A/N: Thanks to all my reviewers
Chapter 2
"Blake, what on earth have you been readin' for the past week?" Cricket asked her husband, as she turned over on her side in their massive bed to face him.
Blake gave her that slow sexy grin of his as he looked up from what he was reading. "I'm just readin' a baby book. It's been awhile since Alex was this little and I'm brushin' up." He explained to her.
Cricket couldn't help smiling at him. He was the perfect man for her in every way except for the fact that she just didn't turn him on. "Blake, you don't have to worry about your parentin' skills it's mine that need work."
Blake put his book down and motioned for her to scoot over next to him. Cricket crawled into his open arms and laid her head on his bare muscled chest. "Now, that is not my girl. You are a good momma and I don't want to hear you say that you aren't ever again."
"Blake, I just worry that maternal is not in my skill set. Face it Alexandra and I have a mutual respect for each other, but we are far from close. I actually would like to attempt bein' a mother this time." Cricket opened up to him.
Blake kissed her on top of her head. "You'll do just fine, because you have me and you always will." He told her knowing that she needed to hear that to ease her fears.
Cricket smiled again and snuggled closer to him. "So, what do you want this time, daddy, a boy or a girl?" she asked him.
Blake grinned so that all of his pearly white teeth showed. "I'd be happy with either, but the truth of the matter is I would really love to have a son." he admitted.
Cricket laughed at him. "That's the man in you. I can't count the number of times that my father has told me that he wished I would have been born a boy."
"You're perfect just the way you are and this baby will be too." Blake assured her resting his hand on her stomach.
Cricket reached up and cupped his face in her hand. "You are wonderful, you know that?" she asked him. Really he was perfect save for the fact that he didn't want her the way that she wanted him.
"So are you." Blake said kissing her head again.
Cricket felt like she was on fire just from him the mere act of him touching his lips to her skin. Her face flushed pink and the temperature in the room seemed to go up a few degrees. "You always know just what to say to make me feel good about myself." She said unable to lie still now. She started squirming around.
"I'm just so glad that you were willin' to give me another baby." Blake said wrapping his arms tighter around her.
"There's no one I'd rather have children with." Cricket told him her voice barely above a whisper. Her eyes had gone dark with lust. She didn't know where these feelings had come from all of a sudden.
Blake tilted her face up to his and he kissed her on the lips. It was the type of kiss the two of them rarely shared. "Tell me how to make it better." He told her. He recognized the change in her behavior as arousal. He knew from his reading that this was common for a pregnant woman and he would be damned if he let her be satisfied by any other man while she was carrying his child.
"Sweet Pea, you don't have to." Cricket protested when the only thing she wanted him to do was kiss her again.
Blake shook his head at her. "Yes I do, Muffin. Now, tell me how I can help." He ordered.
"Kiss me again please." Cricket begged him her need coming out in her voice.
Blake brought his lips down on hers passionately and he didn't balk when her tongue sought entrance into his mouth. "How was that?" he asked when he pulled away from her.
"That was amazin'." Cricket replied her arousal level had soared through the roof and she tugged on the front of her nightshirt.
"But, you're not satisfied." Blake ventured it was a statement not a question.
"Blake, you know better than anyone why you can't satisfy the urges I'm havin' right now." Cricket said not unkindly. She wanted more than anything for him to want her that way.
"If you don't have any objections to it, I would like to try to satisfy your urges. I know that I might not do as good a job as you are used to, but I want to do this for you." Blake replied feeling a case of the nerves setting in.
Cricket shook her head. "I have no objections, Blake. I'm all yours if you're sure you want to do this." She replied.
Blake grinned at her. "Let's see if I can get this right." He said before pulling her close and into another passionate kiss.
Cricket sat behind her desk studying her husband as he sat on the back of the couch that was there going through paperwork. Blake looked up and caught her staring and he felt a blush creep up his cheeks. "Do I have somethin' in my teeth?" he asked.
Cricket smiled at him. "No not at all, it's just that last night was perfect. You really took care of me." She gushed. She hated herself for putting so much stock in what had happened the night before. She knew that it wasn't going to change anything and it was only going to end up getting her hurt.
Blake gave her a dazzling smile. "I was happy to help you seemed kinda uncomfortable." He was being polite he didn't want to use the word for what she had been last night. And he actually had to admit to himself that last night had been pretty enjoyable for him as well.
"Thank you for wantin' to help. I would have never been able to sleep in the state that I was in." Cricket said looking down in embarrassment and clearing her throat.
"Cricket, look at me," Blake ordered his wife. He waited until she brought her eyes up to meet his before speaking again. "You have nothin' to be embarrassed about, I am your husband and that is my job you don't have to thank me."
Cricket licked her lips and stared into her husband's deep blue eyes. "Still I know that you weren't entirely comfortable last night. I know that my body repulses you and it was really nice of you to step outside of your comfort zone to take care of me."
Blake shook his head at her, "Your body does not repulse me, Cricket, you are beautiful don't ever let anyone tell you any different."
"But…but, you like men, Blake." Cricket stammered out her voice barely above a whisper.
"That doesn't mean I don't find you attractive, because you are. It just means things are more complicated for us than they should be." Blake said his voice tinged with regret. He really wished he could love her the way that she needed to be loved. She needed a man who would show her that she was worth more than what she could do for him.
Speaking of complicated Mason Massey breezed in at that moment both sparing Cricket from having to reply and taking her discomfort level up several notches.
Blake watched the pair stare at each other before clearing his throat and standing up. "I'll just leave you two alone. I'm sure that you have things to talk about." He said before exiting the room as quickly as he could.
"Mr. Massey, what can I do for you?" Cricket asked keeping her desk between the two of them for comfort.
Mason shot her a devilish smirk that made his pale blue eyes sparkle. "Come on, Mrs. Caruth, there is no need for us to be so formal with each other. I have a feelin' that we're gonna be really good friends."
"Oh I highly doubt that, Mr. Massey. And it's Mrs. Caruth-Reilly." Cricket corrected him.
"We have things to discuss and it would be a lot more pleasant if we could do this informally, Cricket." Mason told her with another smirk lighting his face.
"I don't know what we could possibly have to discuss, Mason." Cricket replied she felt herself flush from just saying his name. She knew what he wanted to talk about but she was trying her best to play it cool.
"So then I guess the name Booth Becker means nothin' to you?" Mason asked a cocky tone in his voice.
Cricket looked at him with her face set in a hard line. "I can't say that it does."
Mason perched on the edge of her desk so that he was looking in her eyes. "I think it does, as a matter of fact I think you know that he and your husband had a very special relationship." He ventured.
Cricket glared at him. She was very protective of Blake, he had always been good to her and what's more she really didn't mind keeping his secret for him. "I don't think I like what you're insinuatin' about my husband. I will have you know that he and I are expectin' a baby together, so it would be wise if you kept accusations like that to yourself." She was one tough cookie. She didn't get where she was by just rolling over every time someone threatened her.
"Ok, we'll play it your way for now, but know I'll be back, Cricket. All I'm askin' for is one lunch date. You agree to that and all of this goes away." Mason told her bluntly.
"I think we both know that that's not gonna happen, Mason. And if you ever threaten me or my husband again I will ruin you." Cricket replied in kind. She wasn't going to let yet another man bully her into something. She had gotten more than enough of that from her father over the years.
"Sure, sure," Mason grinned as he turned to walk away. "I'll be seein' you 'round, Cricket Caruth." He walked out with a smug smile on his face clearly very pleased with himself.
Cricket screwed her eyes shut tight and sighed. If she could go back in time and stop the kiss between them from happening she would. She had never before cared for any of her other outside interests, but for some reason she cared about him.
"You ok, Crick?" Blake asked walking back into her office.
Cricket smiled at her husband weakly. "I'm fine, just fightin' off a bout of mornin' sickness even though it's one in the afternoon."
Blake walked to her and rubbed her back. "That's to be expected it just means that the baby's healthy and we want that." he grinned at her.
"Yeah, that is good." Cricket agreed her voice low.
"Crick, you don't have to lie to me, how bad is it?" Blake asked. He would do everything in his power to make sure that his secret didn't affect his family.
"He wants to have lunch with me. He's threatenin' to expose you if I don't. Don't worry though, I'm gonna shut him down it's just me, you, and these kids I promise." Cricket replied strengthening her voice for his sake.
"Cricket, if it's too much stress on you I can handle him." Blake offered he didn't want anything stressing her while she was pregnant.
"No, it'll be fine, Sweet Pea, I can handle him it isn't too much stress. Don't worry so much I promise you I feel fine and the baby is fine." Cricket assured him knowing what he was worried about.
Blake rested his hand protectively on her stomach. "Daddy just wants to make sure that momma and his baby are ok." He told her.
"There is nothin' for you to worry about, daddy, momma and your baby are both fine." Cricket promised him.
Blake looked at her like he didn't believe her. "Ok, I trust you to handle this how you see fit. Just know that you can come to me if you need me." he told her.
"I know, Blake," Cricket said giving him a reassuring smile.
A/N: Here is the next chapter I hope you guys enjoyed it, until next time please review.
