“Text me if Michael needs anything,” I said as he started to walk away.
“Will do. Larkin said text her if you want us to bring breakfast over.” He smiled and shook his head. “I think she’s just anxious to see Skye again.”
“We’ll see,” I replied noncommittally. I wasn’t ready to share Skye with everyone else yet either.
I stepped back inside and shut the door, my eyes locked on the girl kneeling in front of the fireplace, tossing another log onto the pile. She was wearing my discarded shirt and nothing else.
Just like every other time I saw her, my heart stuttered and kickstarted back into a frantic gallop.
Skye turned, her green eyes warming and her shoulders relaxing when she saw me. Her eyes killed me every damn time they locked on mine.
The defiance and fear had faded from when we first met, replaced by softness and trust whenever she saw me.
It was humbling the way she trusted me completely.
She stood up, wiping her hands on the shirt as she watched me. A disappointed frown pulled her mouth down.
“Do we need to leave?” She bit her lower lip, and I felt all the blood in my body rush south, my jeans suddenly impossibly tight again as I remembered those lips wrapped around my dick hours earlier, the way they fell open in a ragged gasp as I drove into her body.
“No,” I replied, crossing the room and pulling her against me, shaking the memories of before away so I could focus on the girl in front of me now.
Her body melted against mine, pliant and soft, as her arms circled my waist. She snuggled her head against my chest, probably not even aware that she was doing it.
“I told them we needed time for just us, and I meant it. Rhodes and Dante can handle the pack for a day so we can just focus on us.” I kissed the top of her head, inhaling the familiar citrus scent of her.
Her head tipped back as she grinned at me innocently. “Whatever will we do with all this time? I guess we should sit down and just … talk? I saw some board games in the corner if you’re up for a game of Monopoly?”
I kissed the tip of her nose. “I’ll do whatever you want as long as you’re next to me.”
Her gaze heated, her lips curving into a smile that caught my breath. “Maybe I’d rather be under you than next to you.”
I swallowed as my body reacted. “I like that plan, too.”
Her nose wrinkled adorably and she stepped back. “What did Rhodey need?”
“Zoe’s in labor,” I replied.
Her eyes went round and nervous. “Isn’t that soon?”
I nodded. “Yeah. So Michael’s staying with her. I mean, she’s far enough along that the baby should be fine.”
“Still,” she murmured absently, turning away from me. “She’s probably worried. It’s her first pregnancy and …”
I waited for her to finish and frowned when it became obvious she wasn’t going to.
“Hey.” I crossed the distance between us and settled my hands on her shoulders. She jumped and spun around.
“Where’d you go just now?” I asked, smoothing her hair back from her eyes.
She stared up at me, her expression getting more troubled. “I need to tell you something.”
I swallowed, shoving down my nerves. “Okay.”
“Can we sit?”
I nodded silently, following her to the couch. I sat down first and waited until she sat next to me before grabbing her hips and pulling her onto my lap so she straddled me.
Her eyes widened in surprise. “Um—”
“This,” I said, my hands resting on her bare thighs, “is how we talk, remember? No hiding.”
“Yeah,” she answered, wrapping her arms loosely around my neck.
“So, what’s up?” I held my breath, trying not to rush her and trying not to think the worst. Had something happened in Russia?
“It’s about when I talked to Elias the first time in Narodnaya,” she admitted, ducking her head a bit and tucking her hair behind her ears. “He said something to me, and … I mean, it isn’t a big deal or anything.”
My eyes narrowed. “He’s a liar, babe. Don’t believe anything he said to you.”
Her stunning eyes lifted to mine and held. “He asked me if I could be pregnant.”
Whatever I had expected her to say, that wasn’t anywhere close.
I froze, letting her words sink in.
And then the panic hit so hard I was afraid I’d forgotten how to breathe.
Everything we had done earlier flashed before me. The