Winter Kisses by Flora Ferrari

Author:Flora Ferrari
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINE

Wayne

I lean back on the couch with Winter in my arms, smelling the fresh scent of her shampoo and the sweetness of her shower gel, though that does little to mask the tangy, sweet scent of her womb.

She settles against me and I wrap my arms around her belly and pull her as close as two people can physically get – and even that’s not enough – I imagine that my child is already taking root inside of her.

The fire crackles and hisses and outside the snow falls through the night, the security lights illuminating it in stark yellow swirls that turn it into a magical display.

Rusty is asleep on his back, his paws twitching every so often as he sprints through his canine dreams.

“You really love him, don’t you?” Winter murmurs.

I nod, kissing her neck, and then force myself to stop before I lose control like I did back at the hot tub. She triggers something inside of me, an atavistic desire that goes far past pedestrian want.

“I inherited him from my mother six years ago, when he was two. I never thought I’d be much good with dogs. I’ve never had pets. I thought I’d be too busy with my business. But, well, dogs have a way of making you not care about the complications. At least, Rusty did. He’s become a fixture at Comet, following me from my office to boardroom meetings, riding with me wherever I go.”

“That’s so cute,” Winter smiles. “How come your mom didn’t want him anymore?”

“She passed away,” I say.

“Oh, I’m sorry.”

“No, no,” I assure her quickly, smoothing my hand up her body so that I can slide my fingers through her silky golden hair. “It’s okay. It was a sudden heart attack. She didn’t suffer. And my old man… well, I don’t want to unload on you, Winter.”

“Unload on me?” she wriggles so that she’s facing me.

I brace her back to stop her from rolling off the couch, her features even more attractive in the flickering firelight, her cheeks shadowy with her back turned to it.

“Um, I’m pretty sure you have unloaded on me, not to be the grossest person ever. No, seriously, I want you to be able to talk to me, Wayne.”

“I don’t … talk,” I say, laughing grimly. “Not about my feelings, if you can call them that. Or my personal life. But with you, yeah, I should make an exception. You’re right. You’re going to be the mother of my children and I want to be honest with you.”

“That means a lot to me,” she whispers, leaning close and pecking me on the cheek.

It’s a small gesture, but I can tell by the way her eyes twinkle that it means a lot to her, that she had to overcome a lot of inner defenses even to do that.

It makes sense, because she doesn’t have the mind-blotting fuel of our sexual lust to stifle her anxiety.

I know how it feels with her, to completely lose my head, to not even be able to pause long enough to think.

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