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Chapter 53

"So what do you think?" Elizabeth asked as she modeled another outfit for his approval.

In two days Clarence Dunwitty was coming out to the house to review the rest of Elizabeth's paintings and she wanted to look good. That was why Jason found himself sitting on the side of the bed being treated to a fashion show.

The outfits were nice and honestly she looked pretty in them all but what he was enjoying the most were the in between moments. The times when she took off one outfit to try on the next. When she did that he got to see the baby bump.

It was early December and her tummy was still on the small side but definitely round. He couldn't keep his hands off her stomach and now that they were almost in the second trimester she couldn't seem to keep her hands off of him. Not that she could before.

"So?" Elizabeth asked again.

"You look beautiful no matter what." Jason told her and he meant it. She glowed with her pregnancy.

"Now is not the time to show off your answer avoiding skills. I know you have an opinion." Elizabeth told him not letting him off the hook.

"I like the pink dress." Jason liked her in dresses, but she didn't wear them that often.

"Okay. I liked that one too." She liked it because it tastefully showed off her belly. Elizabeth had no plans to hide her bump she wanted everyone to know she was pregnant.

Going back into the closet she pulled out the dress and hung it on the hook inside the door. Laying out her clothing was second nature to her, so Jason made sure she had plenty of hooks in her walk in closet.

"I think I'll wear my green heels with it." She said more to herself than her hubby. She opened the door that hid her shoe racks to find them almost empty. Her sneakers and black ballet flats were inside but that was all. "Jason." She called out.

He appeared in the doorway. When he saw where she was standing he got himself ready for an argument. "Yes?"

"Where are my shoes?" Elizabeth asked her husband.

"I put them away." He straight out told her. "Johnny said you tripped the other day."

"The side-walk was uneven it didn't have anything to do with my shoes. I'm clumsy you know that." She was going to hurt Johnny. Right after she kicked Jason's butt.

"You're pregnant you shouldn't be in heels." Jason firmly believed that. He was hoping one of his baby books would agree with him.

"I'm not even four months yet. I cannot meet Clarence Dunwitty in flats. It ruins the line of the dress." Wearing heels gave her a confidence boost since she was so short. "Give me back my shoes." She told him placing her hands on her hips.

"No, and the guys have been given instructions not to let you buy any new heels." Jason told her.

"You're being ridiculous." Her shoes were somewhere in the house and she was going to find them. If she didn't she would just call Emily and ask her to pick up a pair of heels for her. She was pregnant not injured, there was no reason she couldn't wear what ever type of shoe she wanted to.

"Name calling will not work." She was getting worked up and he was getting turned on. She was hot when she got all feisty. "Those things are dangerous and you aren't getting them back until after the baby is born."

"Jason Morgan if you don't give me back my shoes this instant there will be no more sex." She threatened. The infuriating man just smirked at her in response. "I mean it." She warned him.

With a small smile Jason slowly walked over to where his lovely wife stood glaring at him. The fact that her eyes were getting darker the closer he got was not lost on him, nor was the fact that her breathing was coming faster. In the last few weeks Elizabeth's sex drive had increased something he very much enjoyed. It didn't take much at all to have her ready to go.

When he was standing directly in front of her he leaned down and kissed her. When she moaned he pulled back with a smirk firmly planted on his face. "We both know you aren't going to withhold sex." He told her in a soft voice. "Baby, you can barely make it through the day without me inside you. We both know that I could have you right now if I wanted to." She was already sporting that beautiful flush of arousal.

Mood swings were another hallmark of Elizabeth's pregnancy. She went from happy to sobbing in an instant. Lately she got angry pretty easily, something Sonny said would get worse in later months when she blamed Jason for the fact that she couldn't get comfortable.

Jason's statement flipped a switch deep inside her. Elizabeth went from wanting to rip his clothes off to wanting to hide in shame. He was right about the sex. She loved being intimate with him, but just lately the need for sex had become a full on compulsion. It was an undeniable craving. One that left her with mixed emotions.

Instead of a snappy comeback putting her husband in his place Elizabeth dropped her head. Her self-esteem issues were back in full force. Over the last few months she'd had one too many attacks on her character and what Jason had just said pushed her over the edge. Right now there was only one word bouncing through her brain. Whore. It didn't make sense. Intellectually she knew that he wasn't trying to make her feel bad, but emotionally she was a captive of her insecurities.

"Elizabeth?" Jason sensed the change immediately. "Baby?" He reached for her and she pulled back.

Shaking her head Elizabeth stepped back and then quickly moved to the right going around her husband. For once she got passed him most likely because he was confused by her reaction. She made a beeline for the bathroom closing and locking the door behind her. She stripped out of her clothes, turned on the shower and stepped inside the box.

Jason had no clue as to what just happened. What he did know was that his wife was hurt and that it was his fault. He couldn't figure out why though. They joked about their sex life all the time. So why was she so upset?

It was the shower coming on that got him moving. She'd already had a shower this morning, her taking another one was a red flag. The door to the bathroom was locked which proved to not be a deterrent at all. When it swung open he could hear her sobbing from the threshold. This wasn't how it was supposed to be. Elizabeth was supposed to come to him when she cried, not run away.

Unsure what to do he closed the lid on the toilet and sat down waiting for her to come out.

When she felt marginally better Elizabeth turned off the water. She still felt dirty, but standing in the shower wasn't going to help. Turning she noticed the shadow and knew that Jason was waiting for her. Unfortunately he was the last person she could handle seeing right now. Right now, she needed to get her head straight. Until she got herself under control talking with him would only make things worse. "Jason?"

"Yes?" He stood up.

"Can you go to work please?" Her voice trembled slightly.

"You want me to leave?" He hadn't expected that.

"Yes." She knew that she was hurting him, but if she didn't take care of herself then this feeling would only spiral out of control. She needed to get a handle on her emotions before things got worse.

"Elizabeth, I'm sorry." Jason felt a sharp pain move through him. She wanted him to go away.

"It's not you Jason." God, how high school could she sound. "It's me. I just need some space." These feelings weren't new she'd been struggling on some level since Lucky attacked her. Add the hormones in and her feelings were a thousand times more intense.

"Elizabeth, let me help you deal with whatever is wrong. Please." He finished softly.

"Later. I need some time to think. Please Jason just go to work." She asked him again. "I'll call you a little later." She promised him. "I love you." She told him.

"I love you too." He said meaning it with everything inside him. He walked out of the bathroom, looking back once before walking down the stairs and out of the house.

Sonny walked into his partner's office to find Jason sitting behind his desk with his eyes closed. The Cuban had just finished answering some emails when his phone rang. He was surprised that Elizabeth was on the other end. She informed him that she and Jason had had a rough morning and then she asked him to please go check on her husband. Sonny could hear that she was upset so he simply agreed to her request.

On the drive over he recalled some of the fights he and Carly had while she was pregnant with Morgan. On one memorable occasion his now ex-wife had spent a week at Bobbie's brownstone. He and Carly were both hot-tempered so no one was surprised at how volatile things got between them. Elizabeth was a lot quieter but Sonny had heard from the guys that she had a wicked temper, and Jason was far from the ice man most people saw.

The enforcer opened his eyes and looked at Sonny. "Not a good time." Was all he said. He was still hurting from this morning. He'd hurt his wife so badly that she'd asked him to leave. He'd rather loose a limb than make her feel that way.

"Elizabeth called me." Sonny said taking a seat. "You look like hell."

"I feel worse." Jason admitted. He was sure that his bloodshot eyes were a clue as to what he'd been doing since arriving at his office.

"What did you do?" Sonny asked his friend.

"I don't know." Jason said frustrated.

"Yes you do." Sonny said not backing off.

"No, I don't. Not exactly." If he knew precisely what he'd done then he'd know how to fix it.

"Is she mad at you?" Sonny wanted to help his friend but he needed some guidance.

"No, I hurt her feelings." Jason knew that much for sure.

"Please tell me you didn't call her fat." That was the kiss of death with pregnant women. Sonny knew that for a fact.

"I wouldn't do that, I'm not that dumb." Some things were just common sense.

"So what did you do?" Sonny asked again.

"I made a comment about her wanting sex a lot." Jason finally told the older man.

Sonny took a minute before speaking. The two of them didn't talk about sex. Honestly Sonny didn't want to know about Jason's sex life. Especially not with Elizabeth, but it was clear that his partner needed to talk about this. If for no other reason than to figure out what to do. "It's normal for a woman in her stage of pregnancy."

"We started out talking about her shoes." Jason took through Sonny through the events of the morning. When he finished he just looked at his friend.

"Oh wow." Sonny said just looking at the younger man. "You called your wife a whore."

Jason's head popped up and his eyes flattened in anger. "Don't say that about Elizabeth."

"I'm not but you did." Sonny told his enforcer. "Lucky, Michael and now you. You're fortunate that she didn't hit you. No wonder she sounded so upset. Given her history what you said had to hurt."

"That isn't what I meant." Jason said slamming his fist down on the desk hard enough to make the phone jump.

"But I'm guessing that's what she heard. I know you didn't mean to imply that. On some level so does Elizabeth." Sonny knew that the couple would move past this. Elizabeth understood Jason better than anyone else. Right now she was upset but after Jason apologized she would feel better. "Is this your first fight?"

Jason nodded. They'd disagreed before but not like this.

"Flowers are always good." Sonny said recommended the old stand by.

"I need to apologize." Jason wouldn't insult her by trying to buy his way out of this.

"Yes, you do." Sonny agreed rising from his chair. "I'll leave you to work on that, also you should probably go home. Leaving, even though she asked you to, was a mistake."

Jason simply nodded as his friend left.

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