by Tiana Cole
“Why not!” she agreed, throwing her hands up and shrugging. Reading to the nation's youth was very important in her opinion.
Ben ran to get his pajamas on and brush his teeth, leaving Chloe and Richard alone in his room.
“Would you want a drink when you are done?”
“How about just a soft soda?” Chloe would have loved to be able to get a nice flute glass of wine to calm her nerves, but that wasn’t possible due to the baby.
“Okay.” Ben came running into the room and jumped into bed at that moment. “I’ll meet you on the porch,” Richard said, smiling. Before leaving, he gave Ben a quick kiss and tucked him into the blankets.
Then he left them alone in his son’s room.
He spent some time gathering up the markers they'd left lying on the table. As he cleaned up, he chuckled at the memories they had just made. They had been coloring and creating a mural that not only reminded him of his mom and his old life, but also gave him something new for his brand new life. Then he headed into the kitchen and fixed himself a drink. Richard took his drink and a soda out to the patio. As he took a seat on the lounge chair, his nerves couldn’t have been wound any tighter. When Chloe was finished reading the book, they would finally talk for the first time since she'd left him standing in the woods that one fateful afternoon. He took deep breath and tried to pour the liquid into glass without spilling it with his shaking hands.
The lounge chair on the patio was slightly cold which chilled his body as he swayed around in the seat. Richard took a sip of his drink and looked out at the moon, reflecting on the pond he had recently installed. He was lost in his thoughts of the night and of Chloe.
The screen slid open, startling Richard. He turned around to look over his shoulder and Chloe stepped out onto the patio.
“He’s almost asleep already,” Chloe told him with a warm smile.
“Thank you.” He made sure she constantly understood how much of an angel she was. In moments where he had no one, she found a way to be a guiding light through the darkest night. He appreciated her, and he loved her, more than he had even told her.
Chloe sat down on the other chair and Richard handed her the soda. They sat in silence for quite a while. Both of them were trying to think of how to start the conversation they needed to have. There was a clear elephant in the room – or patio.
“Thank you for spending the day with Ben,” Richard started, offering a voice to break the looming silence.
“Actually, it was my pleasure. He is such a sweet little boy.” Chloe complimented him sincerely. She thought about the ways in which he showed such eloquent manners, but she didn’t share them out loud. She didn’t feel the need to tell someone else about how amazing his child was when she was carrying one of her own with doubts of its future.
“That he is,” Richard agreed, lifting his glass up for a toast, but Chloe was once again distant. He slowly lowered his beverage back down and didn’t mention it. He awkwardly cleared his throat before taking another much needed sip.
Silence between them fell again. Chloe ran her hand over her bicep and tried to warm herself up in the nippy weather. Finally, she decided she'd had enough of the silence and the inability to talk about the issue at hand and the feelings they'd had towards each other.
“Richard…” She trailed off, carefully calculating her next words. Thankfully Richard took over the conversation. He asserted himself in a caring manner, but he also wanted to make sure he made things clear.
“I think I need to explain everything to you.” He took a sip of his drink and then turned towards her to look in her eyes. “What I told you was just the beginning. I ran when Suzie told me she was pregnant. I was scared, but then I started to feel guilty. I sent a letter and it got returned. I sent another one and included money in it. The letter came back, but the money didn’t, and from that moment on, I would periodically send money to her mother in order to help her out.”
Chloe could feel tears welling up in her eyes. As she heard the rest of the story that she hadn't known before now, it provided clarity about her feelings towards him. Richard hadn’t completely abandoned his son. He had at least attempted to help out in some way, which was more than most women could say about men who ran out on them. And she could tell by the look in his eyes and on his face that he really did feel guilty about abandoning his child. He’d probably been making up for it for at least five years now.
“And now I have the chance to see my son grow up. Hopefully, you will be a part of our little family. It could be a nice mix, the three of us.” He looked away as he allowed her to think. His heart stopped beating as he listened closely to make sure he didn’t miss a word of what she was about to say next.
“Four,” Chloe corrected him.
Richard turned and looked at her. “What?”
“The four of us.” She placed her hand on her stomach and rubbed it lovingly.
“You’re…no way!” Richard was in utter disbelief. The feelings inside him bounced all over the place. He couldn’t explain it, but he was overwhelmed, and he felt like he was moments from exploding.
“I'm about six weeks,” she informed him, finally letting it all came out. As each word left her lips, she felt more and more weightless, as if each word declared her confidence and alleviated all the stress she’d been experiencing.
Richard moved from his chair and onto his knees. He crawled over to where Chloe was seated and stood in front of her. He grabbed her hands and took a deep breath. “We are going to have a baby...” She nodded her head, confirming that it was all the truth. Tears were forming in his eyes as he placed his hand on her stomach and imagined the baby growing inside of her. He suddenly realized the behavior he had seen lately from her and he needed to ask, “Everything is okay?”
“Yes. Been sicker than a dog, but the doctor said it is all normal and a part of the process,” she assured him, smiling at his concern.
“I can’t believe I didn’t pick up on it. I’m a doctor for goodness sake,” he joked, beating himself up about it. She let out a chuckle and rubbed her hand across his head.
“Well, I had only just found out myself when everything happened, and it’s my own body. So by no means should you beat yourself up about it.”
Richard slapped the palm of his hand onto his head. “Now it makes sense, and that is the reason you were so angry at all of this. Did you really think I would leave you after you told me?”
“I didn’t know. You had already done it once, and then I was thinking about the past…”
“I’m so sorry.” He apologized, grabbing her face in his hands. Their skin tones complimented each other under the setting sunlight.
Richard leaned in and kissed her, and she kissed him back sweetly. Love oozed from every crevice. When they separated, Richard had a pretty big smile on his face. “Wait until Ben finds out he is going to be a big brother.”
And then they kissed again, leading to a lot more kissing, which lead to Richard gripping her thighs and whispering into her ear:
“I’ve missed you.” They kissed some more until Chloe took Richard's hand and led him quietly up the stairs and past Ben’s room to the bedroom.
“Show me how much you’ve missed me,” she teased him, as she backed up and sat on top of the bed. He smirked and walked over to her like a lion approaching its prey. He planned to make sure that by the end of the next little while, she’d be satisfied.
When Richard leaned against her, she let herself be pushed back against the sheets of the bed. He scooted onto the bed, his body half on hers and half on the mattress.
They kissed deeply as he put one of his legs between hers. Then his lips parted and his tongue darted into her mouth for just a moment, almost as if he was asking permission to do so.
Chloe took in a breath through her nose, then grabbed his head and pressed his lips more firmly against her own as she sent her tongue into his mouth. When he greeted it with his own, she felt the heat explode between her legs. It
had been months since she'd felt that sensation; she'd almost forgotten how much of an effect Richard had on her. In all her life, Richard was the only man who had the ability to get her so wet. All they had been doing was kissing, and it was more erotic and meaningful than any sex she’d ever had before him.
The hot wetness between her thighs was what real attraction meant, and the ravenous beating of her heart was the love she felt for him. It was love, and that was what brought her back to him.
Her body undulated under him, as she began rubbing her thigh against the defined hardness in his pants, and he ground his pelvis back against her legs.
Once that happened, his hand found its place at her bra and squeezed. Chloe moaned against his mouth, a sound that drove him wild.
He groaned in response and ground his hardness against her again as he fondled her breasts over her bra.
“Just take it off already,” she demanded of him, breaking her lips from his for only a moment. He grinned and chuckled before returning to kissing her even more passionately
Both of his hands slipped behind her and his fingers undid the hooks of her bra, freeing her breasts under the shirt.
“Want to see a magic trick?” she asked, and pulled away from him so she could move.
He licked the taste of her kisses from his lips and watched as she removed her bra without taking off the shirt.
“Very nice,” he said, grinning.
“Now it’s my turn for a magic trick.”
She narrowed her eyes, but smiled. “Go for it.”
He leaned in and kissed the side of her neck: this motion sent shivers and gooseflesh down the entire side of her body and made her toes curl.
He got onto his knees and placed the tip of his nose onto her belly. He followed the trail down her stomach, quickly unbuttoning her pants and wasting no time to slip his fingers into the side of her panties for a while. Richard bit the top of her panties’ waistband with his teeth, slowly sliding them off her and watching as she looked down at him.
He kissed her hipbones and proceeded to lick until he made his way to the lips between her thighs. He expertly maneuvered his tongue over her clit and began to suck. He allowed cold air to pass through his mouth and this sent a shivering rush through her body. It was a nice way to balance the heat. He grabbed onto her thighs and pressed her as close to him as possible. He pushed his tongue in and out of her. He brought one hand up to her and she placed her fingers in the space between his. They held hands as he made out with her vagina.
Chloe began to shake. She tightened her hold of his hand and seconds later, she lost all control. Her eyes rolled to the back of her head as she ground her hips against his mouth and she had another orgasm.
The sound of victory filled Richard’s ears. He didn’t stop until she lay motionless, coming down from her high.
“You don’t know how much I’ve missed that sound and that taste,” he admitted. She giggled and stood up from the bed, as it was now her turn to show him how much she’d missed him. She grabbed his hand, making him stand up, and then she pushed his chest so that he’d fall back onto the bed. This move aroused him.
She licked her lips and got into his previous position. They had literally switched places. She wriggled his pants off and placed her hand over his thick, bulging shaft. He groaned as he felt her touch his flesh. He watched, as she placed tiny, loving kisses down his meat.
“You’re so beautiful.” He couldn’t help himself from saying this to her. She smirked and licked his penis up from the base to the head.
“Compliments can go a long way,” she told him, before suddenly downing him whole, forcing all of his hardened cock to the back of her throat. She swirled her tongue around his manhood and stroked his flesh with one hand. She fondled his balls in her other hand and sucked like a pro: bobbing her head and following her mouth with her hand. He had to have been moments from cumming when he jerked and placed his hand onto hers.
“Wait,” he told her. She came up and wiped the excess saliva from the corner of her mouth. He stood up and pulled her up by her hand, “I want you.”
“You have me,” she told him, and pulled him in by his face. A deep growl came from within him. He pushed her up against the wall and pressed himself against her roughly.
She moaned into his mouth, enjoying as her re-stimulated clit pressed up against his hard shaft. Then he lost it. He wrapped his arms around her thighs and pulled her up. They went from the bed to the wall and he used it to support her back as she balanced and wrapped her arms around his neck. He anchored his pelvis up and placed the bulging head into her. She stretched and threw her head back anticipating the stroke, but instead he pulled out. She opened her eyes quickly to see if something was wrong. He was smirking at her.
She hesitated and tried to think of something to say, but she was tired of the teasing.
“Fuck me,” she demanded. He chuckled, thrusting himself upward and opening her with his head. She anticipated it, but once again, he stopped. He was playing his favorite game with her.
“Richard…” She whined in eagerness. He pressed her further up the wall and leaned into her ear.
“Say my name again,” he commanded.
“Richard.” Her sultry voice fell off the tip of her lips in the sexiest way. Suddenly, his body heated up ferociously. There was no way he could play this game and wait any longer to be inside her again.
She crossed her feet at her ankles and forced herself down onto him, and he groaned at the surprising move. She gasped as all of him entered her. Her mouth opened as wide as her walls did. She forgot how this man filled her up.
He balanced her against the wall and bounced her against him. He began slowly at first, flexing his arms as he did so. Once he'd slipped in easily and she'd molded to his touch, he began to pick up the pace. Chloe felt herself quiver each time she made it from the head back down to the base of his cock. Her breathing was sharp but her balance was steady.
“You’re good,” she moaned between strokes.
“You haven’t even seen the best part,” he grinned. Richard slowly backed away from the wall, holding Chloe with no support.
She was nervous, thinking that at any moment his arms would give up carrying her. He laid her down on the couch and placed his feet up on the arm. Not once did he slip out of her.
His arms were on either side of her and he was in pushup position. Chloe grabbed his strong arms and watched as he stroked into her. He rotated his hips as his stiffness touched her g-spot perfectly.
She arched her back and gripped onto his forearms. She was feeling the wetness flow out of her like a waterfall. He had the physique of an Olympian and the stamina of a horse.
“Richard,” Chloe moaned out, as she was seconds away from reaching her climax. He sped up and watched the expressions on her face. He studied her soft features as they twisted up into blissful feelings of pleasure. She bit her bottom lip and dug her nails into his arms. Her mouth opened, but no sound came out as her body convulsed. She jerked, shrieked, and stiffened. Her eyes closed in euphoria as she breathed in that moment.
Richard couldn’t help but kiss her and share the moment with her. He leaned down and pressed his body against hers as she wrapped her legs around him securely and grabbed the sides of his face, forcefully pressing them against each other.
Whilst they pulled away from the kiss she bit his lip and sucked on it.
“You are amazing,” he told her and pulled out of her. She stared at him and pouted. He looked at her confused, wondering if he had done something wrong.
“You still need to finish,” she declared, and stood up. He pressed up against the bed’s headboard arm and his legs were extended over the bed sheet. She smiled as she situated herself over his lap. She straddled him triumphantly, looking into his eyes before positioning his hardened penis on an angle for her to slide down onto it smoothly.
“Oh, my,” he groaned, and held onto her hips. She ascended and descended his shaft rhythmically, al
lowing her skin to slap his harshly. It was amazing to feel him fill her the way he did. She bounced freely, allowing her chest to fly in his face. He grabbed her breasts and watched her curvy frame. He admired her as she rode him and smacked her butt to show his affection.
“I love you,” she moaned out in reaction to the spanking. He wanted to respond, but things felt too good for him to find the words to speak.
He grabbed her hips in his hands and guided her, even though she clearly knew what she was doing. He just wanted to feel the softness of her skin pressed between his fingers. Chloe managed to cross her legs and turn around while keeping him inside her. She turned and gave him the best view before leaning forward and extending herself up his shaft. She gasped as she took him all in and she moaned again as he hit her g-spot.
She rotated her hips and swirled around, going up and down while grinding her self against him. He loved this new move.
He leaned his head back against the headboard and waited for the moment they’d both been craving. She smiled as she watched her magic work. He gripped onto her hips firmly and she sped up in response. She placed her hands on his chest and threw herself onto him until he exploded in her. She felt the sensation shoot inside her and they climaxed in unison. It felt so good to not have to worry about condoms or any form of protection.
He grabbed her and pressed her chest down onto him, shoveling himself into her as he enjoyed the final seconds of his peak. She got off him and laid back down to face him.
He hugged her closely to him and kissed her forehead lovingly as they both came down from their high.
Afterward, Chloe was lying on her back, still naked, and Richard had his head on her stomach. Both of them were breathing heavily. He lifted his head and started to talk to her stomach.
“Hey, little one. This is your daddy.” Chloe ran her hand through his hair. “And hopefully your mommy will forgive me for being an idiot and she still wants to marry me.”
Richard turned and made his way to her face.
“Of course I do.”
“Did you hear that little one… mommy is still going to marry me.”