by Riley, Alexa
Then he’d find out about the baby and be filled with joy. Silly girl dreams. Ones I shouldn’t be having. I have to grow up. Take this seriously. I’m about to be a mother myself. “I won’t marry you just because you got me pregnant. I hate you!” I scream the last part around the lump that has formed in my throat.
He leans in, his mouth only a few inches from mine. “Oh, you’ll marry me, or else.”
Chapter Eight
Calder
I feel the wicked smile pull at my lips at my demand. She’ll marry me no matter what she says. Then all of her words hit me, and I stop.
“Wait, what did you say?”
Felicity crosses her arms in front of her chest, a defiant look on her gorgeous face. A face I’ve dreamed about every night for the past few months.
“I’m not marrying you because I’m pregnant. That’s the worst reason in the world. And it’s not fair to our child.”
I’m frozen solid and speechless. She’s pregnant? With my baby? I got her pregnant the first and only time we had sex? Is that even possible?
I’m just staring at her, and she huffs out in annoyance.
“Are you going to say something, or are you just going to stand there like a giant rock?”
My eyes go down to her belly, and I see a small bump showing through her dress. A small baby bump. Feeling overwhelmed, I fall to my knees in front of her and grab her hips. She lets out a little squeak, but I pull her to me, bringing her belly closer to my mouth. I place my lips on the rounded bump. I close my eyes and mumble my thanks to whatever is in the sky above us for giving me this gift.
“Calder?” Felicity’s voice is confused, but I hear a hint of something else there, too. Something that sounds like longing. “Calder, what are you doing?”
I give her belly one last kiss and then look up to her eyes, still holding her close.
“You’re going to marry me. Today.”
Felicity pulls back at my words, but my hands don’t let her go too far.
“You have a girlfriend!” she shouts at me, and I can’t help but let out a laugh. She’s obviously had this on her mind if this is her defense.
“That’s over now,” is my answer. She must think Sidney and I were together. I haven’t so much as looked at anyone in that way since long before I ever met her. But I certainly wouldn’t even think of another woman after laying eyes on her.
Felicity shuffles her feet a little, indecision running through her. I won’t have her trying to get out of this, and I’ll make her do it. I don’t care what kind of leverage I have to use.
“You’ll marry me, Felicity. You’ll marry me, or I’ll stop all business with your father. Immediately.”
It’s the ace of spades in my back pocket and she knows it. The gasp that she lets out, followed by the angry look on her face, lets me know she gets my drift.
“You wouldn’t,” she seethes.
“Oh, I would. There isn’t anything I wouldn't do to have you.” I squeeze her hips, pulling her back to me so all the space she’s tried to gain is gone. “I’ll make sure there’s not a company or person in New York that will hire him. I’ll even spread the word globally. You will marry me, or it’s the end of his career. The choice is yours, sweetheart.”
The use of the endearment makes her even angrier, but I don’t care. I’m not playing fair when it comes to her. Reaching down, I slide my hands up her bare thighs and feel her muscles start to tremble.
“Calder.” Her voice is soft now, but she still has her arms crossed, unwilling to let herself open up to me.
“Felicity,” I say in the exact same tone, trailing my hand a little farther up, reaching the hem of her dress.
“You can’t just show up and blackmail me into marrying you. That’s not how things work.”
Her arms uncross and fall to her sides, her hands starting to reach for me but then pulling back.
“I’ve thought about you nonstop.”
“That doesn’t mean anything,” she huffs.
“You’ve thought about me, too.” My hands run under her dress until my fingers find the edge of her panties. I hear an intake of breath, and her hands finally go to my head, gripping my hair.
“Th-th-that doesn’t matter.”
Pushing her dress up, I expose her panty-covered pussy to me, and my mouth waters. I didn’t get to taste her that first night, and it’s all I’ve been dreaming of.
“It’s all that matters, sweetheart. You and I have something that can’t be so easily broken.”
Leaning forward, I press my nose and mouth between her thighs and inhale her scent. She smells like sunshine and lilies, and it’s the most perfect thing I’ve ever experienced.
“Calder. I can’t. I’m not strong enough to make it through this again.”
Her admission is soft, but I hear every word. Her grip tightens on my hair, but she doesn't even try to pull me away.
“You’re going to be mine, Felicity. You’ll never be without me again.”
With my words, I fist her panties in both hands and rip them off her. Her pussy is clean shaven and damp with her arousal. My mouth waters, and then my anger flares.
“Did you show this to that boy? Did you show him what’s mine?”
Her legs tremble as I push them open, looking at her exposed pussy.
“N-no. Never.”
“You were saving it for me, weren’t you?”
I don’t wait for her answer before my mouth descends on her sweet, sweet pussy. The taste of sugary desire hits my tongue, and I nearly take her to the ground. I hold her hips while my mouth sucks on her tender flesh, licking my way inside her.
I feel her lean back a little and let go of my hair to grip the desk behind her. The room is small, but I’ll make do for right now. I don’t have the patience to wait and take her to my hotel room, so this will have to do.
Pulling one of her legs over my shoulder, I growl against her wet heat. I lap up all that she gives me and feel my cock swell with every lick. Her hips start to push against my mouth, and I feel her body tense. I grab her other leg and throw that over my shoulder, too, so that both of her feet are off the floor and I’m gripping her ass to keep her from falling.
“Give it to me, Felicity. Don’t deny me.”
I suck her clit into my mouth, and she starts to shout. Her voice rings out in the small room, and I feel my cock leaking into my underwear. It’s all I can do to hold off from cumming, but I want to wait until I have more time. She doesn’t say my name, but it’s my mouth she cums on. I’ll make her scream it when my cock is buried ten inches inside her body.
Slowly and softly, I lick her as she comes down from her high. I rub her legs and pet her warm skin, being gentle with her delicate body. As if she realizes I’m being affectionate, she tenses and kicks her legs off my shoulders, putting distance between us.
“You can’t just come in here and take over, Calder. I don’t even know you.”
She angrily pushes at her dress, all of the pleasure I just gave her vanishing into thin air. Looks like I’ll have to make her cum about thirty more times before she’ll give me what I want. Fine. Challenge accepted.
“You’ll have plenty of time to do that when we’re married.” I lick my lips, getting to my feet and stepping closer to her. “I’ve apologized and told you every day what I want with you. That doesn’t seem like enough, so I thought it was time to show you.”
“What are you talking about?” She nearly spits the words at me as she turns and goes over to a dresser, taking out a pair of white cotton panties.
I pick the destroyed ones off the floor and tuck them into my pocket.
“You might as well leave those off, sweetheart. I’m not done with you yet.”
She growls and fists the underwear in her hands but doesn’t look at me. “You can’t tell me what to do,” she says, but doesn’t make a move to put them on.
“You’re going to be my wife. I think there are some rules we can make for one another, don�
�t you?”
“Stop saying that. I haven’t agreed to anything.”
I walk over to her, taking her hand and pulling her over to the bed. I sit down first and make her stand between my legs. In this position, we are almost eye to eye. She’s so short that even when I’m sitting, I’m still taller than her.
“Felicity. What choice do you have? I’ll ruin your father’s career. And our baby needs a father.”
Reaching down, I rub the bump growing on her belly. Our baby. I’m going to be a father. The thought makes my heart feel light. I’d never considered marriage and a baby before Felicity, but now all of that hope is in my grasp and I’ll do whatever it takes to make it a reality.
“I have plans tonight.”
I look in her eyes and see there is trepidation there. Something is off.
“You have a dinner with your father and his assistant tonight, don’t you?” I ask, knowing full well she does. I saw her father speaking to her after the ceremony.
“Yes,” she says, not looking at me.
“And you haven’t told him about the baby, have you?”
“No.” Her teeth are gritted, and she doesn’t like that I can read her so well.
“Look, Felicity. I tried to play by your rules. I tried to give you time and space. I told you all that I would offer you if you would only give me a chance. I explained everything about that night, and you continued to ignore me. I hate that it has to be like this. But it will be like this.”
My words are firm, but there is confusion on her face.
“You never explained anything to me. You were an asshole that morning, and then I never heard another word. I was in pieces, Calder, and I had to take care of myself. Thank God for Mark.”
At the mention of that boy’s name, I see red.
“Don’t you dare say his name. You’re mine. And our baby doesn't need to hear another man’s name on your lips.”
“What makes you think this baby is yours?”
It would have hurt less if she’d just stabbed me in the heart. But instead, I just look at her and her triumphant smile. She knows her words cut straight through me, but she doesn’t feel the least bit sorry about it.
“Careful, sweetheart. Your soon-to-be husband doesn’t like being disrespected.” I stand from the bed and look down at her. “And I can tell when you’re lying. You and my baby need to get ready. We’ve got a dinner to attend tonight.”
Chapter Nine
Calder
Walking into dinner, I feel Felicity pulling on my arm.
“Please, Calder. Not like this. Let me talk to him first.”
“No,” I growl and pull her forward. “You know the consequences if you don’t agree to this.”
I feel her stiffen and then finally she takes a step forward.
We enter the Varsity Hotel and walk through the lobby and straight into the restaurant. I’ve got Felicity on my arm so that there is no mistaking she and I are together.
When we see Bill and Becky at the table, I can practically hear her heart beating, she’s so nervous. Before we walk over, and before they spot us, I pull Felicity off to the side.
“Look at me,” I say, gently holding her chin. “You’ll be fine. I’m going to be next to you the whole time.”
“That’s what I’m afraid of.”
Her nervous joke makes me smile, and I lean down, taking her lips. For the first time in months, my heart seems to ease. It’s as if her lips have quieted everything around us, and we are now once again in perfect harmony.
Her mouth parts for me, and I sweep my tongue in, tasting her. I feel her hands come to my chest and rest there as I claim her as mine all over again. She may not think she wants this, but her body has other ideas.
As the kiss deepens, I know it needs to end, so reluctantly I pull away and rest my forehead against hers. I take a moment to catch my breath and then put her hand back in the crook of my arm, leading us over to the table.
When Bill spots us, there’s a moment that passes, and I expect to see shock. But instead he nods in our direction and stands to greet us.
He reaches out his hand to me and I take it, grasping it firmly. Becky stands and says hello to Felicity and then looks over at me, a little surprised that I’m here. But Bill is unfazed.
“Calder. I thought you might be joining us for dinner this evening. Please have a seat.”
I feel Felicity tense on my arm, but she stays silent as she sits down quickly, no doubt to try to hide the baby bump that I have no intention of keeping a secret.
“Bill, good to see you. I realize we should have had this talk back in New York, but circumstances have changed.”
“I can see that,” he says, looking over at Felicity. “Anything you’d like to tell me, dear?”
I see Becky’s hand fall to his wrist and give it a squeeze. It’s a sign of intimacy, and she’s trying to calm him down. There’s much more happening at this table than anyone is willing to admit. For now.
“Um, Dad. You know, Calder.”
“Oh, yes. The man who employs my firm. Even work in the same building. We’re acquainted,” he says with a laugh.
The waiter decides to pop over at this moment to take our drink orders. I get a glass of red wine for myself and water for Felicity.
After he leaves, I look at Bill and decide I’ll be the one leading this meeting.
“Look, you’re obviously aware of what’s happening between your daughter and me. I should have told you sooner, but Felicity and I wanted to wait until she was finished with school.”
He looks from me to his daughter and raises an eyebrow. “Is this true?”
Felicity looks at me and then at her father, nodding her head. It’s the safest thing for her to do since she’s such a terrible liar. Her brows do this cute little furrow every time she tries.
“We wanted to tell you together. We are expecting and are to be married.”
I see a vein beside his eye twitch. It’s the only reaction from him for a beat, and I see Becky squeeze his wrist yet again. A moment of silence passes, and Becky is the one to break it.
“Oh my, this is absolutely wonderful news. A baby! How far along are you, Felicity? When is the due date? We should get you back to the States right away so that we can get your doctors set up. Right, Bill?”
Becky’s enthusiasm goes a long way to ease some of Felicity’s tension and in turn relaxes me.
“Yes. You should come immediately.”
Bill’s statement is meant to sound concerned, but I take it to mean that he wants her to come to his home. That won’t be happening.
“Felicity?” I say, reminding her of our agreement, prompting her to interject.
“Oh, um, Calder and I are going to live together when we get back to New York. We’re going to get married right away, and he, I mean, we’d like to get the nursery ready as soon as possible. I’m already so far along, but with school ending, I can come back now.”
I squeeze her hand, letting her know she did a good job. It’s exactly what’s going to happen, and Bill needs to hear it from her. I only hate how forced her words are. I want them to be filled with happiness.
“And what about Sidney?” Bill asks, a smug note in his voice.
I feel Felicity tense, but I just sit back in my chair and sip the wine the waiter has dropped off for me.
“Sidney and I have been friends since we were children. There is nothing to tell.”
I feel Felicity’s fingers trail across my wrist, and I smile as I look over at her. She looks hopeful, and I give her a small wink. She must have been worried that Sidney and I were more than just close friends. I’m happy I could ease that worry for her. The only reason I hadn’t told her sooner was that it was Sidney’s secret, but now things have really changed. I can’t hold back any longer.
The rest of the dinner is spent talking about the baby and the wedding. Becky takes over with questions, and I’m surprised by how excited Felicity sounds at times. It gives me a sliver of
hope that I can make her fall in love with me. I keep my hand on her thigh through dinner, needing to touch her constantly. I’ve spent far too long away from her, and I need to make up for lost time.
When we are finished, I bring Felicity back to my hotel room. I don’t hesitate once the door is closed.
I toss the small bag of clothes I made her bring with her on the floor and pick her up, carrying her to the bedroom.
“Calder. We need to talk. I want answers.”
“Not now. I’ve waited months for you, and I won’t be held off any longer.”
When I get to the bedroom, I stand her up beside the bed and unzip her dress, pushing it off her body. Her curvy hips try to hold on to it, but I push the material down the rest of the way. She’s still without panties, and it makes my blood heat. Seeing her round belly and wet pussy has the caveman in me growling to come out.
“Take off your bra, sweetheart.”
I jerk at my tie and undo the knot. Then I start pulling at my own clothes as fast as I can. I watch as she unfastens her bra and her big breasts are revealed to me.
“Fuck, they look bigger.”
The blush creeps up her chest and to her cheeks as she nods. “They are.”
“Mmm, more of you to love.”
I pick her up and settle her in the middle of the bed, then come down on top of her. My cock is already impatiently seeking entrance.
I nudge her wet opening as my lips come down on hers. I’m careful to hold myself over her belly so I don’t crush the baby between us. But I need to be on top of her. It’s been too long, and if I don’t control the pace right now, I’ll cum all over her pussy without even getting inside it.
Pushing inside her tight channel, I sheathe myself in her warmth.
“Fuck, I’ve missed your pussy, sweetheart. Best thing I’ve ever felt in my life.”