“Oh, yes. Although, I sense something is bothering you.”
“There is.”
“You wanna talk about it?”
I leaned forward and rested my forearms on the table. “Sloane doesn’t want to talk about marriage until after Landry’s born.”
“I still can’t believe that’s the name the two of you chose. I absolutely love it. But back to your dilemma. Part of Sloane still believes you’re only with her because of the baby.”
“What about all this?” I waved my arm around the house that we’d made into our home.
“What is obvious to you may not be obvious to a young woman who not only hasn’t been in a real relationship before but is also dealing with pregnancy hormones.”
“What should I do?”
“Make her believe.”
“How?” I put my head in my hands. “I’m so bad at this shit.”
“First of all, don’t ever let her hear you refer to romance as shit. Next, win her over, my son.”
“How?” I repeated.
“No one knows Sloane the way you do. You’ll figure it out.”
37
Sloane
I knew something was up the minute Tackle came into the bedroom and closed the door behind him. He walked over to the bed, sat beside me, and pulled a familiar-looking piece of silk out of his pocket. The heat emanating from him kept me silent as he covered my eyes.
He unfastened the buttons on the blouse I was wearing. I gasped when he pulled the cups of my bra down and took one of my nipples into his mouth.
“I need you naked, Sloane.”
I nodded but still didn’t speak even when I felt his hands on the waistband of my sweatpants. I lifted my bottom as he removed them along with my panties.
“Now this,” he said, unfastening my bra. When it was off and he put his hand on the back of my neck and kissed me, I whimpered with need.
“Tell me, Sloane, what are the rules when you’re naked?”
“Whatever you tell me to do, I do.”
“
Mmm, that’s right. What’s the other rule?”
I could barely speak with how badly I wanted him. “Tell the truth.”
“You remember. That makes me very happy.”
“Tackle, please.”
“Shh.”
When I reached out to touch him, he grabbed my hand and licked my palm.
“I’m going to ask you another question, Sloane. If you tell me the truth, you’ll get a reward.”