Chapter 152
“Do you mean this one?” Lynn puckered out her lower lip, tilted her head downward, and stared straight into the camera.
“Oh yeah,” Alexis said. She shifted her stance as she snapped more photos.
“Please don’t accidentally send these photos to my sister!” A few months prior to Lynn becoming pregnant, Alexis had done just that. Luckily, she’d been fully clothed in the pictures that Alexis accidentally forwarded to Katie. Of course, Katie had never let Lynn live the mishap down. Who could blame her when Lynn was decked out in a naughty maid costume? Lynn smiled, tilting her head backward as she placed one hand on the center of stomach.
“Don’t worry, darling. These photos are going straight into my private folder. That means they are for my eyes only.” Alexis leaned down, passionately kissing Lynn on the lips. She held the phone high enough so that she could take a photo of the two of them kissing. “You really are remarkably beautiful.” Alexis’s gaze lingered over Lynn, never leaving when she placed the camera back onto the nightstand. “Thank you for allowing me to take those pictures, baby.” Her lips curved into a leisurely grin when she slipped into the bed beside Lynn, persistently continuing to kiss her lips.
“Mm,” Lynn moaned. “Your kisses get better and better all of the time.” Her arms slipped around her wife, tightening when she attempted to pull her near. “Now if only I could hug you properly.” Alexis trailed her fingertips along the curve of Lynn’s neck with a sigh. “Do you think the babies will hang in there until they’re closer to term?”
“I don’t know. I hope so.” Lynn snuggled against Alexis, bringing her head to rest in the curve of her arm. “Charlene thinks if I’m on pelvic rest that it will help prolong the gestation.”
“She also wanted you to stay off your feet as much as possible. Maybe I should start giving you nightly foot rubs.”
“Mm, now there’s an idea. I love your foot rubs. You have the most incredible hands.” She raised her head so that she could kiss Alexis. “Do you think we will have time alone once the babies are born?”
“I’m sure we can make time, somehow.” Alexis whispered between kisses.
Lynn smiled. “Thank you.”
“For what,” Alexis asked when their gazes met.
“For making me feel sexy tonight even though I look like I swallowed a pumpkin.” Lynn giggled when she twirled one of Alexis’s golden tendrils around her fingertip.
“You should feel sexy.” Alexis looked down, swirling her palm in slow circles over the swell of Lynn’s abdomen. “You’re practically glowing, sweetheart.”
Lynn released a breath, closing her eyes when Alexis continued to rub her stomach. “The babies love when you rub my belly. Did you pick up those books?”
“I did. Your dad picked out a couple too. I think he likes the idea of reading to the babies. Calista wants to read 101 Dalmatiansto them.” Alexis pressed against Lynn, her hand remaining on Lynn’s stomach. “Do you think the girls will adjust well to having two new babies around the house?”
“I believe Morgan and Calista will both be excellent big sisters. Should we tell them one of the babies is a boy or let them be surprised?”
Alexis curled against Lynn’s body. “I think we should wait. I want to see the look on their faces when they realize they have a brother.”
Lynn wiggled in the bed, sliding up until she was in a partial sitting position. “I still can’t believe you peeked!”
“It was an accident. We have a very well blessed little boy,” Alexis laughed.
“I’m going to pretend I did not hear you say that.” Lynn giggled. She sighed when Alexis’s head came to rest against her stomach.
“Maybe he will become a cop when he grows up.”
“Oh please no. I constantly worried about you when you were on the force.”
“You know,” Alexis whispered. “Sometimes I miss it.”
Lynn frowned in the darkness when she heard the underlying sadness in Alexis’s tone. “Do you wish you hadn’t quit?”
“No.” Alexis pressed her lips to Lynn’s belly button. “I wanted to quit. I’ll always miss not working in the field, but I’d rather spend all of my time with you and our children. I missed so much of Calista’s life when she was a baby. I worked such long and crazy hours. She spent more time with babysitters than she did with me.” Her lips lingered on Lynn’s stomach when she spoke. “I felt like a failure when she was a baby.”
“You’re not a failure. When I first met Calista, she truly amazed me. She was so smart, and observant. She’s wise beyond her years and I know that she gets that from you.” Lynn moved her hand to Alexis’s back. “She was like a miniaturized version of you.”
Alexis laughed. “Now she’s a miniaturized version of you.”
“I don’t know, I seem to recall you had a bit of an attitude when we met. That fiery personality was a complete turn on for me.” Lynn shifted, still trying to get comfortable. “You’ll never guess what my sister said today.”
“Considering how Katie’s mouth is, do I even want to know what she said?”
“She said she was shocked you hadn’t purchased a whip to keep me in line.”
“What?” Alexis quickly sat up, staring at Lynn with her mouth agape. “She did not say that.”
“Oh yes she did.” Lynn scrutinized Alexis as she drew her near. “You would look rather adorable in a dominatrix costume.”
“Dominatrices are not supposed to be adorable.”
“Well then, you would look intimidating and sexy, better?” Lynn’s palm slipped behind Alexis’s neck, drawing her in for a kiss.