Condom! That’s the thing that was screaming at the back of my mind. But it was too late now because I’d already cum deep inside her. I looked down at her now, brushing the hair back from her face as her eyes came back into focus while we both fought to breathe.I was still lodged inside of her with no desire to move until I remembered why I had come in search of her in the first place. I didn’t want to tell her like this, so I talked her into taking a shower with me where I took her again because I couldn’t help myself, but when we stepped out of the shower, and I dried us both off before wrapping one of her new robes around her, I was out of time, no more stalling.I didn’t realize how scared I was to tell her until I sat her down on the side of the bed and found myself pacing back and forth in front of her. “Is something wrong?” The tremble in her voice had my head coming up and around to look at her. I don’t know why or how, but I could almost read her mind. She thought I was going
It made more sense, in the long run, to talk to Celine first before Teddy showed up. After her illness, the shock might be too much, so I talked both Silla and Starks into letting us break the news of his return first; then, he could show up after, and they could both tell their daughter their story together.The brave girl who’d insisted she meets her dad right away disappeared the closer we got to the hospital later that day, she became nervous and clingy, but her nervousness was a blessing in disguise because Lyon insisted on having us followed even though we were certain that it was Starks who’d been following us before and there was no one else to look out for. I can’t say that I fault him for his over-cautiousness. It’s probably something I would’ve done myself in the same situation. The fact that he was leaving soon probably had something to do with him wanting to dot all of his Is and cross all of his Ts.The more I see of him and his men and the way they do things, the more i
I could’ve broken his hand. My grip was so hard. I felt sick with every step I took toward the hospital and Mom’s room. It sounded so great and exciting when I first heard about Teddy Starks, most of all the fact that Sam was not related to me at all. But now that reality was setting in, I wasn’t sure how to feel.What if he doesn’t like me? What if I’m not what he expected? What bearing is he going to have on my life and mom’s? There were so many questions going through my head, but surprisingly the one that wasn’t there was, where had he been while Mom and I were suffering all these years?After the story Gabriel had told, I would be an absolute monster if I felt even an inkling of that. In fact, it only made me hate Sam more because of all that he’d taken from us. From what Gabriel had said, my dad had wanted me; though he was young, he’d been ready to do what was necessary to stay in my life as well as my mom’s.Knowing that I’d been robbed of a better childhood has stuck in my cra
She was struggling, and it was doing a number on me. I knew this was going to be hard on her, but I’d underestimated what seeing her go through this would do to me.I wanted to snatch her up and take her out of there, but I knew she had to go through this now or later. It should’ve been simple, really, and a good thing, I thought, but I didn’t think of the implications for both of them.I guess I didn’t realize that the reminder of all that they’d been through, all that would’ve been avoided had Starks not been taken from both of them, would make both women react like this. I’d had it hard as a kid after mom, and I moved, but nowhere near what she went through.Now I realize as I listened to her and her mom talk that they’d both been robbed of what might have been a good life with a man who would’ve loved both of them. Of course, I didn’t let on that I knew where Sam was, but the whole time I was itching to get back so I could plant my hand in his face.When the shadow crossed the door
Since it was Lyon’s last night here, we kind of took it easy and just sat back and relaxed. There was no mention of work for the first time since I met Lyon and his squad, and I got to see another side of them that I didn’t think existed. They actually knew how to relax, though Lyon seemed a bit testier than usual I imagine it was because his precious daughter got herself involved in something without him.All he’d said about the L.A. thing, to me at least, was that some kid had got himself in some shit, and he was gonna go take care of it because the girls were fans. Then he went on a rant about Hollywood being a cesspool of fucknuts. As with most things that come out of his mouth, it was convoluted as hell, but with this guy, you take what you can get. All the same, I realized that I was going to miss the hell out of the guy.Silla was spending time with her parents, getting to know Starks, who was in no hurry to leave, and I half wondered what he was going to do at the end of the ni
I stood in shocked silence for a few seconds as the sound of my hand connecting with her teeth seemed to reverberate in my ears. I hadn’t meant to do that, but now it was too late to take it back. I was too afraid to look at Gabriel, to see the look of disappointment I was sure would be on his face. Now I felt like crying.I’ve never just hauled off and hit anyone before, not since my wild childhood days when the bullies got under my skin. But it was just too much. I’d reached my limit with this girl and life in general. She just happened to be easier to face off with.I’d just left my mother, who’d been bawling her eyes out for the last two hours, broken, hurt, and alone and me, her daughter, could do nothing to ease the pain. The man she thought had ran off and left her to suffer had been left for dead by the man she would eventually marry.Through no fault of her own, of course, but still, those were the facts. Now she has to come to grips with everything that had happened in the la
I knew it was coming. I’m not sure about all that just went down here, but I could see it in her eyes that she was at breaking point and was barely holding on by a thread. I’ll deal with the Nikki situation later, but right now, there were more pressing matters on her mind that needed to be taken care of.It's amazing how well I’ve come to know her in such a short amount of time. But I can read her almost as well as I know myself. It’s almost as if I can feel her without even having to see with my eyes.Right now, she’s in pain, and though I can surmise it has something to do with Starks showing up in her life, I won’t know until she tells me. Dealing with her is like handling a newborn babe. So soft and precious, something to be handled only with care, and for a man like me who has no real experience with such things, I was having to feel my way around.Patience, Gabriel; you need lots of patience here. I’ve been running full speed ahead from the moment I realized and accepted that sh
Hit me, will you? We’ll just see about that. I had to breathe in and out a few times to calm the anger that was still riding hot in my chest. No one has ever laid a hand on me in my life; no one ever dared because of who I am.I was always the one doling out punishments as I saw fit. From a very young age, I knew my worth and who I was, but now I’d been humiliated by someone I wouldn’t even hire as my maid. This is something I will never forgive, no matter how long I live.She has no idea what she’s done or how she’s going to suffer for it. I felt a pang of unease at the thought when I remembered how Gabriel had defended her. I can’t believe both Emma and Gabriel had stood by her side after what she did. After all our years together, Emma had actually threatened and embarrassed me in front of that low-class mutt.I didn’t want anyone to know about my plight, especially Gabriel. I didn’t want him to think once I seduced him that, I was only in it for the money. I never wanted him to kn