shoulder.
“Well,
you know how you joked about throwing out my birth control and trying to knock
me up?” I said, smiling.
His
head snapped up and his eyes met mine. “What are you saying?” he asked, his
eyes alive with hope.
“I’m
saying that I realized as I was packing that I’d forgotten to take my pill for
about a week because when I went to pack for Vegas my pack was empty. We’ve
been unprotected on that front, so if you weren’t serious about trying to get
me pregnant now is the time to say something and we can go get some condoms,” I
said.
Ryder
pulled me close and kissed me. “I was absolutely fucking serious. I want a baby
with you, Everleigh Matthews, sooner rather than later. I want to see your
belly growing every single day with our child and then when it’s born, I want
to try and knock you up again.” I giggled, happy tears falling from my eyes. “I
want to have my own football team with you, gorgeous. Do you want that?”
I
nodded and said, “Of course I do. Ever since you mentioned babies last night I
have been thinking about it a lot and I want that too. I want to have your
child, Ryder, and I want to have that football team too.”
He
smiled at me and said, “So are we really doing this? We’re trying to get
pregnant?”
I
let my dress fall to the floor and I stood in front of him in nothing but my
white lacy panties and my high heels. “Knock me up, husband.”
He
growled and said, “Oh fuck,” before he lifted me into his arms and carried me
to the bed. “I just have one request.”
“What’s
that, rock star?”
He
grinned at me sexily and said, “Keep the heels on.”
I
giggled and said, “Whatever you want, hubby.” Then he laid me down on the bed,
ready to start our future and live the life we dreamed of…together.
Epilogue
Ryder
“Fuck,”
I growled. “How long does it take to get some test results?” I was pacing the
exam room at the doctor’s office and frantically pulling at my hair. I hated
doctor’s offices…so sterile and cold. They made me nervous and I’d never been
in one where there was ever good news given to me.
Everleigh
was lying back on the exam table, as calm as could be. She reached out her hand
for me and said, “Calm down, Ryder. Come here.” I moved to her and placed my
hand in hers. “It’s only been twenty minutes, relax. Dr. Mitchell said that it
might take a few minutes.”
“I’m
just nervous. We’ve been trying to get pregnant practically since the honeymoon
and it’s been a year.” Everleigh and I had just celebrated our one year wedding
anniversary two days before and ever since our honeymoon we’d been trying to
get pregnant. Being married to the most beautiful woman in the world was
definitely my greatest achievement but wanting to watch our baby growing inside
her was something I didn’t realize I’d crave this much.
We
were waiting for Everleigh’s doctor to give us the results of the tests she’d
had done this afternoon. We were obviously hoping for good news and right now I
needed it. Watching my wife being poked and prodded literally everywhere made
me feel sick and violent at the same time.
“I
know but we’ve had fun trying, haven’t we?” Everleigh asked, winking at me, and
I instantly relaxed.
“Yes
we have,” I smiled and kissed her hand. “I’m just beyond ready for this step. I
want to be a daddy already.”
“Oh,
Ryder,” she said, her voice full of love. “I want that too but we just need to
relax and wait for Dr. Mitchell to finish looking at everything. When you think
about it, a year isn’t really that bad. Some couples try even longer than
that…take my parents for example. They didn’t have me until they were in their
forties.”
“Aw,
fuck, I’m not waiting that long. I’ll just have to figure out a way to juice up
my sperm.”
She
laughed. “What does that even mean?”
“I
need to pump up my swimmers, like get them on steroids
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