Chapter Fifteen Susannah The hard, hot length of Ward’s c**k pressed against my low belly. Despite his order to ignore it, I couldn’t. Need unspooled inside, spiraling through me. A full body flush bloomed, my s*x clenching. I could feel the slick heat of my desire, my panties wet just from the feel of him. I was so rattled inside and out — from Ward, the effect he had on me, my pregnancy, and a jumble of overwhelming feelings. It unsettled me to savor his protectiveness and high handedness. I’d never have expected myself to want to sink into a man like that. I wanted nothing more than to let him sweep me into his embrace and make everything okay. When I was wrapped in his heat and warmth, that was how I felt—safe, protected, as if the rest of the world didn’t exist and everything would