After flopping down on Huntley’s mattress, I glanced down at my screen and heaved a deep sigh of relief when there weren’t any missed calls from them. Talking to my parents the morning after losing my virginity—and quite thoroughly at that—while wearing nothing but Huntley’s shirt seemed as though it would be even more awkward than having to tell them I could’ve died yesterday. I needed to go back to my apartment at some point today, so I decided to wait to call them until then.
I was scrolling through my social media a few minutes later when Huntley came into the room. As soon as I spotted his frown, I had a feeling I wasn’t going to like what he had to say. “What’s wrong?”
He scrubbed his palms down his face and sighed. “When you’re in the Navy, sometimes shit goes down and plans fly out the window. That’s why we always have contingency plans.”
“I’m assuming your call was about one of those backup plans?” I asked, patting the mattress as I braced myself for his answer.
“You could definitely put it that way.” He sat down next to me and laced his fingers through mine. “Even though we’ve only been back Stateside for a little less than seventy-two hours, they need my team to stand in for another on an upcoming mission.” His expression became a little wary as he finished with, “I have to head to the base. I can’t tell you when we’re leaving or how long I’ll be gone.”
I hated the thought of having so little time with Huntley after everything that had gone down over the past day, but the last thing I wanted to do was say anything that would make him worry about me while he was gone. His focus needed to be on what was important—making it back home alive. And he needed to know that I could handle this life. “Don’t worry about me, babe. You do what you need to do, and I’ll order a rideshare back to my apartment. The most important thing is that you keep yourself safe and come back to me.”
“So damn sweet.” He pressed his forehead against mine. “I’m going to miss you while I’m gone.”
“I’m going to miss you, too.” I gave him a quick peck on the lips before scrambling off the mattress.
“I wish I had enough time to take you home myself.” A muscle jumped in his jaw.
“I’ll be fine,” I assured him. “I haven’t bothered with a car since my apartment is less than a mile from the bank, so I’m used to taking the bus or a rideshare.”
“I have a better idea.” He got up and strode over to the dresser. Grabbing his keys, he turned toward me and pressed them into my hand. “Take my SUV. It’ll just sit in a parking lot while I’m gone, and I like knowing you have a vehicle to get wherever you need to be if I’m not around to drive you.”
I stared down in shock at the keys he’d given me. “I don’t know.”
He kissed me breathless again before whispering, “Please, Cora. Do this for me.”
My heart melted at his plea. “Okay.
“Take all the shit in my fridge home with you, too.” I was about to protest when he added, “You’d be doing me a favor since I usually throw it all away before I leave. It fucking sucks to come home to rotten food.”
I laughed and shook my head. “When you put it that way, how can I say no?”
He flashed me a triumphant grin before patting my butt and nudging me toward the door. “I’ll help you pack it all up once I have everything I need to bring with me.”
Less than twenty minutes later, he pulled to the side of the road near the entrance to the base. After he climbed out of the truck, I slid over to the driver’s side. He gave me one last kiss before shutting the door. I rolled down the window while he grabbed his bag from the back seat. “Bye, Huntley. Be as safe as you can be for me.”
His voice was fierce as he corrected, “Not goodbye, gingersnap. I’ll see you later.”
I held on to his vow as I watched him walk through the security gate, a lone tear sliding down my cheek as I sent up a little prayer that he’d come back to me soon.
8
Huntley
Six weeks. What should have been a quick, in and out mission went FUBAR the first day. We spent weeks cleaning up the mess while trying not to get ourselves killed.
Six long fucking weeks since I’d seen or held my girl.
The debriefing nearly did the job of our enemies for us by killing me with boredom and the need to be on the move. Afterward, I couldn’t get my ass off the base fast enough.
I threw Deacon a deadly glare when he chuckled for the fifth time while giving me a ride to Cora’s place. “I’m going to knock that smirk off your face if you don’t stop, D.”
“I can’t help it. You’re really whipped for this girl, aren’t you?”
“You say whipped. I say devoted to the woman of my dreams.” I tossed him my own smirk this time. “I can’t wait until this happens to you. I’m going to enjoy every second of rubbing it in your pretty-boy face.”
Deacon snorted. “The rest of us aren’t as gooey inside as you, Huntley.”
I rolled my eyes and ignored him the rest of the way.
When he finally pulled up to Cora’s duplex, I didn’t even wait for the car to stop before I jumped out. Deacon had obviously anticipated this reaction because my duffel came sailing out the door right behind me.
I slammed it shut, grabbed my bag, and waved at Deacon as I jogged up the walkway to the front door.
When I was standing in front of it, I paused. I didn’t want to freak Cora out with my intensity, so I took a few deep breaths to calm down. That was the last of my patience. I rang the doorbell twice, then waited and waited and waited before anxiously knocking on the door. Or maybe it had only been a few seconds. I wasn’t sure.
When the door finally swung open and I laid eyes on my Cora, all the air in my lungs whooshed out, and I stood frozen. I kept telling myself she couldn’t possibly be as beautiful in real life as I remembered. But she was ten times more gorgeous than any image of her in my mind.
Her red hair was pulled up and piled on her head, her face scrubbed clean of makeup, and she was wearing shorts and a T-shirt, her feet bare. She looked adorable and sexy all at the same time. But it wouldn’t have mattered how she was dressed. All I could see was the joy shining in her eyes, the love confirming she was mine.
“Hey there, gingersnap,” I drawled with a deep smile.
Cora screamed and jumped into my arms, wrapping herself around me and pressing her lips to mine.
I put one hand under her juicy ass to hold her up and the other behind her head, taking control of the kiss. “Fuck, I missed you,” I grunted before plunging my tongue into her mouth and groaning at her delicious taste.
I had just enough clarity of mind to kick my bag inside before following it and using the same foot to shut the door. Walking somewhat blindly, I managed to find a wall and pressed Cora against the vertical surface while I devoured her. I’d been stiff since we got back to base, but the second I saw my girl, my cock became hard as fuck.
Using my hips to hold her in place, I gripped the edge of her shirt and whipped it over her head before dipping down to place hot, wet, open-mouthed kisses along her collarbone and cleavage. I said a prayer of thanks for front clasping bras and flicked hers open so her tits spilled into my waiting palms.
“Huntley,” she panted. “We need to...oh, yes. Mmmm, yesssss.”
She lost her train of thought when I sucked on one of her hard, swollen nipples as I cupped her tits and gently massaged the heavy globes. I let the pebbled peak pop out of my mouth, and before going to the other, I inspected her gorgeous breasts. “I feel like these have gotten bigger, gingersnap.” I flicked my tongue over the tip, then gently blew on it, enjoying the shover that wracked her body. “Not that I’m complaining,” I mumbled before drawing it between my lips and taking a deep pull.
My hips rocked into hers, and suddenly, Cora’s head thumped back against the wall, and she screamed as she shattered in my arms.
“Holy shit,” I whispered in awe as I leaned back to watch the pleasure play over her face. I rubbed
the bulge in my jeans against her center, drawing out her orgasm as long as possible. My cock leaked steadily as I watched her, making a mess inside my pants and warning me that I wasn’t going to last much longer.
Cora finally stopped shuddering, and her cheeks turned pink as she opened her eyes to gaze at me. “I’m sorry. I-I don’t know what happened.”
“Gingersnap, why are you apologizing? That was one of the sexiest things I’ve ever seen in my life.” I grinned. “Are they always that sensitive?” We hadn’t been together long enough for me to thoroughly explore her body last time.
The pink on her cheeks deepened to crimson, and she wiggled as she shook her head. “No. That’s what I need—”
I was distracted by her movements and the way her tits were bouncing with each breath. I barely registered her words, knowing if I didn’t get inside her soon, I was going to blow like a fucking virgin on prom night. “I’ll give you what you need, baby,” I growled before attacking her mouth once more.
Her place was small and only one level, so it didn’t take me long to stumble my way into finding her bedroom.
I tossed her on the mattress and grinned as I yanked her shorts and underwear off with a swoosh. My shirt, jeans, and boxers landed next to them on the ground before I crawled onto the bed and covered her body with mine. I groaned at the exquisite feel of our skin pressed together and the heat of her pussy bathing my cock.
“Did you miss me, gingersnap?” I asked as I planted kisses all over her face and down her throat.
“Yes. So much,” she moaned.
I started to kiss my way down her body, but she grabbed my shoulders, so I stopped and looked up at her.
“Um.” Her already flushed skin went a shade deeper, and she glanced away for a moment.
“You can tell me anything, remember?”
“It's just, um, last time, it was my turn…” She bit her lip, and her eyes drifted down between us.
I grinned and got onto my hands and knees above her. “Are you asking for my cock, gingersnap?”
She nodded shyly, and I didn’t know whether to kiss her or let her wrap her lips around my shaft. The latter won out.
“I don’t know what I’m doing.”
“I’ll teach you how to suck my cock, baby. And only my cock. Now, scoot up on the bed,” I instructed her.
She did as she was told, and I slowly positioned myself to straddle her face. “Open up, gingersnap.”
Her mouth parted, and I fisted my dick to slowly feed it between her plump lips. “Oh, fuck,” I grunted at the feel of her warm, wet cavern surrounding my dick. When she swirled her tongue around the head, my knees went weak, so I grabbed the headboard.
“That feels so good, baby. Now suck.”
My head started spinning when she pulled me deep, hollowing out her cheeks. “Oh, fuck yeah, Cora. Just like that. Can you take me deeper?”
She nodded.
“Just relax, gingersnap. I’m going to push in farther. When you feel me at the back of your throat, swallow.”
Little by little, I fed her more of my dick until I finally bumped into a barrier. Cora immediately swallowed, and I shouted in ecstasy. She gagged for a second, and I tried to pull back, but she grasped my ass and yanked me forward. “Oh fuck, yes! Fuck! Suck it hard, baby. Fuck!”
When my balls drew up and started tingling, I knew I was close. “I’m going to come, Cora,” I warned. I’d intended to come in her mouth, but at the last second, I changed my mind. I pulled out and moved to kneel between her legs as I asked, “Are you on birth control, gingersnap?”
“Um...no, but you don’t have to—oooooooh.”
For some reason, that knowledge broke my control. I grabbed her ankles and spread her legs as wide as they would go before pressing them back slightly. Then I widened my stance, lowering my body until my cock was lined up with her dripping, pink pussy. “So wet for me,” I groaned as I began to slide inside her snug channel. “Fuck. You’re just as tight as the night I popped your cherry, gingersnap,” I gritted out through clenched teeth. It was taking everything in me not to come right then.
When I was almost completely sheathed, I bent over her just a little to slide in the last couple of inches. “Huntley,” Cora moaned as her head thrashed from side to side.
I retreated a few inches and bucked my hips hard, thrusting back in. “Shit, gingersnap. I could live in this pussy. So fucking hot.” I set a slowly increasing rhythm until I was fucking her hard and fast. I watched my cock disappear and reappear, each time glistening a little more as it was continually coated in her juices.
“Huntley! Oh, yes! Yes! Harder!”
Since I was holding her legs up and open, I rasped, “Play with those big, sexy tits for me, baby.”
Cora glided her hands up her torso to cup her globes and come spurted from my tip. She squeezed them, then plucked her nipples. “So fucking hot,” I grunted, speeding up even more.
She toyed with the rosy buds, then she pinched them, and the walls of her pussy clamped hard around my cock. “Cora! Fuck, baby! Oh, yeah. Fuck! Fuck!”
I quickly dipped my thumb between her pussy lips to make it wet before rubbing furiously over her swollen clit. She went off like a rocket, and I finally allowed myself to let go.
I roared her name as hot come erupted from my cock. My hips continued to work her hard and fast, slamming in and out until I’d pushed her over the edge one more time.
Finally, I was empty, and my dick softened a little. I slowed to a stop and lowered her legs, wrapping them around my waist. Then I rolled us over so she was sprawled on my chest, my cock still buried deep inside her.
“You have no idea how many times I dreamed about falling asleep like this,” I murmured sleepily. I’d never felt more content in my life, and it only took a moment before I drifted off.
My eyes flew open and I looked wildly around in the dark for the source of the sound that had ripped me from sleep.
A sliver of light from the bathroom door drew my attention, and I heard the sound again. What the fuck?
Quickly climbing out of bed, I hurried to the bathroom and gently pushed the door open.
“Gingersnap?” I asked when I spotted Cora on the floor in front of the toilet. “Are you all right.”
“Yes,” she sighed. Then she heaved and bent over the bowl to throw up again.
“Bullshit,” I barked. “I’m taking you to the hospital.”
9
Cora
When I was done dry heaving, I lifted my head and groaned, “It’s just a little puking. I don’t need to go to the hospital.”
“There isn’t anything left in your stomach, and you’re still nauseous. That’s a fuck of a lot of puking, not a little.”
“This wasn’t how I was planning to tell you,” I muttered as he helped me to my feet. I felt bad that I’d allowed myself to be distracted with sex before we had the conversation I’d been waiting for weeks to have with him. But the moment he’d touched me, all rational thought fled my brain. My body was more sensitive, and I had been instantly blown away by the intense pleasure of Huntley’s touch.
“Tell me what? Have you been sick while I’ve been gone?” His fingers dug into my hips as he guided me over to the sink.
After rinsing my mouth out with water and swishing some mouthwash, I heaved a deep sigh and met Huntley’s gaze in the mirror. “I wouldn’t say I’m sick exactly.”
“What exactly would you call it then?” He turned me until we were facing each other, worry shining from his hazel eyes.
My hands felt warm and sweaty as nervous butterflies swirled in my stomach. Ever since I found out that I was pregnant, I had wondered how this conversation would go. Huntley knew I wasn’t on birth control and still came inside me without any protection, but his decision could have been made in the heat of the moment without thinking about the possible consequences. Turning up pregnant after our first night together came as a huge shock to me, so I could only assume he’d be surprised too.
I braced myself for his reaction as I blurted, “An unfortunate side effect of pregnancy.”
He stepped back, his gaze dropping to my still-flat belly. His voice was shaky when he asked, “You’re pregnant?”
“Yeah, I haven’t been to the doctor yet to confirm, but I took three at-home tests about a month ago that were all positive.” I twisted to my left and opened the cabinet drawer to pull out the little white sticks that I’d kept. “You might not want to touch these since I peed on them, but I thought maybe you’d like to see them.”
“I had my tongue shoved inside your pussy while I ate you to orgasm. I think I can handle touching something you peed on that’s been dry for weeks.” His lips curved into a grin as he reached for one of the tests and stared down at the results window. “Pregnant.”
With how new our relationship was, I was surprised that he seemed excited by the news. His smile grew as he checked each test before placing the stick on the counter. After setting the third one down, he gripped my hips and crushed me against his chest. Burying his face into the crook of my neck, he pressed hot kisses against my sensitive skin.
“I take it you're happy about the pregnancy?” I asked with a shiver as I tilted my head to the side to give him better access to my neck.
“Happy doesn’t begin to describe what I’m feeling right now.” He sucked on my skin just hard enough to leave a mark before pulling away to grin down at me. “I’m fucking thrilled, gingersnap. The little guy you’re carrying is going to be the perfect blend of you and me.”
I wasn’t even a tiny bit surprised that he assumed our baby would be a boy. Laughing softly, I shook my head. “You do realize it could be a girl, right?”
“If she is, then I might need to buy a couple more guns.” He brushed a lock of my hair off my cheek. “With you for her mom, she’s bound to be fucking gorgeous.”
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