Page 83 of Girth (Marked Skulls MC 1)
“Of course, I am! I didn’t know I wanted to be a father, but now I do. I just needed some time to absorb the news. I’m excited, Kennedy…you’ve made me very happy,” he continued.
I couldn’t believe it. I thought I was dreaming. How was it possible that Nico Rossi was actually happy that we were going to have a baby together?
He stood up and walked over to my side, crouching down beside me. This time I let him take my hand, while he peered into my eyes.
“Thank you, Kennedy,” he whispered.
I thought Nico was going to kiss me. He was sitting right there, our faces were so close to each other’s. I was drowning in his eyes again. But the waiter interrupted us. He’d brought our food and was laying it on the table. Nico stood up and went back to his chair.
Everything felt like a dream to me now. This couldn’t really be happening, could it? Nico actually smiled? He thanked me for making him happy?
He must have seen the shocked expression on my face. After the waiter left, Nico smiled at me again.
“I can see this is all very hard for you,” he commented. I pushed the salad around with my fork, but I didn’t really want to eat. I shook my head.
“I think I’m still in shock. A pregnancy was not in my plans,” I told him. I forced myself to eat a little. I didn’t want to get sick again, while Nico sipped on his espresso.
“Yeah, I think I’m still in shock too. I didn’t think we were ever going to see each other again,” he said.
His voice was dreamy and drowsy. Suddenly, I felt like everything I was worried about had vanished into thin air. Like I didn’t have to sweat over anything. There were still so many unanswered questions between us, but none of those mattered. Not today.
I looked up at Nico and caught him staring. He couldn’t get enough of looking at me, it seemed!
“Nico, can I ask what happened? Why did you suddenly cut off all contact?”
He looked down at his cup of coffee. He didn’t want to meet my eyes as he spoke.
“I told you already, I thought we’d run our course and I didn’t want to keep leading you on anymore. I thought that was what you wanted too,” he replied.
I gulped. It wasn’t the ideal answer, but for now, it would have to do.
“And now? What happens to us now?” I asked.
Nico sighed and looked away, out of the windows of the restaurant. I could see him thinking. Turning over plans and ideas in his head.
“And now we work out our next steps from here, together,” he said and looked at me abruptly. “Kennedy, I am not going to let you do this alone. This child is as much mine as it is yours. I’m not going to ignore my responsibilities,” he added.
That wasn’t exactly what I wanted to hear. I wished that he would tell me had feelings for me too. That he didn’t just want to work things out between us because of the baby. I wished I had something to do with that decision as well.
But I couldn’t ask him that. We hardly even knew each other.
I nodded my head and smiled weakly at him.
“You don’t have to eat that if you don’t want to,” he commented, with a laugh in his voice. I pushed the salad bowl away.
“Yeah, I don’t think I can. I might just go back to my place and rest instead,” I said.
“Okay, I’ll drive you there,” Nico offered.
It was the kind of offer I couldn’t refuse.
***
Nico parked his car outside my apartment building. Neither of us made a move. I wasn’t in a hurry to get down. We were sitting in silence, we didn’t know what to say to each other. The whole afternoon had been a shock to both of us.
“So…I’ll hear from you soon?” I asked. We’d been silent for too long.
Nico turned to me. His gray eyes were soft and kind now, I was resisting the urge to throw my arms around him. To bury my face in his chest. He had no idea how happy he had made me today.
“Of course, you will. I’m sorry, Kennedy, for giving you so many reasons not to trust me. But I’m going to be there for you now, be there for our baby,” Nico said.
I couldn’t believe the words that were coming from his mouth. I was still in shock that a man like Nico Rossi could be so gentle and kind too. He was like a completely different man ever since he found out that I was pregnant with his child.
I smiled and nodded.
“Okay, I’ll see you later,” I said and I was about to step out of the car, but Nico had grabbed me by the back of my neck. He pulled me to himself and kissed me roughly.
I gasped as his tongue slid into my mouth. I breathed him in, feeling my body beginning to float. I’d been craving for him, craving for that mouth and now I finally had him.
I bunched up his shirt in my hands while he kissed me wildly. It was three-weeks’ worth of pent-up desire. Now I knew that he’d been thinking about me just as much as I was.
He kissed me like this was our first kiss, like we were just discovering each other. He held me tightly by my neck, keeping me in place so he could do what he wanted.
Panting and gasping for breath, I peeled myself away from him. Nico’s eyes were dark and heavy again. I could feel my lips throbbing and swelling up from the force of his kisses.
Nico was staring at me hungrily, like a hunter would stare at its prey.
“Do you want to come upstairs?” I asked him.
It felt like my heart stopped, while I waited for him to answer.
Then I saw him opening the car door. Nico was stepping out. He was going to come up with me.
***
The door of my apartment banged open. Nico and I had fallen right through it. We were kissing all the way up the stairs. Then he lifted me up and I was in his arms while he tried to get the lock open.
Now we were on the floor. I was on top of him, kissing his neck, while he tried to pull down my dress.
“Kennedy!” he stopped me suddenly. I looked up at him, startled. “Are you okay? Is…” his eyes drifted to my belly. I smiled and nodded.
“Yes, I’m fine. Don’t worry,” I told him.
He caught my chin and pulled my face up to him. We were kissing again. This time more ravenously.
“You have no idea how crazy you’ve made me,” he growled, as he lifted me off the floor. I was unbuttoning his shirt, just so I could get to his chiseled and smooth torso again.
I breathed in his masculine scent. The smell of a hard day’s labor. Nico was all-man. He was strong and muscular and I felt as light as a feather as he carried me to my bedroom.
He nibbled at my earlobes, while my hands traveled up and down his torso. He’d managed to pull my dress d
own, so that my breasts popped out.
We fell into bed together, our bodies bouncing on the mattress. In one swift motion, he’d caught my breasts in his hands and he was squeezing them. I gasped and sighed at his touch. My nipples pebbled under my bra. I could feel them…sensitive and aching.
He unhooked my bra expertly, exposing my breasts and he caught one nipple in his fingers and squeezed.
“Don’t worry, I have no intention of ruining another dress,” Nico smiled as he gently tugged it down. I threw my head back and laughed. I was at peace. I was happy…he could tear all the dresses in my wardrobe if he wanted to. I didn’t care a dime about any of them!
All that mattered was Nico being here, in my bed.
He threw my dress to the floor and I fumbled with his belt. He helped me take it off and then I unzipped his jeans too. Nico’s hands were on my panties, pulling them down hungrily till I was completely naked.
He stopped abruptly and breathed in. His eyes roamed over me. I was blushing and exposed. He was free to do what he wanted with me. I didn’t want him to be gentle. I’d been desperate for him for three weeks!
“I just want to look at you all day, Kennedy. You’re so beautiful,” I heard him say. He reached for my legs, running his hands over the smoothness of my thighs and my calves. He parted my legs gently, flicking my wet pussy folds with his fingers.
I writhed on the bed, bunching up the sheets with my hands. While he touched me, he also started pulling down his jeans.
There it was again, his big throbbing cock! I was in a daze, my eyelids were heavy with desire as I stared at the treasure between his legs.
Nico slipped a finger in my folds. I hadn’t seen it coming and I gasped.
“Sorry, did I hurt you?” he asked. I bit down on my lip and smiled at him. He was suddenly so worried about hurting me! Knowing he was going to be a dad had changed everything. Nico was now a gentle thoughtful man.
“No, you’re not hurting me,” I reassured him.
He rolled over above me, making sure that his body wasn’t pressing me down. Our gazes locked as he hovered above me. Gently, he leaned forward to kiss the tip of my nose and then my lips…then my chin.
