“Sounds like a pretty easy task to me.”
“It will be the honor of a lifetime.” My eyes don’t leave hers when I say the words. “Whatever you’ve heard about me or the life I led before now isn’t true. I know the rumors, I know what everyone says about me, but I’m just as pure as you are.”
“What?” Her eyebrows pull together in confusion as she looks at me in the reflection like she’s seeing me for the first time.
“You don’t remember, but the first time I saw you, I knew that I wanted you to be my bride. I knew that I loved you, so even though you didn’t know who I was, I promised my heart and my body to you forever.”
“But all the gossip articles—”
“Are in it to make money. Trashing my reputation gets them clicks, but it never mattered to me. The only thing that mattered was you.” I rub my palm over her bare skin, feeling how warm and soft she is. “So I waited for my wife. For you.”
“I can’t believe that after all this time…” She trails off and shakes her head. “None of it was true?”
“My medical records can confirm that I don’t have anything, but my best friend Beckett can too.” I sigh and roll my eyes. “He gives me enough shit about it.”
“This changes a lot.”
“Does it?” My hand on her belly slips lower, and I gently cup her panty-covered sex. “I hope in a good way.”
Her eyelids are heavy as she leans back against my large frame, and I wrap myself around her. My hand moves over her panties, and even now I can feel the warmth of her heat.
“I’ve been dreaming of you.” One finger slips inside the white lace, and I can feel her wet lips. “Dreaming of marrying you.” Her breath catches when I graze over her clit. “Dreaming of putting a baby inside you.”
“Oh god.” Her eyes close as I circle her clit over and over.
“That birth control you asked for?” Her eyes snap open and connect with mine just as I pinch her clit. “That’s not happening.”