Riding the Storm - Brenda Jackson [65]
He swept her into his arms and chuckled. “I’m glad that you do and I guess you know what your pregnancy means,” he said as he moved toward his bedroom.
“What?”
“There’s no way we’ll have a June wedding, even if you wanted one. We’re getting married as soon as possible.”
She laughed. “How soon?”
“Tomorrow isn’t soon enough for me.”
“What about in a month?”
“Umm, that’s negotiable,” he said as he placed her in the middle of his bed.
When he stood back, Jayla’s gaze swept over him. When she saw the magnitude of his arousal, she inhaled deeply. “I have a feeling I might not be able to move in the morning.”
He smiled as he began removing his clothes. “I have a feeling you just might be right. And I have a feeling that if you weren’t pregnant now, you would very well be in the morning.”
Jayla smiled and her gaze met his. “And you’re sure you’re okay with becoming a father, Storm? It’s a lot for a devout bachelor to take on a wife and child at the same time.”
His smile widened. “But I won’t have a ordinary wife and child,” he said coming back to her, completely naked. “They will be extraordinary because they are mine. And I promise to take very good care of them, Adam’s daughter and grandchild, just as I believe he knew that I would.”
He leaned over and slowly peeled the dress from Jayla’s body. Then he quickly removed her shoes and panty hose. Finally, he removed her thong. “I really like that dress, but I like you naked a lot better.”
He then joined her on the bed. “Do you know what is about to happen to you, Jayla?”
She laid a hand against his cheek. “No, tell me,” she implored softly, seeing the dark, heated look of desire in his eyes. It was a look that sent sensuous shivers all through her body.
He smiled. “You’re about to be taken by Storm.”
Jayla smiled. She was definitely looking forward to that experience.
Epilogue
A month later
“Y ou may kiss your bride.”
As the Westmoreland family looked on in the backyard of his parents’ home, Storm smiled as he turned to Jayla and captured her mouth in the kind of a kiss that everyone thought should have been saved for later, but one he was determined to bestow upon his bride anyway.
“At least he has his own woman to kiss now,” Dare whispered to Thorn.
“It’s about damn time,” Thorn Westmoreland replied, grinning.
Finally, Storm tore his mouth away from Jayla and smiled. He then leaned over and whispered something in her ear and whatever he said made her blush profusely.
“Umm, I wonder what he said that made her blush like that, considering the fact she’s already pregnant,” Stone whispered to Chase.
Chase shrugged. “You know Storm. Nothing about him surprises me.”
“Well, hell, I’m still in shock,” Jared Westmoreland said, shaking his head. “Storm was the last Westmoreland I thought would marry, and just think in less than nine months he’ll be a daddy.”
Jared then chuckled as he glanced at Dare, Thorn, Chase and Stone. “What is it with your side of the family? All of you are tying the knot.”
Chase frowned. “Not all of us.”
Stone smiled. “Your time is coming, Chase.” He then glanced over at his cousins, Ian, Jared, Spencer, Durango, Quade, Reggie, Clint and Cole. “And all of yours.”
Durango narrowed his eyes. “Don’t try putting a damn curse on us like that old woman put on Storm.”
Dare shook his head laughing. “She didn’t put a curse on Storm, she merely read his palm. Besides, if it’s going to happen, then it’s going to happen. The big question is who’s next.”
He studied his remaining single brother and his eight male cousins. He smiled, having an idea just who the next Westmoreland groom would be, and he couldn’t wait to see it happen.
He grinned. “All I have to say is that when it happens, don’t fight it. You’ll find out later that it will be the best thing to ever happen to you.”
Quade Westmoreland frowned. “No disrespect, Sheriff, but go to hell.” He turned and walked off, and the other single Westmoreland men did likewise.
Dare laughed and he kept on laughing while thinking there would definitely