Page 43 of Shattered

She was doing this to him now? Here? “Too long,” he muttered, resuming his pace. “Way too damn long.” He smothered a laugh at Taya’s disappointed groan.

Medically speaking, her pregnancy was progressing perfectly. He wasn’t the one dealing with constant heartburn and backache and the baby keeping her up all night with its kicking, but this supercharged libido of hers was an awesome and unexpected bonus he planned to enjoy to the fullest for as long as it lasted. “And you felt the need to torture me like this because?”

Taya shrugged, a slight smirk twisting her mouth. “Because I didn’t want to suffer alone. And now you’ll be looking forward to it for the rest of the day.”

Christ yeah, he would. He’d barely be able to think about anything else. Jesus.

He escorted her to their pew where the team was waiting. God, now he was hard in the middle of a freaking church, the evidence of his arousal shoved right up there against the front of his pants for everyone to see. He might as well have a neon sign across his forehead.Hey, check out my raging hard on in the middle of this church!

Taya slid along the pew bench toward the others. Bauer scooted closer to Zoe and cocked an eyebrow at him. “What were you two whispering about back there?”

“Nothing.” He sat, quickly put his hands in his lap.Down, boy. Down, damn you.

Taya reached over and took his hand, her fingers briefly curling around his erection through his dress pants, the contact nearly making him choke. He gripped her hand and shot her a warning glance, but she was facing forward, her expression all innocence.

Innocent, his ass. His wife was a total wanton, seemed to walk around in a constant state of arousal these days.

How freaking lucky could one man get?

Without turning his head, Nate studied her out of the corner of his eye. The afternoon sunlight streamed through the tall stained glass windows on the right side of the church, covering her with rainbows. The mother of his child, and what a lucky baby their son was because of that.

She was so damn beautiful it almost hurt to look at her.

Almost.

But the difference now compared to before the accident was that he made sure to appreciate each and every color reflected on her skin and hair, illuminating her like the angel she was.

An angel he planned to pin to the bed and take straight to heaven and back the moment they set foot in their hotel room tonight.

—The End—