Daniel hooked his thumbs under the fabric and pushed it down, helping her out of the flimsy garment. A moment later, he swept her up in his arms and brought her down to lie on the sofa, his body braced over hers.

“Baby, if anything hurts, you’ll let me know, won’t you?”

Her forehead furrowed. “Why would anything hurt?”

He slid his palm over her stomach. “I don’t want to hurt the baby.”

She chuckled and pulled him down to her. “I’ve read that a pregnant woman can have sex well into the final weeks of her pregnancy without hurting the baby in the slightest.” Then her hand reached for his cock and wrapped around it. He was as hard as an iron rod, and it was exactly what she needed from him right now. She needed to feel him inside her, showing her how much he desired her. How much he loved her. “Take me.”

“If you put it that way,” he murmured and gripped her left thigh, urging her to open up to him.

Without breaking eye contact, Sabrina guided his cock to her sex, then released her grip on him. An instant later, he thrust forward and sliced into her in one continuous stroke until he was seated balls-deep.

She pressed her head into the pillow, her back arching off the sofa cushions as she received him. “Oh God!”

“Too hard?” he asked immediately and pulled back.

But before he could withdraw completely, she’d already slung her legs around him and crossed her ankles below his butt, imprisoning him. “You’re not going anywhere.”

Daniel shook his head, his eyes devouring her. “I don’t deserve you.” Despite his words, he plunged back into her. “But I’m not giving you up.”

“You’d better not.” She pulled his head to her and pressed her lips onto his mouth, kissing him with all the pent-up passion and love she felt for him. At the same time she poured all her hopes for a happy future into the kiss.

As they lay on the couch making love, the lights from the city reflected on their glistening bodies, moving as their bodies moved. In the semi-darkness of their living room, Sabrina felt renewed by the knowledge that Daniel would always come back for her, would never give up on her. And with his body he showed her that he desired only her, that his heart beat only for her. She felt it. With every thrust of his cock, she felt his heartbeat reverberate in her womb. With every kiss, she felt warmth spread in her heart.

“I love you,” she whispered between panted breaths and strangled moans.

They were mere echoes of Daniel’s sounds of pleasure as he took her more passionately and yet more tenderly than ever before. There was something reverent about the way he loved her tonight. As if he worshipped her.

Her entire body began to hum and vibrate under his ministrations, and she knew she couldn’t hold her climax back any longer.

“Now,” she urged. “Now, Daniel!”

He gazed into her eyes, and she could see it so clearly there: the love that needed no words. Then his eyes shut and he threw his head back. His jaw clenched and the cords in his neck tightened when he drew back and delivered another thrust.

With a moan, she let herself go and felt the waves of her orgasm wash over her at the same time as she felt the warmth of his semen flood her. His thrusts slowed as they rode out their climax together.

When Daniel finally stilled, he kissed her softly, then pushed a strand of her damp hair away from her cheek. He looked down at her as if he wanted to say something, but there was nothing that needed to be said. She could see it in his eyes.

He was happy to have her back. As was she.

25

Daniel held her hand as they walked to the back of the house where the tent was ready. Flowers were being brought in, and everything looked like a dream. But Sabrina knew it wasn’t a dream. It was reality. A reality that nearly hadn’t happened.

She squeezed Daniel’s hand, causing him to look away from the goings-on in his parents’ garden and gazing at her instead. His eyes shone with love when he murmured, “What?”

“Thank you for not giving up.”

He reached up to her face and brushed his knuckles over her cheek. “I would never give up on you or on us. We belong together. And we’ve created something together. Something beautiful.” He dropped his gaze to her stomach as if he could already see a bump forming there, though Sabrina knew she wouldn’t show for another two months at least. “No matter what happens in the future, I’ll never give up as long as there’s any love left between us. It’s worth fighting for it.”

“You’re not concerned that we’re having a baby so early in our lives together?”