“You’re still so young at heart.

It’s hard to picture you as a mom,” he said with a smile, teasing her lovingly.

Her response was a bashful grin.

Dylan then whisked her away for dinner.

Following their evening out, they returned home where Olivia settled comfortably on the couch, unmoving.

Dylan pampered her with a foot massage before retreating to handle some work in the study and later to the home gym for his own routine.

In their shared life, the intimacy had waned, likely a side effect of the pregnancy.

There were mornings when Dylan would embrace Olivia, their kisses deep and full of yearning until he decided to temper his ardor with a cool shower.

Olivia harbored concerns that Dylan might harbor some resentment due to this arrangement.

Now, as Dylan retreated to his workout, the blaring rock music from the home gym reached her ears.

of chips,

their work, the unspoken competition among them, the effort to

managing her

curved her body, she was

her silhouette remained graceful compared

skin glistened

only a black tank top and gym shorts, he mopped

caught sight of her

chips again?” he teased, plucking one

Olivia asked,

but with a

do you think of the flavor?”

Olivia’s cheeks flushed with a mix of surprise and

barely above a whisper, her query Laced with concern, “Does it

looked down, a silent communication passing

gently tousled

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