“Um, okay. Well I’m sure Heather will be fine. Thanks for your concern. I’ll let her know what you said the next time I talk to her.”

Just then, Emma and Grace walked up. Emma hugged Lynda and talked to her while Grace gave me her congratulations.

I kept looking over at Lynda. There was something about the bitch I didn’t trust. Heather seemed fine when she brought me my cheeseburger, but was clearly upset after running in to Lynda in the bathroom. I don’t trust that bitch as far as I can throw her skinny ass.

Jeff and I said good-bye to, I swore all 150 people at the wedding.

We made our way out to his truck, and after my mother and Grace helped me to get my dress inside the truck we took off.

“So, where are we going, Mr. Johnson?” I asked as I wiggled my eyebrows up and down.

“The W.”

“Oh wow, the W and Paris? I do believe you are going to start off this marriage by spoiling me.”

“That is my every intention, Mrs. Johnson.” Jeff said with a smile.

***

After we got to the hotel and checked in, we were standing outside our room. Jeff had told the bellhop to just leave the bags, and he would bring them in later.

Standing at the door of our room, Jeff turned toward me and cupped my face with his hands.

“I will always do whatever I can to make you and our baby happy. Do you believe me, Ari?”

My heart was in my throat. How can he say something so simple and make me all crazy?

“Yes, I believe you, Jeff.”

Reaching down, he scooped me up into his arms as he tried to open the door and hold on to me. I started to laugh when I felt he was losing his grip on me.

“Shit! This dress is making you slip.”

“The dress, huh? You haven’t been working out that much lately. Maybe you’re losing your brute strength,” I said with a giggle.

“Oh yeah?” He set me down for a second, and then picked me up again, throwing me over his shoulder. I let out a small scream.

“Baby, you need to be quiet, or they’ll kick us out!”

He smacked me on the ass, which caused me to yell out again.

Once he got the door open, he reached down, grabbed the two suitcases, and carried us all into the room.

He dropped the bags and then slowly, oh so slowly, helped me down. I instantly felt his hard-on and all I wanted to do was rip off his clothes.

“Show off,” I said with a smile.

“All for you, baby, all for you.”

I turned and looked our room.

“Holy hell.” It was breath-taking. With its totally modern look, it was so different from the Driskill. All I saw were windows with a view of downtown Austin.

“Oh my gosh, the view from up here is amazing.” I continued looking around the room, and the next thing I saw was the large curved sofa and the LCD TV.

“That TV is huge!”

Jeff laughed.

“Well, I don’t plan on turning it on…at all.”

I smiled at him.

“Me either…well until I wear your ass out, and then I’ll watch HGTV while you sleep.”

Jeff threw his head back and laughed. “That’s not going to happen. Come here, let me show you the bathroom.”

When we walked into the bathroom, I swore it was like I was walking into a spa. The walls were all gray, and everything else was white. It had modern white sinks and a large bath-tub. Oh my god, the bathtub. I just wanted to soak in it. It was tucked near the corner and looked out over the river. It was beautiful.

“I want in that tub.”

Jeff came around to stand in front of me. Placing his finger under my chin, he lifted my head up to him. His soft lush lips captured mine, and he kissed me so tenderly that I thought for sure I would melt on the spot.

He pulled away slightly. “How careful do I need to be with taking off this dress?”

I smiled at him and raised an eyebrow. “This is a very expensive dress, Mr. Johnson. What if our daughter wants to wear it someday when she gets married? How am I going to tell her that her daddy put the rip in it because he wanted mommy naked so he could have his wicked ways with her?”

Jeff smiled, and my knees about gave out. Holy shit, this man is beautiful. I looked him up and down. His beautiful light brown hair was a tad bit messy, and those emerald green eyes were just sparkling. When he smiled big like he was now, I could see the dimple on his right cheek, and for some reason, that turned me on even more.

“I’ll tell ya what, if I rip it, I promise to buy our daughter the most expensive wedding gown that she wants. I just want her momma out of this one.”

I turned around and looked over my shoulder as Jeff slowly started to unzip the dress. I heard him suck in his breath when he saw the back of my corset.

“Jesus, Ari…if this is what the back looks like, I can’t wait to see the front.” He leaned in and kissed me from one shoulder to the other.

My body shuddered.

Then, he placed his hands on my shoulders and slowly pushed off the dress.

“So damn beautiful.”

I stepped out of the dress, moving to the side of it. I heard Jeff pick up the dress, and I looked over my shoulder to watch him lay it over the white ottoman. He was handling it with so much care that I had to smile to myself.

I love him so damn much.

“Turn around, Arianna.”

Oh. My. God. The sound of his voice ran through my body like a bolt of lightning. What the hell? My heart starting pounding and I looked down at my shaking hands. I balled my hands into fists, and then I placed them both on my stomach. Is it butterflies or am feeling the baby?

I slowly turned around to face him. Jeff sucked in a breath of air as he looked up and down my body. He took two steps back, hit the ottoman, lost his balance, and then landed right on his ass.

I started to laugh as he jumped back up.

“Wow, if I had known that I looked that good, I would have taken that damn dress off hours ago,” I said as I laughed my ass off.

Oh shit! I started to jump up and down. I had to pee. Oh my god! If I pissed myself, I was blaming him. I pushed past Jeff and ran over to the toilet. Now, it was Jeff’s turn to laugh.

Jesus, Mary, and Joseph…so much for romance.

“That was classic, Ari. Damn, I love you,” Jeff said as he walked over to the bath to run the water.

I finished, washed my hands, and took one look at myself in the mirror. I did have a glow. I wondered if it the pregnancy or just because I was so unbelievably happy?

Jeff walked up behind me and wrapped his arms around my stomach. He gave me a small hug and then turned me around.

“You take my breath away in all this silver, baby, but I’m afraid I need to take it off as well.”

Jeff slowly got down on his knees as he picked up my left foot and removed my shoe. Then, he removed my other shoe. He slowly slid his hands up my right leg and unclipped my stockings from the garter belt. He rolled it off my leg and set it to the side and then repeated the same moves on my left leg. Then, he reached up and unhooked the garter belt. I could feel the rush of moisture hit my platinum-colored panties.

Shit, I’ve never wanted him as much as I do right this very second.

He hooked his fingers on my panties and so very slowly pulled them down. As he did, he placed gentle kisses down my leg. I stepped out of my panties, and he tossed them to the side.

When he looked right at my stomach, I felt it doing flips like never before. Oh god.

He placed his forehead and then one of his hands on my stomach.

“Hey, baby boy or girl, it’s Daddy.”

Mother of all things good. Fucking take me now!

“I love you, little baby of mine. Thank you so much for letting Mommy have a sick-free day today little bit.”

Oh. My. God.

“Jeff...”

He kissed my stomach and stood up. Turning me around, he slowly started to take off the corset. Once it was untied he let it drop to the floor.

I turned around and saw the lust in his eyes as his gaze traveled up and down my body. Then, his stare landed back on the small round bump at my stomach.

“Ari, you’re so damn sexy. I can’t wait to see your stomach grow bigger with our child.”

He’s trying to kill me. He has to be.

“Jeff, please make love to me…after you turn off the tub because it’s fixin’ to spill over.”

“Shit!” Jeff ran over to the tub and turned off the water.

I let out a giggle as Jeff walked back over to me. He lifted me up and moved me over to the lower counter next to the sink.

“The water will get cold,” I said with a smile.

“Then, I’ll drain it and fill it up again. Right now, I’m going to make love to you.”

My heart dropped to my stomach. No matter how many times he’s said that to me, it still caused me to get butterflies in my stomach.

“Okay.”

And make love, he did. We started out in the bathroom, and then lifted me up and moved me to the bedroom where he gave every square inch of my body attention. I’d already had two orgasms, and I thought I was going to die if I had another one.

He rolled us over, so I was on top.

Sweet mother of Jesus, he feels so good. I didn’t want to stop, but I felt the familiar feeling building up inside of me. Just as I started to come, Jeff sat up and wrapped his arms around me, and came with me.

We sat there for a few minutes, just holding each other while we caught our breath. Then, I felt the baby move. I knew it was the baby because that feeling was getting stronger. I was pretty sure it was a boy, only Jeff could produce a son who could make me feel him move around earlier than he should.

“I love you, Jeff.”

“I love you so much more, baby. Let’s go sit in a hot bath.”

He let go of me, and I collapsed onto the bed.

“I’ll just wait here while you take your fine naked ass in there to draw me a bath.”

“You got it, babe.”

***

The moment I slid down into the hot water, I let out a sigh and closed my eyes. Thank God this day is over. I loved our wedding, and it was more than I could’ve ever dreamed of. But fuck, I just want to go to Paris.

I felt Jeff get into the tub with me, so I moved up so he could slide in behind me.

I leaned back onto his chest, and now it was his turn to relax and a sigh.

“So, Paris, huh?”

He let out a chuckle. “Yep, we leave tomorrow afternoon. Ellie did me a huge favor by making sure your passport was up to date.”

“Well, she wasn’t very sneaky about it. She just came out and asked.”

Jeff started laughing. “Damn that girl. I really wish she would get pregnant soon,” Jeff said, his voice turning sad sounding.

I put my hands to my stomach, silently thanking God for our blessing.

“She will, baby. She just needs to relax and stop worrying about it. Let’s get back to Paris. What made you pick Paris? Est-ce parce que je parle si bien le Francais?”

I knew Jeff had no idea what I’d just said, so I let out a giggle.

“Yes,” Jeff said with a laugh.

I turned around and looked at him. “Do you know what I just asked?”

He smiled that big ol’ smile of his and nodded his head.

“Alright, smart ass, what did I say?”