Free New Beginnings by E. L. Todd Page A

fingers glided over the skin. “I tell my family everything. It’s agony not telling them about the greatest thing that ever happened to me.”
    “I know,” she said gently. “Let’s just wait a few more weeks.”
    I groaned. “You’re going to start to show. And I think they would be offended if that’s how they found out.”
    She looked away as she considered my words.
    “And are you going to tell your parents when I meet them? You aren’t going to be able to hide this for long.”
    “No, I’ll tell them.”
    “Then let me tell mine,” I said firmly. “My dad would be so happy.”
    “Happy that you knocked up some girl?” she teased.
    “You aren’t some girl,” I said immediately. “And he would be thrilled. He knows I want a family of my own.”
    “But we aren’t married.”
    “So? Why does that matter?”
    “Well, it’s frowned upon.
    “I don’t give a shit,” I snapped. “Just because we aren’t doing things by the guidelines set by society doesn’t make our actions wrong. I love you and I’ll take care of you. My dad would be disappointed if I was a pussy and abandoned you. Actually, he’d beat the shit out of me until I was inches away from death.”
    She chuckled. “I can’t see Andrew hurting a fly.”
    “You haven’t seen him mad,” I said quickly. “When he’s pissed, watch out. When I was little, we were at the mall and some guy came in with a gun to rob the place. When he reached my mom and told her to take off her wedding ring, she couldn’t get it off. So he pulled out a knife to chop it off. My dad slammed his head into the wall and knocked him unconscious. He was hailed as the mall hero.”
    “Wow.” Her eyes were wide. “Your dad is a badass.”
    “That’s an understatement.” I thought about my childhood and how great a parent my dad was. My mom was good too, but I looked up to my father in a way I could never explain. “It kills me I can’t tell him…”
    Cassandra cupped my face and sighed. “Okay. You can tell him.”
    I smiled. “I can?”
    “I can tell it’s important to you.”
    “Yes!”
    She chuckled at my enthusiasm.
    “When we get the house, we’ll invite everyone over and tell them.”
    “Doesn’t it take a while to buy a house?” she asked.
    “Not when you’re rich.”
    She rolled her eyes. “Money can’t solve all your problems.”
    “But it can fix most of them.” I stood up and carried her to the bedroom.
    “I thought we were going to snuggle on the couch?”
    “Nope. We’re making love. I want to see that baby bump.”
    “You’re obsessed with that thing.”
    “Damn right I am.” I lay her down then pulled her shirt off. She got my boxers off just as quickly.
    She grabbed my shaft. “Ten inches of pure man.”
    I moaned then spread her legs, pushing her knees to her ribs. “Just for you.” I slipped inside her and stared at her stomach while I moved into her slowly. My cock wanted to explode as soon as we began. I couldn’t look at her stomach anymore so I stared into her eyes.
    “Mike…” Her hands moved down my chest. Her green eyes burned in a fire while I rocked her back and forth. Her breasts shook with every thrust I made. I knew we both had work in the morning, but I didn’t care. I wanted to do this all night and into the early morning.
     
    I had a meeting that last ed for three hours. I sat patiently in my chair and waited for the conference to end. My coffee was sitting on my desk, cold, and I had a million other things to do. Having shareholders was a pain because they were obsessed with the well being of the company.
    When I was finally done, I returned to my office. Pictures of Cassandra were returned to their rightful place on my desk so I could see her face when I was thinking about her. The bad thing about her working in the same building was my constant need for her. It was distracting. I wanted to fuck her on my desk every time I had lunch.
    My door opened and Laura walked inside, looking