When the day met the night

30

We had seen each other as often as we could, and despite his busy schedule and my promotion for the series we had managed. He had arrived for the premiere of the series, I was grateful, the last thing I wanted was to go alone, especially now that my belly was much bigger. I felt so conspicuous. "You look so sexy Harper" he murmured into my ear, then nuzzled my neck as the car drove us to Tower of London where the premier was taking place. I smiled at him, "thank you, I feel so big" I sighed even though the doctor and Jared constantly assured me that the baby was the perfect size. "Well you're not, your perfect" he said kissing me. His hand moved across my belly and the baby immediately started moving, he beamed as it pushed against his hand. "Hi there jellybean" he grinned. I smiled at his reaction. We arrived and slowly made our way to the press area and posed for the photographers. The flashes were blinding as they took countless photos and shouted to us to turn this way and that. A few hours later after the screening had finished, we milled around the pavilion talking to the handful of select reporters allowed in. Thank goodness Jared was there, he fielded off questions about the baby and us like a seasoned professional. I smiled and kept to answering questions about the series. "Should we go?" Jared said in a low voice, "I want to get you out of that dress and into bed, I have plans for you" his smile was so sexy that I immediately became impatient to be alone together, contemplating what he had in store. Just as I was about to answer I heard a voice that made my hair stand on end. "Harper, well well, look at you" fuck! I turned slowly to look at him. "Matthew" I said curtly, I'd been warned he might be there. I squeezed Jared's hand tightly trying to remain passive. "Well introduce me won't you" he said with a fake smile, I gritted my teeth, "Jared this is Matthew and I'm sure Jared needs no introduction" I said beaming at Jared. He stuck out his hand, but Jared ignored it, instead draping his arm around my neck. "I've heard a lot about you" he said, disgust dripping from every word. "Really? All good I hope" Jared didn't answer, he just stared him down, Matthew forced a laugh. I smiled, a sarcastic smile. "Did you like the series?" I said dismissing his comment. "It was tolerable I guess, I've never really been into historical dramas, but I couldn't pass up the opportunity to see you, I must say there was definitely an improvement in your, performance" he said with a nasty smile. I felt the anger start to radiate from Jared, his arm tightening around my shoulder. "Well I have you to thank Mathew" I said, he raised his eyebrows questioningly, "thank me? What for?", "well you know having to fake all those orgasms and pretending to enjoy your ... well let's call it attempts, helped my performance like you wouldn't believe, it came in very useful, thankfully I have no need to use my acting skills outside of my work anymore and I'm so lucky I met this gorgeous man, he introduced me to the big, wide, world ...." I said in a loud voice. His mouth dropped and his face went beet red. "Nice to see you, we were just leaving" I said grinning up at Jared and pulling him away. Laughter bubbled out it me and had to stifle it so I wouldn't attract too much attention. "Ouch you were nasty, I'd hate to be on the receiving end of that, you're lucky you stepped in when you did cause I would have fucking punched him in his smug face" he gritted. "No need, I was prepared for his crap this time" I grinned. He leaned close to my ear, "I hope you never have to act with me" he whispered, I turned and wrapped my arms around his neck. "Jared you blow my mind every fucking time" I whispered in a sexy voice. "Speaking of blowing ... that's exactly where I want you, down on your knees" he said into my ear, I nodded, "mmm ... can we go, now?" I demanded. He grinned widely, "let's get out of here".

I looked at the time on my phone, half an hour till we landed, thank goodness. My back ached, I needed to stretch and walk. LA, again, I hadn't wanted to come but Jared begged me to accompany him to fashion week. Lucy agreed, she said it would be great publicity for me, so here I was. The bump was kicking, I smiled putting my hand on it, I wondered what Jared would think, he saw photos everyday but it was different to seeing it up close. We hadn't seen each other for about 3 weeks. We had met in Italy while the band was touring. It was tiring though, they were always rushing and it was so fast paced I found it hard to keep up with them. I walked out, scanning the crowd for his face, we locked eyes and I smiled, my heart fluttering at the sight of him. He walked over, wrapping his arms around me, "oh my God, look at the bump!" he laughed. I saw people with their phones out taking shots, I sighed, it was part of life when we were together, we ignored them and walked off.

"Sit down" he said when we got to his place, "No, I'm so stiff I want to walk, my back is killing me" I said walking around the kitchen, getting a drink. I stood there looking in the fridge, I screwed up my nose, "there's nothing in here I want to eat" I said. He stood next to me, "yes there is" he started grabbing things showing me everything in there. I shook my head, "no I don't want any of that" I walked away. "What do you want, I'll go get it, or we can go out and eat" he said closing the fridge. "I don't know, nothing, I'm not hungry now" I said. He sighed, "Harper you're giving me whiplash, you were hungry a minute ago" I shook my head smiling, "I'm going to sit down" I held out my hand, he took it and we went into the lounge to sit on the couch. His hand went straight to the bump, as though it knew it started to move. Jared's face lit up, he loved it, he could sit there for ages, waiting for it to move and push on his hand. His phone rang, but he ignored it so I answered it, it was his mother. "Hi Harper, you got here okay?" "Hello, yes I'm fine, I'm just tired and my back hurts, are you going to come over?" I said, "well I thought I might pop around tomorrow, give you two some time alone" we talked some more then hung up. I leant over and kissed him, I pulled his hand off the bump, I wanted his full attention. "I want you inside me, so bad" I whispered against his lips, he chuckled, "still horny as hell? glad to hear it, I'm sure I can oblige ma'am" he said in a southern drawl, I giggled. "Yes, it's getting worse" I said, my lips crushing his, my tongue slipped into his mouth. "Do you have any new toys for us to play with?" I whispered on his lips, he raised an eyebrow giving me a scorching gaze that had me squirming. "As a matter of fact I have, I think you'll really like this one....." he said with a very wicked grin. He had introduced me, very slowly to a whole other side of him, to toys I knew of, but never had anyone I wanted to try them with. But with him, I was open to everything. He made me trust him in a way I had never trusted anyone before, and he made me feel beautiful and confident in myself. I had a hard time curbing my desire for him, I wanted him all the time, when we weren't together, my body craved him so much, it would drive me insane. We sat there kissing for what seemed like ages. He finally pulled away, "cmon I'm hungry, let's find you what you want to eat then we can go to bed" he said with a sexy grin.

I walked out of the bathroom drying my hair with a towel. He was sitting up in bed, he looked up and gave me that beautiful smile that made my heart skip a beat. "Photo" he said holding up his phone, "no I've got nothing on" I protested, "I'll zoom in to the bump, it's okay" I groaned and turned to my side. I sank down onto the bed next to him, he put his hand on the bump, I sighed, I couldn't begrudge him the opportunity to feel the baby kicking, he loved it so much. I loved the bump, but right now, I wanted his attention. He was planting little kisses across my belly, his beard tickling me and I started laughing. "What's funny?" he said looking up, "your beard is tickling me" I said slipping my hand into his hair playing with it "come up here" I said softly, he moved so we were face to face. I leant in and kissed him, my hand on his neck pulling him close, his tongue slipped into my mouth, meeting mine, his kisses deepened and we lay back, his hand trailed down my neck and slowly down over my belly, he stopped kissing me and laughed. "What is it?" I said, "it kicked again" "okay well why don't I just go to sleep and you can just lie there feeling it kick all night" I said turning onto my side frustratedly. "Hey, what's wrong?" he said gently pulling my shoulder so I would turn back to face him, but I kept my back to him. "Nothing, nothing's wrong, I'm tired" I said, I exhaled, not able to hide my annoyance. "No turn over and talk to me, please" he said. I slowly turned back, and sat up looking at the window, avoiding his gaze. "It will never ever be just you and me again, I'm okay with that, but I want you to be here with me, only me, just forget the bump for a while, I know it's hard to because it's right here" I said, my hands motioned around the bump, "and I love that you love it, but right now, I just want you to want me, I want your full attention" I didn't have the courage to look at him. He grasped my chin turning it to face him, "Is that it? Are you done? Okay, are you fucking kidding me? I want you now more than ever, whenever we aren't together, I'm thinking about you and when I'll see you again, how beautiful you look, I worry that you're tired or I'll hurt you, I know that I get sidetracked by the bump but I feel like I'm constantly making up for the time I lose when I'm not there" he pulled my face towards his, and brushed my lips with his, wiping the tears with his fingers. I finally looked at him, he was smiling, God that smile made me melt. I wiped my face smiling back, "okay so now that's out of the way, ahh I believe you said something along the lines of, I want you inside me so bad" and with that, he pushed me back onto the bed, before I could blink his finger had slipped inside me and I was at his mercy, and in heaven, it was pure ecstasy.