Page 21 of Cupid
“No worries.” I shuffled to the entryway and stepped into my big sheep’s wool boots and shrugged on my enormous parka. “Let’s go before your son has a sixth sense about me leaving and comes to stop us.”
“I swear, that boy is such a worrywart.” She just shook her head and stepped out the front door. “Don’t worry. You’re safe with me.”
I probably should have been suspicious of the random breakout, but I was too happy to feel the breeze in my hair and the sun on my face to even question where we were going. So when we pulled up in front of Arrow’s workshop, I was confused.
“Um, what are we doing here?” I looked at my mother-in-law through narrowed eyes. “You’re up to something, aren’t you?”
She just winked and hopped out of the car. “It’s all good, dear. Let’s just get you inside.”
It was a slow walk to the front door, but as we approached, it opened up, and Arrow was standing right inside with a big smile on his face.
“What’s going—” I didn’t even get to finish my question before he swept me into his arms and carried me inside.
To a baby shower.
“Surprise!” Everyone I’d met, and dozens of people I’d never met, were all crammed around a table full of gifts.
“For me?” I turned to look at Arrow. “For us?”
“For us.” He lowered me into a thickly padded rolling chair and then scooted me right up to the gift table. “I wanted to do it at the house, but they insisted on it being a surprise, so…”
I looked around the room through watery eyes and sniffed. “Well, I’m definitely surprised. Thank you all so much!”
Arrow dropped a kiss to the top of my head, and his mother hugged me from the other side.
“I can’t believe there are so many gifts.” The mountain looked like it was for ten babies. There was no way one baby would use that many diapers or pajamas, but I didn’t want to seem unappreciative. “This is beyond generous.”
A large man with a big belly and a white beard worked his way through the crowd, and I instantly recognized him as Arrow’s boss, Santa. “Your Arrow has spent a lot of years delivering gifts to children all over the world. His generosity outshines ours a hundred times, but these are some of the favorite gifts that we know tend to get the most use.”
I held up a stuffed reindeer and cuddled it to my chest. “I think this one might stay with me.”
SIXTEEN
JUDE
As December rolled in, Arrow warned me that he’d be working a lot. The timing wasn’t great because being in the last two months of my pregnancy meant I was extra uncomfortable, extra tired, extra hungry…and for some reason, my belly was always itchy.
It wasn’t as fun as it had been in the early days when my waddle was cute and sitting on the couch with my feet up was pleasant. Now every part of my body felt like bones were poking out, and no matter how many cushions I shoved under and behind me for support, I was always in moderate pain.
Not shooting pain. More like my butt bone was digging into concrete all day long kind of pain. It was getting old.
I checked the time for the hundredth time and it was finally after eight, which meant Arrow would be walking in the door at any minute.
Usually, he found me practically floating over the couch with a mountain of pillows beneath me and the remote in my hand when he came home. But I wanted to mix things up…and I was super horny, so I rocked my body up into a standing position and slowly headed toward the bathroom.
My hygiene was no longer my top priority throughout the day, so I had to prepare for sexy times with a shower right before we got frisky. It wasn’t exactly as spontaneous as it once was, but making the effort to shower when I didn’t have the energy for sex was just a waste of time.
While the water heated up, I slipped out of my baggy sweats and positioned myself on the shower bench Arrow installed during my second trimester. Having a place to sit down while I bathed made it safer for me, but it was also the perfect height for seated shower sex.
I was just stepping under the warm spray when Arrow called out to me. “Sweetheart, I’m home.”
“In the shower.” I let the water pelt my back for a moment while I lathered up my hair and then I sat down on the bench, knowing Arrow would be joining me soon.
“Everything okay?” His voice held concern, but the way he was tearing off his clothes made it clear he knew exactly what my needs were.
“Yeah, just…” I leaned back and lifted one leg up on the bench, displaying my hard cock and balls to him. I hadn’t seen either in a few months but at that angle, I was able to reach them both pretty well. “Wanted to get washed up for you.”
Even with the noise of the water, his growl was audible as he stepped into the shower and dropped to his knees so he was at eye level. “You just sit there and relax, sweetheart. I’ll get you all cleaned up.” He kissed my mouth, dragging his tongue across my jawline until he reached my ear. “And then we’ll get you all dirty again.”
