A baby for Christmas (Season of Romance Book 1) by Dilys J. Carnie Read Free Book Online Page A

said as he
reached for her waist and steadied her. “What’s the hurry?”
    Belle threw her whole body against him
and for a second he was taken aback.
    “I wanted you to feel.”
    “Feel what?”
    She took his hand, lifted her sweater
and placed it on her belly. “Feel this.”
    As his palm touched the warm skin he
felt her hold her breath. And then, a small movement like a muscle twitch. Then
he felt it again harder almost like a small hand or foot thumping against the
skin. His own heart punched against his ribs…it was the most incredible thing
he’d ever felt in his life.
    “Is this the first time you’ve felt him
move?”
    She nodded, “Him?” her voice teased.
    He flashed a sheepish smile. “Or her, I
don’t mind.”
    Ethan looked at Belle, his hand staying
against her satin-soft skin.” Does it hurt you?”
    “No.” She covered his hands with hers.
“It feels like a butterfly flapping its wings against my stomach.”
    “Truly amazing…unbelievably exciting. I
‘m so glad I was here to feel it.”
    “Thank you,” she said breathless from
her obvious delight.
    His brows joined with confusion. “For
what?”
    She looked back up at him keeping her
gaze steady. “You stayed and helped me with the gifts and food this morning,
and you put up with Lily’s remarks about your accent and making a pass at you
every time you turned around.”
    He laughed. “She was a bit full on but
that’s okay I figured it was a front, something to hide behind.”
    “You’re so observant. She does it to
keep people or rather, men at a distance.”
    “I guessed as much.”
    He looked down at her smiling face, the
joy so apparent in her expression as her hand covered his. It was a long
charged moment and finally he couldn’t resist. He dipped his head and kissed
those soft lips.
    The kiss was everything he remembered
about her, sweet, hot and so very tempting. Months of searching and days of
restrained desire tipped out equally from them both in a kiss that reaffirmed
his love for her.
    “Wow,” she whispered when they finally
pulled apart. “I forgot how potent you were.”
    He turned her so that her back was
against the wall and he caged her in, his body completely covering her tiny
frame. Huge green eyes stared up at him and he gently smoothed the frown that
furrowed her brow with his fingers.
    “I've wanted to kiss you since the first
moment I saw you and a thousand times since. Every time you move your lips.
Every time your scent fills the air that I breathe.” He took a deep breath as
he tried to find the words that would tell her how much he cared for her, and not
just the baby they had created. “Whenever your body touches mine I want to make
love with you, each and every single minute that passed and I didn't know where
you were... all I could think about was you. Kiss me, Belle. Let me feel your
lips against mine.”
    He felt his heartbeat thump against his
ribs, never had he felt like this with any other woman. He’d known the moment
he set eyes on her that she would be special…he just knew that he wanted to be
part of her life.
    With her head thrown back and her neck
offered up to him, he couldn’t resist raining kisses upon her soft, silky skin
until she moaned with desire.
    “Ethan,” she whispered as her skin
flushed when her eyes made contact with his.
    “What, sweetheart.”
    “I want us to…I want us to make love.”
    His hands gripped her hips as he
breathed in her scent, filling his lungs with the temptation that was Belle. He
wanted to bring her closer to him but she was already against him. Ethan closed
his eyes for a second, he wanted her to climb inside his body and keep her
close to him forever. God he wanted her so much.
    “You have no idea how hard this is for
me to not to take you here and now against the kitchen wall.”
    “The wall sounds good to me,” she spoke
in a breathy voice as her hands stole across his chest and around his neck.
    He ran his hands from her hips to