the closet and opened it. On the floor in the corner were some
boxes. He crouched down and grabbed one of them, tearing it open.
“ Here, ” he whispered.
Miller took the box to a small
alcove in the room. He had no idea what the hell the purpose was for the little
space, but now it seemed to serve a purpose. He took a small sleeping bag out
of the box and put it on the floor. Then he put a few pillows down, making
three quarters of a box looking shape.
He stood and turned, pointing down. “ There. That should work
for now, right? ”
“ That ’ s for Beck? ”
Miller nodded. “ I ’ ll
send one of the prospects out tomorrow to get a crib for the little guy. You ’ re taking my bed. If you want to
crash with him in the bed, that ’ s
up to you. I just figure for now you can put him here. Unless you want to go to
sleep right now. ”
Ella shook her head. “ I ’ ll
sleep on the floor next to him. I ’ m
not going to overtake your room, Miller. ”
“ Too
late. I have a cot in the closet. I ’ ll
sleep right outside. Gun under the pillow, okay? Nothing is going to happen to
you. ” Miller looked down at
the makeshift bed. “ Or
Beck. ”
Ella put a hand to Miller ’ s shoulder. “ Thank you. ”
Miller looked at her. “ I made a promise, darling. I
always keep my promises. ”
“ Not
all of them. ”
That was a cheap shot to the heart.
Miller gritted his teeth, knowing he wanted to explode on Ella. But he held
back. She ’ d had a fuck of a
night. The last thing she needed was to step back in time and go through what
happened. What didn ’ t
happen. What could have happened.
“ Get
the little guy, ” Miller
said. “ He doesn ’ t look comfortable right now. ”
They went to the car seat. Miller
reached down and pulled at the straps. The little plastic clip thing didn ’ t open. Miller tugged again and
the car seat shook. Beck let out a shaky breath and jumped.
“ I
give up, ” Miller whispered.
“ Like
this, ” Ella said.
With one press of the little
plastic thing, the clip opened. She then gently pulled Beck ’ s tiny arms out of the straps.
Watching her made Miller smile. She was always caring, always gentle. So
fucking beautiful. Then … and now. Time did nothing bad to her. Christ, with those full tits … her hips a little extra curvy
than he remembered …
Fuck.
Stop.
Ella slowly lifted Beck out of the
car seat. She then put the baby to her chest. There was a moment right then
that Miller never thought he ’ d
see. The intense love between mother and son. The way Beck seemed perfectly
comfortable and Ella was finally content. She stood there and rocked left to
right, burying her nose to the baby ’ s
head, kissing him.
“ I ’ ll put him down in a second, ” Ella said.
“ Take
your time, ” Miller said. “ Do whatever you need to do. If
he ’ s … hungry … I ’ ll step out or …”
“ He ’ s fine, ” Ella said. Her cheeks blushed again.
Ella turned and walked the baby to
the bed Miller had made. Miller put the car seat on the floor. He grabbed Ella ’ s bags and put them in front of
the dresser. He then looked at the bed, suddenly worried if the sheets were
clean enough for Ella to sleep in.
When he took a few steps and
looked, he saw Ella on the floor. On her knees, bent over, giving the baby a
kiss. His eyes traveled to the line of skin showing where her shirt pulled up.
Jeans started where skin ended. Ella ’ s
ass was still nice and round, making Miller ’ s
hands tingle to grab and hold tight, like he ’ d
done before.
Miller moved forward and went right
into the bathroom. He opened the cabinet and took out peroxide, cotton balls,
and grabbed a couple bandages and antibacterial ointment. All for Ella ’ s face. He had to patch her up
before leaving her in the room alone.
When he turned, Ella stood there, a
finger at her mouth. “ I
think he ’ ll be good. Give
him a few more minutes to get settled. ”
“ Did
he wake up? ” Miller