Forever Us

by Sandi Lynn

  “Good luck with that.” He smirked.

  I sighed because I honestly didn’t know what he meant. As I got out of the limo, I told Denny I’d see him tomorrow. The elevator doors opened and all I could smell was Chinese food. I walked into the kitchen and saw Ellery taking the cartons out of the bag while Julia was awake and sitting in her bouncy seat. When I walked over to Ellery and handed her the flowers, I kissed her firmly on the lips. Julia started to whine.

  “They’re beautiful, Connor. Thank you.”

  “You’re welcome, baby.” I smiled.

  “She’s probably hungry again,” Ellery said as she looked over at Julia.

  “I’ll feed her.” I smiled. I walked over and took her out of her bouncy seat. The minute I held her, she stopped.

  “I think she missed her daddy today.” Ellery smiled as she set the food on the table.

  I sat down at the table with her and attempted to eat. The minute I picked up my fork, Julia started to scream. Ellery got up and warmed a bottle for her. She went to take her from me, but I wouldn’t give her up.

  “Let me feed her, Elle. You go and eat. You’ve been with her all day.”

  “But you worked all day. I can feed her so you can eat your dinner.”

  “No, now give me the bottle, and let me feed my daughter.” I smiled at her.

  “Okay.” She smiled back as she handed me the bottle.

  When I put the bottle in Julia’s mouth, she instantly started to drink it. As I looked over at Ellery, she glanced at me and ran the tip of her tongue across her lips. She was so beautiful, but she looked so tired.

  “Baby, you’re getting me hard, and I’m holding our daughter.”

  “Oops. Sorry.” She smiled. “Don’t forget to burp her.”

  I took the bottle from Julia’s mouth and set it on the table. When I put her over my shoulder and patted her back, she let out a big burp and then started crying for more. Ellery got up from her chair and took her from me.

  “It’s my turn now. I don’t want you eating cold food,” she said as she kissed me.

  I took the food from the carton and began eating. The only thing I wanted was to get this dinner over with so I could make love to Ellery. When Julia finished eating, Ellery finished her dinner. I got up from the table and cleaned up while she took the baby upstairs to change her into her pajamas. Once I was done, I grabbed a bottle of wine and two glasses and took them up to our bedroom. When I walked in, I found Ellery and Julia passed out on the bed. I looked down at my cock, which was semi-hard. Just knowing we were finally going to have sex aroused me. As I sighed, I set the bottle of wine on the dresser. I walked over to the bed and carefully picked up Julia. She stirred, opened her eyes, and closed them again. I carried her to her room and laid her down in the crib. As I walked back to the bedroom, I changed into my pajama bottoms, climbed into bed, and wrapped my arms around Ellery.

  “Sleep well, my love,” I whispered to her.

  ***

  Startled out of a sound sleep, I rolled over, gave Ellery a kiss, and told her to go back to sleep. She was exhausted, and it was my turn to take care of Julia. Her cries echoed through the baby monitor as I got out of bed and headed towards her bedroom. I turned on the lamp and walked over to her crib. As I looked down at her, she looked up at me and stopped crying. After I leaned over and picked her up, I sat down in the rocking chair. I sat and stared at her as she moved her little hands around, cooing and kicking her legs within the blanket in which she was wrapped.

  “You have no idea how much you and your mommy have changed my life,” I whispered as I softly ran my hand across her cheek and slowly rocked back and forth. “I have so many plans for us. I can’t wait to take you to the park and to the beach. I’m going to teach you how to skate, how to ride a bike, and how to swim. You’ll always know how much Daddy loves you because you’ll hear and feel it every day. You’ve already rocked my world, baby girl, and I love you so much.”

  Julia closed her eyes and folded her little hands. I looked up and saw Ellery standing in the doorway, smiling, as a single tear fell down her cheek. As I got up from chair and gently put Julia back in her crib, I walked over to Ellery and wiped her tear away. She wrapped her arms around me and held me tight. As I bent down and picked her up, she brushed her lips against mine. I carried her to the bedroom and laid her on the bed.

  “I’m so sorry I fell asleep,” she said.

  “Don’t be, baby. You’re tired, and you need all the rest you can get,” I whispered as my lips traveled to her neck.

  “Make love to me, Connor.”

  I took down one strap of her nightgown and softly kissed her exposed breast. The soft groan that came from the back of her throat excited me even more. It had been too long, and I was going to make up for lost time. As I took down the other strap from her shoulder, I sat up in front of her and pulled her nightgown off, exposing her entire body. She looked at me and smiled when I shed my pajama bottoms. My tongue made circles around her belly button as I softly kissed the incision from her C-section. While my mouth was devouring every inch of her torso, my hands were fondling her breasts, taking her puckered nipples between my fingers. As she threw her head back and moaned, Ellery moved her fingers swiftly through my hair. I grabbed the string of her panties as she slightly lifted her hips and took them down. My finger lightly traced the inside of her thigh, all the way up to her clit. I moved myself up to her lips and forcefully kissed her when I felt the wetness and arousal from her.

  “I don’t want to hurt you, baby. It’s been a long time.”

  “I’m fine. I need you so bad, Connor. I need to feel you inside me.”

  I dipped one finger deep inside her and then another. Her moans grew louder as she moved her hips up and down, begging my fingers to pleasure her. I climbed on top of her with my fingers moving in and out, rubbing her clit and bringing her to orgasm. Her body shuddered and shook as she released her warm pleasure all over me.

  “That’s my girl.” I smiled. “Oh, how I’ve missed doing this to you.”

  We stared into each other’s eyes as she whispered, “I want you to look at me as you make love to me.”

  I placed myself inside her while I stared into her beautiful blue eyes. As I pushed myself further inside, the corners of her mouth turned up. Her arms were wrapped around me when I slowly moved in and out of her.

  “You feel so good, baby. God, I’ve missed being inside you and feeling you like this.”

  She brought her legs up and wrapped them around me as I picked up my pace and moved in and out of her at a steady speed. Our breathing was rapid and our hearts were racing. As I stared into her eyes with each thrust, she stared back, smiling and running her finger across my lips. I could feel her spasms around my cock as she was getting ready to come.

  “Ellery,” I moaned as I couldn’t hold back anymore.

  “Connor,” she wailed as I poured myself into her.

  Her body tightened as she threw her head back and came. My lips forcefully locked with hers, and I didn’t want to stop. I finally broke our kiss and looked at her. She was smiling at me as I collapsed on top of her. Our breathing was shallow, and our heart rates were beating at the same speed.

  “God, how I’ve missed having sex with you,” Ellery said breathlessly.

  I kissed her neck before rolling off of her. “I’ve missed it too, baby. You felt so good,” I said as I ran the back of my hand across her cheek.

  Suddenly, little sounds came through the monitor. Ellery and I looked at the monitor on the dresser. Julia was stirring in her crib. A soft cry came from her and we looked at each other.

  “Don’t worry; I’ll get her if she continues to cry.” I smiled as I ran my finger across her jaw line.

  “It’s okay; I’ll get her. You just worked very hard.” Ellery smiled back.

  We lay there in each other’s arms, staring at the monitor and waiting for Julia to wake up. She didn’t. As I reached my hand down in between Ellery’s legs, I w
hispered, “Are you ready for round two?”

  Chapter 7

  Ellery

  As I awoke, I reached over to put my arm around Connor, but his side of the bed was empty. I sat up and looked around. I didn’t hear the shower running and Julia wasn’t in her crib. I put my robe on and walked down the stairs to the kitchen. Connor was sitting at the table with Julia in his arms, feeding her a bottle.

  “Good morning, baby.” He smiled as he looked up at me.

  “Good morning,” I said as I walked over and gave him and Julia a kiss. “Why didn’t you wake me? I would’ve gotten her.”

  “You looked so peaceful sleeping, and I was already awake when she woke up.”

  I poured a cup of coffee and sat down in the chair next to him. He looked so sexy in his black suit, and I wanted to take him upstairs and devour him before he had to leave for the office.

  “Is something special going on today? You hardly ever wear a suit to the office.”

  “I have to go to court today. I told you last week,” he said as he looked at me.

  “Shit, Ashlyn and the trial. I completely forgot. I’m sorry.”

  “It’s okay. You just had a baby and you’re still trying to adjust. Don’t worry about it,” he said as he put Julia over his shoulder to burp her.

  Denny walked into the kitchen and headed straight to the coffee pot.

  “Good morning.” He smiled as he looked at us.

  “Good morning, Denny.” I smiled in return.

  As Connor was burping Julia, she decided to spit up all down the back of his suit coat. I jumped up as he looked at me.

  “Seriously?” he said.

  I tried so hard to contain my laughter, as did Denny, but we both couldn’t hold it anymore. I took Julia from Connor and held her while Denny handed him a towel.

  “Don’t you know by now that you shouldn’t feed a baby while wearing a suit?” Denny asked.

  “I guess I do now,” Connor said as he walked out of the kitchen and up the stairs to change.

  Claire came into the kitchen, and I handed Julia to her. I walked upstairs and into the bedroom where Connor was pulling out another suit from the closet. I stood there with a smirk on my face.

  “What’s that look for?” he asked.

  “I just think it’s funny; that’s all.”

  “You think it’s funny that our daughter spit up all over my five-thousand-dollar suit?”

  “I do, and you don’t need a five-thousand-dollar suit anyway. That’s a ridiculous amount of money to spend. No one is going to know it costs that much, and you look just as sexy in a five- hundred-dollar suit.”

  Connor pursed his lips together and put the suit he pulled out back in the closet. As he started walking slowly towards me, I knew the look on his face, and I knew I was in trouble. When he approached me, I put up my hands to prevent him from coming any closer. He grabbed my hands and threw me on the bed.

  “You know how much I love it when you babble on like that.” He smiled.

  “Please, Connor, whatever you do, don’t tickle me,” I begged.

  Suddenly, we heard Denny’s voice from downstairs. “Connor, let’s go. You’re already late.”

  Connor kissed me on the lips. “You’re lucky, Mrs. Black. But make no mistake; we will continue this tonight.”

  “I’ll be ready.” I winked.

  Connor let go of my hands and walked back to the closet and pulled out his suit. I went back to the kitchen and took Julia from Claire. Shortly after changing his suit, Connor came down, grabbed his briefcase, and we walked him to the elevator.

  “Bye, my beautiful little girl.” Connor smiled as he kissed Julia on her head. “And goodbye to you, my beautiful wife,” he said as he kissed me on the lips.

  “Bye, babe. Good luck and call me.”

  He gave me a small smile before the elevator doors closed. I took Julia upstairs to change her diaper. Since I couldn’t stop thinking about the trial, I was pissed that Connor wasn’t talking to me about it. I wanted to be there for him, but since Julia had been born, I hadn’t had time to think about anything else but her, and I was exhausted all the time. I changed Julia’s diaper and carried her downstairs to find my phone. As I grabbed it off the kitchen counter, I dialed Peyton.

  “Hello, bestie. Did you and Connor have amazing sex last night?” she asked.

  “Good morning, Peyton, and yes, we did have amazing sex, but that’s not why I’m calling.”

  “Oh, I thought you’d want to talk about it,” she said with a disappointed tone.

  “Are you busy today?” I asked her.

  “I just have a few errands to run. Why?”

  “Connor is at the courthouse because the trial is starting today, and I really want to be there for him.”

  “Did he ask you to go?”

  “No, and he wouldn’t either. You know how he is. I just wanted to know if you could watch Julia for a few hours?”

  “Of course I’ll watch that beautiful goddaughter of mine!” she squealed.

  “Thank you, Peyton. I appreciate it.”

  “No problem. I’ll be over in about thirty minutes.”

  As I was putting Julia in her bouncy seat, Denny walked into the kitchen. “I’m glad you’re back. I need you to drive me to the courthouse,” I said as I looked at him.

  “Elle, I don’t think that’s a good idea. You shouldn’t go there.”

  “It’s not a matter of if I should or shouldn’t. I want to, and I want to be there for my husband.”

  “I understand that, but I don’t think Connor wants you there.”

  I rolled my eyes. “Don’t you know me by now?”

  “Yes. Just let me know when you’re ready.” He sighed.

  I smiled as I walked over and kissed him on the cheek. “Thank you, Denny.”

  “You know he’ll probably yell at me for doing this,” he said.

  “Don’t worry about it. If he says anything, I’ll take care of him.” I smiled.

  I asked Denny if he could keep an eye on Julia while I went to get ready. As I was putting on my black skirt, Peyton came strolling into the bedroom, holding her.

  “Are you sure you want to do this, Elle?” she asked.

  “Of course I’m sure.”

  “You know that bitch is crazy, and you haven’t seen her since you punched her out.”

  “I know I haven’t and that’s why it’s time.”

  I put on my black heels, handed Peyton the diaper bag, and kissed Julia goodbye. “Everything you need is in here. If you’re going to take her with you on errands, then you’ll need the stroller and it’s in the hallway by the elevator.”

  “Don’t worry, Mom. I’ve got this!” She smiled.

  “Denny, I’m ready to leave,” I said as I grabbed by purse and we stepped onto the elevator.

  Chapter 8

  Connor

  I sat outside the courtroom, waiting for the trial to begin. I hadn’t seen Ashlyn since that day at the gym.

  “Don’t worry, Connor,” Phil said. “She’ll get what she deserves.”

  “Let’s just hope the jury finds her guilty.”

  As we walked into the courtroom and sat down, I looked over and saw Ellery walking towards me. I instantly stood up.

  “Ellery, what are you doing here?” I asked.

  “I wanted to be here for you, Connor.”

  “Baby, I’m sorry, but I don’t want you here. I don’t want you involved in this.”

  “It’s too late for that, Connor. I’m your wife, and whatever you’re involved in, involves me. Now if you don’t want me here, that’s too fucking bad, because I’m here to support you whether you want me to or not. So deal with it, buddy!” she exclaimed through gritted teeth.

  I sighed as I looked at her, shook my head, and sat down. She said hello to Phil and then sat down next to me.

  “Where’s Julia?”

  “Peyton is watching her,” she replied.

  The lawyers walked into the courtro
om and took their seats up front. The guard opened the door off to the side and escorted Ashlyn into the room.

  “Remind me to tell her how becoming that orange jumpsuit is on her and those chain accessories are to die for,” Ellery whispered.

  “You are to stay away from her,” I warned.

  Ashlyn looked directly at me as she entered the courtroom, and then looked directly at Ellery. I put my hand on her thigh because I was nervous she was going to get pissed and start something. Ellery could have quite a temper. She put her hand on mine and looked over at me.

  “Relax, Connor.”

  I took in a deep breath as the judge entered the courtroom. Ashlyn’s attorney stood up and asked the judge for a postponement due to her change of plea.

  “Your honor, my client is pleading not guilty by reason of insanity due to the mental distress she was put under by Mr. Connor Black.”

  As I gasped, Ellery turned and looked at me. Her eyes were wide and angry. I couldn’t believe what I’d just heard. My heart started racing.

  “Is this true?” the judge asked as he looked at Ashlyn.

  “Yes, it is, your Honor,” she said as she nodded her head.

  “Fine. The trial is postponed until one week from today,” he said as he got up from his seat and went into his chambers.

  As the guard walked Ashlyn out of the courtroom, she looked over at me and blew me a kiss. When Ellery went to get up, I grabbed her arm.

  “Don’t,” I whispered.

  “Connor, this is bullshit!” she yelled.

  “Yes, it is bullshit. I need to meet with my personal attorney,” I said.

  As we got up from our seats, I grabbed Ellery’s hand and led her out of the courtroom. When we reached the hallway, I pulled her into me and held her tight.

  “Everything’s going to be fine, Elle; I don’t want you worrying about this.”

  “I hope you’re right,” she said.

  I kissed her on the head and called Lou, my personal attorney. When I hung up the phone from him, I walked over to the bench where Ellery was sitting and talking on the phone. When she hung up, she looked at me with sadness in her eyes.