And boy, did I have something to cling to.
Dominic curled an arm around my shoulders and led us into the compound. “How many kids do you want?”
It was lucky he had a hold of me because I tripped on nothing and nearly fell. Of course, he started chuckling.
Shock had me sucking in a breath, only to choke on it. I coughed out, “Isn’t it too soon to talk about that?”
Chuckling, he pressed his lips to my temple. “I figured your mom might ask when I come to family dinner night.”
Sighing at the reminder, I still grinned as I pressed my face into his chest, which was still shaking with mirth. “I can’t believe she said that.”
“It was cute.”
I snorted. “It wasn’t.”
“For a while, it’s only been me and the brothers. Yeah, we have our family nights, but I’ve had no one at my side at them. I have no extended family whose houses I can go to dinner at. So really, I’ll take all the pestering in the world because it means she cares. It means she’s accepted me in your life.”
Emotion caught in my throat, and I tightened my arms around him. “Okay, Dominic.”
He tipped my head back with a fisted hand in my hair. “Fuckin’ love hearin’ my name come from your lips. But, baby, I’m gonna love it more when I get the chance to be inside you, and you say it then.”
The sudden reaction in my body from his words, honest words that I had never heard spoken to me like that before, was a big spike of adrenaline. A shiver raked over me as my belly tingled and nipples hardened.
“I ain’t sayin’ it needs to be soon. I’m fine with waitin’, little mouse, because I know you’re worth it.”
“Dominic,” I breathed.
“Yeah, just like that, all breathy and shit. Gonna fuckin’ love it.”
“Soon.”
His lips twitched. “What’s soon?”
“You and me in bed, please.”
“Anythin’ you want. You just tell me when.”
“When.”
He chuckled again, but I wasn’t joking. Heck, I wanted him in all the ways I could. Under me, over me, behind me—all of it.
“Let’s go see the brothers first, and you have a think about it when you’re not horny.”
“Your fault. You get me all hot and bothered and stuff.”
He pressed his mouth against mine. Once there, he said, “Glad to know I can turn you on like you do me.”
I pulled back, eyes flaring. “I do?”
He gripped my butt and dragged my lower body forward to press his erection against me.
Dear God, he was hard, so very hard. I wanted to cover him with my hand, yet drop to my knees at the same time. This man turned me into an insatiable woman even before we’d had a chance to do anything. How would I be after the deed?
“Yeah, little mouse, you do.” Smirking, he shook his head, turned me, and gently ushered me forward while chuckling as he said, “Askin’ me if she turns me on. Jesus, babe.”
“Well, I didn’t know.”
He hooked an arm around my neck as we continued to walk. It was a little awkward, bumping into each other, but I liked how he wanted me close. Wanted to walk into the clubhouse with me under his arm in front of everyone he classed as family. The action gave me a boost in confidence, but it also left me soft and gooey on the inside.