Spiralling Skywards: Fading (Contradictions, #2)(79)

As if sensing my presence, Liam turns around.

“What are you doing?”

“Watching you. What are you doing?”

“Watching our daughter.”

“Why, what’s she doing?”

“Sleeping.”

“She can do that in her cot.”

“I don’t want her to. She’s too little. I want her back in her crib in our room.”

I make my way in to the room and stand next to him, and we both watch her sleep.

“Bring her back to our room then, so we can both get some sleep.”

I turn to leave. “Sarah.” He grabs my arm, so I turn back towards him.

“I wasn’t there for the boys. I wasn’t there for you. I wanna do it all differently this time. I don’t wanna miss any of it.”

“We are doing it differently. We’ve being doing it different since we got here. I would never have had her if we weren’t.”

He nods, the moonlight catching the blue of his eyes, and my insides ignite at the smile on his lips.

“Let’s go back to bed. Staring at your naked back is making me horny.”

I turn and pull my vest over my head as I walk back down the hallway, pulling down my shorts and kicking them off before reaching our bedroom door.

Liam follows me into the room and sets Maisie in her crib, which is still set up on my side of the bed. Then, much to my pleasure, he crawls up the bed and settles between my legs.

“Are you happy pretty girl?”

“I’ll be happier after an orgasm.”

He smiles before licking up the length of my throat.

“I’m being serious.”

I hate that he worries about my happiness, but I understand it.

“Me, too.” I tilt up and try to grind against him. “I’ve honestly never been happier, Liam. Everything I’ve ever wanted in life, whether I knew it or not, is right under this roof, and I promise you, if that ever changes, I’ll let you know. Please stop worrying.”

“I don’t wanna let you down.”

“You won’t. We’ve got this.”

“That’s my line.”

“Well, I’ve just nicked it. Now, fuck me before your daughter wakes up the neighbourhood.”

“Anything for you, pretty girl. Anything at all.”

THE END