TIFFIN 3

65

Yes. Hero was here. This was not a dream. 

Though I was flabbergasted at his sudden appearance, I'd imagined this reunion going differently. In my wildest imaginations, he would have looked as delicious as ever, with all his tattoos on display.

Though he did look as hot as sin, he adorned a long-sleeved shirt and pants that covered it all. 

In his time away from me, he seemed to have gotten scruffier, his hair reaching past his ears and a five o'clock shadow marring his face.

This, however, didn't take from his bad-boy image with all his piercings glinting in the sun that was now setting in the distance and his steely gaze.  

Like a starved animal, his eyes drifted over my curvaceous body, taking in every facet. Well good. It was good to know I still affected him in such a way. Like the traitors they were, my nipples hardened into erect pebbles, showing through my dress. 

Fuck. 

Unfortunately, as his gaze reached- what should have been a somewhat toned torso- my protruding belly, the insatiable expression disappeared completely. Instead, I was met with a haunted look. Crap. No. This was not how I wanted him to view me. 

"You're back," Was all I could muster to say. 

Hero's eyes were still glued to my pregnant belly. 

"You look... well... different..."

I didn't feel like elaborating on this with him. The anger that had dissipated along with Kylie's safety had now reared its fucking ugly head again. And for a damn good reason. 

"You have some nerve showing up here," I hissed. 

Hero stumbled as if I'd hit him with a crowbar.

"Excuse me?"

Every one of my friends stood silently, munching on their ribs as if they were popcorn. 

I did my best to stomp over to get in his personal bubble, but it only resulted in a miserable waddle. 

"Mere weeks after we get married, you insist that you made a mistake and leave me alone on that stupid rock of yours and now you show up like everything is normal?"

Hero scoffed, throwing his hands in the air. 

"Here, I thought you'd be glad to see me."

"Glad to see you?" I screeched. "You have no idea what I've been through! While you were probably off sticking your dick who knows where, trying to find yourself, I've been suffering!"

This caused him to glower. 

"You think that's what I've been doing?"

Niall now stood, clearing his throat. 

"You can't quite blame her, can you man? You did disappear off the planet of the damn earth without contacting anyone."

Hero looked like he wanted to throw in the towel at Niall's response, but he managed to calm his nerves. With a look at my belly one last time, he grabbed ahold of my arm. 

"Baby, we have shit to talk about. Come. We need a more private place to discuss what has been happening." 

Just as I dug my heels into the ground, Jo approached us, baring her teeth. 

"She doesn't need the stress, Hero."

He didn't back down. 

"This doesn't concern you, Josephine. I suggest you back the fuck off; you won't like me in about ten seconds."

Before anyone could do something they'd regret, I stepped between them. 

"Just stop it! Both of you!"

Out of the blue, I lurched forward.

Jo lunged for me. 

"Kristina, are you okay?"

"Yes... yes. The baby just kicked. She... she is restless."

I instantly clapped my mouth shut. Oh no. The surprise was now ruined. 
Josephine's eyebrows drew up. She then jumped up and down excitedly. 

"Oh my god, guys! The gender is female! Kristina is going to have a little girl!"

Everyone started cheering and screaming, allowing me an exit. With a nod at Hero, we both headed inside, closing the door behind us. It was dead silent for a bit until he spoke. 

"You're pregnant?" He breathed. 

I looked down at my bare feet. 

"Yes, I am. I'm sorry if it's shocking for you." 

Hero reached out for me tentatively, then retracted immediately. 

"Whose... whose is it...?"

I gasped. 

"Of course it's yours. Why would you even ask that?" 

He shrugged. 

"I don't know. I mean, you were on birth control with me and... I saw you on the news with that sleazy ex-boss of yours and the prick that tried to get a job at our company." 

Oh. Well, a lot had changed since he'd been around. He wasn't going to like it at all.

"Hero, Eli did get the job at the company." 

His face grew dark.

"What?"

I took a deep breath. 

"I got mad at you for leaving and hired him." 

Hero ran his hands through his mussed hair, his reply ripping through the air like a whip. 

"Fuck! I should have known there was a reason you were on those damn shows together!"

I let out a small laugh, which he didn't take too kindly. 

"What was I supposed to do? You left me the company on my own and I couldn't stand by and allow his well-being to be in shambles especially after he helped me so much in the past."

Hero glared.

"Oh, I can think of a few more ways he helped you. Tell me, Kristina, did you let Cole fuck you too?"

Wait, he was still caught up on- oh, what if he had seen my kiss with Cole on air? Or in the tabloids?

"Hero... you told me to move on. I did just that. They both asked me on dates and I attended but... They just weren't you."

Hero's eyes grew stormy. He slowly made his way to me as a hunter would do to his prey. My god. Was this what I had been missing? My domineering husband, unwilling to take no for an answer?

My thighs clenched as I felt myself grow wet at the sign of his tongue licking his snake bites. 

"So, you're telling me you haven't allowed anyone to fuck you? No one's licked every inch of this delectable body? No man has buried his seed inside you? But me?"

I shook where I stood unable to control my reaction to him. 

"No. Are you mad that I am pregnant? I can explain..."

When Hero finally reached me, he simply hauled me over his shoulder, slapping me on the ass. Hard. He then dug his fingers into the flesh. 

"Not right now. It doesn't matter. I have plans for my wife." 

I barely had time to acknowledge anything he just said before he dropped me onto our bed. 

"What are you doing?" I asked, not wanting to read too much into things. 

My husband, being the horny man he was, hiked my skirt up over my thick thighs and drug my panties off with his teeth. 

"I'm going to eat that gorgeous pussy."

Well, it's official!!

Hero and Kristina are having a girl!!

As you could see, they're back in action, bickering and making up as usual.