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  “I’m not now. I couldn’t handle the heartbreak when you leave me.” She gazed into Chad’s dark green eyes as they stared intently at her.

  “I won’t ever leave you. I want only you.”

  “Chad, you can’t be serious. Why would you want me? I’m not your type. I’ve seen the women you go for. I’ve seen the women you’re photographed with.” She pushed herself off his lap and stood, pacing back and forth. She thought over what she’d done and her body came alive. Lana hated to admit it, but Chad was the best sex she’d ever had, nothing had ever felt so— “Fuck! We didn’t use protection. Holy shit, I just slept with the biggest slut I know without protection. I have to get tested. I need to book a doctor’s appointment. I need t—”

  Chad stood and stopped her pacing, holding her close to him. “Lana, I promise you, you’re the only woman I’ve ever had sex with without protection.” He kissed her forehead. “I know you’re clean. You’re not the type of person to sleep around. And anything else we can deal with.”

  His words had her freezing and looking up to search his face. Did he know when they had sex that he wasn’t using protection? No…surely not. She hadn’t thought of protection. Sex had never felt so good, and she’d been so caught up in everything that protection hadn’t even crossed her mind. What if… Oh no….

  “Oh. My. God. What if I get pregnant?” She couldn’t be that woman with children by different men. She didn’t want to be that woman. It was bad enough she didn’t know who Olivia’s father was, but to have another child with a man like Chad who probably wouldn’t stick around… Argh, what a nightmare.

  “As I said, we can deal with that together. It wouldn’t be the end of the world. Would it be so bad having a child with me?”

  Her heart felt like it was about to beat out of her chest. She needed to breathe. She needed to go home and be far away from Chad and think. “Can you take me home?”

  “No, I don’t want to.”

  Pushing away from him, she backed up, not sure if she’d heard him right. “I want you to take me home.”

  “I want you to stay here. I see the scared look in your eyes, Lana. I don’t want you away from me and thinking about silly things like not giving us a chance or trying to ignore what happened altogether.”

  Wrapping her arms around her stomach, she searched for the closest exit, the patio doors. Walking to them, she opened the doors and went outside, taking deep gulps of fresh air. Everything was happening so fast. Her whole world had changed in just over an hour.

  Arms circled around her waist and Chad brought her against his hard, toned, athletic body. Mmm, he felt so good.

  “Give me the weekend to show you I’m serious.” His voice sent tingles down her body as he whispered in her ear then nibbled on her neck. “Please.”

  Her body had never felt so alive. Everywhere he touched sent delicious throbbing through her body and straight to her core. Could she give him a weekend and go back if it didn’t work? Would she regret it if she didn’t take this chance?

  Moaning as his hands eased her clothes off, she knew she couldn’t say no. Leaning into his hold, she closed her eyes and rested her head back on his chest. “You have tonight. Tomorrow I have to get Olivia.” She sighed. “If you want to meet her and spend the day with us, you can. Let’s see if we can make this work?” Opening her eyes, she turned, stood on tiptoes, and wrapped her arms around his neck. “If we decide to give this a go, I want to wait to tell your family.”

  Chad didn’t say anything for a while, he just stared down at her before he slowly nodded. “Okay. I won’t say anything.”

  “Good. So you won’t tell your family?”

  “I will not voice what we are or what we’ve done.”

  Lana relaxed, she would see if this would work. She would give Chad a chance. She’d known him most of her life. She’d trusted him before, she just hoped she could trust him with Olivia.

  Chapter 2

  Chad awoke feeling rested and relaxed. He tightened his arms around Lana, holding her closer to him. She moaned and snuggled her naked body against his. He gazed down to see Lana’s head turned up against his chest. Her wild, wavy hair sat in a messy halo around her. Her lips were puffy and full from being kissed all night long. As he noticed some beard burn on her skin, he reached up and rubbed his face. He needed to shave.

  “Mmm, please tell me you’re not a morning person. The deal is off if you are.”

  “Sorry for waking you, angel. I get up early to train.”

  She opened one of her eyes. “What type of training?”

  “I start off with stretches, do a twenty minute workout in my gym, then I go for an hour or so run, and when I come back I swim.”

  She closed her eye and groaned. “Argh, I’m exhausted just hearing what you’re going to do.”

  Lana rolled off him, lying on her back. He moved over her, caging her in. “Sleep in, and I’ll come and wake you when I’m done.”

  “Ah, I wish. Olivia isn’t really an early riser, she gets up around eight, but this six o’clock is too early for me. I’ll set my alarm and get up in an hour or so and order a taxi and go to your parents to pick up Olivia.”

  He leaned down and kissed her, brushing his lips gently over hers. He lingered, enjoying having Lana where he wanted her. “I can take you to my parents.”

  “No. It’s fine. Remember you promised you wouldn’t say anything.”

  “Okay, fine.” Reluctantly, he eased off her and went to his chest of drawers, getting his workout gear.

  Once dressed Chad went to his gym. As he passed his phone he’d left on the kitchen bench, he saw it flashing with messages. Picking it up, he listened as his friends asked where he’d gotten to last night and what time he was training. He called back Matt, one of his closest friends.

  “Chad, where did you go last night? You left the party early.”

  “I left with Lana. Tim was being a fuckwit. He’ll want to stay out of my way.”

  “Ha, Lana came home, did she? Did you take her home or did you man up and take her where you want her?”

  He put his phone on speaker and started stretching. “She’s sleeping in my bed. She’s going to go get her kid in an hour or so.”

  “I forgot about the kid. I’ll be there in five.”

  Chad hung up and turned on his stereo and finished his stretches before picking up his barbells.

  Ten minutes later he was doing sit-ups, and he looked up as he heard, “If Lana is here, does that mean I have to give my spare key back?” Chad wasn’t surprised to see Bob. He knew Matt would call Bob and tell him why he’d bailed early last night.

  “Yes. I don’t want any of you to let yourself in anymore. You never know what kinky shit you’ll see.”

  Bob shook his head. “Not cool, man. I don’t want to think about your sex life or lack thereof.”

  “Fuck you. Where is Matt? I thought he’d be here by now.”

  “Matt was here, then he looked in your empty fridge and he left to go pick up some basics from the shops. He said most women like coffee, and some even eat.”

  Chad stood, grimacing as he remembered what was in the fridge. “Yeah, I should clean the fridge out. I don’t eat at home.”

  “We could tell. Matt and I chucked a bunch of stale, moldy take-out and off milk and other unrecognizable things. How the hell do you eat so much shit?”

  He shrugged. “I workout and raid my mum and dad’s fridge. The restaurants around here know me.”

  Bob started stretching. “Does Lana know you can’t cook?”

  Getting back down on the floor, Chad started doing push-ups. “I can cook. It’s just not eatable.”

  “You’re the only guy I know who can’t even BBQ.”

  “I have other talents.” He raised his eyebrows suggestively.

  Bob laughed as he picked up the barbells. “If you say so. I’ll take your word for it. So when are you going to introduce Lana?”

  “You’ve already met her.” Chad d
idn’t want to share Lana with the rest of the world yet.

  “Once or twice, but only as your sister’s best friend, not as anything to you.” Bob sighed. “Look, I know you don’t want to hear this, especially now, but from what I remember Lana’s not your type.”

  Stopping his push-ups, he sat and glared at Bob. “What the fuck do you mean?”

  Putting the barbells down, Bob held his hands up. “I’m just saying you go for a different type than what I remember of Lana—usually, tall, thin, blonde, stunning, and a bitch. Lana is short, curvy, with long brunette hair, and sweet. I don’t remember too much else except for what you’ve told me, but I know you’ve never been with a woman like her. Plus, she has a kid. What makes you think this will work? Will she be able to handle your life in the spotlight? Will you be able to handle a kid?”

  Chad wanted so badly to be angry with Bob, but what he said was the truth. “I sowed my wild oats. I’ve been with lots of women, and I know what I want. Years ago when I started to know what I want, who I wanted, I stopped even trying to have any real relationship with the women you described. One thing I’ve always known is I want what my parents have. I think I can deal with a kid.”

  “If that’s how you feel, then why didn’t you date Lana before now? Go and chase after her when you had that night you can’t forget?”

  Running his hand over his head, Chad took a deep breath in and slowly let it out. “To tell the truth, I don’t really know. I thought it was because she wasn’t ready and was too young, and needed to get over Richard. Then I was annoyed she ran from our night together and slept with another man so soon and got knocked up. Now that I’ve had her again, I don’t know.”

  Bob nodded. “Are you sure you still want her?”

  That was the easiest question to answer. “Yes, even more so since being with her again.” He looked his friend straight in the eyes. “I’m not giving her up. Now I know what I can have forever, and I’m not letting anything come between us. She’s mine.”

  “That’s a big statement, but I know you, and you’re not one to make rash decisions. I’ve seen what you look like when you talk about Lana. I know what a pussy you become when she’s arou…” His words trailed off as Matt walked in.

  Matt narrowed his gaze on Bob. “What did I interrupt? You weren’t ripping into Chad about how he acts with Lana?”

  Bob shrugged and Chad stuck his middle finger up at him before looking at Matt. “Bob was just asking about Lana and how this was all going to work.”

  “Ah, and...”

  “As I’ve just said to Bob, Lana is my woman and this is going to work. It has to work.”

  “We’re here if you need us, man, but remember you’re in the limelight, and you need to ask her if she’s prepared for that.” Matt patted him on the back before he started to stretch.

  Chad couldn’t stop thinking about what Matt and Bob had said, about him being a public figure and how Lana would feel about losing her privacy. They ran together and he worked out hard, frustrated at the question his friends had brought up. When they got back from the run Matt and Bob left, telling Chad they’d see him Monday for training.

  Going to the pool, he was surprised to find Lana. She was lying on the pool chair with a towel covering her. Her eyes opened as he came over to her.

  “You’re here,” he said.

  “Yeah, I called your parents to tell them I was about to leave to come and get Miss Moo, and Olivia went nuts. Apparently, your parents are taking my daughter to the zoo. So I said I would pick her up this afternoon. I hope you don’t mind I stayed? I heard you and some of your friends leave. I didn’t come out ’cause I don’t have any other clothes besides my party stuff, and I didn’t know if you’d want me to meet them.”

  He sat on the other pool chair. “I want you to meet them. I’m happy you stayed. You could have put on one of my shirts.”

  She sat up from her lying position and shrugged. “I know now.” She eyed him up and down. “Are you going for a shower? You’re all sweaty.”

  Chad grinned as her eyes flared with interest. He gathered her to him, groaning when the towel fell, revealing she was naked. She wrapped herself around him and his body came alive. “Do you like me all sweaty?”

  “Mmm, I can’t believe how turned on I am. Sweaty men have never done anything for me before. Gross, but you…” She ran her finger down his body. “You look good all wet.”

  He stood up, and Lana squealed. “Let’s both get wet.” He walked into the water with her clinging to him.

  * * * *

  Lana lay by the pool, enjoying the hot sun. She’d been unsure whether to stay, but she didn’t want to go home without Olivia, so she’d gone out to enjoy the warm day by the pool. Chad had come home and found her sun bathing, and he’d carried her into the water where they’d played and splashed about. Chad was now doing laps in the pool.

  She’d called Steph, checking on her. Steph was home and said she’d see her at her parents on Sunday. Lana and Olivia had been invited to dinner at the Douglases. They used to invite her every weekend, but Lana only went once a month. She loved the Douglas family, they made her feel like she was part of the family. Lana loved her own family, but she had always wanted to be a Douglas. Steph’s parents were so loving to each other, and Steph’s brothers adored her and treated Lana like one of their own.

  Well, all except Chad. Now that she thought about it Chad had always treated her different. He got angry and wanted to beat Richard up when she came over upset about them breaking up. She remembered Chad had never liked Richard, or any boy she’d been interested in. When she’d brought Richard to events Chad had stayed away, where the rest of the Douglases didn’t. And Chad’s gifts were always more thoughtful, like an arum lily plant, her favorite flower, or the necklace and bracelet. She really should have seen the signs.

  She sat up and watched Chad swim naked. His body glistened as the water reflected off it. It was a work of art, all hard and muscular. Getting off the chair, she walked to the pool’s edge and eased into the water. She was so turned on from just watching him swim. She needed him to sooth her need.

  Chad swam to her, wrapping his arms around her and capturing her mouth to his. Their tongues met as he walked them to shallow water where he slid a finger into her wet core. “You’re so wet for me. Mmm, just the way I like you. Do you like watching me workout?”

  She nodded as he nibbled his way down her neck and back up again. Chad picked her up and wrapped her legs around him as he walked to the deck chair. He lay her down on it, hovering over her. His lips found hers, ravaging them with a deep, burning need she was beginning to crave. He kissed his way down her neck and licked a trail to her breasts before pausing to circle a nipple with his tongue.

  “Would you like it if I told you how I’m going to lick every inch of your body, and suck on your tits while I fuck you so hard you forget who you are?”

  He sucked one nipple into his warm mouth, and she groaned as pleasure coursed through her. Chad’s hands smoothed down her body to rest between her legs. He rubbed her clit and let his fingers massage and explore her pussy.

  “I’ve been hard for you for hours. I can never get enough of you. Anytime I think about you, I become rock solid, which means ninety-nine percent of the time I have an erection. Do you know how hard it is to workout with a stiff dick? Help sooth my pain.”

  “Ah, poor baby.” She reached up and stroked his face. “You can have me anytime you want me. I’m here for you to take.”

  He groaned and two fingers delved deep into her core. She was wet from watching his strong, muscular body as he swam in the water. His talk of what he wanted to do to her helped, she was so ready for him. She arched into his touch and gripped his head, pulling him down so she could kiss him.

  Chad growled, a deep vibration, as his mouth took hers in a savage kiss of tongues, lips, and teeth all meshed together, fighting for more of each other. She ground her body down on his fingers and let herself go, enjoying
the feel of his body, mouth, and fingers deep in her. Pulling tight on him, she came around him, enjoying the bliss that fell over her.

  Slipping his fingers out of her pulsing vagina, he eased his mouth from hers, and she let her hands fall as he moved down her body to her pussy. Chad looked up at her, and she watched breathlessly as he lifted his fingers to his mouth and sucked before his face came between her thighs and he dove in. She bucked as his tongue lapped at her pussy.

  “Mmm, you taste so good,” he mumbled against her.

  Gripping the seat, she quivered in ecstasy as her orgasm built again. His tongue probed her slick, wet heat, and his mouth nipped at her clit. She felt the inferno building inside her as his hands caressed her body and his mouth brought her closer to the combustion she sought.

  As she was about to reach her peak, he pulled away, sliding back up her body, nipping at her sensitive flesh.

  Cupping her face, he growled, “I want you on your hands and knees so I can watch that arse wiggle as I slam into you from behind.”

  Her breathing picked up as he moved off her, and she turned over so her bottom was in the air. Chad slapped her arse, which caused her to let out a squeal.

  “Chad, I need you inside me. Please, I’m empty.”

  Feeling his hard body slowly cover hers, she closed her eyes as he kissed her neck and played with her tits. “When I’m finished with you, you will never feel empty again. You’re going to know you’re mine.”

  Chad drove into her in one swift thrust. She screamed as his cock hit her in a spot she hadn’t felt before, adding a slight burning pain to the pleasure that built.

  Chad was relentless as he pistoned into her, cupping her breasts and tweaking her nipples. “Fuck, you feel so good. I’ve never had anyone squeeze my dick as tight as your pussy does.” His hands moved around and he smacked her arse as he drove into her. “My pussy.” He squeezed her arse cheeks and slapped them again, the sting helping to bring her so close to her peak.