To The Single Dad in the Store by J.S. Cooper
Chapter Twenty-Six
“Wakey, wakey, sleepyhead,”Steele’s soothing voice woke me up, and I stretched.
“Oh my gosh. I fell asleep?” It was still night, and I was lying in his arms. Memories of what we’ve done just a few hours before flooded back into my mind.
“Yeah, you fell asleep on me, beautiful. I thought you wanted to cuddle.”
“I did want to cuddle,” I murmured. His fingers were playing with my breasts, and I could feel that he was hard and ready to go again.
“So I have to ask you a question.” Steele sounded faintly nervous.
“Um, yeah?”
The sleepiness vanished. He couldn’t be about to propose to me—could he? I mean, I knew we had already told each other we were falling for each other already, but if he proposed to me, that would be way too soon. Part of me loved the idea that he was thinking of proposing to me already, but the other part of me thought maybe this was a big red flag.
“So, Nellie…”
“Oh, Steele, I don’t know if this is the right time for you to ask,” I interrupted him. “I mean, I really am falling for you, and last night was amazing. And maybe in the future, I’ll say yes, but this is just so soon.”
“What?” He blinked in confusion, then understanding dawned. “Um, Nellie?”
“Yes, Steele?”
“What did you think I was going to ask you?”
I blushed. Had I gotten it wrong? Was I being a complete idiot right now? “What do you mean?”
“You didn’t think I was going to ask you to marry me, did you?”
“Um, no!” I squeaked, feeling totally embarrassed. I turned over and buried my head into the pillow and squealed, “Oh my God. I’m such an idiot. Oh, I can’t believe it!”
“It’s okay.” I could feel his hands rubbing my back. “But turn around and look at me, I do want to ask you something serious.”
“Okay.” I turned around slowly and forced myself to look him in the eye. “What is it?”
“Um, so last night …”
“Yeah?”
“We …”
“… We had sex,” I prompted.
“You’re making this so hard, Nellie. Why’d you have to interrupt me every time that I talk?”
“I’m not interrupting you. I’m just trying to help you.”
“I don’t need you to help me. I just need you to listen, okay? This is serious.”
“Okay. Well, what is it?”
“We had sex, yeah. And can you tell me …”
“Can I tell you what?”
“I forgot to put on protection.”
“Oh.” Finally, I understood what he was talking about it. “You didn’t wear a condom and now you’re worried that I’m pregnant.” My eyes widened. “Oh, shit. I hadn’t thought about that. And you know what?”
“What?” He said, staring at me.
“There’s a history of twins and triplets in my family, so …”
His eyes grew wide now, and he looked terrified.
“I’m just joking,” I laughed. “I’m on the pill, idiot.” I slapped him in the shoulder. “You don’t really think I would have just slept with you with no protection and let you come inside of me if I wasn’t protected, did you?”
His shoulders relaxed, the relief on his face evident. “I don’t know.”
“You’re an idiot. You know that, right, Steele?”
“I know. I was totally beside myself. All I could think about was being inside of you.” He shook his head apologetically. “I’m sorry. I should have been more aware, and I should have asked you those questions beforehand.”
“It’s okay. It’s on me as well, you know? If I didn’t feel comfortable, I would have stopped you. And yes, I’m on the pill. I’ve been on the pill since I was 18.”
“Oh … So you’ve been sexually active since you were 18?”
“I don’t really know if this is a conversation that we want to have right now,” I pointed out. “But no, I haven’t been sexually active since I was 18. I actually went on the pill to regulate my period. That’s another reason why some of us ladies do take the pill, you know?”
“I see. In that case …”
“What, Steele?”
“Can we make love again?” He murmured, running his fingers down my belly.
“Steele …”
“What?”
“I think that we should talk.”
“What do you mean, talk?”
“I mean, I want us to get to know each other better. We just can’t be making love all day and night for the rest of our lives.”
“I actually don’t see a problem with that.”
“Of course you wouldn’t. You’re a typical man.”
“And you know plenty of men, do you?” He looked jealous.
I laughed as I rubbed his face. “You’re not seriously worried about me being with other guys, are you?”
“No, I’m not seriously worried. I just …” He frowned. “I don’t know.” He shook his head. “I’m an idiot sometimes. Don’t let anyone tell you that us men don’t also get insecure.”
“I don’t believe you’re insecure for a minute.”
He grinned. “I didn’t say I was insecure, I said some men get insecure.”
“Why do I love you so?”
“I don’t know.” He laughed. “Maybe it’s because I love you so as well.”
“Maybe.” I stared into his eyes.
“Isn’t it weird that we’ve only known each other a short amount of time?”
“Yeah. I feel like I’ve known you forever. Our banter is just so easy and fun and loving and kind and sweet. And even though you exasperate me sometimes, I don’t find you annoying, which is weird because I normally find every guy I meet annoying.”
“I’m not every guy you meet.”
“I know. You’re Steele. You’re special.”
“If you keep saying things like that, Nellie, then I don’t think I’ll ever be able to let you go.”
“Maybe I don’t want you to let me go.”
“Well, then maybe I won’t.” He leaned over and kissed me on the lips. His fingers playing with my nipples. “You have the most beautiful body. You know that right?”
“Um, now I do,” I said with a small smile. “Though I’m sure I could hit the gym a lot more and have a much better body.”
“Don’t put yourself down, Nellie. You’re beautiful just as you are. I wouldn’t change an inch of you.”
“You wouldn’t change an inch of me?”
“Well, maybe a centimeter, but not an inch.”
“Oh, yeah? What centimeter would you change?”
“I don’t know. Maybe the part of you that doesn’t have me inside of you.”
I smiled up at him. “Hm … So do you want to change that now?”
“Do you want to let me change that?” He rolled over on top of me and positioning himself between my legs.
I moaned as I felt his cock rubbing against my clit. “Maybe …”
“I mean, I could change it right now.”
“But Steele?”
“Yes, Nellie?”
“That would be changing more than a centimeter. That would be changing several inches, right? Unless you’re only going to put a centimeter in.”
“I could do that,” he said, and he nudged the tip of his cock inside of me. I groaned at the feeling of him there, and all I wanted was to feel more of him inside of me.
“Oh. So you’re going to tease me now?” I moaned, reaching down and grabbing the rest of his cock.
“Don’t you like being teased?”
“No,” I said, pulling him closer towards me and squeezing on his ass.
He groaned. “Oh my God. If you keep touching me like that, I’m going to come.”
“Well, maybe I want you to come,” I said.
“Really? You want me to come right now?”
“Maybe not right now,” I laughed. “Oh, Steele!” I cried out as he entered me fully. “Oh, fuck me. Oh, yes!”
“Say my name, baby. You know how I like it,” he growled as he thrust into me even deeper and harder. And all I could hear was the sound of our breathing as I screamed and moaned his name as he thrust harder and harder, and I tipped over the edge into my second climax of the night.