AN: This chapter contains some Brio smut so the rating for this work has been bumped up to M. Hopefully people will still be able to find it because reviews/faves/follows fuel me! I hope you enjoy!

Over the next few months, Beth had handled things little by little. She first told Dean so he could find a place to live. They decided not to discuss divorce right away. She then told the children who were thrilled about having a baby in the house soon, but looked a little crushed and a lot confused when she explained to them that their dad wasn't the baby's dad. That information sparked a million and one questions and led to them meeting Rio, which was not even a little awkward. Beth couldn't be happier than she was when Rio came over and had dinner and spent time with her and the kids. But outside of the house was completely different.

Other people weren't privy to the same Rio that she was. So people were afraid of him from things they'd heard and honestly probably experienced firsthand. Parents would stare at them if Rio came with Beth to one of the kids' games or school functions. She would hear the things people said as she walked by in the grocery store or at a PTA meeting because no one cared enough to try and whisper.

There was only one thing hurt her more: the argument. It happened nearly every time the kids weren't around. The last thing she wanted to do was keep Rio out of Lia's life and if she was honest with herself, she probably wouldn't have the heart to do it anyway. But she needed him to stop with the drugs, the counterfeit money, and anything else he was into that he was probably hiding from her. It was important to her that she and her kids were never caught up in that and were never in any danger. Not even the slightest chance of it. Their last argument was the worst one yet so they hadn't seen each other in almost a week. She was shocked when he popped up after she put the kids to bed.

"They've been asking about you." she said quietly, fixing herself a mug of warm milk and cinnamon.

"Yeah? Look, I'm sorry things got heated the other night."

"Rio, you keep apologizing and nothing is changing." She immediately realized that, that wasn't entirely true. He had changed a lot in order to be around Beth and her children. She always held back her tears until he left when they argued, but she couldn't anymore. She looked at him from across the kitchen island.

"You have no idea how much it scares me to think about having her," she started, placing a hand on her belly, "Then losing you. Someone could hurt you, the FBI could be on your trail again, anything. Do you want to leave us behind? I don't care about the money, it's you that I need. We need you." She turned around and leaned against the island.

He went and stood in front of her, wiping the tears from her face.

"Why don't you understand that I need you to love us more than you love whatever's out there?" she asked, looking him in the eyes.

Rio shook his head. "I do. I'll figure something out. Just don't cry and don't ever think that what's out there is more important than what's here. You understand me?"

"Yeah." she answered, nodding her head. She grabbed his jacket and pulled him closer to her. "I'm not trying to turn you into a different person, I just want my children and our child to be okay and to always have us."

"Me too." he whispered, closing the space between them and kissing her softly.

She stuck her hand down into his sweatpants, gripping his cock through his briefs. It made him shiver and she moaned into his mouth. Sex lately had been a hit or miss because like most first time dads, Rio was afraid of having sex while Beth was pregnant. But all fear left him when he opened up Beth's robe and saw her bare body. He always joked that he didn't think her breasts could get any bigger, but he was glad to have been wrong.

"They hurt so be gentle." she instructed him, feeling him getting hard in her grip.

He softly caressed the sides of them, hands then roaming down the sides of her belly and landing on her hips. They couldn't take it anymore; they rushed upstairs, Rio shedding shoes and clothing on the way. Beth grabbed a pillow and put it at the foot of her bed before lying down on it. Legs spread wide open, she brought a hand down to her wetness, fingers collecting the slickness that was at her entrance and dragging it to her clit. She massaged herself, moaning as quietly as she could. Rio ridded himself of his last piece of clothing, his briefs, and positioned the head of his erect penis at Beth's entrance. She caught him glancing at her belly.

"We won't hurt her." she assured him before he slowly entered her. He had been missing the feel of her warmth wrapped tightly around his member. He felt like he was going to explode and the sight of her body wasn't slowing the process. He placed a hand on the back of her neck and carefully leaned down to kiss her while driving in and out of her. They both knew it wouldn't be long before they came and they had no shame about it. Rio lifted his body from hers and reached down to hook an arm underneath one of her legs, then did the same with her other leg.

"Oh!" she moaned, feeling like that leverage made him hit a new spot inside of her. She hoped she wouldn't wake the kids, but she needed this so badly. Needed him so badly. His strokes started getting erratic and her fingers sped up their motions on her clit. He could feel her tightening around him and he knew he was done.

"Ah shit." he groaned as he came inside of her. Her own orgasm hitting seconds after his, making her body quiver. He stayed inside of her for a few seconds, then removed himself, getting a tight grip on her thighs.

"God, I really needed that." she said, breathless. She sat up and looked up at him. "I need some more to make up for lost time." she said, grabbing his wet cock and stroking it.

"Beth. Doesn't Lia eat whatever you eat?" Rio asked, grabbing Beth's wrist.

"You're being ridiculous. I'll spit." she negotiated.

Rio shook his head. "You're too greedy to do that and I like that. But not while you're pregnant with my daughter."

"You better take it while I'm not feeling sick. I can barely brush my teeth these days without gagging." She smiled at him hardening in her hand.

"Get on the bed. All fours." he demanded.

Beth did as she was told. She turned around and crawled closer to the head of the bed, taking her pillow with her and placing it between the bed and her belly as she bent over. Rio always told her that finding a woman as stacked as she was in the suburbs was his greatest find and seeing that ass in the air was the best reminder. He gripped as much as he could with one hand before entering her. She knew that when he got her like this, she didn't have to do a thing but enjoy it. But because pleasing him pleased her, she threw it back towards him so he wouldn't have to do all the work. His fingers tangled in her hair, pulling her up towards him, she sat up on her knees. He wrapped a hand around her body and squeezed an ample breast, making her nipple harden.

"Oh my God!" she groaned, enjoying the mixture of pleasure and pain caused by him squeezing her sensitive nipple. He grinned and shushed her, nibbling at her neck in the process. He knew they should be quiet so the kids wouldn't wake up, but her screams encouraged him. His hand moved down her body from her nipple to her clit and she couldn't stay upright anymore.

On nights when she couldn't get enough, pounding into her from behind was his way of wearing her out. It gave her some of the best orgasms of her life and neither of them really knew why. They both just knew they enjoyed it.

"Fuck, that feels so good." she moaned, feeling her end nearing. Rio sped up until Beth's body gave way to an earth shattering climax. The way she was tightening around him bringing on his own climax. He pulled his cock out, wet with her cum, and stroked it until spurts of semen shot onto her lower back and her ass.

"Goddamn, Beth." he said, resting his penis on her ass, the sight damn near making him ready for another round. She knew that. If she wasn't sure of anything else in this world, she was sure she'd always hear "Goddamn, Beth." while Rio looked at the cum he'd sprayed on her ass. This was the only time he was predictable. She'd always stay in the same position while he went to wet a washcloth with warm water and wiped her down. Lying in bed together a few minutes later, Beth put her hand on Rio's bare chest and snuggled her face against his neck.

"I love you." she said, quietly. Sex never made them say that to one another. She didn't know if it was pregnancy hormones, the conversation that occurred in the kitchen earlier, or the fucking they had just done that made her say it. So she didn't even expect a response.

He kissed her forehead. "Love you too." he replied.

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