A Baby Changes Everything by Marie Ferrarella Read Free Book Online Page B

hardening. Wanting her. At least she still appealed to him, she thought with not a little relief. She’d begun to have her doubts.
    â€œOur son is staying at your parents’ house tonight, bless them. Your dad came by earlier today to pick him up.”
    Cruz stiffened slightly. “You told them you were doing this?”
    She knew what a private man her husband had turned out to be, even about something as natural as this. She framed her words carefully. “I told them we needed some time alone together. Maybe they think we’re painting the baby’s room.”
    Cruz laughed and shook his head, relaxing. “My parents are not dumb people.”
    No, they were smart beyond books and very in tune to what was happening around them. She’d seen more than one display of affection between her in-laws. Not like with her own parents. All the years she’d spent growing up, she had never witnessed so much as a chaste kiss between the two. The only thing that had ever been remotely hot had been the words they had thrown at each other.
    â€œMaybe that’s why your parents have such a long, healthy marriage.”
    Cruz took her into his arms, toying with the tendrils of hair along her neck. How long had it been since he’d seenher like this? Soft, relaxed, stirring. “You saying our marriage isn’t healthy?”
    It wasn’t terminal, Savannah thought, but it certainly was ill. Using humor, she allowed snippets of honesty to come through.
    â€œI’m saying it’s in danger of having rigor mortis set in.” Savannah wiggled against him, deliberately tempting him. “Use it or lose it. The way I see it—” she let her eyes dip down his torso “—all the parts are still under original warranty.”
    â€œOkay, let’s see what we can do about wearing out a few of those parts.” Cupping her face, Cruz lowered his mouth to hers. He was utterly surprised when, instead of kissing him, Savannah moved back and took a few steps away from him. Confused, he stared at her. “Now what?”
    Savannah nodded toward the dining room behind her. “We eat first.”
    â€œEat?” He said the word as if he didn’t fully fathom what it meant.
    Turning on her heel, she began to lead the way. “I made all your favorites—”
    Cruz caught her hand, turning her around again until she faced him. “Good, then let me start by sampling my very favorite.” He kissed her shoulder, causing the butterflies that had been in her stomach to spread their wings and take to the air.
    Her very skin was sizzling.
    It was working.
    He was beginning to sound the way he had when she’d first met him. When she’d first married him. He’d been sexier than hell back then. All she wanted was to have him back, and now here he was.
    She moved out of his reach again. “I want to draw this out, make it last.”
    He winked at her, that grin she loved so much curving his mouth. “I’ll do my very best.”
    A laugh bubbled up in her throat. “I meant by eating dinner first.” As if to mark his place for him, Savannah leaned into Cruz and lightly brushed her lips against his. When he started to kiss her, she pulled back. “Dessert will be served upstairs.”
    Cruz caught her in his arms and kissed her, his mouth hard against hers. The kiss made her melt. Made her body temperature rise several degrees in wild anticipation of what was to come.
    They hadn’t made love in so long, she’d lost count of the days. Of the weeks.
    She could feel her body rejoicing.
    Savannah wound her arms around his neck, cleaving to the warmth of him, losing herself in the mind-spinning effect that his mouth had always had on her. To hell with her carefully laid plans; she was seizing the moment.
    And then she felt his hands on her shoulders, moving her back.
    Stunned, dazed, she all but stumbled backward. It took her a second to