Longing

He swallowed audibly at the sexual reference. "Tease me now, and you'll pay later on your back in my bed."

"Promise?" She blushed like a high school girl who was talking dirty with her boyfriend on the phone for the first time.

Neil laughed then, a throaty laugh that warmed her even more than his husky words had. "I miss you. God, I miss you so much." He breathed in a way she wished they were in the same place right now.

She squeezed her eyes closed. "I know, I miss you too."

"Tell me about your day and what you've done the whole month we were apart." He said, not willing to end the call now that he'd finally gotten in contact with her. One thing was now for certain, nothing on earth could keep him from marrying her and being a good father to their child, he would be the father he'd never had to his child, and he'd settle down finally and think of other things beyond his revenge and mission to destroy Da Kroll.