Tied With Me (With Me In Seattle)(54)

“How are you feeling, little mama?” Matt asks softly and rests his hand on Nat’s growing belly.

“I’m good,” she confirms. “I’ve been having a little back pain, but I think it’s just because this little guy is growing.”

“She’s being stubborn,” Luke calls from the pool after volleying the ball over the net. “I keep telling her to go to the hospital, but she says no. I’m going to pick her up and take her, whether she wants to go or not.”

“Maybe you should go,” Matt agrees and frowns at her. His hand is still resting on her belly, and his blue eyes are soft.

He’d be an excellent daddy.

Panic takes hold of my heart and makes my mouth go dry. I can’t give him this.

Good job, I fell in love with him and I can’t give him everything he deserves to have in a woman.

“I’m fine,” Nat insists. “It’s growing pains, that’s all. Trust me, I’ve done this before.”

“Hey, ace, how about I jump in there and show you how it’s done?” Jules calls out to Nate when he misses the ball.

“You’re not playing, Julianne, and that’s that,” he replies.

“I can swim while pregnant,” she reminds him with a pout. “We have a long road ahead of us, ace. Don’t start putting limits on me now.”

“You can swim,” Isaac agrees. “But you can’t play contact sports, brat.”

“You could get hit with an elbow,” Matt agrees. “We don’t want you to get hurt, bean.”

“Now you’re all ganging up on me?” Jules asks incredulously. “C’mon, girls, help me out here.”

“Sorry,” Meg responds with a smile. “I agree.”

“You all suck.”

We all laugh at her, and I feel the panic from earlier start to recede. I just need to keep my eye on the ball. This is fun, nothing more.

Yeah, right.

“Back to your tats,” Nat begins and takes a sip of water. “I like them.”

“Thanks.” I grin.

“You’re pierced and tatted. You fit in well around here.” Meg laughs. “I think it might be a prerequisite to be a part of this group.”

“What are you talking about?” I ask with a laugh.

“Well, most of us have tats,” Jules replies. “Meg’s clit is pierced…”

“Hey!” Leo calls from the pool. “I thought we decided we weren’t going to discuss my sister’s privates anymore!”

“Yes, let’s discuss all the girls’ privates,” Mark interrupts with a mischievous grin. “Except Sam.”

“And Nate has a very interesting piercing,” Sam adds, ignoring her brother and pointing to Nate’s dick.

“Seriously.” Nate scowls. “You all need to stop talking about the piercings.”

“Dude.” Dominic stares at Nate in shock. “Seriously?”

Nate shakes his head and sighs. “Just serve the ball, man.”

“Well, my navel is as adventurous as I’ve been in the piercing arena.” I eye Meg speculatively. “Does the clit piercing do fun things for you?”

“Oh, it’s really the clitoral hood, and yes.” She grins widely.

“It’s f*cking awesome,” Will agrees and gets slapped on the back of the head by Leo. “What the f*ck?”

“Stop talking about Meg’s junk,” Leo demands.

“You’re not piercing your clit,” Matt whispers in my ear.

“Why?” I ask and look up into his eyes.

“Because then I wouldn’t be able to touch it, and I can’t go even one day without it,” he whispers for only me to hear, making me blush. “And speaking of touching you”—his voice drops even lower—“do you know what I want to do with this string bikini you’re wearing? I could have you tied up and be inside you in roughly thirty seconds.”

Holy f*cking hell, this man is hot.

“God, get a room.” Jules smirks and sips on a bottle of water.

“I want another cupcake,” Stacy announces and bounces out of her seat. “Can I get one for anyone else?”

“All the pregnant chicks need cupcakes,” Jules confirms and sits in a chaise next to Natalie.

“I’ll bring the whole box,” Stacy decides and runs inside to fetch them.