Total pages in book: 60
Estimated words: 55395 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 277(@200wpm)___ 222(@250wpm)___ 185(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 55395 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 277(@200wpm)___ 222(@250wpm)___ 185(@300wpm)
“You love me,” I interrupt, done watching my woman get riled up when I can settle her down if she lets me get a word in edgewise.
“Yes, you big Viking god, though you’re acting like a dummy right about now. I’ve always loved you. It might have been put on the back burner because somewhere in this epic stupid universe where I’m sure it was my dad trying to protect what he thought was my young naïve heart, or who knows, maybe it was part of his early-onset dementia,” she rambles without so much as taking a breath. Pretty sure the only way I’m going to shut her up is by taking her mouth.
“Come here, gorgeous.” If I get on the bed with her, we’ll be doing a whole lot more than kissing, and we still have too much shit to talk about.
“I think I’m fine right where I’m at. Why don’t you come to me?” She crosses her arms over her chest and blows out an exasperated breath. Annoyance is getting to her because she’s not getting her way.
“Fine, I’ll stay here, and you can stay there. I’ll say what needs to be said, then we’re stripping out of our clothes, and I’m going to show you how much I love you.” Her chest rises and falls. My cock twitches at the notion of us getting naked and burying myself inside of her.
“Jagger.” She’s breaking down. Too bad she laid out the rules, because this time, I’ll follow them.
“Nope, you could have come to me or at least met me in the middle. I’ve listened to you. Now I need you to hear what I’ve got to say. Came back from my last trip unsettled. I’d already made a few changes, ones that we don’t need to discuss because it’s my past and that’s where it belongs. I scared myself with that last one, told myself I’d be done. It didn’t fulfil me like it used to, realized there was a reason. You. Jude had news about you, and instead of doing the smart thing and going after you, I ran the fuck away.” I’m not explaining to her that terror twisted in my gut and made my hands shake. Lyric would probably take the lamp off the nightstand, aim it at my head, and either hit me upside my stubborn head or throw it at a wall when I undoubtedly ducked to miss being hit with it.
“Oh, well, okay.” Her arms uncross and come down, no longer carrying the anger she once did. I maneuvered her bra off while we were on the couch, when she complained the wire was digging into her side. A quick flip of the clasp from my hands, and her doing that thing women do, pulling it through her shirt sleeve, and she flung it onto the floor. An action that’s coming in handy now as I watch her nipples harden to tight peaks. Lyric’s eyes drift down the length of my chest and land on my thickening cock. “Luke is right. I can take the hot rod out to the drag strip and have fun there, in a safe environment.” I hate like hell I have to bring another man’s name into this conversation, especially in the bedroom and while she’s in bed.
“You still have the same one?” She’d been around me enough times to see me working on the car my father and I built. Back then, I’d told her what the plans were. Fucking life pulled us apart, and she never got to see the finished project.
“Yeah, it’s in the garage. I’ll show it to you. After.” I’ll also be taking her on the hood of the car. She can either be bent over the hood or spread out on top, or both.
“After what?” There’s no more sadness. She’s not distraught. Lyric never could hold a grudge, not like I can. Though, the way she keeps bringing up her dad and the letters, I may need to keep a pulse on how she’s feeling.
“Children.”
“Jagger, I’m sorry. I can’t, and I’ve thought about this for a long time. Years, really, so if this is the end, please just let me know, and I’ll head back to my place.” She worries her bottom lip with her teeth.
“Get that right out of your head. A child doesn’t make a family. It doesn’t make a happily ever after. I’m with you, and I’m staying with you because I love you. Time goes by and you change your mind, that’s cool, but if not, that’s fine, too. You haven’t met everyone yet, but once you do, they’ll be your family, too. Plus, Mom and Dad are yours as well. I’m pretty sure they like you more than me anyways.” She lets out a soft laugh at my statement, probably because she knows I’m right.