The Road To Forgiveness (14 page)

Once the initial shock is gone, I jump off
the sofa and run to give them hugs. I have never been so happy for
my mother. She’s been through so much and she deserves all the
happiness in the world. After raising me, and the stress I put her
through with Miles, she deserves her happily ever after.

“I think this calls for a celebration,”
Sebastian says from behind me. He goes into the kitchen and comes
back a few seconds later with four plastic flutes and a bottle of
champagne.

“Where did the Champagne come from? My mother
only ever has beer.”

Sebastian looks down for a second and back up
to meet my eyes. “Its sparkling cider, not champagne, and I brought
it just incase we had a reason to celebrate. I never thought that
this could be the reason, but what a happy surprise.”

Something in his voice is a little off but I
choose to ignore it. This is a happy occasion and I’m going to
start listening to Dr. Krane’s advice. I need to start living my
life and that is what we are doing here tonight. We manage to have
our first Christmas Eve without Miles. We kept traditions, shared
happy memories, and I had Sebastian by my side. I call that a
success.

We toast to the happy couple and I look over
at the clock on my Momma’s mantle. It almost two in the
morning.

“I think we better get going. It’s late,” I
say as I lean into Sebastian and yawn into his shoulder.

We say our goodbyes and I tell Momma we’ll be
over sometime tomorrow for leftovers. Sebastian says his goodbyes
and we make our way out to the car. After we’re seated, Sebastian
starts the car and pulls away. Something is still bothering me
about the sparkling cider and I can’t let it go.

“Sebastian?”

“Yes, Honey.”

“Why did you have sparkling cider with you?
Don’t give me the same excuse you gave everyone earlier. If you
brought it in just in case we all had something to celebrate, then
I would have seen it. I never saw the bottle, which means you must
have snuck it in.”

Sebastian sighs as he turns onto the highway
towards the hotel. “How very perceptive of you. I did have
something to celebrate but once Charlie made his announcement, I
decided to wait to announce mine. I didn’t want to ruin your mother
and Charlie’s moment.”

“What did you have to announce?”

He looks over at me thoughtfully, “You really
want to do this now…in a car?”

“I don’t know what ‘we’re doing’ but yes, I
want to know, now,” I say dramatically.

Sebastian gets off at our exit and pulls off
to the side of the road. He puts the car in park and turns his body
to face me completely. Then he grabs my hands and places them in
his hands.

“I saw Darcy this morning… or yesterday
morning since it is technically a new day. When you went to the
therapist, I met her in the hotel conference room.”

I’m shocked to find out that, not only is
Darcy in town, but that Sebastian met up with her. I know I have no
reason to be jealous since they haven’t been together for a long
time, and they both are with different people, but I am jealous.
I’m jealous because Sebastian didn’t bring it up until right this
moment.

“Before you freak out, hear me out. She came
in with both of our law teams. I wanted to get this over with today
so that I could give you the best Christmas gift. The meeting took
about forty-five minutes and then they all left to go back to the
airport. That was why I was free to have lunch with you. I couldn’t
wait to see you. When Jonathon called and invited me to have lunch
with you both, I jumped at the chance. I was so happy and I needed
to share my happiness with you, even if I wanted to wait to tell
you.”

Sebastian lifts his hands to cup the sides of
my face and then leans forward to give me a soft kiss. “Don’t you
see? Honey, I’m free.”

I shake my head in confusion, “I don’t quite
understand. What do you mean, you’re free?”

He kisses me again, a little harder this
time. He is enthusiastic and his tongue comes out to ask for
entrance. I allow him access as we both succumb to our heated
attraction. The kiss becomes more urgent as Sebastian’s hand lowers
to my breast. Before it completely gets out of control, I break
away from the kiss.

“Sebastian, please explain,” I pant.

“Darcy and our lawyers flew out for the
divorce. I wasn’t going to be able to make it out to Miami before
Christmas. We signed the divorce papers Christmas Eve morning.
Everything is settled. As of a little over two hours ago, exactly
at midnight, I’m divorced. Which means you are mine and I am yours,
only yours.”

I need him to be that clear. I need him to
spell out exactly what he meant and now that he has, all I can
think about is being with him forever.

I hop over the consul and straddle
Sebastian’s lap. My lips lower to his as my butt rests on the
steering wheel. We kiss passionately for several minutes and I can
feel Sebastian’s arousal against my core.

“Take me home,” I pant into his mouth.

I grind my pussy against him as he groans
into my mouth. His lips move to kiss my cheek, then my neck, and
then up to my ear as he whisper, “I’d love to take you back to the
hotel but you need to move first. I can’t drive with you dry
humping me.”

He kisses my neck again as my hands grab onto
his shoulders and I push gently to separate us.

“Don’t get me wrong, I have every intention
of you driving us back to the hotel and fucking me until I can’t
walk, but that’s not what I meant.”

Sebastian first looks shocked at my language
and then confused by my words.

“Take me home, Sebastian,” I say as I gently
brush my knuckles against his forehead. “I want to go back to Miami
with you, I want to live with you, I want to make a life with you
and be yours, forever. Take. Me. Home.”

Sebastian looks at me thoughtfully. It seems
like forever before he speaks.

“Are you sure?”

I kiss his lips tenderly before looking into
his beautiful blue eyes.

“I’m sure.”

We kiss for another few minutes before its
starts to get too inappropriate for the side of the road. We drive
back to the hotel and before the hotel room door is closed,
Sebastian is on me. Taking his time, making love to every part of
my body. It’s the most amazing night and when I finally feel sated,
Sebastian wraps his arms around me so we can drift off to sleep,
watching the sunrise in the distance.

We’ve been back in Miami for a few months.
It’s the end of March and the spring breakers have taken over the
city for the next few weeks. I’m starting to show more now. It’s
pretty obvious to everyone I meet that I’m pregnant.

Sebastian claims to love the bump on my
belly. He loves to tell me how sexy I look. I think he is
delusional and blinded by love. I guess I would probably think he
was sexy too with a giant lump on his stomach.

I’ve spoke to my new therapist about this but
she believes that Sebastian is completely normal for loving my
belly. Dr. Montgomery says that a male’s body is programmed to find
a pregnant female’s body sexy. It’s a chemical reaction in the
brain. When I told Sebastian this, he laughed at me. He couldn’t
believe I had brought this subject up with my therapist.

I’ve been in great health since I came back
to Miami. I was taken off bed rest the second week of January. So
far, all signs point to me not having toxemia. I’m really happy
about this. Bed rest would suck if I were forced to abide by what
the doctors said. I did not bring this up with my therapist. She
would have a field day.

Therapy seemed to be helping a lot, too. Two
sessions a week for the past twelve weeks, not including my
sessions in Georgia, have really helped me resolve some of my
issues. The biggest one being my urge to runaway. I realized the
urge was almost completely gone when Charlie called me last week to
give me some bad news. It looks like Kyle is going to be getting
out of prison in the next year. The judge thought the new evidence
was enough to bring about a retrial. Although the trial isn’t
starting for a few more months, it looks as if the jury will have
no choice but to let him go free.

In the past, this would have been one giant
red flag that would have me running away from everyone I love.
Instead, when Charlie told me the news, the first instinct I had
was to share the news with Sebastian and then call my therapist. I
didn’t have the slightest urge to run. This told me therapy was
working.

We’ve been in Miami since the New Year. After
I decided I wanted to go back with Sebastian, we didn’t want to
wait. We wanted to start the New Year in Miami, together. The only
reason we stayed a week longer in Riceboro. Was to see my Momma and
Charlie get married. They wanted to make it official. “Nothing like
living in the moment,” Charlie said as he married my mother in the
local courthouse, three days after Christmas.

As a wedding gift from Sebastian, Charlie and
my mother went to Dollywood for their honeymoon. Sebastian couldn’t
stress enough that they could go anywhere for their honeymoon, but
my Momma always wanted to go to Dollywood and Charlie wanted to
take her there. They had a blast and Sebastian and I spent New
Years Eve in his bed on the estate.

The girls were excited to have me back, too.
Rachel and Michelle caught me up on everything I missed. It was
good to see them again. I was glad to talk with them but I was
still a little uncomfortable with having women in the house that
Sebastian has slept with.

Thankfully, Sebastian felt the same way. He
revamped his staff on the estate and gave the girls jobs on various
properties he owned all over Miami. This way, they still had secure
jobs and a place to stay, but we both weren’t forced to see the
constant reminder of his previous lifestyle.

Today is going to be a great day. One I’ve
been waiting for the past few weeks. I’m throwing bath salts in the
bath when Sebastian walks in to the master bathroom in just his
boxers.

“Good morning, Beautiful,” he says as he
kisses me tenderly and then leans down to kiss my belly. “How are
my two beautiful girls doing today?”

I roll my eyes at his cockiness, “We don’t
know if it’s a girl yet. Can you please wait until Dr. Patel tells
us the gender before you go tell everyone we are having a girl?
You’ll look pretty stupid if you’re wrong.”

He smiles wickedly at me as he drops his
boxers to the ground, “I’m never wrong.”

Sebastian scoops me up and places me into the
warm bubble bath. I scream out a giggle as my feet touch the
water.

“Sebastian, I’m still in my bra and panties.
Let me get undressed before you get me soaking wet.”

His eyes turn hooded as he slowly licks his
lips, “I’ll help you get undressed and then I’ll be more than happy
to help you get wet.”

His hands wrap around me as his fingers undo
the clasp of my bra. He pulls each strap down as he kisses my now
bare shoulders. My head goes back and my eyes close, and I’m lost
in the sensation of his touch. I’ve never been this turned on
before. Every moment, of every waking hour, I want him. If I could
stay in bed making love for the next few months until the baby
comes, I would. Even my dreams are erotic.

Sebastian’s fingers slip into the sides of my
panties as he brings them slowly down my legs. I help by stepping
out of them once the material hits my ankles. Sebastian throws my
panties to the ground and pulls us both down until our bodies are
submerged under water.

He moves me so I am lying on top of him, my
back to his chest. He pushes my hair off to the side and angles my
bare neck to his mouth.

“Sebastian, I don’t think we have time…” I
stop speaking as his mouth sucks on my neck and his hand dips to
rub my clit. He moves two fingers to separate my folds and suddenly
he thrusts them inside me. “Oh… yes,” I moan.

He brushes his lips against my neck as he
speaks, “What was that about not having time?”

I can feel him growing hard against my ass. I
lower my hand behind me and start to stroke his erection, “Nothing.
I was wrong, we have all the time in the world.”

I turn over in the water and start to kiss
him urgently. My hands, wet from the water, move up into his hair.
I give a small tug and Sebastian lets out a deep moan against my
mouth. His hands become more urgent as he grabs my hips and moves
me up his body. I part my legs and straddle his hips so I can feel
him hard beneath me.

This is our new favorite position. My belly
doesn’t get in the way when I’m on top and because the pregnancy
hormones make me extra horny, it gives me the illusion I’m in
control. In reality, Sebastian is calling the shots.

Sebastian grabs his cock and positions it at
my entrance. “Take me inside you, Baby. I want you to ride my dick,
and ride it hard.”

I love when he talks to me like this. I ease
done slowly on to him until I’m completely filled. Then I start to
move, hard. Sebastian is holding my hips as I move up and down his
length. I can feel him hitting just the right spot. One of his
hands moves down from my hip to gently stroke my clit. This is my
undoing.

My hands push down on his stomach and slowly
make their way up his chest until they are resting on his
shoulders. I ride him harder and with every thrust I can feel
myself getting closer. At this rate, I’ll be coming before he can
enjoy it.

I decide to be brave and do something that
will completely turn him on. I move one of my hands from his
shoulder and touch my stomach. I move my hand slowly up my body
until I reach my breasts. I start to grab and squeeze my breasts.
Playing with myself for his pleasure. The problem is, it’s turning
me on more, too. My nipples become impossibly harder and I’m doing
everything in my power not to come. My fingers move to one of my
nipples as I pinch and pull it.