"As much as I want to come inside you . . ." Jacob murmured against her shoulder before he pulled out. She felt the warm bursts of his cum against her ass as he groaned into her hair.
Amanda's post-orgasm daze lifted quickly when she realized what had happened. "Shit, Jacob! You weren't wearing a condom?"
"You had to know that," he said. "You're the one who forced me inside you that way."
It wasn't a lie. She had jerked his trunks down, taken his bare cock in her hand, and pressed it inside her. She obviously hadn't been thinking clearly.
"I pulled out in time," he said, rubbing his still hard cock against her ass. "And being inside you felt amazing. Don't make me regret it."
"You'll regret it if I get pregnant," she said.
"I won't," he whispered, pressing tender kisses along her shoulder. He brushed her hair aside and continued up her throat, his mouth igniting a trail of pleasure toward her ear. "I'd be the happiest man on earth."
What? Her brain struggled mightily with his claim. First he said he loved her and now he was thinking that making babies with her was a good idea? Was he out of his fucking mind?
"Daddy!" Julie called from inside the house. "Where are you? I had an accident in my bed."
"I'll be right there, princess," he said. He adjusted his trunks to leave the pool. "Accidents happen."
Amanda turned and slumped against the pool wall, her bare breasts concealed beneath the sparkling blue water and watched him-dripping wet and more gorgeous with every breath-enter the house. When he loved someone, this man was all in. No reservations. No fear. But was Amanda ready to plan a future with Jacob when she couldn't imagine telling her sister that she even talked to him?
"Oh, Jacob," she whispered. "How will this ever work?"
Chapter Thirteen
Jacob handed Julie her stuffed monkey and set her bag on the floorboard of the SUV. He squatted down in front of her next to her mother's car and stroked her silky hair, her smooth cheek. "I'll call you this week when I can."
"Okay, Daddy. I know you'll be singing a lot." Their schedules never seemed to mesh. When he was bored on the bus or in his hotel room, Julie was busy with school and activities. When she had free time in the evenings and before bed, Jacob was preparing for shows, dealing with bullshit, and entertaining the fans.
Julie kissed him with sticky smacking lips and gave him a huge hug before climbing into the back seat of her mother's SUV.
"Did you have fun with Daddy?" Tina asked as she fastened Julie into her booster seat.
"Oh yes. We went to Aunt Mander's zoo and then the other zoo that has just one lephalant and we had a tea party and Daddy singed me a song and then I went swimming and-"
"That's nice," Tina said as she shut the car door.
"Did you want me to swing by your house to pick her up weekend after next?" Jacob asked. He missed the kid already, and she was only a few feet away.
"I'll just drop her off," Tina said with an annoyed huff. "Can't seem to rely on anyone but myself."
Jacob bit his tongue so he didn't remind her that he had offered to pick up Julie, but she had refused because she hadn't wanted to "deal with him."
"What time?" Jacob asked.
Tina shrugged. "Whenever I get around to it. You'll wait."
He would wait, but it grated on his last nerve that Tina would consciously use that fact just to annoy him. Why couldn't she be more reasonable, like her sister? How could two people with such similar genetic makeup, who'd been raised in the same household, be so very different?
Tina touched his arm and leaned closer. So close, he caught the familiar scent of her perfume. He fought the urge to step back. A year ago, he might have considered this an opening to get close to her, to win her back. But now? Now he didn't want to win her back. If not for Julie, he'd have gone out of his way to avoid his ex entirely.
"I guess I'll see you in a couple weeks," she said. "Maybe . . ." She blinked up at him with a set of beguiling blue eyes. "Maybe we can take Julie somewhere together or something."
"I don't think that's a good idea." He wondered how pissed Tina would be if he told her that Amanda was the only woman he wanted to go on outings with. He kept silent, though. Julie was sure to drop enough hints that Tina would figure their situation out very soon, and he was pretty sure Amanda would forgive a four-year-old for being unable to keep their secrets. He wasn't so sure she'd forgive him, however. He didn't have the excuse of being a child. He should know better than to intentionally stir up shit.
"Well, think about it," Tina said. Before he could say anything else, she reached up to touch his cheek with her fingertips. She stared into his eyes for a long moment before slowly backing away as if she didn't want to lose contact with his skin.