“Hello, doll face. If you’re calling about the princess, she’s wonderful. We’re getting ready to go to the park.”

“Hi, Mason. I’m calling to see if you could babysit her tonight while Connor and I go out.”

“Of course I can. I’ll watch her at my place and then Landon can have some Julia time too!”

“Thanks. I’ll be home in a while,” I said as I hung up.

I told Peyton we needed to stop at Connor’s office for a minute because I needed to pick something up. She gave me a look of disbelief. I never could pull anything over on her. We stepped off the elevator and headed down the hallway towards Connor’s office. Valerie was sitting at her desk.

“Hi, Ellery.” She smiled as she looked up at me.

“Hi, Valerie. Is he in there?”

“Yes, he is. Do you want me to tell him you’re here?”

“No, I’ll surprise him.”

“He’s in a mood today,” she said.

“I know he is,” I said as I put my hand on the handle. “Peyton, I’ll only be a few minutes.”

I slowly turned the handle and opened the door. Connor was looking down at some papers.

“Valerie, I thought I gave strict instructions that I didn’t want to be bothered,” he said in an irritated tone without looking up.

“Even for your wife?” I smiled.

Connor looked up and a smile lit up his face. He got up from his desk and walked towards me. I subtly locked the office door and met him halfway across the room. As I approached him, he wrapped his arms tightly around me.

“What are you doing here, baby?”

“I just needed to hug you and tell you that I’m sorry for everything that happened today.”

“Baby, there’s no need to apologize. I’m the one who’s sorry,” he said as he rubbed his cheek through my hair. “Where’s Peyton? I thought you had plans with her.”

“She’s waiting outside the office. I told her I’d be quick.” I smiled as I started to unbuckle his belt.

Connor’s smile grew as he looked at me. “Make up sex, eh?”

“You bet, and I can’t wait until tonight,” I said as I unbuttoned his pants, took them down, and pushed him on the couch.

He sat there staring at me as I did a little strip dance. “Oh, God, Elle.”

As I smiled and climbed on top of him, he grabbed my hips and gently eased me down onto him.

“You’re already so wet,” he whispered as he took my nipple in his mouth.

“That’s what you do to me, babe. You don’t even have to touch me. Your looks are more than enough.”

As I began to slowly thrust my hips back and forth, Connor threw his head back and a soft moan came from the back of his throat. He was so hard as I moved my hips around in a circular motion, slowly and fluently. He took his hand and reached down for my clit. I grabbed it as I looked at him and winked.

“Put your hands behind your head, Mr. Black.”

“You’re a bad girl, Ellery.”

“I fully intend to be.” I smiled as I reached over.

As I held onto his wrists, my breasts brushed up against his face. He moaned as he took turns sucking each nipple. Reaching one hand behind me, I softly caressed his balls as his body tightened.

“That’s it, baby, I can’t hold it anymore,” he whispered.

Suddenly, I felt a warm sensation shoot into my body as I dug my nails into him and released myself all over him.

“Damn it, Ellery, you’re making me want to come again.” He smiled.

As I buried my face into his neck and tried to catch my breath, he whispered, “You’re fucking amazing.”

I looked at him and kissed him on the lips as I put my hands on each side of his face. “Now, I can go about my day.” I smiled.

He laughed and shook his head as I got off of him. I stood up and quickly pulled on my clothes. As I walked to the door, I put my hand on the handle, stopped, and turned around.

“I’ll bill you for services rendered.” I winked as I walked out the door.

When I arrived home after my day with Peyton, I was surprised that Mason and Julia weren’t home from the park yet. As I pulled out my phone, a text message from Mason came through.

“Princess and I made a Starbucks run. Be home in five.”

“You better have an iced latte in hand when you walk through the door,” I replied.

When I walked into the kitchen to grab a bottle of water, I saw Denny on the phone, sitting at the table. He instantly hung up when he saw me.

“Hi, Denny. What’s up?” I asked casually.

“Not much, Ellery. How was your day with Peyton?”

“It was fine,” I replied as I took a bottle of water from the refrigerator.

He seemed to be nervous. Almost as if he had just gotten caught doing something or he was afraid that I had heard something while he was on the phone. When I heard the elevator doors open, I ran out of the kitchen and straight to Julia. I smiled as I unbuckled her and held her tight.

“One iced latte for you, my dear.” Mason smiled as he handed me the cup.

“Thank you, darling. How was Julia today?”

“Glamorous and perfect, like always. You should have seen the people at the park going crazy over her.”

“That’s because she’s her daddy’s girl.” I smiled as I held her and kissed her cheek.

I told Mason that Connor and I would be dropping her off at his place around seven o’clock. He smiled, kissed her goodbye, and stepped onto the elevator. As I was walking up the stairs with Julia, Denny emerged from the kitchen.

“Did you work things out with Connor?” he asked.

“I sure did.” I winked.

He rolled his eyes and smiled as he left the penthouse.

I laid Julia down in the center of our king-sized bed as I got ready for my date with Connor. While I was in my closet looking for something to wear, I heard Connor walk into the bedroom. He walked over to the bed and sat down next to Julia. The moment she saw him, her little legs started moving all around.

“Look at how excited she is to see her daddy.” He smiled.

“I don’t blame her. I get excited when I see her daddy too.”

“Elle, don’t say things like that,” he warned with a smile.

I walked over to him. Julia had her hand clasped around his finger.

“I’m still thinking about our little office romp,” I whispered as I wrapped my arms around him and kissed his cheek.

“God, baby, I am too.” He smiled as he turned his head and his lips brushed against mine.

“Where are we going tonight?”

“Anywhere you want to go,” he said. “I’ve been thinking a lot about something lately, and I want to talk to you about it.”

As I pulled my jeans from the drawer, a sick feeling overtook me because I was afraid to hear what he’d been thinking about.

“I want to get a tattoo, and I was thinking we could go to the place where you got yours.”

My eyes lit up as I turned around and looked at him. “Are you serious? What kind of tattoo do you want?”

“I can see that you’re pleasantly surprised by the idea.” He smiled. “I want something with yours and Julia’s names on it, but leave enough room in case we have another child.”

While pulling up my jeans, I stopped midway and looked at him. “Another child?”

“Yeah, why not? Let’s make us a four-person family.”

“We can talk about this again in about two years, Connor. I’m not ready to even think about having another baby yet, especially with the problems I had while I was in labor with Julia.”

As I finished pulling up my jeans, he got up from the bed, walked over to me, and put his hands on my hips. “Don’t worry; I don’t want a baby now. I was just thinking in the future,” he said as he kissed me on the head.

“How about if we go out to dinner first and then we’ll go see Jack about that tattoo you want to get.”

“Sounds good, sweetheart. I’m going to take a quick shower and then we’ll go.”

Julia started fussing, so I picked her up from the bed and took her downstairs. As I was warming up a bottle, I heard my phone chime. I picked it up from the counter and saw that I had a text message from Cassidy.