Chapter 53

**Artemis**


A dam has broken. All the pent-up frustration I’ve been feeling and some I hadn’t realized was festering for months comes roaring out of me. I wanted to be careful with Blue because this is her first time but I’m a man possessed, and she just gave me the green light to let go. Something she will probably regret later when the excitement is over. I’m too far gone to care and ready to finish when reality settles in for a second.

“Blue?” I stop moving so that I can get her attention which works because she opens her eyes the second I stop moving.

“Yeah?” Shit…her breathy voice is making it harder for me to keep a clear head.

“I forgot to put on a condom. I’m guessing you aren’t on birth control.”

“No. I never got around to that before now.”

Shit. How could I be this dumb? I didn’t pack any because I didn’t expect her to want this yet. Rookie mistake.

“Shit.” I start to pull out because we can’t do this without protection.

“Wait.” She says before locking in place with her leg. “We don’t need it.”

What?

“What? We need protection Blue or you could-“

“Get pregnant? Isn’t that one of the conditions of our deal? We’re supposed to have a baby.” She says it with a small laugh like she didn’t just throw something huge on the situation.

“Yes, but you said you weren’t ready. You wanted to wait. I mean we have only been married less than a day.” I remind her, but my mind is running through all this at lightening speed.

I’m seeing Blue pregnant, walking around our house with her growing belly pushing against one of my shirts. Her laying on the couch reading to the baby when I come home from work. All the things that would have easily made me panic not long ago, but suddenly sound…amazing. I’m letting myself fall for my wife so fast that maybe I should think this through a bit more, but I don’t want to. I think about everything thing I do a thousand times over; except the day I met Blue.

Everything has been moving at two hundred miles per minute with us, but I’m not freaked by any of it. I’m inside her and thinking about her being pregnant for fuck’s sake!

“Are you sure?” I ask for the fifth or sixth time since we started this.

She lets out a shaky breath and then nods. “Yeah. I want to try. Why wait?”

I can’t seem to think of any whys right now, so I do what I do best and trust my instincts. If we’re going to try for a baby that also means I get to have Blue like this as often as I want or she wants. I’m open to her being a little bossy when it comes to our time together as long as she doesn’t threaten to get another guys dick wet. That thought has my anger rising again and I slam back into Blue hard making her gasp loudly. This time I don’t try to be careful at all.

“Let’s put a baby in you then Mrs. Rhodes.” I say before leaning down to kiss her.

We move together at a frantic pace and I can feel her tightening around me to an almost painful degree. Then she arches off the bed and breaks our kiss to let out a shocked gasp. She’s so tight around me that her coming makes me come right after. I can’t help but continuing to thrust into her until every bit of my cum is inside her. Even when we both come down, I don’t pull out. Instead, I kiss her again and she wraps her arms around me. We kiss and touch each other everywhere before Blue yawns and I take that as a sign to give her a break. When I finally roll off her and she snuggles into my side, I let my mind linger on what we’ve just done.

She falls asleep almost instantly and I decide to let her sleep while I try to think through everything with a better frame of mind. I carefully move away from her and head to the bathroom to clean up. A quick shower handles that and since I only have slacks with me, I decide to pull on some boxers and leave it at that. I quietly move out of the bedroom and make my way out onto the deck, but before I get there my phone goes off. I’d forgotten all about it for a night and half the morning, so I can only imagine how many messages or emails I have waiting for me. It’s sitting on the counter where several gift baskets are waiting to be unwrapped. One of which looks like it has the same shampoo I saw in the bathroom, and a bunch of extra stuff that I’ll be sure to take home. Then Blue will always smell like this place.

My phone goes off again and I finally pick it up. Alan’s name makes me sigh in annoyance.

“What the hell do you want Alan?” Is how I choose to answer the call.

“Well I see you’re still alive. After not hearing from you in so many hours I thought you were dead.”

“Not dead, but ready to commit murder if you don’t tell me why you’re calling.”

“Wow, touchy. Is that your normal grouchiness or sexual frustration?”

“Shut the fuck up Alan and tell me what you want!” I snap.

He’s silent and then I hear him whistle. “You didn’t? You slept with her? Holy shit finally! So how was it?”

“Are we teenage girls swapping stories at a sleep over? I’m not telling you anything about what happened between me and my wife. Move on.” I warn.

“Okay, okay. I called because we received confirmation of delivery. So far there hasn’t been any calls or drop ins from men with machine guns, so I’d say we’re in the clear.”

“Maybe. It’s been less than forty-eight hours. They may not have completed the installation yet.”

The software would take at least twenty-four due to the size of information it would have sift through and the list of protection protocols it would have to put in place.

“You aren’t one to leave things to chance. You would already have them on the phone and demanding them to get their asses moving. What’s with you?” He asks, making me even more irritated.

That high from a little while ago is slowly crashing.

“I’m in FIJI right now Alan and I didn’t get a chance to bring my laptop with me so there isn’t much I can do. Besides if I called them through this line they would quote safety protocols for communication and threaten me, neither of which I have the patience for right now. I’m sure you can handle things, or did I make a mistake taking you on as my partner?”

“Alright, take it easy. No need to bite my head off. I can hold down the fort, I was just keeping you in the loop. You hate not being informed about everything going on, and would have been calling me sooner or later. I was being proactive.” He sounds proud about that, but it only makes me want to hang up on him.

How have I put up with him for so long? Everything he does makes me want to kick his ass.

“Refrain from doing that. I will call you. Now is there anything else?”

“Not currently Mr. Rhodes. I will wait for your call.” He’s teasing me, but I cringe at the name.

I’m starting to only like it when Blue calls me that, which is a big problem.

“Good.” I end the call and drop my phone down on one of the chairs facing the ocean.

I stand there and look out over the water. It isn’t long before I feel soft hands wrap around me from behind.

“Is everything okay?” Blue asks before resting her head on my back.

“Yes, Alan called to report in.” I say before turning to face her.

She looks up at me with a concerned look. “Is everything okay? Did something happen?”

I smile down at her and cup her face. “Everything is fine. Stop worrying.” I lean down and kiss her.

She must have showered before coming out here because she smells delicious again and her hair is damp. I’m oddly annoyed that she washed me off so soon. Maybe it’s an asshole thing to think about, but I want her to look disheveled and sleepy again. I don’t think she ever looked as sexy as when she was messed up by me.

“What’s wrong?” She asks.

I brush her hair back and debate about what to do here. “Are you sore?”

“A little but the shower helped. Why?”

“Because if we are trying for a baby, we’ll need a lot of practice.”

She smiles and shakes her head. “I would think a genius like you wouldn’t need to study so much.”

That’s my girl. “The practice is for you. Let me teach you another lesson.”

I reach down and grab her around the legs before throwing her over my shoulder and marching back to the bedroom. I won’t be letting her out until she can’t take any more.