Total pages in book: 87
Estimated words: 81831 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 409(@200wpm)___ 327(@250wpm)___ 273(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 81831 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 409(@200wpm)___ 327(@250wpm)___ 273(@300wpm)
She giggles. “You have a diary?”
“No, but I’m going to start one, so I don’t forget a second of my time with you.”
Mel sits up in the cooling water, studying me with a serious expression.
“What?” I ask after a moment.
“Are you trying to get me on your cock again? Because if you are, we’re going to have to drain the tub. Sex underwater isn’t nearly as sexy as the movies make it look.”
I grin. “But we could turn on the shower to keep us warm.”
“Or we could head upstairs to bed,” she says. “Now that we’re alone in the house, I think it’s time to start giving that room some good memories to make up for all the bad ones.”
I sit up, kissing her slowly, thoroughly before I whisper, “Last one upstairs has to lie flat on his back while a beautiful woman straddles his face.”
She laughs. “Got it. I’ll meet you up there, handsome.”
She does and Mel, writhing on top of me while I give her pussy the attention it so richly deserves, is every bit as fantastic as I’d imagined it would be. Then she rides my cock with an enthusiasm I’m not sure I deserve after my two-minute performance in the shower, but I’m grateful for all the same.
This time, I last a hell of a lot longer. Long enough to lick and tease and bite her nipples as she rocks on my erection. Long enough to memorize the way her cheeks flush and her lips part as she nears the edge. Long enough to whisper sweet and filthy things into her hair as I let her release drag me over the edge.
I come inside her a second time, knowing I’m ruined for condomed sex forever. But that’s okay. Hopefully, Mel and I won’t be needing condoms again and I have zero interest in fucking anyone else.
She’s it for me, this woman.
I can’t wait to make her mine.
Making her mine is still top of mind the next morning when Ben comes by to get Chase after breakfast. I go out of my way to keep things light and friendly as we introduce Ben to Nutty and gather Chase’s toys.
Ben is Chase’s father and in the picture for the long haul. I want him to know that I’m someone he can count on to care about his kid as much as he does. And there’s no reason to push back when Mel reveals things are getting serious between us, which I hope she’ll do soon.
I won’t be able to hide the way I feel for much longer.
The second Ben and Chase are out the door, I’m all over Mel again. We christen the couch and are debating whether to shower or stay sex sticky until we christen the kitchen island later in the day when we both hear wheels on the driveway outside. Mel scrambles quickly into her clothes while I grab mine and retreat to the downstairs bedroom to dress.
Everything takes longer one-handed, and I’m secretly hoping she’ll be able to get rid of whoever this is before I’m finished. I usually love company, but not today.
Today, I want to relish having Freckles all to myself.
But when I emerge from the bedroom, Mel isn’t alone. She’s standing by the kitchen island, her face pale as she talks urgently to two police officers.
My stomach is already sinking before she motions my way and says, “Please, just ask Aaron. He’ll tell you the same story I did. Because it’s the truth. Nothing sketchy happened here. It was completely innocent.”
It was completely innocent I realize once the police share the reason for their visit.
But it doesn’t matter. They still want to talk to me down at the station.
All my naïve hope that Ben and Radcliffe are going to be on board with me becoming a part of the family is shattered on the way out to the car. I make the ride to the station in silence, my heart breaking a little more with every passing mile.
Even if this misunderstanding is sorted out without anyone being charged with a crime, everything is different now. Ben has made it clear that he intends to fight me every step of the way, even if it makes the woman he claims to still care for absolutely miserable.
Which means doing what’s best for Mel is on my shoulders, and I’m suddenly faced with a decision I never wanted to make. But what else can I do? I have to protect Mel’s relationship with and access to Chase. If she loses him, it will kill her.
Losing me, however…
Well, that’s still going to be a lot easier.
And the sooner we end things, the better.
Chapter 25
Melissa
In addition to being my kindest, most patient brother. Wesley is, rather surprisingly, a lawyer. Growing up, I would have guessed that Barrett would be the lawyer in the family. He’s the one who has nerves of steel and an asshole streak a mile wide.