The Edge of Never (47 page)

And today…well, today is going to be a little different than Andrew is used to.

I walk into the living room where he’s kicked back on the couch watching
Prometheus
.

He reaches out for me as I walk toward him.

“No,” I say, shaking my head, “I need you to get up.”

“What’s up, babe?” He lifts from the couch and reaches up to scratch his head. His hair has started growing back, but he’s still not used to how it feels, especially around the scar where he had the surgery.

He drops his legs onto the floor to sit upright fully and I step in-between them, running my hands over his head. He kisses one of my wrists and then the other.

“Come with me.” I nod my head back, take his fingers into my hand and he follows me to the bedroom.

As always, when I take him into the bedroom he automatically thinks it’s sexual and his sexy green eyes light up like a boy.

“I just want you to lay down with me for a little while,” I say, taking off all of my clothes.

He seems a little confused, but it’s so cute.

“OK,” he says, smiling. “You want me naked, too? I’ll definitely get naked. What the hell am I asking for?” He starts to strip.

He lies down next to me and we face each other, pulling our bodies close and tangling our legs. He wraps his arms around me and then his fingers trail across my tattoo of Orpheus that I got two weeks ago. It’s perfect, lined up with Andrew’s flawlessly. When we lie next to each other like this, the two pieces become one.

“Are you OK, baby?” Andrew gazes at me curiously, his fingertips brushing softly across my ribs.

I smile and kiss his mouth.

Then I pull away just a little and take his hand, sliding it to my tattoo, toward the area that extends over onto my belly.

“I love my tattoo, baby,” I whisper into the small space between our faces, “but I think in about seven and a half more months, Orpheus might be a little bit stretched out.”

Andrew blinks confusedly and it takes him a few seconds to understand what I’m saying.

His head draws back in a slightly stunned motion and then after a pause, he lifts up.

“I’m due in May.”

His eyes grow wide first; he’s stunned and wordless, but then he manages to say, “You’re pregnant?” His hand immediately goes to my stomach.

His reaction makes me smile even bigger.

His dimples deepen as he looks down at me and the next thing I know his tongue is in my mouth. His kiss steals my breath away and he lifts me into his arms in the center of the bed.

“Marry me,” he says and now I’m the one stunned wordless. “I was going to ask you tomorrow night when we went out, but I can’t wait now. Marry me.”

I start to cry and he wraps me in his arms again and kisses me some more.

When he finally pulls away and looks into my eyes again, I answer: “Yes, I’ll marry you, Andrew Parrish.”

“I love you
so
fucking much,” he says, kissing me again. He grabs my face. “Now let’s have pregnant sex.”

What can I say? That’s Andrew and I wouldn’t want him to be any other way.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Jessica Ann Redmerski was born in Little Rock, Arkansas on November 25, 1975. She lives in Arkansas with her three children and a Maltese.

www.jessicaredmerski.com