Sacrifice Love: Saints Protection & Investigations (32 page)

Swush, swush, swush
…the baby’s heartbeat sounded loud and strong as Chad and Dani looked toward the sonogram monitor. Unable to keep the smile off her face, her hand gripped his. Turning away from the monitor for only a moment, she sought Chad’s face, catching his expression of wonder.

“All right, everything is on schedule. Baby’s size is good, head size is within the normal range, and as you can see, there are the fingers and toes.”

Dani and Chad looked on in amazement at the limbs and digits waving about.

“Is it still a little girl?” Dani asked.

Laughing, the sonographer replied, “Sex doesn’t change, sweetie.”

Dani blushed and explained, “Well, last time they were pretty sure but not absolute.”

“Oh, gotcha. Well, yes, by now we can see she is definitely a girl.”

Feeling her fingers squeezed, she looked over at Chad once again. “You okay?” he whispered.

She nodded, smiling. “Yeah, I’m great. Perfect, in fact. I’ve got a perfectly healthy baby girl growing in me…a man I love by my side…and a future together.”

Chad sat silently, his heart in his throat as his eyes poured over the woman lying on the table and his daughter waving from the monitor.
My daughter…yeah, Adam’s and my daughter.
He stood, his large body towering over Dani, as he touched his lips to her forehead. “You’re my world, you know,” he whispered. “Both of you…my whole, fuckin’ world.”

Her smile widened as his proclamation washed over her, filling the empty corners of her being. Lifting her fingers, tracing his face from his hairline down to his jaw, she smiled. The only blip on her happiness was the thought of Adam having had contact with terrorists. Looking back to her daughter on the monitor, she thought,
Oh baby. How will I ever explain this to you?

“I can tell what you’re thinking,” Chad said, drawing her eyes back to his. “It’ll be okay, babe. We’ll find out what was going on and then we’ll decide together what to tell our daughter when the time is right. So don’t worry about it now…just concentrate on her and us.”

As the sonographer wiped the gel off Dani’s stomach and assisted her to sit, Chad kissed the top of her head and said, “Come on, little mama. Let’s get you and baby girl fed.”

Dani’s eyes danced as she moved off the table. “Oh, good. I’m starved!”

*

Driving home in
the truck, she moved over the bench seat and placed her hand on his thick thigh. As they got closer to his house, she silently began moving her hand toward his crotch.

“Dani,” he growled, his rough voice sending a jolt of need straight to her core. “I’m losing my concentration.”

“You’re on your street,” she pouted. “I’ve been patient the whole way home and I hardly think you’ll wreck turning into your driveway.”

“Babe, with your hand on my cock, I’m liable to run straight through my garage door.”

Giggling, she moved her hand back but found it captured in his much larger one. He linked his fingers with hers and brought them to his lips. The warmth of his touch inflamed her more, but she knew they would soon be inside and able to quench their thirst.

Setting the alarm after getting home, Chad gave Dani a nudge toward the stairs. “Go on up and I’ll be up as soon as I check the house.”

Exhausted, she nodded and walked upstairs into the master bathroom. Stepping into the shower, she let the warm water pound her aching back.

“Babe, I’m coming in!” Chad shouted, knowing her propensity for startling and not wanting to frighten her.

Laughing, she said, “Did you think I’d jump out of my skin?”

Stepping into the shower with her, he grinned, “It wouldn’t be the first time.” His eyes roamed over her curves, loving each and every one. Noticing the water aimed at her lower back, he grew concerned. “Your back hurting?”

Dani stood, entranced with the male specimen standing in front of her. Michelangelo could not have carved a more perfect embodiment of the male form. Tall, broad shouldered, defined chest and tight, washboard abs. A narrow waist that led to his strong hips and tree trunk legs. His arms reached toward her, their muscles speaking of their power. She loved everything about him, finding not one inch undesirable. He could be standing on the bow of a pirate ship, on horseback leading the Roman armies, wearing a kilt deep in the Scottish Highlands. He was every romance cover all rolled into one…
and mine. My very own gentle giant.

His arms moved to her shoulders as he leaned down to peer deeply into her eyes. “Babe, are you okay?”

“Huh? What?” she stammered, blushing. “Oh, yeah, I’m fine. Just a little backache.”

He pulled her front to his as his arms moved down to her lower back. Still allowing the warm water to hit her muscles, he pressed his hands expertly on her pain, rubbing and massaging.

Relaxing against him, she rested her cheek against his chest as her arms wrapped around his waist. Moving one up, she felt the hard muscles of his back quiver under her touch. The other hand dropped to his ass and she realized that as she had categorized his delectable body traits, she had missed his ass.
How could I have forgotten his exquisite ass?
Giving it a squeeze, she suddenly sensed a rumble deep in his chest against her face.

“Babe,” he growled. “You gotta stop that, or I’m gonna to want to do more than you need right now.”

His fingers had her lower back relaxed and she leaned back to look into his face. “I think I know exactly what I need right now,” she purred, moving both hands to squeeze his ass, feeling his erection now pressing against her stomach. Just then, the baby kicked and Chad jumped back.

“Jesus, little girl can kick.” Chuckling, while rubbing his hand over his face, he said, “And how weird was that to have her kick me right in the balls.”

Sliding her wet hand around to his front, Dani grasped his swollen cock and said, “Guess we’d better get busy to make sure she didn’t do any permanent damage.”

“Babe, you know what you’re doing?” he rumbled again, cocking one eyebrow.

“Oh, I know exactly what I’m doing. The question is, what are you going to do about it?” she teased.

Grinning, he grabbed the body wash and squirted it on his hands, rubbing them together to create scented suds. He started at her shoulders and massaged the bubbles into her skin before sliding them down to her full breasts. Her fingers grasped his arms for support as her knees grew weak at the sensations. Paying equal attention to each breast, he then gently tweaked each nipple. Throwing her head back, she moaned in delight.

He continued her shower massage as he washed her round stomach, laughing as he felt the baby kick once more. “Turn around, little mama,” he ordered gently. They moved so that the spray hit him and her back was now presented. Running his soapy hands over her shoulders, he worked out the kinks before moving them to her lower back where he paid special attention.

Boneless, Dani groaned with pleasure. “Honey, I need to take care of you. If you keep this up, I’ll just be a relaxed puddle on the floor.”

“This isn’t about me, babe. This is all for you.”

“Bu—”

“Uh uh,” he interrupted. “Believe me, taking care of you will take care of me.” With that, he flipped the water off and reached for a towel. Drying her off carefully, then quickly moving the towel over his body, he carried her bride-style into the bedroom.

“What have you got in mind, big boy?” she whispered, nibbling on his earlobe.

“Grrrrrrh,” he groaned, her lips on his ear zipping right to his cock. He bent, laying her on the bed, sliding in next to her. Leaning on his arm, he trailed his hand down her body from her breasts to her mound and back again. Agonizingly slow, as though he had all the time in the world. His cock jumped at the tortuous pace, but he willed it to wait.

The warm shower, combined with his massaging hands, had Dani relaxed and pliant. As he teased her nipples, the electricity pulsated to her core. He kissed her shoulder, then continued placing wet kisses on her skin toward her breast before pulling her nipple deeply into his mouth. Sucking hard, he swirled his tongue around the taut bud, elongating it as he grazed his teeth over the sensitive flesh.

Sliding his finger into her folds, he felt her arousal. “Babe, you’re wet for me. So fuckin’ responsive. It’s as though all we have to do is think about sex and you’re ready to go.”

She cupped his face and said, “I know you think this is just the pregnancy hormones, but I’ve never been like this. Never.”

He held her gaze, understanding the gift she was giving him. Smiling he moved his mouth back to hers, searing her with his talented tongue.

Moving down her body, he slid between her legs, the scent of her sex intoxicating. He lapped first before plunging his tongue inside. With one hand splayed over her stomach, the other slipped under her ass, lifting it for easier access. He had read about pregnancy hormones, but was still surprised at the evidence of her need.

She reached down, tangling her hands in his hair as she watched him feast intimately on her womanhood. Moaning, she raced toward the precipice, lost in her desire.

Nipping on her clit and sucking hard, he felt her hips jerk as her orgasm rushed over her. Lapping the juices, he moved up her body, kissing his way from her mound to each breast, to the wildly pulsing point at the base of her neck.

She pleaded, “Now. Please, I need you now.”

Rolling her body over so that her back was tucked into his front, he lifted her leg as his cock stood at attention at her entrance. He slowly pressed his cock into her slick channel an inch at a time until he was fully seated, holding his head up so he could watch her gaze the entire time. Seeing the gradual curve of her lips forming a smile took his breath away.

“I’m yours, Chad. Always and forever,” Dani whispered into the night.

With that promise ringing in his ears, he pulled back out and immediately plunged in again, this time harder and faster. Her inner walls grabbed him back in every time he moved out, as though her body needed the contact. Her breasts bounced with each thrust and he kept one hand firmly on her waist, his thumb caressing her stomach. She lifted her leg, opening herself up more to him, allowing him to plunge deeper and deeper.

His balls tightened and knew he was close. She recognized it also, feeling his cock grow even thicker than imaginable. Sliding his hand down from her waist to her clit, he tweaked the swollen bud bringing the desired result. Her pussy grabbed his shaft, squeezing it in a rhythm as she cried out his name. With a few more thrusts he emptied himself into her, his muscles corded in strain as he felt the orgasm down to his toes.

Once again boneless, first from the massaging shower and now by two orgasms, Dani felt his arms surround her, enveloping her in his large body. For several minutes they lay, legs tangled in the sheets and each other, the coolness of the night slowly penetrating their warm bodies.

With her head on his upper arm while that hand circled around her chest, she felt his other hand come over her middle, his fingers splaying over her stomach. Just then, baby girl woke up, giving another hard kick before moving around as though stretching.

“Oh fuck, babe,” he said, surprise in his voice. “Did you feel that?”

Laughing, she replied, “Uh, yeah. It happened inside of me, so believe me, I felt it!”

“Does it hurt?”

“No,” she said, softly, her hand resting on his. “It feels like…life.”

Kissing her neck, he whispered, “I love you, Dani. And this baby girl.”

Closing her eyes tightly to keep the stinging tears from sliding out, she smiled. Swallowing hard, she said, “I’m so lucky. So lucky.”

As his now flaccid cock slid out of her body, she twisted in his arms so that she was facing him, cupping his strong jaw with her fingers. Peering deeply into his eyes, her chin quivering, she said, “Months ago, I thought everything in my life was gone. Lost. My husband and friend. You. My job. My home. But more than that…my security, faith, self-confidence, happiness. When Adam died, I felt as though I lost everything. But now…here with you…where I always wanted to be…I’m found.”

He watched as a tear slid down her cheek to land on the pillow and he leaned in, kissing her lips. “Life could have been so different if I hadn’t waited too long to tell you how I felt. I think of that every day, Dani. Every fuckin’ day.”

She shushed him with her fingers over his mouth, offering a small smile. “Life is choices, Chad. We make them, figure out what was good or not so good. Then we make more.”

“Yes, but if Adam had not died, we wouldn’t be here right now.”

She bit her bottom lip as she pondered his words. “There’s no way of knowing where we’d be, honey. We have no idea what would have happened…but we’re here right now. And that’s all I can think about.”

Smiling, he tucked her silky, auburn hair behind her ear and leaned forward, kissing her lightly. “You’re right. Life goes on, life changes. But however it had to happen, we’re here. We’re having a baby. Starting a family. Moving forward. Together.”

Pulling the sheets over their bodies, he tucked her in tightly to his side. “Sleep, little mama,” he ordered gently as he listened to her breathing slow.