exhaustion “What was that?”
Smirking at her, I pushed her matted hair from her brow and kissed the corner of her mouth as she had done to me so many times. “That was me begging for forgiveness.”
Sav swivelled around to face me, her chest pressed to mine, and I could feel the intensity of her beating heart against my chest. Her breathing was still sharp and the color was fading from her cheeks but her eyes were still glistening. “Oh you are definitely forgiven, but does that mean we have to fight to have make-up sex and bath action like that?”
I laughed softly, kissing the tip of her nose. “I will give you that whenever and wherever you like.”
“And that’s why I keep you around, Mr, Connors you’re my own little sex toy,” she cheekily replied, tapping a finger on lips and giving me a seductive smirk.
“Charming, Savannah. Real charming.”
Winking at me, Sav attempted to stand but her shaking legs almost made her collapse back into the bath. I couldn’t help but chuckle.
“Let me help you.” I stood from the bath, stretching my legs and stepping out, naked and covered head to toe in bubbles. I held my hand out to Savannah to steady her. I couldn’t help but feel cocky that she was shaky on her feet because of what I had just unleashed on her body.
“Stop looking so smug.” She laughed, slapping me on the chest before wrapping her arms around my waist and pushing her naked body flush against mine.
I enveloped my arms tightly around her shoulders and kissed her forehead not before shooting a cheeky wink at her. “A guy likes seeing that he can make his girl happy and shaky on her feet.”
Savannah scoffed before burying her face in the grooves of my chest, her wet hair attaching to my skin. She placed a delicate kiss over my heart. That one tiny kiss was all I needed. That, to me, was perfection.
The bubbles dissipated and the steam on the mirrors faded but my arms woven tightly around Sav’s waist didn’t falter. The little kisses, the squeeze of our arms, and the soft sighs were all we needed.
“As much as I love being pressed up against your naked body, I think we should leave the bathroom.” Sav spoke softly against my chest before unlocking her arms from around my waist. Stepping towards the sink, I grabbed two of the fluffy hotel towels, wrapping one around her body and another around my waist.
As we walked out of the bathroom hand in hand, the late afternoon sun beamed through the windows and filled the room with the last shards of daylight on a day. Sav pulled our clasped hands towards the bed and we collapsed onto the high pile of pillows and sunk deep into the mattress. Immediately our arms found each other and we huddled closely.
“Where is your bag?” Sav asked suddenly, her head lifting from my chest and her eyes darting around the room.
“I don’t have a bag.”
Pulling herself up onto one arm, Sav looked at me with questioning eyes. “Why don’t you have a bag?”
“When I woke up this morning, I didn’t realize I would be in New York this afternoon.” I spoke with honesty.
“So what made you come over?” Her eyes flickered away from mine quickly while her cheeks tinted pink.
“You,” I answered without a moment’s hesitation. Pushing a loose strand of her blond hair from her face, I smiled at her wide eyes looking down at me. “I missed you. I needed to feel you and be around you. You don’t realize the effect you have on me, Sav. I was in a meeting and it hit me. We are doing this, Sav. We are having a baby. I am so serious about you, Savannah. You always tell me that I have you and Jellybean for life, but I want you to know that you have me for life too. In all of my asshole glory.”
“It’s arrrrsehole.” She laughed softly. Her eyes scanned my face and a smile planted on her lips. “I can’t believe we are here. I can’t believe that the arsehole who told me that he had never had an Australian before and told me I had a nice arse that
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