Total pages in book: 52
Estimated words: 47819 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 239(@200wpm)___ 191(@250wpm)___ 159(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 47819 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 239(@200wpm)___ 191(@250wpm)___ 159(@300wpm)
“Oh shit Dane, did you have a vasectomy? I’m not on any kind of birth control.” Yeah I know that shit too. As careful as she is I’m surprised it took her this long.
“We don’t need it.” I pulled her back closer.
“But…” I squeezed her tummy gently to get her to hush but then thought better of it, better I hear all her fears and hang-ups now than later.
“What baby?”
“What if I get pregnant?”
“How old are you babe?”
“Thirty-two.”
“I’m thirty-four, that means that if you’re gonna carry five or six of my sons we’re gonna have to get started like now so we can both enjoy them for a good long while.”
“Sons, but what if this doesn’t work, what if you wake up one day and decide that this isn’t what you want?” She was headed for full panic mode.
“I’m a hundred and fifty percent sure that that’s not gonna happen. I’m not a boy baby; I’m a grown ass man who knows his mind and what he wants. It took me thirty-four years to feel what I feel for you and I know myself well enough to know that if I love you now, I will love you a hundred years from now.
I’m sure that we’ll have our squabbles over the years, because you’re a female and your species seem to like that shit, but I can promise you that I will always be good to you and our children and just in case you’re wondering, that includes the one we already have.” She tried looking over her shoulder at me but I kept her head turned around.
“I’ve done enough research to know that your ex doesn’t have much use for either of you.” I felt her body stiffen at that but was quick to reassure her.
“That’s no reflection on you babe, but on him. Alana is as much mine as you are, together we’ll see that she never wants for anything, especially love.”
Her shoulders shook and alerted me to the fact that she was crying softly. “Shh.” I turned her around in my arms and held her tight until her crying jag was over, then when I was sure that she was okay, I turned her back around, visions of my cock slipping into her in this position filling my head.
Chapter 11
DANE
For the next few days I played it safe, only coming to her under cover of darkness, until I was sure that we were safe. Then yesterday I started showing the world, or her little community that they were both mine.
I met Janine officially a few days later when she came over to the house and knew immediately that we were going to be fast friends. The African American woman was my kind of people. A no-nonsense, strong willed type who didn’t take shit and pulled no punches.
“So, Mr. Dane, I hope you’re not one of those hit it and run types because I’d really hate to have to break your kneecaps for messing with my girl.”
“Cute.” I had her by a good foot or more but that didn’t seem to deter her. I knew all about her of course and was pleased that she’d been here to help pick up the pieces and put my girl back together for me; for that alone I owed her.
“I have no intentions on leaving her, and if the time comes that I have to leave here she’s coming with me.” I waited for her reaction. Lately I’d been leaning more towards staying here. I like the area well enough, and since she had roots here and I didn’t really have any where I was, it would be easy.
“Dammit, I really like you, but I hope you decide to settle here.” Ilene was off somewhere seeing about the girls who were watching TV or something, in order to give the adults some room to talk. I hadn’t really discussed any of this with her as yet because I was still straddling the fence, but I didn’t see me taking her away from all that she knew, especially when I could live anywhere.
She came back into the room before I could give her friend a definitive answer and I motioned her over to my side. Her cheeks pinked up as she attached herself to my side and I kissed her temple. The two women sighed and I rolled my eyes because who the fuck knows what they were sighing and dreamy eyed about?
I went to get a bottle of water from the kitchen and came back to a conversation that I gathered was about the new wife. I hadn’t done a very intense search on her as yet, because from what I found on the surface she was no threat. I wasn’t sure that I could take these twos opinions of her as gospel for obvious reasons, but I might as well get the lay of the land. “Tell me about her.” I directed my question to Janine.