My heart stopped, and I stared at Hadley for a long time, hoping to see some sign of excitement in her eyes. “This is what you wanted, isn't it?” I asked.
“Of course,” she said. “It's great news!”
“I hear a but coming up,” I said.
She sighed and balled her fists up at her side. “It's just – now that it's happening, I'm scared, Evan. Not about raising the baby, of course, but about what it will do to the three of you. One of you is the father, and I just don't know how everyone will respond.”
“By everyone you really mean Gabe, right?”
“Yeah,” she whispered.
I took a deep breath, and my head started to spin. I could be a father. Not that Hadley had any way of knowing which one of us was the real father of her child, but still, it could have been mine. I felt faint all of a sudden, and Hadley must have noticed something was off with me because she rushed over to me.
“Everything okay, Evan?”
“It's just – I didn't expect it to all happen so fast,” I said.
“Me neither,” she said.
She was standing before me, a look of excitement tinged with fear on her face, and she looked up at me as if I might have all the answers. I wished I had them for her. I would have done anything to give her whatever she wanted.
I took her face in my hands, and she didn't pull away. She let me hold her. Let me stare deep into her eyes and stroke her cheeks.
“I am so happy,” I said.
I should have said, “I'm so happy for you,” but it didn't come out that way, and honestly, I was happy for more than just Hadley. There was a new baby in our lives, and there was a chance it could be mine.
“Yeah, me too,” she said. A crooked smile spread across her adorable face. She leaned into my hands and kissed the tips of my fingertips.
“I just had to tell someone. I couldn't hold it in any longer.”
“I'm glad you trusted me, Hadley.”
“Of course, Evan,” she said.
Our eyes were locked on one another, and without meaning to, I leaned down and closed the distance between us. I kissed her lips softly, and she opened her mouth to me. She invited me in, kissing me back. Even though she had what she wanted, she was kissing me back.
I almost couldn't take it. My erection ached against my jeans, yearning to be free. Hadley's hands moved over my body, lifting at my shirt and pulling it free from my pants.
We backed slowly toward the bedroom, as Hadley's fingers raked across my skin, pulling at my clothes. Her green eyes shone like emeralds as she yanked my shirt off over my head, and hers wasn't too far behind. Her skin was velvety soft and smooth, so pale yet dotted with
freckles across her chest and shoulders. So many freckles. I wondered if her new baby – our new baby, maybe – would inherit them from her?
Imagining my child growing in her womb caused a surge of testosterone to run through me. I pulled Hadley's shorts down and she stepped out of them, her panties went along with them. She stood, naked and perfect before me. I grabbed onto her ass and lifted her in the air, pulling her against me and carried her the rest of the way to the bedroom. She giggled as I picked her up, but then stopped when I kissed her. My tongue moved through her mouth, exploring it like I yearned to do to other parts of her body.
I'd never been the dominant type before, but there and then, with her, I planned to take her. I planned to claim her. She was mine, at least for the night, and I would explore every inch of her beautiful body with my hands and mouth.
I kicked open the bedroom door and she wrapped her legs around my waist, her hands around my shoulders. She stared deep into my eyes and smiled as I laid her down gently on my bed. Her hands fumbled with my pants and she fought with the zipper, finally getting it free.
Hadley slid my jeans down my hips, her fingernails grazing my flesh. My skin was on fire, every touch ignited it even further. As my cock sprang free from my boxers, hard and thick, precum seeping from the tip, she went to town. Her mouth wrapped around it, her lips covering the tip. I groaned, entangling my hands in her hair as her tongue flicked along the sensitive head of my cock.
She moved up and down on my shaft, savoring and devouring me. The warm walls of her mouth felt amazing, causing the fire inside of me to grow even more. Every nerve in my body was reacting to her touch, to her mouth. Never before had I felt such intense feelings before, and the words came tumbling out of my mouth before I could stop them.
“God, I love you.”
Hadley stopped going down on me and stared up at me with wide eyes. I considered taking the words back – mostly out of fear of her rejecting me – but decided against it. It was the truth, and she deserved to know how I felt about her.
“I don't care if you feel the same way about me or not,” I said softly, running my fingers over her cheeks. “I just wanted you to know. I love you, Hadley, I always have and I always will.”