Endless Love: The 4Ever series #3

by Isabella White

  Holly found a flaw but it wasn’t one that would drive her bonkers.

  She refused to clean up after him as she was no one’s slave and just left it, since Maria came in everyday and cleaned anyway.

  That was how he grew up, with people cleaning up after him. So different from her.

  She hadn’t fainted again, which meant the shake was working.

  She was very happy when four more arrived during the next week. Gus spoke to her many times too, telling her that she needed to phone him the minute she feels not well.

  She figured he was doubting himself.

  Right now, she was lying on a bed in Bianca’s office, waiting for Jake to show up. He finally arrived, out of breath. His schedule was hectic.

  “So,” Bianca asked. “Do you want to know the sex?”

  “Can you see it already?” Jake asked with a hint of skepticism.

  “No.” Bianca smiled. “Just want to be prepared for when the time does come.”

  “No,” Jake said.

  “Really?” Holly asked him.

  “It doesn’t matter what the sex is, Bee-puke. As long as the baby is healthy.”

  “Well, then I guess we don’t want to know the sex.”

  “Okay, I’m making a mental note of it.” She took measurements of the fetus and Holly was hit with a sense of déjà vu. Just like last time when they check up on Jamie, there was only one heartbeat, but she knew that wasn’t a definite rule out. Romalia used to hide behind Jamie and their heart beat in sync for a long time, meaning they only picked up the one heartbeat and only saw one beating on the sonar.

  “Everything looks great.”

  “Of course it does. Why wouldn’t it be?” Jake said.

  Bianca chuckled. “I see your father is busy with the trial again.”

  “Yes, Holly is his first guinea pig.”

  “You look okay, Holly. Do you feel okay?”

  “So far, yes. I can’t complain.”

  “I’m glad to hear that. Your blood pressure is stable which is always such a good thing. I think this is going to be a complete different experience for you, Holly.”

  “It better be.” She gave Jake a playful scolding look.

  Tears shone in Jake’s eyes, but not like it had with Jamie and Romy.

  She spoke to her mother afterwards, and then Bernie, letting them know that the pregnancy was going well so far.

  Bernie laughed when she told her that she was pregnant again. She joked and told her that she really was a slut when it came to Jake.

  They’d been Skyping at least three times a week and it felt like the past five years had never happened. That Bernice had always been in her life.

  They were giddy that both of them were pregnant at the exact same time.

  Bernie was in her third trimester, and in another ten weeks and she would have a new boy in her arms.

  Holly silently wished that hers was a little boy, too. Then Jake wouldn’t be surrounded by girls.

  Amelia was ecstatic. They spoke to her every single night because of Jamie. She missed her niece and was counting off the days for her to come home. Holly wasn’t counting off the days, though.

  She dreaded knowing that in a few weeks they were going to leave again, and that she wouldn’t see them for two whole months.

  Jake made love to her almost every single night. It was different than what he usually did, since Jamie was in the house, but it was still amazing on all the levels there was.

  She wasn’t scared anymore. Not about her and another bad pregnancy or that Jake would leave her, but him wanting to change Jamie’s last name was scary as hell.

  It should be all great signs to her, but it wasn’t. She told him she would think about it, and reminded him that she was still thinking about it the two times he asked again.

  The time flew by and before she knew it, it was their last night. It depressed her just thinking they wouldn’t be here the next night. But she tried her best not to ruin their last night together.

  She loved every moment her family was so close to her. Having them under her radar, looking after them just as it was supposed to be. She was really great at that.

  Jake took them to a restaurant that had a small play area for Jamie.

  Holly knew that he wanted an answer on the surname issue and knew it needed to happen tonight.

  “So peanut,” Holly said to her. “Do you want to stay a Scallanger, or do you want to become a Peters?”

  Jake snorted. “You are putting her on the spot, Holly. Of course she would say she wants to stay a Scallanger.”

  “I am speaking to my daughter.”

  “And I want my daughter to have the name she should’ve had on her birth certificate a long time ago. Honey, go play. Daddy will sort it out.”

  Holly sighed. “Jake.”

  “No, Holly.” He looked at Jamie. “Go play.”

  She kissed Holly on the cheek and Holly glared at him.

  “Don’t look at me like that.”

  “But you are—”

  “She’s my daughter, too, Holly. In fact, I think she has more Peters in her than—”

  “Oh shut up.” She knew he was only teasing her because Jamie was the spitting image of Jake.

  “Please. I’m just trying to rectify something that should’ve been done a long time ago.”

  She sighed.

  “You are still her mother, no matter what her last name is. That will never change.”

  “Fine, what do I have to do?”

  “The paper is at the house.” He kissed her gently on her lips. “I knew you were going to come to your senses.”

  She couldn’t help but laugh at him. He was so serious in a not so serious way.

  She leaned back in her chair and found Jake touching her belly.

  “You’re going to be okay,” he said matter-of-factly.

  “I know. I feel fine, so the shake is definitely working.”

  “So no more worries? Because you know that saying about if the mom is upset the baby is upset, is true, right?”

  “Yes, I know the saying really well, and I trust that everything is going to be fine. Thank you.”

  “My pleasure.”

  They left half an hour later and Holly’s heartstrings tightened, knowing that tomorrow she’d have to say goodbye to them and go back to her shitty apartment.

  He wanted her to stay at the house, but she declined.

  He even offered to get her a better apartment, but she couldn’t.

  It was his money and she would never ask him for a dime. Not for herself.

  They made sweet love that night and afterward she fell into a blissful sleep in his arms.

  Nine

  HOLLY

  Saying goodbye to Jake and Jamie wasn’t easy.

  She burst into tears at the airport and had to lie to Jamie when she asked why she was crying.

  She was going to see them in two months again, just before Jamie’s birthday. She still had no idea when Jake’s birthday was. She’d meant to ask him, but she knew he would only tease her for not knowing it.

  But she hoped it was soon and that he would want to spend it with her.

  “Don’t cry, please.” He hugged her tight.

  She just nodded against his chest and he brushed his lips against her hair.

  “I’ll phone you when we land.” He cleared his throat.

  She wiped away her tears and they kissed each other one last time.

  Jamie took her father’s hand as Holly stayed behind.

  She struggled to watch them leave.

  The sexy giant with the sweetest dark-haired little person walking beside him holding his hand.

  They waved a last time before entering the gate.

  “Love you, Mommy.”

  “Love you more, sweetheart.”

  She waved and blew her a kiss, and then they were out of sight.

  She went back to her crappy apartment and unpacked.

  Why did they have to leave on her o
ff day?

  She sobbed, ugly tears streaming down her face. Her pregnancy hormones weren’t helping either.

  Around noon, she lay down on her bed and fell asleep hugging her pillow.

  When she woke up, it was dark.

  She felt utterly alone and never thought in a million years that she would miss Jamie and Jake this much after such a short while.

  She made some instant noodles and ate it slowly. Afterwards she took a shower.

  She was going to miss the baths, and miss falling asleep in Jake’s arms.

  Before she went to bed she made her shake again and went straight to sleep.

  Tomorrow she would start with crossing off the days of the long wait again.

  The next few weeks started slowly but as she got busy, learning more things about surgery, and put her mind to her work, it start passing by faster and faster.

  Then her glands started to ache. It was what she hated about being pregnant.

  She felt miserable again. Her stomach was slowly showing too as she neared the end of her first trimester.

  She spoke to Jake every single day through text, and made sure to send a text every night before bed.

  It wasn’t easy either as sometimes Jamie wasn’t around. But she tried to Skype with her around her bedtime, which was early morning in Zurich.

  She also found out when Jake’s birthday was. The twenty-second of October.

  She’d been right that he’d tease her about it. Said he found it appalling that she didn’t know his birthday when he knew hers.

  But she was excited, because she hoped he would come to Zurich to spend it with her.

  A week later, she got the call. He asked her to take the day off because he didn’t want to be anywhere else but in her bed covered with cream and cherries.

  She laughed.

  She had no idea what to get him, and her budget was tight.

  Her apartment took almost all of her salary and then she still had to buy food.

  She even asked Eva and Petra for help.

  “How do you feel?” Eva asked after a long time of silence.

  “Fine, I guess,” she answered. Her German was approving.

  “Not what I meant Holly, how do you feel when it comes to sex?”

  “Oh.” She blushed. “Horny.” They all laughed. “I really thought it was only a myth that women can feel extremely turned during pregnancy, but here I am. My entire body tingles from the stupidest things. The breeze, the warmth of my apartment, things I eat. It doesn’t even sound normal.”

  “Then do something kinky, get a sexy outfit that he’ll struggle to take off.”

  Holly grinned. She could just imagine Jake struggling to take off anything.

  But it gave her an idea. He loved the toys and she was going to work him up good.

  Eva and Petra both gave her this idea, something they read in a magazine. It seemed a bit too much and something neither of them would probably do, but they would if that person looked like Puff Pastry.

  She giggled at the name. It didn’t even fit but she knew that the Swiss loved their pastries.

  Holly blushed as Eva told her what she read. There was no way she could do that to him.

  “They say that the sex is insane.”

  “Oh, I can just imagine.”

  “Think about it.” Eva got up and Petra just laughed at Holly’s expression.

  She had to think about that but the thought of what Jake might do, made her day dream again.

  Perhaps this was exactly what he needed.

  All his messages, and flirting over the phone, not to mention him riling her up during phone sex. It could teach him not to do that anymore.

  She spoke to Jake and Jamie every day, and they decided to wait on telling Jamie until she hit the second trimester which would be soon.

  She’d had a t-shirt made for Jamie that said I’m going to be a big sister.

  She put a beautiful German story about becoming a sister and how little Sarah, the main character, dealt with it and if she feels the same way, she should write down all the questions she had, so Holly could answer them when Jamie came to Zurich again.

  She added a fluffy toy with a tiny box of her favorite sweets.

  Jake would take it home with him when he left after his birthday.

  They would be spending Jamie’s birthday in Zurich, too, and Amelia and Gus were going to join them, since it would be the first birthday with them in her life.

  She couldn’t wait for Jake’s birthday. She wanted, needed, to wrap her arms around him. As the date loomed nearer, Holly spend most of her free time online, looking for the perfect outfit to wear.

  “I thought you might be interested in this,” Eva said as she showed Holly a website on her phone

  Holly flushed bright red as she looked at the strings and scraps of material they tried to pass off as clothing. Although, she had to admit, the outfits did look kinky.

  But the one that caught her eye looked like a ribbon wrapping around the model’s boy, with a large bow covering her breasts.

  When the package landed on her doorstep a few days later, she tried it on, but it was a complete disaster, even though she was following the instruction that came with it. Finally, after the fifth time, she got it right, and studied herself in the mirror. The slight bulge of her stomach strained against the ribbon, but the bow made her breasts look incredible. She felt sexy and confident in the outfit.

  The days seemed to pass with excruciating slowness, until, finally, it was the day Jake arrived.

  She grabbed her biggest handbag, and put his gift in there, along with a can of whipped cream, a small bottle of maraschino cherries, the silk scarves she’d purchased, as well as some clean underwear. It paid to be prepared whenever Jake was around, and she didn’t want him to miss out on part of his birthday present.

  When she got off the shuttle to the airport, she was just in time. She spotted him in the crowd, then ran straight at him and jumped in his arms. She wrapped her legs around her waist, and their lips crashed together in a heart-stopping kiss.

  She pulled away, out of breath and rested her forehead against his. “Happy birthday.”

  “I’m so glad I’m here. I can’t imagine being anywhere else. I got us a hotel room. Your apartment is way too small,” he muttered against her lips.

  She laughed. Good thing she’d packed his gift into her handbag. “Fine, whatever, as long as I can give you your birthday present, I don’t care.”

  “Please tell me it’s something kinky.”

  “Kinky as fuck.” She wiggled her eyebrows.

  He looked up, closing his eyes as if he was sending a prayer of thanks up to heaven. “I cannot wait.”

  They went straight to the hotel, even though Holly begged Jake to stop at her apartment so she could get clothes.

  “You’re not gonna need clothes,” he whispered in her ear.

  He grabbed her the minute they entered the room and stripped her of her clothing. He slipped a finger into her, then groaned when he felt she was ready for him. He unbutton his jeans, and pulled off his trousers and boxers over his ass. Without waiting another second, he pushed his cock inside her.

  She gasped, and he barely moved inside her before her orgasm washed over her. The pregnancy hormones heightened everything, and she came another four times before Jake spoke to her.

  “You better not be faking it,” Jake finally said out of breath.

  She laughed. “It’s this baby, it’s doing things to my body that I can’t explain.”

  “And here I thought it was me.” He pouted.

  She cupped his face. “Shut up. Of course, it’s you, too.” She kissed him and the kiss quickly became heated, and they picked up where they’d left off.

  When they were sated, drenched in each other’s sweat, they took a quick shower and then passed out on the bed.

  A while later, Holly woke up from Jack’s hand stroking her back and his lips brushing kisses over hers.

  “Wake
up, Holly. I have a surprise for you for dinner.”

  She blearily sat up and rubbed her eyes, then gasped at the gorgeous black dress and heels laid out at the end of the bed.

  “It’s your birthday and I’m getting gifts. That’s not how it’s supposed to work.”

  “I like spoiling my girls.” He kissed her again, then slapped her ass as she got up.

  She went to get ready, and the dress made her feel like a million bucks.

  They went to the hotel’s five star restaurant and just enjoyed each other’s company before they headed back to the room.

  Holly flashed him a sultry smile.

  “Get on the bed, and wait there,” she said and walked over to her handbag to take out the four scarves.

  Jake stared at her, but followed her orders.

  She took off his shoes and socks and bit on her lower lip as she grabbed his one hand and a scarf.

  “What are you doing?” he asked as she tied his hand to the headboard.

  “It’s a no-touching type of game.”

  “You’re going to kill me, aren’t you?”

  “Hell no. I love you too much.”

  “Oh good,” he said and held out his other arm for her.

  She grinned as she tied the knot. She’d watched a ton of YouTube videos, and was confident that he wouldn’t be able to get out the knots easily.

  “This is really so hot, you know that?”

  “I find it hard to believe that you’ve never been tied up before.”

  “It never felt like this.”

  She chuckled as she tied his feet.

  “You’re not gonna undress me?”

  “Give me a couple of minutes.”

  “I swear if you leave me here—”

  She went to the bathroom, laughing. “I promise I won’t.”

  She quickly shed her clothes and then put the sexy outfit on.

  “Holly, hurry up!” Jake called. She’d forgotten to put the fifth scarf over his mouth.

  She pulled one of the hotel bathrobe’s on, then grabbed the whipped cream, cherries, candles, and lube out of her bag, then walked out of the room.

  “Holy fuck, what is all that?”

  “A surprise.”

  She set all her equipment down, except for the scarf she’d wound around her neck, then straddled him.