Page 67 of Nikolai

"Hey," I giggle, jarring his attention away from my breasts to my face. He steps away from where he was leaning against the doorframe and prowls toward me wearing a look I know all too well, causing a familiar tingle between my thighs.

"Malyshka," Nikolai's endearment for me rolls off his tongue as he steps up behind me, placing his face in the crook of my neck. My skin prickles the moment his hands grip my hips, pulling me back into his erection. I hum my appreciation as I reach behind me and thread my fingers through his hair. "Nikolai."

"Can you take fast?" he rasps into the shell of my ear as he pulls at my swimsuit's ties, letting the top fall to the floor at our feet. My breasts feel heavy with need. Knowing what my body craves, Nikolai palms them in the cups of his hands.

"I can take any way my husband wants to give it."

My words are all the encouragement he needs. Nikolai folds me over with a growl until my hands are planted firmly on the bed in front of me. My swimsuit bottoms are ripped down my legs, and in the next second, Nikolai is inside of me. I scream. "Oh, God!"

My husband then proceeds to show me how fast it can be, and I show him I can indeed take it any way he gives it.

When Nikolaiand I return to the party, I get a knowing look from Alba and Bella. My face heats. "What?" I look back and forth between the sisters.

Bella grins. "You forgot to close your bedroom window.

Alba cackles at my mortified expression.

"Oh my, God." I bury my face in my hands. "Please tell me no one else heard us."

Alba bites her lip. "Umm, I'm pretty sure Gabriel heard. Because soon after, he cranked the music up."

"Great. I'm never going to be able to look him in the face again."

At my confession, Alba burst out laughing.

"Shut up," I laugh as I sit at the edge of the pool and splash her with water. Soon our commotion draws the attention of Mila, Sofia, Emerson, Grace, and Glory.

"What's so funny?" Mila asks, wading over toward us.

"Nothing," I lie, turning redder.

Glory who is on a monster size pink flamingo float, sipping on a Margarita, lowers her shades and eyes me up and down. And with a straight face, she says, "Our sweet Leah just got herself a good Volkov dicking. I'd know that look anywhere."

My eyes nearly bug out of my head.

"Jesus, Glory. Slap a filter on that mouth of yours every once in a while, will you," Grace chastises her best friend.

"Where's the fun in that," she counters. "If you can't be real with your girls, who can you be real with?" Then she adds, "Besides, it's not like the men aren't over there doing the same shit. Scratching their balls and congratulating each other on getting some."

Eight sets of eyes turn and look to where the men have assembled. As if they can sense that we are talking about them, the men turn their heads. We burst out in a fit of laughter.

Hours later,as the sun begins to set, I stand by the lake and take a moment to reflect on how perfect today has been when a hand brushes my hair away from my neck and Nikolai's warm lips settle on the spot below my ear. "What are you doing over here by yourself, Malyshka?"

I settle back into Nikolai's embrace and stare out at the sun setting over the water. "Just thinking."

"About what?"

"About how happy I am."

"You know I'd give you anything, right? That I'd do everything in my power to give you what you deserve."

"I know you will, and you have."

"I don't want you ever to feel like you are missing out on anything."

"I don't feel like I'm missing out on anything. I know some women strive to finish college and for a career, but that's not my dream, Nikolai. My dream has always been to have a real family, and to love and be loved."

Wrapping his arms around me, Nikolai cradles my growing bump in the palms of his hands. I smile as our daughter makes her presence known by doing summersaults, something she does whenever she hears Nikolai's voice. Still in the womb and already a daddy's girl.

"Thank you," Nikolai says.

Tilting my head back, I peer up at him. "For what?"

"For loving me, becoming my wife, and giving me a child. You and the baby are my world. You've given me everything I've ever hoped to achieve in my life." Then he kisses me.