Knocked Up By The Other Brother: A Secret Baby Second Chance Romance

by Ashlee Price

  Darlee agreed with a smile. There was more than once that she had felt the exact same way. She was no stranger to the soft caresses of a lord. Many visiting there would visit her in the kitchen as well. It was something that she missed from her days in her youth, but there was still a couple that still liked their women a little aged. Darlee was more than happy to give them what they wanted, but Sarah aimed too high and picked the wrong man. Mila was dangerous if she was crossed and Darlee didn’t want Sarah to get involved.

  She took her up to her room and Sarah was quickly in bed. She wondered what it was that Lord Lars wanted with her, but she knew that it was unusual for him to take an interest in someone from the castle. It hadn’t happened that she knew of and she knew of everything that went on there. It made her smile to herself, wondering why she hadn’t seen it before. It made sense now. They both deserved a little happiness.

  ***

  “I don’t want to go to the countryside Lars! I don’t care what your reasons are. It is boring there, even worse than here.”

  Lars was trying to be diplomatic, but he wanted her gone and Lars always got what he wanted. While she liked to pretend that what she said matters, when he did put his foot down, he meant it. “You will go by morning. I have told you why and I will not repeat myself.”

  “Just because it is dangerous? I do not want to leave you. I want to be by your side.”

  He looked at her and almost wanted to laugh. She was being dramatic and it didn’t suit her well. She could have cared less about any of it and he wondered why she didn’t want to stay all of a sudden. Surely there was more of a reason then she didn’t want to leave? He was sure it had something to do with her lover.

  “I have said my piece wife. You will leave for your own protection while the clans work it out. I do not want anything to happen to you. I still would like to get an heir out of you yet. It was the reason we got married after all.”

  “You would have to come to my bed once and a while, my lord, for that to ever happen.”

  He grimaced at her. “I suppose you would have to be in it more yourself. You are always off running to him in the middle of the night. You don’t think that everyone knows what you do and who you do it with?”

  She just smiled and it was one of those ones that he had seen before. He knew that she was never going to be easy to manage. The grin never made it to her eyes that were as cold as they had always been.

  “Well I have to get some sort of attention or have you forgotten your duties?”

  He moved towards her suddenly and kissed her, his body pushing up against hers. She was compliant almost immediately, and the rougher his hands pulled her to him, the more she seemed to like it. He was trying to prove his point, that she didn’t want him, but she seemed to like the treatment and when she moaned against him, he pushed her back.

  “What is wrong with you? Is that what I have to do to make you a decent wife?”

  It took her a minute to open her eyes, her body still buzzing with his touch. When she did open them her jade-colored eyes flashed at him before she finally turned away. She didn’t know why she liked it in such a way, her lover knew what she liked and when she had tried to rile Lars up to get it before, it had never ended well. She needed more than just talented fingers and tongue. She wanted to feel taken and Lars had never been one to give her what she wanted.

  “I want to be taken by a man, Lars. Why is that so hard to understand?”

  He shook his head and sighed. “Be gone by morning and take him with you. Just get out of my sight for a while.”

  Chapter 6

  Lars was ready for his reward. It had been a couple of days since he had run into Sarah down in the cellar. He had thought of nothing else and though she seemed to be avoiding him, he knew that as soon as their lips touched, she would be his again.

  He went down into the kitchens the back way. He had waited until Mila was safely away from the castle. Though he was lord, she had been known to get rid of girls that she deemed too pretty in the past. He knew that it was to keep him from doing anything with them, but he would not be put off from Sarah and as long as she didn’t know about it, it would be one less thing that Mila could find fault in. Just thinking about her threatened to spoil his mood and he refused to let her ruin his day with her gone. Mila had become quite good at that.

  Looking for Darlee, he spotted her and urged her over with a nod. She stopped chopping the vegetables in front of her and went to see what it was that he wanted. Darlee very rarely saw him in there and she had a good idea what he was there for.

  “Yes, my lord?”

  “Where is Sarah?”

  “She went to pick some herbs for the chicken this evening, my lord. Would you like me to go get her?”

  He nodded that he didn’t. It wasn’t the place and time. He needed to get himself ready for her, as well as take care of a few things. If he saw her right then, he was going to want her right then. There was no way around it and instead of risking him blowing the rest of his day in between her thighs, he told Darlee to make sure that Sarah was there to serve him that night.

  “Of course, my lord.”

  She didn’t say anything else, Darlee didn’t really have to. She had been there too long and knew him too well to ever think that saying something about any of it would be a good idea. A small smile went to her face as he walked away. It was clear then that he had more than just a passing liking for Sarah.

  ***

  Sarah was unaware of her new duties. She was in the gardens just outside of the main walls. It had been a couple of days since she had been outside that much and even though she was happy to be out from underneath Mila’s thumb, she was even more revived by the sun. It was warm, beating on her face and arms as she picked the pointed leaves that looked much like pine needles and added so much flavor when cooked. Sarah wasn’t paying attention to what was going on around her. She didn’t hear or see anything out of the ordinary, until she heard something behind her.

  “I have been looking for you, Sarah.”

  She knew the voice instantly. It had been the voice that she had woken up with hearing in her mind at night. It was from the man that she had spent so much time thinking of, but now she didn’t feel the same shiver of want that she used to feel. It wasn’t that she didn’t miss Finn, but she had learned that though everything was great with him, there was more out there. Or there could be more if she really tried.

  “Finn?” She turned around. “What are you doing here?”

  He frowned for a moment, expecting her to rush into his arms. Finn had been expecting a kiss, not questions.

  “I came here for you. I thought you would be happy.”

  “I would be, I mean, I am. I just didn’t expect you, is all.”

  “I see you are getting used to your surroundings. I haven’t heard you hum like that in a long time. Reminds me how much I miss you.”

  Sarah looked down, not able to meet his eyes. It was what she had always dreamed about, him coming to rescue her, but now she didn’t know if she wanted to be saved. There was much more that was calling her to stay where she was with Lars.

  “I have missed you too. I just can’t believe you are here. I always figured that you would forget about me. There were many women vying for your heart.”

  He moved closer and her heart started to beat a little harder. But it wasn’t because she was in need, more afraid that he was about to kiss her. Before she would have welcomed it, welcomed almost anything that he had to offer, but it had all changed. There was nothing more that she could do, but take a step back and put her hands up to stop his advancing. “Wait, I can’t.”

  Finn wasn’t going to take no for an answer, not sure if she was just saying that to play hard to get. It wouldn’t be the first time that she had refused him, but after everything that he had done to find her and be there, she was now his.

  “Yes you can.”

  He silenced any more issues she had with his actions with his mouth and
she was left trying to break away from the kiss. It just felt wrong and finally she had to bring her knee up sharply to make the man understand that she was not going to do anything he wanted. He cursed as she made contact with his excitement and he raised his hand back to hit her. Sarah flinched, waiting for his hit.

  She had closed her eyes, not wanting to see what was coming next. She heard a thud though and it made her open her eyes. Sarah gasped when she saw Lars standing over her and Finn was on the ground.

  “Who is this man?”

  Sarah looked down in shame, not wanting to tell him why she was really there and who he really was. All it was, all it did, was made her feel even worse about what she had done to get sent away in the first place.

  “He is someone that I knew from my home village.”

  “Why is he trying to kiss you?”

  “We used to see each other.”

  Lars knew that they hadn’t done much more than that, but he didn’t like the idea of another man kissing her, no matter how long ago it was and no matter if it was happening again. “Did you know that he was going to come here?”

  She shook her head that she did not. There was a fear to see into his eyes and she was afraid of what she would find. Would he not want her anymore?

  Chapter 7

  Lars was trying to get the image of Sarah and the man out of his mind. He had let the man go, not caring who he was, but warning him of what would happen if he put his hands on Sarah again. Nothing was going the way he had wanted it to go and even though he had done what he was supposed to do, he was still brooding over another man’s hands on Sarah, his Sarah. Lars wasn’t sure when he started thinking about her in that way, but there was nothing else he could do then.

  She had told him about Finn and the trouble he had caused her. It was impossible for Lars not to see the irony in it all. She was sent away for the very reason of him. A man like him would ruin her chances of marriage. It wasn’t something that he thought of that often, but even with his mind mad at her, Lars still couldn’t think of doing that to her. He didn’t want something he had done to cause her any kind of pain. Maybe it was best to just leave her alone. There were plenty of women that he could have. The only problem was that he didn’t want someone else, he wanted Sarah. He wanted to be her first and only.

  He pulled his attention outwards as she walked in. Her hair was pulled back from her face and plaited down her back. Lars took in the look in her eyes when she finally got the courage to meet his glance. She was not looking at him as if she was afraid, but that she was in need. Sarah had long since forgotten about Finn. He wasn’t of consequence anymore.

  All she could think about was Lars and now that she knew that his wife was gone, she was hoping for an invitation to his bed. When he didn’t say anything to her, she finally remembered herself and started to serve him his dinner.

  Her hand shook as she poured the wine out of the pitcher, but he didn’t seem to notice. As she snuck a glance at him though, it was clear that he had her in his sights. She shivered at the attention he paid her and tried not to let it bother her.

  Sarah turned to leave when she heard his voice. “Where are you going, Sarah?”

  She shrugged. “If there is nothing else that you want, my lord, I was going to retire for the night.”

  “I think you know that there is more that I want.”

  It was exactly what she wanted to hear but she still wasn’t convinced. She waited for more and when she heard him tell her to go to him, there was no other thought but to do that very thing. As she walked closer to him, it was her whole body that was shaking, instead of just her hand.

  “Yes, my lord.”

  “Have you changed your mind about me, Sarah?”

  She looked up suddenly and their eyes clashed for a moment. She didn’t need to ask more to know what he was talking about.

  “No, my lord.”

  He smiled to himself and told her to sit down with him. She moved to go to the seat next to him and he shook his head. Taking her hand in his, he pulled her down to his lap and she gasped slightly when she felt his need against her. Sarah was more than willing to let him touch her again, the feelings he had induced the time before still fresh in her mind.

  “Can you feel how much I want you?”

  She nodded her head quickly and bit the bottom of her lip to stop herself from moaning. His hand moved to her core and Sarah rose up so that he would touch her again. It was all she could think about and when he finally came in contact with her center, his hot mouth moved to her neck. “I was so angry to see you with that man today, Sarah, touching my body.”

  He emphasized his words with a hard press against her. She cried out as the motion brought her closer to the place she was before. She leaned back further on him, her legs moving to the outside of his own. Sarah opened herself up to him fully and Lars took every advantage of it. Pulling her dress down, his hand moved to the large dark mounds. As his fingers touched her tips, they pebbled into hardness that he couldn’t resist tweaking. Another whimper and squirm in his lap was how she responded and the act drove him mad.

  “I could take you right now, bent right over this table.”

  Sarah shivered with the suggestion. “Your food is going to get cold, my lord.”

  He chuckled in her ear and moved back to her neck with his lips. Each touch and nibble of his teeth made her rub herself more against his hand. Lars was playing her body like a fiddle and she was writhing in pleasure. “Please, my lord.”

  “What, Sarah? What do you want?”

  Lars made sure that his hand moved even slower, liking the way she begged so prettily for what she had no clue about. “Tell me what it is that you want Sarah.”

  Sarah was just trying to remember to breathe. The movement on her lower regions and on her sensitive nipples guaranteed that she couldn’t think of an answer. “Please, my lord.”

  He laughed and moved a little faster as her body arched with the pleasure. It was only when she had had enough and Sarah was so close to release that he moved his hand away, though the one pulling on her dark tips continued their assault on her body. She whined and begged him again.

  “I want to hear it, Sarah.”

  Her eyes closed and she started to turn red just by thinking it in her head. “I need to come, Lars.”

  He started to rub on her again, liking the panting and hard breathing going on in front of him. His hands pushed up her skirt and he could feel for the first time how ready she really was. Sarah was practically dripping wet, his fingers moving to feel the barrier between them, just to reassure himself that what he remembered was real. As Sarah tried her best to ride his hand, it was better than he had hoped it would be. Mila had never responded to his touch like that and he knew then that he was going to explode himself if he didn’t have her soon.

  “Do you want me inside of you?”

  She whimpered as he pressed against her core, slipping against the last thing that stood in his way, the banner that proclaimed him the first and only to be there.

  “Yes, my lord. More than anything that I have ever wanted in my whole life.”

  It was the last straw, the last thing he could hear. Pushing her off of him, he bent her over until she had to catch herself with her hands on the table. Pulling her skirts up and grabbing a round cheek, he was able to see the contrast of color and he didn’t know why the darkness looked so lovely in the dying light. She was magnificent and his own need was becoming painfully squeezed as he tried to free himself for the occasion.

  Feeling and playing with her tits as they dangled, he nudged himself to her hot opening and heard her hiss as she felt him pushing in. “Are you sure, Sarah?”

  She nodded her head quickly and then he pushed in as fast. It took her breath away, not from the momentary pain, but for the final release of pleasure that she had been waiting for all day. She called out his name, over and over again as he held himself deep inside of her. She moved and thrashed, but couldn’t have dislodged
him if she had been trying.

  Finally when she had slowed down and she was back to soft mewls instead of screams, he pulled his massive meat out of her slowly, her insides hugging to him for dear life. Gritting his teeth, he slammed back in suddenly and made her squeal in delight. He needed more of her, the tight sheath making him need more of her. She was everything that he could have asked for and when he started to lose himself inside of her, there was no thought of what that would mean, what the consequences would be. In that moment, there were no consequences, only pleasure.

  ***

  “What is it, Sarah? You have been quiet all day and now you are not even taking my hints.”

  “What hints?”

  His hand moved to her center and pressed in against her dress. She loved when he did that and it never seemed to be enough when he did do it. Her head went back and she moaned, fully prepared to have her mind taken off of what she had been thinking about lately.

  “Those hints, Sarah.”

  “Your wife is in the castle, my lord. I just don’t want to disturb her.”

  He didn’t believe her and when he pushed harder, making her cry out, he told her so. “Tell me what is going on or I won’t let you come tonight.”

  She didn’t panic, but the idea of it was not a pleasant one. “I have some news, my lord, and I am not sure how to tell you about it.”

  “Just get out with it, Sarah, or it is going to be a long night for you.”

  She whimpered the way he loved so much as he touched and teased her with the tips of his fingers. She was always so ready for him and he didn’t have to feel beneath the fabric to know that she was already ready for him, just from the mere mention of it. It was only one of the ways that Sarah was perfect for him and since she was so right for him, it meant that he was becoming happier and more relaxed then he had ever been.

  “Just tell me, Sarah.”

  She bit her lip and tried to find the right answers. The truth was though that there were no right answers. She was just going to have to say it and see what happened next.