Emma woke to the low hum of the baby monitor and the familiar pull in her chest, but tonight the ache felt different sharper, like something had finally tipped. Mark had been quiet all day, the kind of quiet that made her stomach twist in ways the plugs couldn’t quiet. She’d felt it in the way he’d rubbed her belly this morning, the way his hand lingered a second too long on the dark line, the way he’d stared at her tits a little too long while she made his coffee. She’d smiled the practiced smile, let him kiss her, even whispered that she loved him, but her body had been already aching for the basement, for Marcus and Jax and the new names they’d added last night. She hadn’t slept. She’d left the plugs in, just the two thick ones from yesterday, warm and full, shifting with every roll of the bed.Mark left for work at five-thirty, kissing her forehead and telling her how much he loved the baby. She waited until the garage door closed, then slipped downstairs naked, collar still aroun
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