Father Knows Best (A Family Affair Book 1) by Daisy Jane

Author:Daisy Jane [Jane, Daisy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2025-09-26T00:00:00+00:00

seventeen

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The Gift

I thought about this a thousand times, I swear. I’ve made mental lists, physical lists, lists on my iPhone and on my computer—I’m pretty sure there are even a few electric bills with my list scrawled haphazardly on the back.

Sutton is a sensible man with a handful of favorite things–nice whiskey and wine, great suits, and good meals. All of those things he can make or buy himself, and does. We selected our rings together, and he planned our honeymoon to Bora Bora, and together, we live in our dream home. He has the car he wants. He wears the cologne he likes. There are very few gifts that I can reasonably purchase for Sutton that he actually longs for.

And the wedding night gift should be special, more special than the bottle of 2015 Château Lafite Rothschild I got him for his 36th birthday. I’ve already packed an ungodly and unreasonable amount of lacy things and thong underwear–and besides, I’m already his, my body already belongs to Sutton. I am not his gift.

I thought about consulting Amelie, as my best friend, or even Roberta, since she dates around. But Sutton is so beyond private, the idea of one of them knowing what I give him on our wedding night feels like an overshare, for him. So I consult no one, and end up selecting a gift that feels right to me. I pull it out of my bag, and set it on the bed.

Sutton rolls in the cart left at our suite by hospitality, lifting the sterling domed lid off of a large, rectangular plate, revealing chocolates and roses. On the tray is a pink box that reads Wedded Bliss. Sutt pulls the lid off and laughs, tipping the box on its side to show me the contents. “Most people wait for this night to not need these,” Sutt says of the three condoms in the box.

“Three, wow,” I say, nodding toward the other items. “Three whole condoms and what else?”

He pulls out a purple foil package, half the size of the condom package. “Single use,” he says. The first time Sutt and I made love, he used a condom, but shortly after, we discussed our long term plans. After we exchanged our results which put us both in the clear for unprotected sex, I went on birth control. The pill, to be exact. And not long after Sutton’s proposal we discussed when I’d go off birth control.

A few weeks ago, so that tonight, when we made love, I could, in theory, get pregnant.

We realize it takes time to leave my system, but symbolically, quitting in time for our wedding night feels right. We’re both okay with it taking a while, but we’re equally okay with getting pregnant soon, too.

“Well,” I tell him, pushing the box aside as I slip a chocolate past his lips. “We don’t need any of those things.” I smile up at my husband, already wholly obsessed with the new titles. “Your wife already tossed her pills, too.

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