A Mother Before A Mate
Chapter 25

We spend the rest of the day unpacking. By 5:15 pm, everything is unpacked, and we're starting to get hungry. Jack pulls out a binder full of takeout menus and tells me to choose.

"How often do you use this binder," I ask.

"Basically every day," he admits, with no shame.

'Really?"

"I told you, aside from bacon and eggs, I'm useless in the kitchen."

I think it's kind of cute for some reason, and I replace myself laughing. I open the fridge, and there's tons of food in it. "Why is there so much food in here, if you don't cook?"

"I told someone to stock the fridge up for me yesterday. We're a family now. Families don't just have condiments and beer in the fridge."

"You really thought this through, us moving here," I smile. "Look, there's so much food, we don't need to order anything. Is there anything you don't like?"

He pauses to think, and shakes his head. "Nothing that I can think of."

I make my way to the pantry he showed me earlier. I see buns in there and grab them.

"What are you doing?" He asks.

"Making dinner."

"Well, can I help you with something?"

I pull the corn in the cob out of the fridge, asparagus, and ground beef.

"Do you know how to use that beautiful grill out there?" I ask with a smirk.

He rolls his eyes, "Yes!" I don't know what it is with men and their grills.

"Ok, well if you want to go and make sure it's cleaned and heated up, I'll get these made into burgers."

"MMM.." he smiles broadly, and it's so contagious. I can't help but smile too.

"Do you want to come outside with me, Molly?" he asks, and she runs out with him. I get the corn on first, and then I mix and make the hamburger patties. Once they're all made on a plate, I freeze some extra for an easy dinner another day. I'm always freezing premade dinner stuff. As a Mom, it's always nice to have something frozen and easy for dinner. Then I prep the asparagus for the BBQ.

I bring out the plate to Jack, and he's playing catch with a beach ball with Molly. She's not catching it at all, but she's excited to be trying, and throwing it back. They're only standing 5 or 6 feet apart. They're too cute. I put the plates beside the BBQ, and give Jack cooking instructions for the asparagus, and head back inside.

I set the table, and get the burger condiments we need on the table. I tidy along the way. I put the corn in a serving dish, and just as I'm about to head back to see how the burgers are coming, Jack is opening the back door with a plate full of cooked food. We enjoyed our first dinner together in our home. How crazy is that? After dinner, we finish cleaning together while Molly ran around loving all the space in here.

Jack decided to heads to his office to catch up on some work since he missed a few days, while I give Molly a bath and got her ready for bed. When she's all tucked in, I head downstairs, but Jack is on the phone in his office, so I decide to take a relaxing bubble bath. The tub in our ensuite looks amazing, and I've been dying to try it out. I put some music on my phone, and soak in the hot bath and it's so relaxing and satisfying. I open my eyes when I smell my delicious mate. He's leaning against the door frame. "You look like you're going to fall asleep," he smirks.

"No, just relaxing. Wanna join me? There's pleeeenty of room," I say to convince him, but he doesn't need much convincing, because he starts stripping down. He's gorgeous from head to toe, and I can't even help how hard I'm checking him out. I look at his face, and he's wearing a cocky smirk, obviously noticing me being a total perv. Feeling a tiny bit embarrassed, I just chuckle.

He gets in the tub and sits behind me, and I lean against him, with my back on his chest. The feeling of our naked bodies together is erotic enough as it is, but his hands are quickly trailing all over my body, and he starts kissing my neck. The sparks are everywhere, and the water doesn't stop the fire that's burning inside of me. I'm soon panting, and then one of his hands makes its way to my bud, and he starts rubbing it, and I've lost all control. I reach my hand behind his head and lean up to kiss him. Soon, I'm moaning into his lips while I feel his hard c**k on my back, and I can't take it anymore.

I turn around, and I straddle him. I slowly slide him inside of me, and he looks at me with hooded eyes "f**k, Lex," he groans. His eyes are black, and it turns me on so much. I don't even care that he's not wearing protection, if anything the thought of him spilling his seed in to me turns me on even more. I want his babies.

I ride him, and everything feels so good. He has one of his hands on my a*s, and the other on my back, as he kisses my neck. He pulls away, to make eye contact, "I want to mark you," he rasps.

"Do it!" I moan.

"Are you sure?" he asks, searching my eyes.

"Please Jack!" I beg. He mutters a curse under his breath and starts to kiss my neck.

I'm so turned on by the intensity of our love, and what it means for him to mark me. I feel his fangs rub against my neck, and I know it's going to happen. My fingers are pressing into his back, trying to contain myself. His fangs pierce my skin, I let out a loud moan, and he growls into my skin, and we both end together. He lets go of my neck and licks the bite mark to seal it.

We're both breathing hard trying to catch our breath, and when he's done, I rest my head on his shoulder, coming down from a high like I have never experienced before. Jack's trailing his fingertips along my back and kissing the side of my head. "Did it hurt?"

"Mmm, no. Not at all," I chuckle. "It was like an intense full-body o****m," I tell him.

"My turn," he smiles, and I chuckle at his eagerness. I make my way to his neck and start by just kissing to tease him. I nibble a little, and when I'm ready, I feel my fangs elongate, and I bite into his lower neck. He groans loudly, and he's breathing hard. It feels so good that I was able to make him feel what he made me feel. I let go and lick my bite mark to seal it.

His head is leaning back, and his eyes are closed while he's trying to catch his breath. I can't help but smile. He doesn't move, but he starts talking. "I love you, more than I could ever explain," he confesses.

"You don't need to explain, I know. I love you just as much." We relax for a few minutes, and then we have a shower together to wash up.

I dry off, and crawl into bed naked with Jack. I grab my phone. "What are you doing?" He asks.

"Grace told me about this app. It didn't mean much at the time, but now it does. It's an ovulation app. We didn't use protection, and I want to know if I can get pregnant. You put in the day of your last period, and then it tells me what days I should be fertile. Is that TMI?" I ask.

He furrows his brows, "Babe, I'm a man. A period isn't TMI," he states plainly.

"Okay, good!"

He cuddles in beside me, looking at my phone as I put in my details.

"How would you feel if you were pregnant? I should have talked to you about this before I ...," I cut him off because I know where he's going with this. He's putting all the blame on himself.

"Hey, I was thinking about you doing it, and it was turning me on. We are both in this together. If I didn't want you to, I wouldn't have let you mark me ungloved. I knew what I was getting myself into... and I liked it," I smirk and kiss him on the cheek. He smiles, and I can tell he feels better. I can sorta even feel it. "But you still didn't answer my question about a baby," he states.

"Well, I feel ready, but I also feel like maybe waiting a little might be better for Molly. So many changes at once, I don't want to overwhelm her. What about you?" I ask.

"We already have one, so I'm ready to start whenever you are. I get what you're saying about Molly though, so how long should we wait?" he asks. Hearing him say he's ready has me feeling pretty great.

"A few months anyways. How many kids do you want?" I rebut.

"I don't have a number in mind, but I don't have siblings, and I always wish I did. I also see how close you and Lev are, I want our kids to have siblings, but that's ultimately your decision. You have to do all the heavy lifting in that department. How many do you want?"

"I don't know. Maybe 2 or 3 more?" He smiles, and pulls me close and kisses my head.

"I can't wait to see your belly swollen, carrying our pup," he beams. I give him a sweet kiss.

"Well, you might get your wish sooner than planned. Let's finish filling this out and see what it says." I finish and see that if my cycle is on track, and I'm not late at all I should be safe. My last fertile day was 5 days ago. "Okay so if we just use protection for a few days before and a few days after my fertile days, we should be safe," I explain.

"Really? So we can be...unsafe for the other 3 weeks of the month?" His brows raise with excitement.

I nod. "If you want to get me pregnant in a few months, it doesn't make sense for me to do a hormonal birth control." He's really happy about all the days he's allowed to be unsafe, and says he's fine with whatever I choose.