Total pages in book: 32
Estimated words: 29524 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 148(@200wpm)___ 118(@250wpm)___ 98(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 29524 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 148(@200wpm)___ 118(@250wpm)___ 98(@300wpm)
My eyes close, and I enjoy not only the pleasure but the peace of having him so close. When he moves up my body and starts to kiss me, I kiss him back, tasting myself on his lips.
“I’ve never done that before.” The words are out before I know I’m speaking, and I realize I’ve said too much. I’m supposed to keep those things to myself.
“Then the men you’ve dated before me didn’t deserve you.” This time the kiss is hard and possessive. He doesn’t like the idea of other men having been with me, and there I go again, enjoying something I shouldn’t. A jealous man is never a good thing, but the brain between my legs is loving it.
“Oh gosh, my daughter.” I sit up quickly. “I need to pick her up from school soon.”
He nods in understanding. “I'm having an event at my house this weekend. Say you’ll come. You can bring your daughter. I’d love to meet her.”
“I don’t know.” I’m falling way too fast for this man.
“The whole town will be there.”
My teeth sink into my bottom lip. It would be a good time to meet everyone. “I think you just want to show me off,” I tease him, but he doesn't deny it.
“Say you’ll come.”
“I just did.” I smirk, making him let out a deep, sexy chuckle.
“I want your number. You can’t be trusted to call me.” When he stands, my fingers itch to grab him and pull him back down on top of me.
There’s no missing the outline of his hard cock, but he doesn't push me to get him off. In fact, all he’s pressing me for is my number and more time with me.
“Okay,” I agree, rambling my number off to him. He puts it into his phone, and a moment later mine is ringing. He offers me his hand and helps me to my feet.
“Until then.” He kisses me again once more and then he’s gone.
Afterward, I stand there a bit dumbfounded. Rory is better at working me over than I am at working him. How is this even possible?
It’s a few moments later when it sounds like someone pulls up outside. When I go to the door, I see a fancy sports car in the driveaway. When I step out to see who it is, I realize my daughter is in the car making out with a boy. I have to fight a laugh as I walk over and tap on the window. They break apart, clearly caught, and when I see who the boy is, I’m shocked that I recognize his eyes all too well.
This is Rory’s son. It has to be.
Which makes things a bit more complicated.
Chapter Six
Rory
Hosting parties at the estate is always a lot of work, but good for the community. Unfortunately because I’m hosting, I’m pulled in a lot of different directions all night. Thankfully this year I’ve managed to keep myself out of the bachelor auction, but Apollo has been entered instead. I’ll need to remind him of that before he has to go on stage.
Out of the corner of my eye, I see him waiting on Celeste, and my heart aches.
After I left Anna’s house, I saw him in the car with a young woman. It surprised me, because although I’ve expected Apollo to date, he never has. So seeing him with someone was a bit of a shock. Even more so when I slowed down and watched his car turn into the driveway of the little blue house I just left. I parked at the end of the road out of sight and waited just to be sure. When I saw Anna come out and speak to the young woman in the car, then the two of them go inside, my suspicions were confirmed.
I didn’t know how to react to this discovery, and it felt like it was too coincidental. How could both of these women manage to get the two of us to fall for them? Apollo wouldn’t be driving her around unless he was serious. After what I’d done with Anna, I wondered just how serious Apollo was about her daughter.
Apollo has so much still ahead of him. I’ve lived my life and made my way in the world. When I got his mother pregnant, we didn’t know each other and were too young to think about the future. All we were concerned about was instant gratification. It led to the most incredible part of my life by having my son, but I wouldn’t wish the hardships I went through on him.
Guilt weighed heavy on me as I went back to the estate and closed myself in my office. After some thought, I reached out to one of my contacts in security and had him run a background check on Anna. It’s not that I didn’t trust her, I just needed to be sure that for Apollo’s sake, there wasn’t something or someone they were running from.