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  Today, we were alone, and Cameron had given me his blessing. He didn’t know that this was a front – and I’d never tell him – but he approved.

  As Lucy reached into my shorts and gripped my cock with her hand, I wondered how much of a ruse it was.

  I stripped off her shirt and turned her to her back as she stared at me, her eyes full of need. There was something more there. I leaned down to take one of her sweet nipples into my lips as she pulled me closer. I’d only touched them before this, and the feeling of them between my lips made me harden further. The noises that Lucy made as I suckled her made me moan as I dragged my teeth across her skin.

  We worked the rest of our clothes off and I looked around to make sure that we were in a private place, not wanting anybody to see what was mine. Once I felt secure about that, I kissed her down her body and spread her legs to look into her glistening core. She made me want to eat her up every time she got herself off for me, and now I knew that I was tasting her cum from the orgasm I gave her from worshiping her gorgeous nipples alone. I pressed forward and licked her. She pressed against me and slid her hands into my hair. “Max, don’t stop.”

  I slid my tongue deeper to find her swollen clit and stroked it, knowing how sensitive it was. I knew that nobody had done this to Lucy before – at least not to this degree. I knew that I was the first and, with any luck, the last. She whimpered as I teased her, slipping a finger inside of her body to find her tight and wet.

  Fuck, I wanted her. I wanted to be the first man to feel her.

  I kept sucking and teasing her with the firm strokes of my tongue and she came again with a cry that echoed through the forest. I grimaced and tasted her warmth before I took a deep breath and moved to my knees. I was pained by how much I wanted her now. Lucy looked at me with a dazed expression as I moved up to kiss her, settling between her legs. I wouldn’t force this, but I could tell that she wanted it. “I always wanted you for my first, Max. I used to dream about it and after that kiss at the party, I wanted it even more. I wanted you, but you left. I think I still held onto the dream for years – maybe all of this time.” Lucy looked between our bodies for a moment, confused. “Will you give me that now?”

  “I’d be honored,” I assured her as I kissed her again, feeling the sweat between our bodies as I hovered over her. “I don’t have anything with me. I didn’t expect this.”

  “I thought about that. I just want you. I want this,” she told me as I eased her legs apart with my knees.

  “Are you scared?” I asked her. She smiled beautifully at me.

  “Not of you. You’ve proven yourself to me over the last few weeks and seeing you with my family made me melt. I know that it was meant to be you,” she whispered as I pressed closer to her.

  I eased inside of her slowly and she moaned as she gripped my back, closing her eyes. I hadn’t been with a virgin in some time, but I knew that I had to be gentle until she was over the pain. I moved slowly inside of her, turned on by how wet she was while remembering that I needed to take things slow. I knew the moment that she would hurt and stopped as I watched her face, pained and scared. “Are you okay?” I asked her as she bit her lower lip and opened her eyes to look at me.

  “Yes. This is so intense for me, so I just need a little bit.” I leaned down to kiss her softly as she moved her feet and slipped her hands down to cup my ass. Lucy pulled me in and I moved a little bit as she let out a soft moan. “I want you.”

  I moved, burying myself inside of her. We both breathed in before I pulled back and took her again, still considering her feelings. I was inside of my Lucy and I watched as my cock disappeared within her again. She was as tight as expected: it felt like a soft, warm glove wrapped around me. It felt like home.

  I kept going slow until she rocked against me with a jerk of her hips. I groaned as I bottomed out inside of her and felt her legs wrap around me. I pulled back and started moving harder, making sure that she wanted it this way. Her eyes begged me and her body moved with me, surprising me again with her innocence.

  We fumbled around for a few minutes, but then we found the perfect rhythm. I drove into her, feeling her gripping me as she tightened her legs around me and clawed at my back and hair. I’d never felt like this inside of a woman and my cock swelled at the idea of nothing being between us. I felt a slight twinge of guilt that I didn’t care for Blake like this when Riley was conceived, but I still loved my daughter. I didn’t need to give a shit about her mother as long as I hid that fact from Riley.

  I kept moving with Lucy, knowing that I was close to one of the most intense orgasms I’d ever have. I groaned as I pushed again, feeling it from deep inside as she whimpered against my mouth. I wanted to speak as I kept moving, but I held it in, letting my body have this moment. She came a beat before me, trembling as she wrapped around me. I grunted and stalled before I started moving harder, needing to feel this.

  I came after a few thrusts, filling her with everything that I had. I kissed her to keep from roaring out her name. Lucy stared at me as I pulled away slightly, feeling a little disbelief in the wake of this moment. I’d wanted it for so long and it happened easier than I ever thought it would.

  To me, it didn’t matter that we weren’t married. I still felt something for her that overwhelmed me. Now that I was inside of her, I knew that I wasn’t finished yet. Not with her and not with us.

  We made love again with her on top after she’d recovered for a little while. Lucy moved slowly at first, testing the angles and sensations as I played with her nipples and watched her face. She leaned over me to offer herself to my mouth and rocked forward against my cock. I groaned against her. She dragged her body slowly against me as I bit her, making her cry out. My hands were on her ass as she moved, just needing to touch her.

  I came with her in my mouth and her hands at my sides, filling her again as she moaned my name.

  We relaxed in our spot for a moment, looking up at the sun through the trees. Lucy took a selfie of our faces, messy and smiling but looking complete. We dressed and looked back and forth at the path as I grinned at her. “What do you want to do?”

  “Let’s go see those falls,” Lucy told me as she righted her small backpack and reached out for my hand. We hiked the couple of miles, talking and laughing with ease before she got the pictures that she came for. It was beautiful there, but all I could do was look at Lucy.

  We went to an early dinner once we were done in town and wandered the shops for the perfect trinket to bring home for Riley. I already had mine.

  We spent the night naked in bed, though I did take it easy on her. I showed her how to give me a good blow job – at her request – slowly and lovingly. She was great, and I knew that, with time, she’d be an animal. But for now, I was thrilled with her bobbing over me and my hands in her messy hair.

  Chapter Fifteen – Lucy

  We flew home the day after our first time in the forest. It was a day that I’d never forget for many reasons – the perfect first time. All the frustration in waiting so long and being so scared seemed to fade away as Max held me in his arms. It was hot and intense, but it was with Max. That made it one of the best moments of my life.

  We dozed on the plane as we held hands. I knew that we were going back to New York as different people now, and I leaned back in the comfortable seat, smiling.

  I’d looked at the picture of us so many times that I lost count. It showed my happiness and his gorgeous smile. It looked like he found perfection in me at that moment and I thought that I could show that to the judge.

  Case closed.

  The plane landed as I was eating one of the cookies that they brought us, and I shoved the last piece into my mouth with a moan. “Those are so good,” I told Max as he chuckled at me.

  “I only fly in first class. Don’t worry,” he assured me. I looked at him for a moment before leaning in to kiss him. Our lips molded together in perfect harmony as the wheels bumped to the ground and he held me close. I thought that
we weren’t supposed to be doing this, but I didn’t pull away and nobody told me to.

  We went to get Riley and she screamed when she saw us, running from her movie in the den to hug us. Max’s mother was a bit shocked when she found out about us, but I knew that she loved me like a daughter. In the beginning, that bothered me, but now I knew that we had a different connection. I laughed as he spun Riley around the room.

  We took Riley to pizza for dinner and then ice cream before going home. We waved at the neighbors as we walked up, and I noticed all of their approving smiles. These women wanted me to have what they did. Some had lost their husbands, like Mrs. Hastings, but they still had the memories of true love.

  Riley got a bath from Max that night. I went over to check on my apartment, realizing that I hadn’t been there much lately. I didn’t want to be, but we hadn’t discussed living together. I just slept there because I didn’t want to be away from him. Now, that feeling was stronger.

  I tidied up and grabbed a backpack of fresh clothes. I went over to ask Max if I could do some laundry after I tucked Riley into bed. He agreed and I read her three books before her eyes closed.

  I walked out to the living room and unloaded the suitcase that Max brought over without even asking me as I glanced at him on the couch. He was watching some sports scores. I smiled as I sorted out the clothes that I would wash at his place and the ones that I’d have to take to the dry cleaner. I was glad that there weren’t a lot of those as I looked at the two dresses that I’d picked up for the wedding weekend at a thrift store.

  I took the ones I could handle into the laundry room by the kitchen and started the load, transferring Max’s clothes to the dryer. I asked if they were all okay with the heat. Max told me to go ahead and that he had separated everything else as I pushed the button to start the dryer. I glanced down at my ring and turned it slowly, thinking about the amazing past few weeks.

  “Is everything okay?” Max asked. I jumped and turned around to look at him.

  “Yeah. I was just daydreaming,” I replied. He stepped forward and pressed his hands against the dryer, locking me into place. He leaned in to kiss me and I pulled him closer as our lips met. Any question of what might happen between us fell away as he slipped his tongue against mine and pressed his body against mine.

  We went to the bedroom in unspoken agreement and made love. It was soft and hard all at once as he maneuvered me on the large mattress and took me in different ways. I was going to learn with him. I dropped back against the pillows and took a deep breath. “You’re staying here every damn night. I can’t get enough of you.” Max said as he looked over at me, making me blush.

  “Fine by me,” I told him as I laughed. “I like your daughter a lot.”

  “Do you?” he demanded as he rolled over me, hovering there before stealing a kiss. My body was pulsing from everything that he’d already done, but I wanted more. We still weren’t using anything, but that was part of the deal, wasn’t it?

  He slipped inside of me, bringing my feet against his chest as I held in my cries. It felt amazing.

  I couldn’t believe how much time flew when my days were filled with Riley and Max. I took care of her part of the time and worked in the lab the other days, making advances in my research as I thought about opening my own lab again. The contract stated that I’d get my payment after we were married or expecting a baby, and we weren’t there yet. I knew that I’d love every moment until that day came. I was happy with our future no matter what happened.

  It was a month later that I noticed I’d been sick for a solid week. The nausea lasted all day. I assumed it was the flu until I realized that my breasts were sore one night when he was sucking on my nipples.

  I did some research online and went to buy a pregnancy test. I took it at my apartment in private, unsure of how to handle it. It was what he’d planned, but did he love me? Did he want me as well as the baby? There was still so much left unsaid between us.

  The test was positive and I tucked it away into the trash. I guessed from my research that I was six to eight weeks along and reached for my phone to call my doctor.

  I wouldn’t tell Max yet. The court date was in just over a week and I could see that Max was worried about it. He faked it well with Riley, but his parents and I saw the stress once she was out of the room. We all assured him that it would be fine, but his parents didn’t know about our arrangement. They didn’t know the lengths that he went to to keep their granddaughter in their lives. They didn’t know that I was pregnant with his second baby.

  Nobody did but me.

  Chapter Sixteen – Max

  I dressed in a suit for court as Lucy put on a conservative wrap dress in a shade of green that made her eyes pop. We were both doing our best to look like mature and loving adults in order to keep Riley in my life. Though we were doing a good job, nerves shuffled around in my stomach.

  Liam assured me that this would be a victory for me. He didn’t see any improvement in Blake other than the fact that she had moved into a two-bedroom apartment and seemed to have steady job. If she was smart, she wouldn’t need one. She could survive on my money and do something that she loved. She only loved herself and her lifestyle.

  I’d dropped Riley off that morning at my Mom’s and hugged her with a big smile on my face. I left feeling apprehensive and sipped coffee before I got ready with Lucy at my side. I knew that I’d call my parents afterward to tell them how I thought it went. Then, I would wait.

  We headed to the courthouse in silence, Lucy playing with her hair. I knew that something was different with Lucy and I studied her. “Are you okay?”

  “I’m nervous. I haven’t been in front of a judge before and this is critical. I don’t want to mess up,” she told me as she reached for my hand.

  “You won’t,” I promised her as I pulled forward again. The judge would see that she was a good person and recognize the feelings between us. When would we confess our love?

  Liam was waiting outside with a smile on his face. He shook my hand and hugged Lucy. He liked her a lot – and for a lot more than being my fake wife. He thought that we were perfect together.

  I watched as Blake walked in with her lawyer. Her hair was a lighter blonde now and she was thinner than before, giving her a bit of a gaunt appearance. What did I ever see in her? I clutched Lucy’s hand as Blake pulled off her expensive sunglasses and looked at our joined hands with disdain in her eyes.

  Bitch.

  We made our way in. Blake was on the left side and we were on the right. Liam set up some folders on the table. Blake was wearing a classy pair of gray trousers and a white blouse, but that wasn’t her style. I knew that and I hoped that everyone in this room could see through her act.

  I hoped that nobody could see through our own arrangement. I felt a hand on my shoulder, turning to see Lucy looking at me with a nervous smile. “You’ve got this,” she mouthed to me before we both leaned in for a slow kiss. Nothing about it felt fake to me. It all felt so real.

  It started. I was impressed with what Blake presented, working at an optometrist’s office for six months now. That was impressive for her, but then Liam gave the judge my proof of employment and I noticed the look that he gave me before setting them aside.

  He asked why Blake wanted sole custody and she explained that she only let me have Riley so she could get her life together. Her alimony wasn’t enough for her to support two, so she got the job to supplement that. I wanted to tell her what a lying bitch she was. I countered by saying that I offered her joint custody and she wouldn’t accept it.

  I hated the part of Riley that reminded me of Blake, yet I pushed that thought away. They were two different people. We started to talk about our homes and I presented the proof that I’d lived in the same house for four years now in a safe and quiet part of New York state. Blake had only owned the two-bedroom for a month in a questionable part of the city after living in the smaller unit before that. The judge looked over her finances, asking he
r what else she spent her money on. There should have been plenty to move somewhere more secure.

  I watched as Blake’s eyes flashed and she tried to save herself. It felt good to watch her backpedal. I looked over at Lucy as Blake continued. She sounded worse and worse as she spoke, and Liam grinned at me all the while.

  The judge asked about any romantic relationships that we had. Liam went first, introducing Lucy as my fiancée. He explained how we ran into each other after not seeing one another for twelve years. He outlined how close we were in the past and the whirlwind relationship that we were enjoying now. The judge asked Blake about any relationships that she had, and she faltered when she stated that she was single. She was relying on the fact that custody often went to mothers.

  The judge called Lucy and I forward to the stand, and we held hands as we walked. The air felt heavy as silence settled over the court room and he surveyed both of us, seeming to smile at her nervousness. He asked how long we’d been together and I told him, knowing that it wasn’t a mark against me. He asked how we met and Lucy laughed as she told him that she moved in next door to me. She attested that she knew Riley and how sweet of a little girl she was. She told him how happy and well-adjusted Riley was and how much I focused on her in my life with shining eyes.

  The judge finally asked Lucy if she loved me. She looked at me as she licked her lips. “I have always loved Max, your honor. I am blessed to have this second chance with him as well as Riley. She’s the icing on the cake.”

  The judge nodded and looked at me. “Very well. And you?”

  “I have always loved Lucy as well, though I was too young and stupid to know that twelve years ago. Meeting her now was a shock, but I knew that she was it for me. Seeing how she is with Riley made me realize how much of a perfect fit she was in my life and I thank God every day for bringing me back to her.”