Ever After (Heart of Stone #3.5)(20)
Author: K.M. Scott

“Nothing yet, other than staying at home with my wife is exactly how I want to spend a Monday.”

Nina looked down and rubbed her stomach. “Do you two hear this? Your father is one smooth talker.”

I leaned over again and chuckled. “See boys? The women love smooth.”

“Don’t go teaching my boys how to be players, Tristan Stone. Smooth only works if the man is wonderful underneath.”

My wife’s naiveté could still charm me, even after all we’d been through. Placing a tiny kiss on the tip of her nose, I whispered, “Smooth works all the time, princess. I’m off to the shower. Care to join me?”

The smile faded from her face, and Nina shook her head. “I’m sorry. I’m just worried that if we do anything we could harm the babies. You understand, don’t you?”

“Abstinence it is, I guess.”

Licking her lips, she slid her hand down my chest to palm my cock. “I didn’t say anything about abstinence.”

“Well, that’s a different story.” Her hand stroked me to hardness as she pulled me down toward her with her other hand. “Mmmm…I didn’t realize pregnancy included this stage. Is this the horny stage?”

With a wink, she smiled. “I have no idea. This is my first time doing this. All I know is that if I keep feeling like this, you might not want to sleep in the nude anymore.”

Maneuvering around my legs and her pregnant belly, she rolled over on her side and took me into her mouth. My head rolled back on my shoulders as she slowly slid down every inch of my cock. “No more clothes anywhere near this room,” I moaned.

Coming up to the tip, she let it pop from between her slick lips and looked up at me. “I’m thinking you should take advantage of this, dear husband. My pregnancy books talk a ton about hormones making expectant mothers cry but nothing about them making us want to jump our husbands’ bones.”

She wrapped her lips around my cock again, and as she continued to stare up at me with a look that nearly took my breath away, I moaned, “Well, then, thank you hormones.”

By the time I returned from the gym an hour later, Nina had finished dressing and room service had delivered breakfast. I sat waiting for her at the table covered with every kind of pastry, pancake, and egg dish, hoping I’d covered every possible choice. I hadn’t been sure what she’d want, but I needed to make sure she ate to keep herself and the babies healthy.

She walked into the room looking stunning in a dark blue and white print dress and coming to a dead stop, opened her eyes as wide as saucers. “Tristan! What is all this?”

“Breakfast.” I stood and escorted her to her seat. “You need to eat.”

“Me and what army?” she looked up at me and asked.

Walking around to my side of the table, I explained, “I realized when I went to order from room service that I never asked what you wanted. I had no idea what to order, so I got some of everything.”

Nina picked a tiny piece off the side of a coffee cake and popped it into her mouth. “That’s because you’re usually at work when I eat breakfast. I have to admit, though, you really know how to put out a spread.”

“It’s the least I can do for the woman I love.”

Cutting a square of the coffee cake, she placed it on a plate in front of her. “I do believe, Mr. Stone, that the bigger I get, the smoother you get. How did I get so lucky to have such a wonderful husband?”

“Fate, I guess. I ask myself the same question about you all the time.”

She looked over at me and saw I had nothing to eat. “You’re not planning on having me eat all of this by myself, are you? I feel like Henry VIII over here.”

“I’m not much for breakfast, and I’m happy to just watch you eat.”

“Said the man with the six pack to the lady who looks like she’s swallowed a barrel.”

“Do you want to watch any particular movie today? It’s ladies’ choice.”

“Tristan, I know you want to keep an eye on me, but you don’t have to stay here with me. I know you have work. We can watch a movie tonight.”

I reached across the table and took her hand in mine. “Nina, I want to spend the day with you. I can keep an eye on you from anywhere in the world. I prefer to be here with you.”

She stopped eating the piece of coffee cake and looked at me with a confused expression. “What do you mean you can keep an eye on me from anywhere in the world? Are you talking about the two new bodyguards you hired?”

“No. I’m talking about the cameras I had installed in every room here at the penthouse.”

“What? Are you saying every room is monitored? Why?”

Her voice was that tone I knew all too well. She wasn’t happy. “Because your accident happened at the pool and no one knew you were there. If I hadn’t turned that camera off when you got angry with me last year, the bodyguards would have seen you there and gotten help.”

“Tristan, what happened wasn’t your fault. It wasn’t anyone’s fault. I don’t want to be watched twenty-four hours a day.”

“It’s for your safety, Nina. I’m not going to let anything happen to you and the babies.”

“Nothing’s going to happen to us. We’re fine. It was just a fainting spell. I think you’re overreacting, and the thought of me being on camera in the bathroom or anywhere else in my own house creeps me out.”

“Nina, I promise as soon as the babies are born, I’ll take down every last camera. Until then, they’re staying.”

“And that’s that? I have no say in it?”

“You know I’m not going to take the chance of you getting hurt again. What’s wrong with taking precautions?”

She stood up and pushed her chair out from behind her. “I feel like you’re spying on me and I don’t…” Before she could finish her sentence, she fell back into the chair with thump.

“Nina!” I jumped out of my seat and ran around the table. “What’s wrong? Tell me. I can have the car here in minutes and we can be at the hospital in no time.”

She shook her head slowly as she took a deep breath. “No, it’s okay. I just stood up too fast and got lightheaded.”

I crouched down next to her and held her hand. “Do you see now why the cameras are needed? What if you fell and I wasn’t here? What if you couldn’t get to your phone? How long would you be on the floor this time before I found you?”