.
He didn’t wait for her to come down from this peak though.
Daniel spread her legs, and his cock glided between her slick folds. He entered her and slammed every single inch within her.
He took hold of her hands, and he wasn’t gentle to start off. Each thrust seared her to the core, not in a bad way. Her pussy was so wet that as he took her roughly, he filled her with ease.
“Fuck, baby, you feel so good. This is my pussy, and I love being inside you.” He pressed his lips against hers, and she tasted herself on him, and she didn’t care.
This was hard, dirty, and everything she wanted.
He surrounded her. His smell, everything. She was addicted to him, and only him.
There was no way she ever wanted anyone else.
This life hadn’t been what she thought she wanted, but she wanted him, and would do everything for him.
Daniel was her life. He was her soul, and she’d do anything to keep him.
Suddenly, Daniel slowed down, his thrusts going from frantic to slow. He teased her with his cock, holding her hands to the bed as he pulled all the way out of her. The tip of his cock slid across her pussy, bumping her clit, making her gasp. He slid back inside her.
“You’re so wet, baby.”
She felt her wetness leaking from her.
Daniel clearly relished her arousal, and she refused to be embarrassed by what he did to her.
“You want my cock.”
“Yes.”
He fucked inside her three times, and she cried out, wanting more.
Daniel took her to the peak, keeping her there, and they danced together, him in charge, like always.
She didn’t want it to stop, and as he brought her to a third orgasm, she felt it as he found his own release. His cum filled her pussy, flooding her with his seed.
He collapsed over her, taking most of his weight so that he didn’t crush her.
She wrapped her arms around his back and smiled at him.
“Do you have any idea what you do to me?” he asked.
“I imagine it’s similar to what you do to me. That was incredible.”
“I love you,” he said.
This just made her smile even more. “And I love you.”
He pushed some of her hair off her face, and he moved, still with his dick inside her, but so that he lay on the bed. He rested his head in his hands, and she touched him, resting her hand on his arm.
“Was this how you imagined it would be?” she asked.
“No, I didn’t know how it would be.” He cupped her cheek. “There is no one else I’d rather spend my life with. I hope you know that.”
She nodded. “I know that.”
“And I will never stop loving you. You’re the only woman I want, Natalie.”
“No mistresses then.”
He shook his head. “None. No woman will ever match up to you.”
All of her life she’d wanted someone who would love her without restraint, who wouldn’t care what other people thought or saw. After what her mother put her through, a life filled with vile, nasty comments, she’d thought she could handle anything.
Her mother had nearly broken her, but Daniel was the one who had put her back together.
Taking hold of his hand, she locked her fingers with his. They were bound together not only in marriage and blood, but also in love.
“I’m yours, forever, Daniel. I’ll never leave, and I will do everything to make a life with you one that you wish to come home to.”
He leaned forward and kissed her.
This time, she felt his love right down to her soul, and knew she’d never give it up, not a chance in the world.