by J A Fielding
He watched her as she took the frozen pizza out of the freezer and stuck it in the oven. He could not help but feel turned on as she leaned over the counter with her cleavage showing. The lace lingerie was not making the situation any simpler. “Careful,” he called out when he saw her taking the hot pizza out of the oven, burning her fingers. He got up and walked into the kitchen to help her.
“Paper towels,” Julie told him as she put the hot pizza on a plate. He then opened the fridge and took out two cans of grape soda but Julie frowned. “Soda? Really? Beer would be so much better,” she said as she looked at him.
He shook his head and frowned. “I married an American woman not the culture.”
“It’s just strange that’s all,” she said.
Steven took two bottles of grape soda from the fridge and smiled at her.
“Well, three words. Noble and Byrnes,” he said.
“Fine. I get it,” she said as they walked down the hall to their bedroom. “I don’t want to be the reason why you don’t get that account. And what is it anyway? I know I’ve heard that name before…Noble and Byrnes,” she said as she put the pizza on the bed and took a seat. Steven took a long deep breath and began undressing.
“Well, it’s a conglomerate. They deal in everything really but I am really interested in their real estate,” he said as he put his dirty laundry in the hamper. “There is a property about an hour and a half from here that I have been looking at,” he said. He was now wearing his pajama bottoms.
Julie looked at him and raised an eyebrow.
“Really? You never mentioned it before,” she said as she took a bite of a pizza slice.
“Well, I was not very sure about it until just a few months ago. I wanted to tell you after closing the deal,” he said as he pulled a t-shirt over his head and joined her on the bed.
“Okay, tell me all about it,” she said taking another bite.
“Well,” he started before grabbing a slice. “It’s acres and acres of idle land with a lot of potential and several developers have already started working on it,” he said pausing to take another bite. “A lot of people are doing the obvious…houses and apartment buildings so apart from a few dozen houses, I also want to be in charge of the shopping center there. After all, every modern society needs a place to shop, right?” he said as he looked at Julie who was nodding.
“Sounds great babe,” she said. “You know what would be really great?” she asked.
He took another bite and shrugged. “What?”
“If you would let me handle the sale of those homes…and the commercial buildings as well,” she said.
He looked at her and smiled.
“Well, I wouldn’t dream of having it any other way,” he said.
She squealed excitedly. “You are the best husband ever,” she said as she kissed his cheek.
“I hate to sound like a douche but I kind of know it,” he said as she switched on the TV.
“Sometimes you can be a little full of yourself, you know that?” she asked.
He nodded and took a bite.
“Too bad you’re stuck with me,” he said as she leaned back on the headboard. He took a pillow and put it behind her back. “Twelve hours? When was the last time we watched Mad Men?” he asked as he looked at the TV.
“It’s not all Mad Men. I have a season of The Good Wife, about ten episodes of The Big Bang Theory and two seasons of Modern Family in there,” Julie said before picking up another slice.
Steven looked at her and then at the TV.
“We work too much,” he said.
“And you are just realizing that?” she asked in between bites.
“How about we take some time off? We can do next weekend,” he said. S
he looked at him and raised an eyebrow.
“Do you really think we are going to be able to? I mean, our schedules are hectic. I am on an insane roll and you with the Noble and Byrnes deal…” she said.
He shrugged and looked into her eyes.
“We’ll make it work. We can leave on a Thursday afternoon and stay out till Sunday evening. How does that sound?” he asked.
“Beautifully perfect,” she said.
He took one last bite and then opened a bottle of grape soda.
“Then it’s a date,” he said before taking a sip. Julie shrugged and nodded before she pressed the play button. She put her half eaten slice back on the plate and leaned against him. Steven looked down at her. “You done already?” he asked.
“Well, there was the big bowl of chunky monkey so I feel stuffed.”
“Well, I’m just saying dinner was your idea…” his words trailed off when she playfully punched his upper arm. He laughed and put the plate on the nightstand on his side of the bed before he draped an arm around her shoulders. He took another sip of his soda and then looked down at her again. “Soda?” he asked. She shook her head and he put the soda on the night stand. He looked at the plate for a few minutes and then got out of bed.
“What? What happened?” she asked.
“This looks like it’s just waiting to spill,” he said as he put the bottle top back on the bottle and then moved the pizza to the window seat. He walked back to the bed and held her close again. “Hey, about the baby. I want one too. Or four…” he said making her look up at him.
“What…why four?” she asked almost surprised.
“Well, I have always wanted a big family like mine. So…” he shook his head trying to get his gesture to finish his sentence.
“Well, that’s a long way to go if I can’t even give you the one,” she said as she rest her head on his chest again. Steven took the remote and paused the TV. She looked up at him.
“Listen. You are not going through this alone. We are going to make an appointment together, and we are going to find out what’s going on. If it makes you feel any better, we can start off with me and see whether it’s my swimmers,” he said.
She smiled sadly. “Thanks for the support. It really means a lot to me.”
“Well, it takes two to tango and there are millions of babies born every single day who need a loving home. I don’t care how we get a baby. As long as we both want it and we love it.”
She looked into his eyes and felt an overwhelming flow of emotion. She wanted to cry and laugh at the same time. She had always known that Steven was the perfect choice for her but now, at this point, she was more than sure that there would never be another man she could love the way she loved him at this moment.
“I love you,” she said in a low voice.
“I love you too,” he said in a soft voice as he brought his head down to kiss her. He softly brushed her lips with his and then pulled away from her. She was smiling when he brought his head down to kiss her again, deeper this time.
“Wow, that was deep,” she said.
“I wanted it to be,” he said before he kissed her again making her almost breathless. He rolled over and got on top of her, his hands roaming all over her body. He pulled away from her lips and began tracing kisses down her neck.
“I thought you were tired,” she said as she felt his hand on her breast. She loved the feeling of her nipple pressing against his palm.
“I am but there is no way I am choosing Noble and Byrnes over you,” he said before he kissed her again. She smiled as he kissed down her chest as he lifted her lingerie up. She closed her eyes as she felt him slip a hand under her lingerie. She felt a shiver go through her as he pulled the lingerie over her head. He looked down at her and smiled. “No panties? You were really going all out, weren’t you?” he asked as he traced his lips down to her nipple. She gasped silently as he sucked on her making her pussy get wet. She slowly pulled his t-shirt up and over his head before she used her legs to push off his pants. His pants gathered around his ankles as he aligned his crotch with hers making her shiver again when the head of his cock rubbed against her wet pussy. He pulled away from her breast and kissed her lips softly.
“Do it,” s
he said in a whisper. He looked down at her as he slowly pushed his cock into her pussy. She moaned softly as she felt him filling her up, feeling her, possessing her. Every thrust threw her back against the bed. She had no way, nowhere to escape. Steven had no idea he had this much strength in him but with every thrust, he was proving himself wrong. He was going into her deeper and harder than he ever thought possible. She was holding on to the bedding as he ravaged her. She didn’t know what happened but soon, he was slamming into her harder than ever and it was all she could do not to scream out. Just when she didn’t think it could be possible for him to go any faster, he did and she was feeling him getting to depths she never knew possible. She suddenly pulled him deeper inside her as she felt herself exploding all around his cock just in time for his own orgasm.
“Oh my God,” he cried out when he buried his head in her shoulder. They were both panting as they lay there in each other’s arms.
“That was…different,” she said in a low voice. He pulled away from her shoulder as his cock slipped out of her pussy.
“Different good or different…” he started asking before she shook her head.
She looked at him and smiled.
“Awesome,” she said. She knew that she had probably enjoyed this so much because she was doing it just for the sake of making love to her husband and not so that she could get pregnant like she had been doing for the last few months.
“Good to know,” he said smiling as he held her. She laid her head on his chest and closed her eyes loving the feeling of his arm around her. As she drifted off, she felt the one thing she hadn’t felt in a long time, comfort.
Chapter Five
As Julie and Steven sat in the hospital’s waiting room, she couldn’t help but feel nervous. She had so much going through her head that she couldn’t even concentrate. They had just gone in for Steven’s fertility test and were now waiting for the test results. She looked at him and took his hand in hers. Somehow, she was more nervous about his results than she thought possible and without knowing it, she was squeezing Steven’s hand. He looked at her and brushed off a strand of her hair.
“You okay?” he asked.
She nodded and tried to force a smile but it was not happening.
“I’m just really…” she exhaled loudly and looked at him. “What if I’m the problem?” she asked as she looked at him. He kissed her forehead and put an arm around her shoulders.
“It could very well be me and even if it is, I already told you that it doesn’t matter to me. I love you and if we can’t have kids then we’ll adopt,” he said.
She nodded and leaned her head against his chest. After what seemed like forever, the doctor came out and called them in. Suddenly, Julie’s heart rate was through the roof. She looked at Steven and then slowly walked in after him.
“So, doctor. What seems to be the problem?” Steven asked as he looked at the doctor who looked up at him and smiled.
“Actually, there is nothing wrong. Your swimmers are strong and abundant,” he said. Steven smiled and then looked at Julie. “We are talking…” he paused and looked at the file. “Eighty million per milliliter,” he said.
“That much?” Julie asked, surprised.
“Actually, that’s pretty okay. A healthy male has twenty to 120 million sperm per milliliter on average. So eighty is pretty darn good,” the doctor said. Julie looked at Steven and smiled sadly. It was just downing on her. She could very well be the problem. She could be the reason why Steven could never be a father. She suddenly stood up and excused herself walking out of the office too fast for either of the two men to say anything. Steven looked at the doctor and then at the door. “It’s alright. Go,” the doctor said. Steven practically ran out of the office and then out to the main reception area but Julie was not there. He looked at the nurse seated behind the reception desk.
“Hey, did you see a woman come by here a few minutes ago about yay tall in a black and white dress…” he started before the nurse pointed at the exit. He mumbled his thanks and ran out of the hospital to the parking lot where he found Julie falling apart. He stood there looking at her as she struggled to breathe and cry at the same time. He hated seeing her like this. “Baby…no,” he said in a low voice as he walked towards her. “We talked about this,” he said in a whisper as he held her in his arms.
“I’m sorry…I’m so sorry baby…” she sobbed into his shoulder.
He stroked her hair and planted a kiss on top of her head. He pulled away from her and looked down at her tear streaked face. He brushed off her tears using his thumbs and looked into her eyes.
“Why? Why are you sorry?” he asked.
“I can’t give you babies, Steven,” she said in a low voice.
“You don’t know that yet,” he said looking into her eyes. “And we are in this together, remember?” he asked in a low voice. She nodded. He pulled her into his arms and kissed the top of her head again. “We did me. Now we go back in there and get this over with, okay? And remember whatever the results, I will always love you,” he said in a low voice.
She looked into his eyes and nodded.
“Can’t we just…” she started before he shook his head. “And there is a doctor I know…one of my clients referred her. I have her number,” she said as she pulled out the business card Maura had given her from her purse. Steven looked at her and shook his head.
“You are trying to get out of this,” he said. She looked at him and opened her mouth to speak but he put a finger on her lips. “The doctor said the test should be done on the first or second day of your cycle,” he said. “And I already know that this is your second day,” he added. She shrugged and nodded. “Come on. This will be over before you know it,” he said as they walked back into the hospital.
“Are you going to stay with me?” she asked in a low voice.
Steven kissed her hand.
“I’m not going to leave your side,” he said. Somehow, that made her feel better.
But as she sat in the examination room with her feet in stirrups, she was not sure she wanted to know what the results were. Time seemed to slow down as they waited for the results and she could almost hear her heart beating in her ears. “Do you want to go home and rest up? I’ll come with you,” he said. She smiled and nodded. That was the best thing to do anyway.
When they got home, she curled up in front of the TV and turned it on. Steven looked at her, pitying her waiting for her to go to sleep but she was just there, sitting there staring blankly into space. He didn’t know when it happened but it seemed like hours had gone by before she finally drifted off. He sat there and stroked her arm wondering how she would be the next day when the results finally came through…
The loud ringing of the phone is what woke him up. Steven tried to grab the phone as fast as he could but it was too late, Julie was already up. He looked at the phone and exhaled loudly wondering if he should tell her who it was. She pulled herself up and looked at him.
“Who is it?” she asked.
“The OBGYN,” he said.
“Answer it,” she said in a commanding voice. Steven looked at her as she pulled herself up. “Answer it,” she said. Again. She held her breath as she watched him slide his finger across the phone screen to answer it.
“Mr. Davenport. This is Dr. Solloway,” the doctor said. Steven nodded as if the doctor could see him. “Is your wife available?” the young female doctor asked. Steven nodded again.
“Yes…of course. She is right here,” he said before he handed Julie the phone.
“This is Julie…Davenport,” Julie said with much difficulty.
“Good morning, Mrs. Davenport. I just wanted to let you know that the results are out,” the doctor said. Julie looked at Steven.
“Okay.” She didn’t know what else to say.
“I would appreciate it if you came in, sometime today,” the doctor continued. Julie shrugged and rubbed her eyes.
“I don’t understand. Why can’t you just giv
e us the results over the phone?” she asked.
“Well, that’s not protocol,” the doctor said.
“What? What’s going on?” Steven asked.
“The doctor wants us to go in,” Julie said.
Steven nodded.
“What time?” he asked.
“Sometime today,” Julie said. Steven looked at his wrist watch. It was eight in the morning.
“Tell her we’ll be there in a few hours,” he said. She looked at him unsure of the decision he was making for her. “You know we have to,” he said as he looked at her.
She took a long deep breath and nodded.
“Mrs. Davenport. Are you there?” Dr. Solloway asked snapping Julie back to the reality of the moment.
“Yeah. I am. We’ll be there in a couple of hours,” she said before the doctor thanked her and hung up. She looked at Steven and shrugged. “I’ll go have a shower,” she said before she got up and walked towards the bedroom. Steven looked at her and slowly followed her to the bedroom.
After a long shower, Julie still felt tired. All she wanted was to take a pill and go back to sleep and hopefully never wake up. She put on a pair of blue jeans and a pink flowered sleeveless top. She matched this with a pair of black open toed heels before putting on some light makeup. Her hair was pulled back into a bun because she was not up for straightening it that morning. When Steven saw her, he smiled. She looked beautiful.
“You look amazing,” he said as he looked at her.
“You don’t look so bad yourself,” she said as she looked at him. She wasn’t lying either. He looked dashing in his black pants and gray shirt. He was the only person she knew, the only man she knew who could pull off an official look in such a casual sexy way. As they drove to the hospital, they were both quiet wondering what they were supposed to say, wondering which words were right and which were not.
