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Without a word, he slipped out of the room. Only then, once | heard the door click shut, did | dare to turn.
| finished my bath, my skin tingling from both the hot water and the lingering sensation of Noah's touch.
Wrapping myself in a fluffy robe, | stepped back into the bedroom to find Noah preparing a bed on the couch
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“I can take the couch tonight,” | offered, feeling guilty. “You slept there last night.”
Noah shook his head firmly. “I'm not letting my pregnant wife sleep on a couch. It’s not good for your back.”
“Well, it’s not good for your back, either,” | countered. After a moment's hesitation, | added quietly, “You can
sleep with me. The bed’s big enough for both of us.”
Noah raised an eyebrow. “Will you biteagain?”
| rolled my eyes, turning on my heel. “No, | won't bite you. Promise.”
Exhaustion was finally hitting me, so | quickly dried off, brushed my teeth, and did my nighttskincare routine
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtbefore pulling the covers back and climbing into bed. Noah was already there, staring blankly at the ceiling.
| shivered slightly as | nuzzled down beneath the covers. The house was chilly tonight, and it was even more
pronounced after that hot bath I'd had. | craved warmth. Or at least, that was what | told myself- that it was just
the temperature and not my own loneliness that madeask my next question.
“Could you... hold me?”
Noah lifted his head, eyeingsuspiciously. “If you're going to bite me-"
“Nevermind,” | huffed, flipping over onto my other side. 1
Sighing, Noah hesitated for a moment before his arm wrapped around me.
| stiffened for a moment, not having expected him to actually do it. But as | began to relax, | instinctively nestled
against him, his familiar scent tickling something deep inside my brain. That damned arousal stirred again, and |
silently cursed these pregnancy hormones for messing with my head.
But as Noah shifted slightly, | realized it wasn’t just my body who was a traitor tonight. I could feel him hardening
against my back.
| couldn’t help myself. My back arched slightly of its own accord, my hips driving backwards against him.
| swore | could hear a low growl rumble somewhere in his chest. This was bad, | knew, but...
It was the pregnancy hormones. It was easier if | just kept blaming it on that.
Slowly, his hand trailed down over my belly
and | had to fight the urge to lean into his touch. His breath brushed my neck as he whispered, “Do you need
another release? | read it's good for pregnant women.”
The spell was broken. | gasped, slapping his hand away and flipping over to pin him to the bed by his shoulders.
“You...” | started angrily, but then | saw the mischievous smirk on his face in the moonlit room. He was
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messing with me. “Prick,” | muttered, flopping back onto my side.
“What?” he asked, chuckling lowly. “I was only half joking. It is good for pregnant women to orgasm regularly.”
He paused then, trailing a burning path along my waist with his fingers. “You know how good | am with my
hands.”
| felt my face burn even hotter, heat spreading down my neck. “Noah!” | hissed, half-scandalized, half- tempted-
even though | wouldn't admit that latter part.
“I'm just messing with you.”
“Good. You'd better be.”
But as | lay there, my back pressed against Noah's chest, there was a part ofthat was strangely...
disappointed that he was only teasing.
It would be too easy to give in. To let him touch me, to lose myself in the pleasure. | knew it would only
complicate things further, but...
Damn. | was lonely.
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