Too Hard (Too 1)

“What?” I grab for him. “Why are you stopping?”

“Someone’s at the door,” he grunts before turning and walking out of my office and towards my front door.

“Oh yeah,” I call out as my sex-filled mind catches up. “It’s Nellie.” He opens my front door and my cousin is standing there with a smile on her face.

“Hey, Butch,” she says, stepping inside. “I’m still taking you, right?” she asks, glancing from Butch to me. The appointment I made for today completely slipped my mind.

“Yeah, let me get my purse.” This is another thing I’m not excited about.

“What’s up?” Butch asks.

I didn’t tell him because I don’t want to go. I’m avoiding it, but I told him I’d do it.

“I have a doctor’s appointment and Nellie is going with me.”

“Oh! Is the office done?” She doesn’t wait for a response before she’s off to go look.

“What’s the matter?” Butch walks over to me and his hands go everywhere like he’s checking for a wound. He places his palm on my forehead and I roll my eyes.

“I’m not sick.” I take his hand from my head and I lock my fingers with his. “You told me to, you know.” I shrug, but he doesn’t catch my drift.

“What? Tell me.” He starts to get worked up and his face is serious.

“Birth control,” I whisper. Nellie knows why I’m going to the doctors and it’s only Butch and me right now, so I don’t know why I’m being shy.

We’ve been playing a dangerous game and for all I know I could be pregnant right now. I never gave much thought to having a baby before, but I do know when I see Butch with his sons it makes my ovaries want to explode with a need I didn’t have until him.

He stares down at me. “Is that what you want?”

“I thought you didn’t ask questions.” The corner of his mouth pulls up as he drops his forehead to mine.

“I know we love how we are together and the things we say and do.” His voice is so deep and it rumbles against me.

“Yeah,” I agree.

“I told you to go on the pill, but after the past few days I don’t know if that’s what I want anymore.”

“I don’t want to be on it,” I rush to say, and he smiles. I see tension drain from his body as he smiles.

“Good, then we’re on the same page.” He brushes his mouth again mine before he looks into my eyes. “I love you.”

“I love you, too.” I jump into his arms and pepper kisses all over his face.

“I’m guessing we aren’t going to the doctors,” I hear Nellie say.

“Not today,” Butch answers for me. “But soon.” I brush my nose against his and I don’t think I’ve ever been this happy before. “And I’ll be the one to take her when it’s time.”

Epilogue

Butch

Two months later…

It’s our wedding day and I’m not the least bit nervous. What I am is desperate to see my bride because she insisted on staying with Nellie the night before the wedding. I think she did it to torture me and I’m not shocked. Harlow tends to do things because they get under my skin.

Like texting me this morning that she isn’t wearing panties under her wedding dress. Ever since then all I can think of is when I’m going to get a moment alone with her so I can find out for myself.

“Are you ready, Dad?” Elijah is standing next to Owen in all black tuxedos.

“I could kill Nellie for making us wait until tonight to have the wedding,” I grumble, straightening my tie.

I glance in the mirror back to the boys who have their heads together again. They’ve been doing this on and off all day anytime Nellie is mentioned. I guess I just assumed they would have met her before the wedding, but with them graduating and getting ready to leave for college next soon I guess there wasn’t much time. But I could tell from the look in their eyes that she had made quite the impression.

Nellie clearly seemed interested with the way she was touching them and laughing. But I worry about what they’re going to do if she goes on a date with one of them. The two of them have been inseparable since they were born and I know it’s not only because they’re twins. They share a bond like I’ve never seen before and my biggest fear is that a woman will come between them.

They were accepted to different schools and I wondered if it would be a chance for them to strike out on their own. But they turned it down and decided to stay close to home and attend the state university together. They’re even sharing a dorm room, though I did try and talk them out of it.