The Lady Tamed
Page 19
Jeremy laughed. “You’re jesting. It’s his favorite topic of conversation. Doesn’t he pester you about it, too?”
“No. Actually, I was surprised to realize that Father hadn’t brought up the possibility with me when we married,” she said with a laugh.
Jeremy grinned, his heart full. “With all that is on your plate, I suppose he didn’t want to add to your worries if it never happened. He told me his concerns last year before we decided to wed.”
Fanny squinted at him. “Is his advice why you’re always trying to keep me in bed in the mornings after we make love?”
Jeremy shrugged. “The duke has mentioned conception sometimes needs a little help, but that’s not why I keep you in our bed.”
Her eyes narrowed even more. “Why then?”
Jeremy grinned. “Pure selfishness. The minute your feet hit the floor, you’ll put on clothes and pin up your hair, and I have to share you with everyone else.”
He brushed his fingertips down her spine. He loved it when it was just the two of them, and naked, but Fanny needed more in her life than just a husband. Now he would have more, too.
She touched his face. “Jeremy dear, even when I’m not with you and working, I think of you.”
“I believe you.” Jeremy brought her hands up to his mouth and kissed her knuckles. “A baby to love. Can this be happening?”
Her eyes narrowed again. “A baby that my father will try to steal away to play with the minute we turn our backs,” Fanny warned.
“I don’t mind. At least our child will know he has a grandfather who cares about him.”
Fanny sighed. “He, or she, will know their parents love them, too.”
Jeremy finished undressing Fanny and drew her to the bed. “You know, the duke has been telling me about your mother and how he took care of her when she was increasing. He said he spent every night rubbing her back and legs, in the last weeks before you were born.”
“You really can’t go wrong with Father’s advice on the subject when it sounds like that.”
He eased Fanny down until she was flat on her back and then climbed up on their bed with her. He put his hands on her stomach and lowered his head to kiss her belly.
But the babe was still too small to be noticeable, so he turned Fanny over and kneaded the tightness in her shoulders away, the way he often did after a long day at her desk.
Fanny sighed deeply and let out a grateful moan, too.
“You know, if I can do half as well as your father, I’ll consider myself a good husband.”
Fanny turned to look up at him. “You are a good husband now. I got lucky the day I met you.”
“I’m the lucky one.” He leaned down to Fanny’s ear to whisper, “But you haven’t seen me at my best yet. Just wait. You are going to be so spoiled in the years ahead. I promise to never stop loving you. No matter how round you get.”
Fanny laughed softly. “I’ll hold you to that when I’m only capable of waddling and get stuck in a chair the way Rebecca did at Christmas.”
“I promise to love you no matter what,” Jeremy vowed. He went to work on Fanny’s back, kneaded away the stresses of her day. When she was nearly asleep, he gently turned her and she smiled dreamily up at him. And Jeremy considered himself the luckiest man alive—he’d found his home.
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