I made it just in time from the airport to the school. I'd handed in my last paper a few hours ago before hopping on Jace's private plane that he so kindly offered at the end of the house tour the night before after I moved in. My original plan was to drive back so that I would have my ride with me for the summer, but that would've taken too long and I might've ran the risk of missing the opportunity for what I had planned so I was more than happy to take him up on his offer instead of having to fly commercial. I'm no longer freaked by the amount of wealth these guys have, or the generosity with which they are willing to share it. But if it wasn't for her I probably would've turned down the plane ride, that's just too much. But with no layovers I knew I'd be here just in time to meet the bell, which works out perfectly for what I have in mind. I need to nip this shit in the bud before anyone else steps in; like her dad or her brothers. This is mine to do!
Caitie hadn't mentioned going away to college again in our last few conversations, and I figured her parents hadn't given her the okay as yet so didn't bring it up. Though she's been a bit down the last couple of nights on the phone, I just put that down to that asshole Brian messing with her. So I'd wanted to have a talk with Mr. Lyon to try to convince him that it was okay, that I was more than capable of taking care of her. Now he's caught me picking up his daughter from school without his permission. Not sure how that's gonna go over. "Your dad's behind us.""What, where?" She almost broke her neck looking back before turning around again. I didn't like the look on her face when she did. "Something wrong?" "I'll tell you when we get to the house." Catalina made a weird sound from the backseat and I caught her eye in the rearview mirror. She put her finger to her lips and shook her head before turning around in her seat to wave at her dad. We reache
I found my girl in her room coming out of the shower and almost broke my neck running back out again. "Todd?""Get dressed Caitie, I'll wait out here." The last thing I need is for him to come up here and see us like this with her wrapped in nothing more than a towel. It's a testament to the strength of my respect for her and him that I didn't even try to peek. When I think about it, we have a strange dynamic at work here. After spending the last few months around Jace and the others, witnessing all that heat and passion among people that are younger than myself, it amazes me that I can still hold it together. Some people may think that I'm a chump; that I'm not man enough; they may even question whether or not I really do love this girl as much as I'm willing to drag my feet. I have no doubts about my feelings for her, and after the way my heart reacted to seeing her this afternoon I'm even more sure that I'd die before I lose her. But deep down insid
"Kat, why did you tell that kid he can go up to her room?" I've asked her that shit twice already and she refused to answer me both times, like she thinks I'm playing around with this shit."Colton, I told you it's fine. I trust my daughter and Todd's a good kid. Now how about you tell me what happened at the principal's office." I hadn't even given any thought to that shit since coming home. Not after seeing what the boy did in the schoolyard. Before I asked him I pretty much guessed who the ox was that he'd taken down, he could only be the kid that had messed with my daughter, but how did he know? That's all I could think about as I rode home behind them. If Caitlin was telling him shit that she wasn't sharing with me that shit would've pissed me off. But I believe him when he says she wasn't the one. The boy has never lied to me before and I've checked his shit on more than one occasion. Hearing him say it helped untie the knots in my gut I got when I thoug
Whoa, that was intense! I'd learned a whole lot in the last ten minutes, now my eyes are wide open. I can only be grateful that I'd never crossed the line in the past, call it divine intervention. Because now I'm sure that if I'd ever broken any of his rules he would've known. Now all the matching bracelets that the kids were never allowed to remove, and couldn't even if they wanted to, because he had the little gold screw driver needed to remove them I'm sure made sense. I almost jumped out of my skin when my future mother in law met me in the hallway. My eyes went immediately to the bracelet on her wrist and the rings on her finger, her wedding rings. I know how Mr. Lyon figured out where I got Caitie's necklace. Though his pieces are all one of a kind, Simon leaves a signature in all of his jewelry, something that only someone familiar with his work would recognize. She was covered in it. Damn! "What did that beast do to you?" She's just as cute as h
I was scared shitless, because I knew I had to show daddy that piece of paper. How had he and the uncles missed it when two little girls had put it together? It made no sense. Though I'm not sure about all the ins and outs of what daddy and the uncles are up to, I know they're very good at what they do. Then again, Catalina's brain is far above most people's and apparently so is her friend's. "Is it okay if I show this to daddy?"Uh...um...let me think about it. If you tell him he'll make me stop." She pouted and jumped down off the bed headed for the door. "I have to do my homework now and uncle Hank is coming." She ran from the room back to being an innocent eight year old kid. I stared down at the paper after she left until I heard movement outside my door. I hurried and put it away under my pillow just as Todd knocked and walked in. "Hey, let's go for a walk around the old neighborhood." He walked in all smiles and reached for my hand, pulling me
Damn, this kiss was even better than the one we shared earlier. Now I wasn't afraid to hold her, to touch, as my arms came around her drawing her in closer. I put everything into this kiss, all my hopes and dreams, the long days and nights spent without her. And when her hands tugged at my back trying to get closer still, I sank into her, heart and soul. It's one of those kisses that should lead somewhere. The kind a man and woman share when they're about to take that next step, wild, uninhibited, passionately hot. I pulled her in even closer as my body reacted to her nearness after being so long apart, and to her taste, as her lips followed mine hungrily. I heard a car engine off in the distance and remembered where we were. Pulling my lips away from hers I rested my forehead against hers as my hands fell to rest on her spectacular ass, holding her in place against me. "I missed you so much baby." I don't recall her body feeling this ripe before. Then again I d
"I think we should head back. Let's not give your dad any more reason to hate me." I cupped her cheek and ran the pad of my thumb over her warm flesh as I berated myself once more. How could I have been so stupid? All this time I never gave much thought to the physical side of our relationship, okay maybe that's not quite accurate. But the truth is in all the time I've been waiting for her to come to me, sex never played that big a part, I just wanted her with me. It's not that I'm not physically attracted to her, I am, in spades, but somewhere along the way I'd learned, thanks to her father no doubt, to kill that shit until the time was right. When we talk on the phone at night, our conversations never lead to anything remotely sexual. I just can't breathe if I don't talk to her, or get to see her face on the screen every day. So I'd lead myself to believe that I could control myself, that I had it all under control. I was wrong. I looked at her, at us