you. Please don’t cry, sweetheart.”
“I love you too,” she managed to say before the damn broke and she cried even harder.
“But you don’t want to love me, is that it?” He hugged her to him, fierce determination lining his face. “It doesn’t matter, because you do love me and somehow I’ll make you see that we belong together.”
“You…you don’t understand,” she sniffed. “I’m crying because I-I’m so h-happy.”
The dull pain in his chest began to ease when she looked up at him with a wobbly smile. “Thank God,” he said on a sigh, then captured her mouth and kissed her senseless.
****
Maddy hummed softly as her brush brought the painting to life one stroke at a time. Not unlike Chase, she thought wickedly, remembering how erotically he’d stroked her that morning. In the two weeks since they’d declared their feelings for each other they’d fallen even more deeply in love than before, and every morning when she woke to find herself in his arms, she thanked God for bringing them together.
She imagined Chase was quite a force to be reckoned with in the business world because she’d been in the room when he’d made work related calls and knew he could be quite shrewd and ruthless, but he was never anything but kind and tender towards her. He insisted it would be her fault if he lost his hard-nosed reputation and accused her of casting some sort of spell over him, teasingly saying Minelia must have had a hand it.
“Who’s Minelia?” She’d asked sharply, feeling the barbed edges of jealousy stab at her heart. “Is that an old girlfriend?”
It was the following evening, after that first time they’d slept together. They’d been sitting on the sofa watching an old movie but she’d been more interested in kissing Chase and soon found herself on her back, pinned beneath him. One thing led to another, as it inevitably did when they started kissing, and he’d been so anxious to make love to her that he’d dispensed with the niceties of getting completely undressed. He’d managed to get her panties off and bunch her sundress around her hips, while his own jeans had only made it to his knees before he’d buried himself inside of her.
It didn’t last more than a few minutes, but she hadn’t expected it to, not when she’d done her level best to push him to the point where he could no longer control himself. Afterwards, when they’d straightened their clothing and he’d settled back on the sofa with her in his arms, he’d made the remark about Minelia. That’s when she asked if Minelia was an old girlfriend.
Chase laughed, easily subduing her when she struggled to get off his lap. “Minelia,” he explained, “is the goddess of pure, endless love who delights in bringing lovers together who are destined for each other. The story is that once Minelia brings a couple together, she strengthens the bond by helping them consummate their union. And,” his voice softened, “when the time is right, she makes the woman ripe for conceiving.”
Maddy’s insides melted at the thought of carrying his child. “Do…do you want to have children? Someday, I mean.”
Chase’s hand moved to cover her flat belly. A smile tipped the corner of his mouth. “I never really thought about it before, but I kind of like the idea of planting my baby inside of you. Maybe I’ve already gotten you pregnant.”
“I assure you I’m not,” Maddy said with a laugh and wondered why that disappointed her so much.
“You could be,” he insisted. “It’s not as if we used protection last night or just now for that matter.”
Her eyes narrowed suspiciously. “Did you just suddenly remember about the protection because of your lesson on Minelia?”
Chase gave her a sheepish grin. “I admit the first time we made love it completely slipped my mind in the heat of the moment.”
Maddy arched a brow. “And what about the
“I love you too,” she managed to say before the damn broke and she cried even harder.
“But you don’t want to love me, is that it?” He hugged her to him, fierce determination lining his face. “It doesn’t matter, because you do love me and somehow I’ll make you see that we belong together.”
“You…you don’t understand,” she sniffed. “I’m crying because I-I’m so h-happy.”
The dull pain in his chest began to ease when she looked up at him with a wobbly smile. “Thank God,” he said on a sigh, then captured her mouth and kissed her senseless.
****
Maddy hummed softly as her brush brought the painting to life one stroke at a time. Not unlike Chase, she thought wickedly, remembering how erotically he’d stroked her that morning. In the two weeks since they’d declared their feelings for each other they’d fallen even more deeply in love than before, and every morning when she woke to find herself in his arms, she thanked God for bringing them together.
She imagined Chase was quite a force to be reckoned with in the business world because she’d been in the room when he’d made work related calls and knew he could be quite shrewd and ruthless, but he was never anything but kind and tender towards her. He insisted it would be her fault if he lost his hard-nosed reputation and accused her of casting some sort of spell over him, teasingly saying Minelia must have had a hand it.
“Who’s Minelia?” She’d asked sharply, feeling the barbed edges of jealousy stab at her heart. “Is that an old girlfriend?”
It was the following evening, after that first time they’d slept together. They’d been sitting on the sofa watching an old movie but she’d been more interested in kissing Chase and soon found herself on her back, pinned beneath him. One thing led to another, as it inevitably did when they started kissing, and he’d been so anxious to make love to her that he’d dispensed with the niceties of getting completely undressed. He’d managed to get her panties off and bunch her sundress around her hips, while his own jeans had only made it to his knees before he’d buried himself inside of her.
It didn’t last more than a few minutes, but she hadn’t expected it to, not when she’d done her level best to push him to the point where he could no longer control himself. Afterwards, when they’d straightened their clothing and he’d settled back on the sofa with her in his arms, he’d made the remark about Minelia. That’s when she asked if Minelia was an old girlfriend.
Chase laughed, easily subduing her when she struggled to get off his lap. “Minelia,” he explained, “is the goddess of pure, endless love who delights in bringing lovers together who are destined for each other. The story is that once Minelia brings a couple together, she strengthens the bond by helping them consummate their union. And,” his voice softened, “when the time is right, she makes the woman ripe for conceiving.”
Maddy’s insides melted at the thought of carrying his child. “Do…do you want to have children? Someday, I mean.”
Chase’s hand moved to cover her flat belly. A smile tipped the corner of his mouth. “I never really thought about it before, but I kind of like the idea of planting my baby inside of you. Maybe I’ve already gotten you pregnant.”
“I assure you I’m not,” Maddy said with a laugh and wondered why that disappointed her so much.
“You could be,” he insisted. “It’s not as if we used protection last night or just now for that matter.”
Her eyes narrowed suspiciously. “Did you just suddenly remember about the protection because of your lesson on Minelia?”
Chase gave her a sheepish grin. “I admit the first time we made love it completely slipped my mind in the heat of the moment.”
Maddy arched a brow. “And what about the
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