Sensual Confessions - Brenda Jackson [104]
She shifted in bed and turned toward Blade and pulled his mouth to hers, eased her tongue between the lips she adored and kissed him in a way she needed to. He responded the way she wanted, taking over the kiss, and had her moaning moments later.
He pulled his mouth away and trailed kisses down her throat before returning to her mouth again. Later, he gathered her into his arms. “Hungry?” he asked in a deep voice.
She gave him an affirmative nod. Other than the bagel and coffee she’d had for breakfast, she hadn’t eaten anything. “What were you cooking?”
“Baked chicken, rice pilaf, green beans and corn bread,” he said proudly.
She smiled and licked her lips. “I can’t wait.”
He laughed. “I prepared enough, since I invited your parents over.”
She blinked in surprise. “My parents?”
“Yes. I can expect Luke and Mac to entertain them for just so long. The only reason they haven’t shown up is because I convinced them you needed your rest.”
Sam appreciated that.
“They were worried about you, which is why they flew into town in the first place. They suspected something was up. I talked to them earlier today and assured them I would take care of you.”
“You did?”
“Yes, and I might as well confess right now that I told them I was going to marry you.”
She studied him for a moment, trying to gauge if he was serious or not. “Are you?” she asked.
“Am I what?”
“Going to marry me?”
“I hope that I am. Will you marry me?”
She smiled. “Is this an official proposal?”
“Yes,” he said with a serious expression on his face. “I thought I’d never ask a woman to marry me, but I need you in my life, Sam. And if you prefer to live here because of your law practice, then I can move to Oklahoma City.”
“But what about your company?”
“I can set up a satellite office here. Houston is only eighty minutes away by air, and Slade and I have been thinking about purchasing a Cessna for the company, anyway.”
“You can fly a plane?”
He laughed. “After the incident with Christy a couple of years ago, we decided to all get our pilot’s licenses.” He didn’t say anything for a moment and then asked, “So, will you marry me?”
She reached up and placed her arms around his neck. “Yes, I will marry you.”
Blade’s smile spread from ear to ear. “I might as well do another one of those sensual confession things,” he said.
“About what?”
He reached out and gently rubbed her stomach. “I told your parents that we would make lots of babies.”
She held his gaze. “And you want babies, Blade? Lots of them?”
“Yes, I want babies, lots of them. And for a man who’d never given a thought to being a father, that’s saying a lot.”
Sam nodded. Yes, it certainty was. She swallowed, thinking she might as well tell him her suspicions. “What if I told you there’s a possibility that—”
“You’re already pregnant.” He finished her sentence for her.
Her eyes widened. “Yes. How did you know?”
He told her about his great-grandmother’s fish dreams.
“And your family believes there’s a connection?” she asked in amazement.
He smiled. “Yes. So far she’s been right most of the time. All the dream does is confirm that someone is pregnant. She doesn’t always know who. But once she says she’s had a dream about fish, then everyone starts looking at each other suspiciously.”
“And how will you feel if they began looking at you?”
His smile widened. “It wouldn’t bother me a bit. So when will you know for sure?”
“I can always take one of those pregnancy tests. But I’m an old-fashioned girl and I prefer hearing it from a doctor. I have an appointment on Friday.”
“We have an appointment on Friday. We’re in this together, and no matter the outcome, we’ll leave there and go