One Year Later
Mathias relaxed in his chair at work as his lunch break began. He was wondering when Lovise was going to call him. She called him every day during his lunch break, or she would sometimes come in and surprise him. The days where she came in were always his favorite. He didn't expect her to come in that day, though. Lovise was busy watching Leon and Lara's daughter, Nona.
"Hey, Mat, you busy?" Lara's voice asked him over the intercom in his office. She had taken Pam's position when she had retired ten months back, grateful for the fact that Mathias had pulled some strings for her.
"Not particularly," he answered back. "What's up?"
"I'm coming to talk to you," she stated in a way that sounded so much like Lovise that Mathias had laughed out loud. Her voice was soon heard on the other side of the door. "Open up, Mat. My hands are full."
He chuckled and opened the door to find Lara holding a congratulatory cake. Behind her stood Leon, who was holding Nona, and his beautiful Lovise, who was holding Astrid. His eyes widened in surprise. "What's all this?" he asked, stepping back to let them all into his office. "What's going on?"
Lovise smiled and kissed his cheek on her way in. "You'll see, babe," she told him, eyes shining with excitement. Her smile seemed to light up the tiny office. "But I'll give you a hint. You're going to be so happy!"
"But I'm already the happiest I could ever be," Mathias told her. "I'm engaged to the most amazing woman in the universe." He smiled and kissed her forehead. "I come home to you and Astrid every night. How could I possibly be any happier?"
"Oh, you could, trust me," Leon assured, patting his shoulder. "You are going to be living the life, Mat."
Lara set the cake down on the table and eagerly took Nona from Leon. "Just tell him," she giggled. "Even my nerves are shot, Lo!" She bounced the baby, who was becoming fussy. "Even Nona's anxious!"
Lovise laughed and kissed her niece's forehead. "Fine, I'll do it," she said, bright smile on her face. She handed Astrid over to Leon and walked over to Mathias, grabbing his hands. Her sapphire eyes met his ice blue ones. "Mathias Køhler, there's something I'd like you to know."
"And what's that?" he asked, unable to hold back his smile any longer. His heart pounded in his chest as he anxiously awaited the news. He couldn't stop thinking up possibilities of what could be going on.
"Within the next few months, my body will start changing, and so will our names," Lovise told him. "Mathias, we are going to be parents."
Mathias felt his jaw drop. "You're pregnant, Lo?"
She nodded. "Congratulations, Daddy."
He felt overcome with emotion, unable to speak. All he could do was pull Lovise into a tight hug, kissing her temple over and over. "I feel so over whelmed," he choked out. "We're really having a baby?" Hot tears streamed down his cheeks after she nodded. "I love you so much, Lovise. You know that, right?"
"Always," she whispered to him, kissing his ear. "And I love you too, Mathias, always and forever."
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That night when Mathias walked through the front door of his and Lovise's apartment, he was greeted immediately by Astrid jumping on him. "Hey there, little girl," he greeted, patting her head. "Wow, you're getting so big!" He grabbed her paws, which rested on his abs. "Where's Lo, Astrid?" he asked her in an excited voice. "Come on, let's go find Lo!"
Astrid barked happily and took off toward the living room while Mathias laughed and took off his shoes. He laughed harder when he heard Lovise struggling to silence the excited dog. There was nothing Mathias loved more than coming home to his two favorite girls at the end of a long work day. It was what kept a smile on his face while at work, know thing that he would always come home to Astrid and Lovise.
Mathias found his way to the living room and smiled when he saw Lovise cupping Astrid's head in her hands and shushing her. "Good evening, my love," he greeted.
Lovise's cross expression faded when she saw him. A wide smile spread onto her face as she stood up. "Welcome home, baby!" she excitedly greeted. She wrapped her arms around him and jumped into his arms. "Can you believe we're having a baby, Mathias? It's so amazing! I hope it looks like you!"
"Why me?" Mathias asked, chuckling to himself. "You're much better to look at, my darling."
She blushed. "You really think so?"
"I'm certain I'm not the only one who does," Mathias answered before kissing her cheek. "You know, before my lunch break, I never thought I could've been happier than when I woke up this morning. I was terribly mistaken. My life has gotten ten times more perfect in the last six hours, all thanks to you."
"Well you helped, too," Lovise answered. "It takes two people to make a baby, Mathias. We did this together. We created a life together." She pulled back to smile at him. "How does it make you feel to know that you and I created a whole new person?"
"Honest answer?" Mathias asked.
"Well obviously," Lovise giggled.
He set her down. "Then I'll give you the honest answer." His lips found hers for a moment before he answered with, "It feels amazing, Lo. I can't even think of words to explain how excited I am to take this next step in my life with you. Our lives will get a lot more hectic, but it will be worth it to raise a child who is one half of each of us."
Lovise laughed. "Where did you learn all of this smooth talk, Mathias?"
"When you strive so hard to awaken the beast, don't be surprised when it finally comes out," he smoothly answered with a wink.
She felt an inner fire of desire suddenly coursing through her veins. "A beast, you say?" she lowly asked. Her hands reached up and cupped his cheeks. "And what do I have to do to get this beast to dominate me?"
Mathias bit back a groan of desire. "Say please."
Her thighs felt as if they went up in flames. She smashed her lips against his with a fiery passion, tangling her fingers into his hair. Only one word escaped her lips, laced with lustful desire. "Please."
His eyes flew open and he swooped her off her feet and carried her to their bedroom.
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Nine Months Later
Lovise examined her body in the full-length mirror that hung on their closet door. She inspected herself from every angle and sighed before turning to Mathias, who was lying on their bed with the week-old son, Christian. "Am I ever going to get my body back?" she groaned, sitting on the other side of Christian.
"Lo, you literally just pushed another living being out of your vagina after carrying him for ten months," Mathias answered, looking at his fiancée with raised brows. "Give your body time to recover. You're incredible, and you're just as beautiful and sexually appealing as you have always been."
She smiled softly and leaned over Christian to kiss him. "I love you, Mat," she whispered against his lips. "You always know what to say."
"I try," he whispered back. "And I love you too."
Lovise combed her fingers through his hair, smiling. "And just think, this is our life now. Isn't this so perfect?" She smiled widely. "Mathias, let's have more babies just as perfect as Christian."
Mathias laughed. "Okay, we can do that. How many more do you want, my love?"
"All of them!" Lovise laughed. "I want as many as I can have without putting myself at risk. I want to bear all of your children in this life and the next and the next and the next and the next." She grinned widely at him.
"Please don't make me horny like this when the baby is awake," Mathias sheepishly pleaded.
"How the hell are you horny?" Lovise laughed. "Christian destroyed my body! Sure, he enlarged my boobs, but he also gave me extra belly fat." She pointed to Mathias. "We're not even going to start on what he did to my vagina."
Mathias smiled at her. "You're still the sexiest woman I've ever seen," he said with a wink. "I can't tell you how many children I've seen you bear, and you still look like such a fucking rockstar to me."
Lovise gently placed her hands over the infant's ears. "Mat, language."
"But vagina is okay?" he laughed.
She gave him a look of disapproval. "Oh, please. You started that one, too. Next you'll be talking about your penis."
"And what's wrong with the word penis?" Mathias asked her. He grinned as Lovise gave him a deadpan look. "I love you, Lovise, and I know you love me." He then quickly added, "And my penis."
"You are so not getting sex for awhile," she groaned.
"I already don't get sex right now anyway," Mathias stated with an indifferent shrug. "What does it matter?"
"No oral sex either," Lovise told him.
Mathias's jaw dropped. "What? All because I said penis? You can't be serious!"
"Oh, I am," she answered. "Just to prove I don't love your penis as much as you thought I did."
He rolled his eyes. "What am I supposed to do now?"
Lovise smiled at him. "You were twenty-five when we met, babe. I'm sure you had ways of taking care of it before you met me. But just so we're clear, if you hire a cheap hooker, we're done." She narrowed her eyes at him. "Those bitches are hard to clean up after."
"Hands just aren't the same," Mathias complained. He then thought about what Lovise had said about cheap hookers. Was that really the only thing she was worried about? Not the infidelity or the STD's, but the amount of effort it took to clean up after them? He tried not to smile. Classic Lovise.
"Deal with it." Lovise uncovered her son's ears and smiled at him. "Daddy is silly, Christian." She sighed happily. "But I love him and you, oh, so much."
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That night, Mathias laid back in their bed with a groan. He turned to his fiancée, who was reading a book. "Hey, Lo," he began.
"I'm not helping you with your blue balls," Lovise flatly stated. She glanced at him sharply. "Baby, I love you, but you got yourself into this one. The most I'll do is get you up, but I'm not touching it myself."
"Get me up?" Mathias asked dumbly. He hadn't even been expecting that much from her. "You will? How?"
Lovise smirked. "Baby, you doubt my abilities?" She poked the tip of his nose. "Shame on you, Mathias." She winked at him. "I said I wouldn't touch you, not that you couldn't touch me."
Mathias's hands immediately grabbed her waist and pulled her on top of him for a kiss. His hands slips up her shirt, knowing full well that she never wore a bra at night. That night was no different from any other normal night. He groped at her breasts as he kissed her, feeling her kiss back with just as much force as her book clattered to the floor.
In all honesty, the idea of Lovise not using her hands seemed kind of hot to Mathias. It was a new thing to try in bed. He figured that was Lovise's plan all along as she kept her hands behind her back. He liked the idea of all of that. It was definitely something exciting.
He finally got tired of the fabric of her shirt constricting his hands and just removed the shirt, causing Lovise to gasp out as the cold air hit her heated flesh. Mathias blinked in surprise as she moved her arms to cover up her stomach.
"What are you doing?" he asked her, grabbing her forearms.
Lovise's eyes widened in surprise. She had just realized that she had most likely killed the mood by giving in to insecurity. "I just…" Her voice trailed off as she looked down, into Mathias's lap, noticing he wasn't all that aroused anymore. "I didn't mean to kill the mood…"
"Let me see," Mathias encouraged. "Move your arms, Lovise, and let me see you."
She took a deep breath and slowly removed her arms from her torso.
Mathias took a deep breath and let out a low whistle. "God damn, you are so beautiful."
Lovise felt tears in her eyes. "You really think so?"
"Oh, I know so," he answered with a nod. "Lovise Bondevik, you are the most beautiful woman on this planet. And I'm so glad that you are mine."