Bear My Babies

Chapter 9

This was not over. Thomas watched Bruce walk away, his face hard, and there was nothing he could do about it. He couldn’t follow him out and find out what his relationship with Melissa was. At the moment, making sure Melissa was okay was his main priority. He knew how her anxiety would overtake her, and he didn’t want her to go into another attack. Bruce would have to wait for another day.

He wasn’t sure how he felt about the relief he felt when he realized that Bruce was a doctor. A doctor that had been assisting Melissa in her injections. The jealousy he felt was unwanted when he heard them on the phone talking about spending the day together. He had thought he heard sarcasm hinted in her voice, but the heat the jealousy caused wouldn’t let him think straight. He still wasn’t happy when they embraced as soon as she noticed he was at her office.

The moment he saw Bruce’s arms wrapped around her, a primal urge to pull her away from him and claim her as his swarmed him. He had to stop the bear inside of him from turning loose. It was obvious Bruce cared for her in more than just a friendly way. In that moment, he decided to he was going to start taking care of her the way he should have the second she agreed to have his baby. He wanted to wait and ease her into his help, but that option left the building as soon as her arms accepted Bruce.

When he mentioned that his crew was coming in to fix her office, he expected resistance. He saw it in her eyes when she told him she didn’t need him to help her, but he wasn’t backing down. When she agreed to let him help without much of a fight, Thomas realized how much this break-in had messed with her. The normal self-assured, independent doctor was reduced to a scared, lost little girl. He didn’t like it, and he was going to fix it as fast as he could.

Out of the corner of his eye, he watched Melissa move around the wreckage and go toward the back of her office. He turned to follow, but not before Tilly shot him a saucy wink. He smiled at her and threw one back at her. At least he knew he had Tilly on his side. As he followed the steady clip of Melissa’s heels, his eyes strayed to the mess around him. When he re-read the message left on the wall, he saw red. Someone was messing with the wrong bear. He had waited too long and wanted this baby too much for someone to threaten what they were doing. Melissa was giving him a child. The one thing nobody else was able to do. And nobody threatened his child.

Melissa stopped in front of an overhead drawer and leaned her forehead against it. Thomas watched her shoulders drop in defeat. Without thought of what he was doing, he walked over to her and placed his hands on her shoulders. Her body tensed under his hold. After a second, she exhaled loudly and leaned into his chest allowing herself to be held up by his strength.

Thomas’ heart sped up as he held her. The urge to pick her up and throw her over his shoulder until he got her somewhere safe took hold in his head. He wanted to take care of her and the thought terrified him.

“I set up dinner with my parents on Friday. They would really like to meet you.” Thomas’ bear sat up and beat its chest wanting him to say so much more. He needed to get himself in check before he did something stupid.

Melissa’s head nodded on his chest, her hair rubbing against it and as embarrassing as it was his body started to respond to her closeness. He needed to get laid so he could get these thoughts he shouldn’t be having out of his head. His date with Hilary needed to hurry up and get here. He tried to convince himself his reaction to Melissa was purely due to the fact he hadn’t been with a woman since they started this whole baby thing.

“I think we should have s*x on Wednesday,” Melissa said, shocking him out of his thoughts of Hilary.

His body seized up for a second as her words settled in his head. “I thought we were going to wait a while?” Thomas wanted to smack himself on the forehead. This is what he wanted and he was trying to talk her out of it.

“Thomas, you had two men attack you last night and warn you off our plans. My office has been demolished, and from what they painted on the walls, they are not okay with us doing this. I’m not sure who is doing this, but I have a feeling they aren’t going to stop their threats. I would like to get started as soon as possible. Time is no longer on our side.”

Melissa sounded weary and Thomas’ arms wound around her waist pulling her as close as he could.

“I have a date with Hilary on Thursday.” Why did he say that? He couldn’t believe how bad he was handling this whole situation.

After he spoke, it was Melissa’s turn to stiffen. He silently cursed himself for telling her about Hilary. And he mentally slugged himself in the nuts when he held his breath, hoping she would tell him not to go and stay with her. This girl was getting to him in the worst way, and for the moment he didn’t want to fight it. He was putting the ball in her court, and hoped she would take it.

“That’s fine. It’s not going to take two days of intercourse to get me pregnant. I will take my major injections today and give it a day to take its course. They make me sleepy for over twenty-four hours, so I will be completely recovered by Wednesday. One or two ejaculations should be sufficient and then you can go on your date with Hilary.”