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“It says she may be teething. Run your finger along her gums and see if you feel anything,” I said.
He took his finger and put it in Julia’s mouth. “Yep, I feel a lump right here,” he said.
When I walked over to him, he took my finger and placed it on Julia’s gums. “Aw, my poor baby,” I pouted as I kissed her head.
“I’ll go and get the baby Tylenol. That should help her feel better.”
Co
“I can take her, sweetheart. You have to get up for work in a couple of hours.”
“It’s okay. We can do this together.” He smiled as he leaned over and kissed me.
The Tylenol took effect and Julia finally fell asleep. Co
“What are you doing?” I asked.
Co
“Is that so? What if I don’t want you to make love to me?”
“Ellery Rose Black! I better never hear those words come from your mouth.”
I couldn’t help but laugh when he said that. I held his face in my hands as he hovered over me. “Make love to me.”
“I changed my mind,” he said as he got off of me and rolled over.
“What?!” I exclaimed as I took my pillow and hit him with it.
“So, you want a pillow fight, do you?” He retaliated by taking his pillow and hitting me back.
I stood up on the bed with my pillow in hand and hit him with it again. He jumped out of bed and swung his pillow at me, but missed when I jumped to the other side. As I jumped off the bed, we stood and stared at each other from opposite sides, waiting for the other to make a move.
“You aren’t getting off that easy, baby,” Co
“Bring it on, Black.” I smiled.
He stood there and shook his head. “You wait until I get a hold of you.”
It was now four o’clock in the morning, and I couldn’t believe we were having a pillow fight. Co
“Shh...you’re going to wake the baby, and we can’t have her waking up quite yet.” He smiled.
Lying there, I stared into his eyes as he stared into mine and, with his hand still covering my mouth, he asked, “Do you want me to make love to you?”
I nodded my head, and he smiled as he took his other hand and placed it between my legs.
When the alarm went off, I heard Julia whining. We’d only slept about two hours. He turned and looked at me as I rolled over, and he kissed me on the head.
“Go back to sleep, sweetheart. I’ll take care of Julia before I head to the office. You need your rest after your workout last night.” He smiled.
I sighed, rolled over, and went back to sleep. I wasn’t going to argue with him because I was dead tired.
A couple of hours later, I woke up and headed to the kitchen for some coffee. Mason was already over and feeding Julia in her highchair.
“Good morning, Elle. Oh my, look at those bags under your eyes. Did Co
I poured some coffee in my cup, kissed Julia on the head, and sat down across from Mason. “He did for about an hour, but it was Julia who was up all night screaming. She’s teething.”
“Yeah, I know. I hope you used the teething gel in the diaper bag,” he said.
“I didn’t know there was teething gel in the diaper bag! Why didn’t you tell me?”
“I forgot, sorry. I figured you go in the diaper bag every day, so you would’ve seen it.”
Just as I was about to answer him, a text message came through on my phone from a restricted number.
“You are one of the most beautiful women I’ve ever seen and I can’t stop thinking about you. You haunt my dreams.”
Smiling, I showed the message to Mason. “I have the most romantic husband in the world.”
“That’s weird; why would he send it from a restricted number?” Mason asked.
“He likes to play games.” I smiled.
A shower was required before I headed over to the hospital to see De
“How’s he doing?” I asked as I walked over to the bed and touched his hand.
“Still the same, but Dr. Armstrong said that the swelling in his brain went down and that’s a good sign.”
No matter how many times I visited him, it didn’t get any easier. Dana said she was going to take a little break and meet her sister in the cafeteria for coffee. When she left the room, I sat in the chair, took a hold of his hand, and squeezed it tight.
“De
Just as I was talking to him, my phone beeped with a text message. It was from the restricted number again.
“I hope you didn’t find my last text out of line. I just needed you to know that I find you exquisite and I couldn’t let another day go by without telling you.”
When I tried to send a reply, the message wouldn’t go through. I thought it was strange, but it was Co
“You’re late,” she said.
“Just by five minutes and you’re always late. You were late for your own wedding.” I laughed.
She sighed. “I know. Don’t remind me.”
“So, tell me all about the fabulous honeymoon,” I said as I took a sip of water.
“It was amazing! I didn’t want to come home.” She pouted.
I reached in my purse for my phone when I heard it beeping. As I pulled it out, there was another text message from that same restricted number. Co
“I hope you’re enjoying my text messages. A woman as stu
I smiled and laughed at the same time as I shook my head.
“What’s so fu
“It’s Co
“He’s so romantic. Why the restricted number, though?”
“I don’t know. To keep it interesting, I guess.”
She smiled at me and then continued to tell me about her and Henry’s honeymoon. Once we finished lunch, we walked out of the restaurant and parted ways. When I arrived home, I was greeted at the elevator by Mason and Julia.
“Girl, wait until you see what’s in the kitchen for you.” He smiled.
Curiosity got the best of me, so I put my purse down and walked to the kitchen. I gasped when I saw three dozen pink roses sitting in separate vases on the counter.
“Looks like Co
I walked over and pulled the card from one of the vases. It read:
To the most beautiful woman in the world.
No one will ever come close to your beauty.
My heart melted when I read that, and I couldn’t wait until Co
“Beautiful flowers for a beautiful woman. I want you to think of me every time you look at them.”