She glared at me but kept her mouth closed.
I backed up. “Are you ready sweetheart?” I looked at Mercy hoping that Kelsey got it because if she didn’t, I would keep my promise.
I turned around to leave with Mercy and bumped right into Ava.
Shit!
I could not catch a damn break.
“This is not what you think,” I stammered. Shit, I hadn’t done anything wrong, but it still felt like I was guilty.
“Is this the mother?” Kelsey screamed.
I ignored her ignorant ass. Some people didn’t deserve your conversation.
“I have not been with her in months. She just showed up here causing a scene to get attention. I didn’t invite her, and I would never introduce her to our daughter. I would never do that to you. To us, believe me.”
I was begging, and I knew it. But, when you had screwed up as bad as I had in the past, you couldn’t just ignore stupid shit. I had to plead my case.
I was sweating. It was running down my back. I looked at Ava wanting her to believe me.
Waiting to hear the verdict.
Ava didn’t speak for a moment. But, she finally glanced at Kelsey.
“He won’t stay with you,” Kelsey told her, smirking like she knew me.
Kelsey had no clue what I would do for my woman.
My jaw clenched. I had enough. “Hunt, can you please escort this lady off the premises. She is harassing my fiancée and our daughter. I don’t care what you do with her. Just get her out my sight.”
“My pleasure.” I watched with relief as Hunt dragged Kelsey from the restaurant screaming. Kelsey’s ass was halfway out, and I took great pleasure in the paparazzi snapping a picture of her ass leaving the building.
“You’re having me kicked out.” Paparazzi cameras were flashing all over the place.
I ignored her. I got a tighter grip on Mercy’s hand and reached for Ava’s. For a second, I felt her fingers twitch.
My stomach dropped. Please do not do this. My eyes begged her. I hadn’t done anything wrong.
Her hands slowly grasped mine.
“Let’s go.” I gripped her hand tightly, hoping it was enough to hold her to me.
I held my family’s hand and exited the restaurant, hoping like hell that Kelsey had not ruined this for me.
“Who was that?” Mercy asked.
“My ex-girlfriend. She’s jealous that we’re about to be a family.” Speak it into existence.
“We are?” Mercy asked looking up at me.
“Yes.” There was no hesitation on my part.
Mercy stared up at her Mother for confirmation. Ava did not agree or disagree. I took that as a good sign.
“Did you find a dress? Where’s Haley?”
“Yes, I found a dress, and Haley went back to the house. I remembered where you said you two were eating lunch, and I decided to join you two.”
“You know I would never risk it” I said close to Ava’s ear so that Mercy couldn’t hear, “I’m not that man, and I’m not that stupid.”
She nodded her head. “How did she know where you were going to be?”
I wondered that myself. “I don’t know, but she probably just waited for me to leave the house. Or, she’s like the paparazzi and keeps up with me.”
Ava frowned.
“Is this how it’s going to be all the time? Do women follow you around constantly?”
“No, Kelsey just thought she had a more permanent role in my life. She overstepped herself.”
Ava looked up at me, “You mean like I did.”
I dropped Mercy’s hand for a second knowing that Hunt’s security was watching us. I lifted Ava’s chin. “No, she’s nothing like you. You are everything. You’ve always been everything.” I kissed her lips. Kelsey had nothing on Ava. Their names should not even be mentioned in the same sentence.
She kissed me back, making me forget that we were in the middle of the sidewalk.
“Mom. Dad. Ugh. Stop,” Mercy groaned beside us.
Ava pulled away quickly, but not before I gave her a quick kiss on the lips.
“Sorry, kid. Get used to it. I plan on kissing your Mom a lot.”
Mercy grinned mischievously. “Does that mean I get a brother or sister?”
My heart pumped in excitement. “Yep, that’s the plan.” I squeezed Ava’s hand.
Ava raised her eyebrows. “Yeah, not so fast.”
I winked at Ava. “We’re working on this tonight,” I whispered in her ear.
I couldn’t wait to expand our family. I wanted to experience every minute of it.
Yours If You Want It
Rascal Flats
Ryan’s gaze slid down my body. I could feel his heat straight through my dress.
“Did I tell you how beautiful you look tonight?” he whispered into my neck.
I cleared my throat. “Yes, several times really,” I sighed looking into his beautiful eyes that reminded me so much of our daughter.
The way he looked at me made my heart go pitter pat, and I was not exaggerating. It was terrifying the way that he made me feel. I felt the pull between us. It was still there. And, it felt real.
I couldn’t believe that I had agreed to go to this event with him.
I was in the room with actors, actresses, and athletes. I never thought I would experience this. Ryan was a true movie star. He was famous. What would he truly want with me? He had fans all over the world. Apparently, it didn’t matter. He wanted me. That was enough.
I moved my head slowly to the new slow country song by Max Sutherland about love lost and found. His every word spoke to my soul. When I wasn’t with Ryan, I could always find a song to remind me of us. It didn’t matter if it was R&B, Country, or Old School. Lyrics of a song could either make a person fall in love, realize that the love was lost, or find their way back. I guessed that tonight Max Sutherland was helping us find our way back to one another.
I assumed Ryan felt the same way because he moved closer to me and asked, “Dance with me?”
I didn’t have to think about it.
“Ok.”
I let out a slow breath because he still made my pulse race and my panties wet.
He hadn’t taken his eyes off me all night even though he socialized with numerous people. He held me close during those conversations and introduced me to everyone that he spoke with.
Now, it felt good to be in his arms and soaked in his presence without everyone wanting to talk with him. I simply breathed in his scent. I could feel his hardness pressed against me.
My body tightened in response. I couldn’t wait for later tonight when we would go to our hotel.
His hands gently reached for my neck. His tongue slowly traced my lips. I pressed my body closer into his and angled by head. Was it possible to crawl into someone’s skin? That was what I wanted to do. I wanted to become a part of his skin. To just be one with him.
Butterflies fluttered in my stomach. This was real. This was us. We were really going to do this. We were going to see how far this could go. I was nervous, excited, and scared all at once.
He broke from our kiss. “Let’s go to our room. I didn’t want us to have to go far. I knew I wouldn’t be able to wait to get you alone.”
His hands moved down to the curve of my ass. I wanted to say that I was embarrassed that he was filling me up in public, but I wasn’t. He was claiming me in front of the world.
I nodded my head in agreement.
I wanted this. I wanted him.
We left the ballroom hand-in-hand, while Max Sutherland sung about true loving never dying and the ability of love being captured all over again.
Ryan squeezed my hands and walked us toward the elevator.
“I remember the first time we slept together. I was so scared that I would do something to fuck it up. That if I did screw it up, you would never let me have you again.”
I smiled. I remembered I was nervous sleeping with him too. I had never slept with a white guy before, and I didn’t
know what to expect. I wondered whether it would be good, or if the rumors about black men and white men were true.
“Thank goodness you were good because I let you have me again and again. And, you proved that white men were equivalent to black men.” I smiled.
He smirked. “I put it down.”
“I was pretty damn good myself. So good that you couldn’t even pull out.” I could laugh about him getting me pregnant now, but at the time, it wasn’t funny at all.
“I should have protected you better,” he admitted.
I frowned at him. “We should have both been more responsible. But, we have a beautiful daughter that was created with our love.”
“True, we made a beautiful child. I can’t wait to see what the next one will look like. I’m sorry I missed it all.”
I didn’t want to talk about our past mistakes. I wanted to talk about the future that we said that we were going to build together.
We walked off the elevators quietly just absorbing being in one another’s presence. Ryan slowly opened up the door, and I walked in ahead of him.
He closed the door behind him and leaned against the door.
Ryan’s head canted to the side. “That needs to come off.”
His muscles rippled under his dress shirt with every move he made toward me. I guessed he had no plans on waiting tonight. It was fine with me. We had wait seven years too long.
“Do you plan on taking it off?” I asked coyly. Hell, I wanted it off my skin just as much as he did.
“No, I want to watch you take it off.” His eyes were filled with lust. The look made me want to take the dress off faster.
I raised my eyebrows at him and lifted the dress up from the bottom and eased it over my head. Underneath the dress, I had on matching black lace panties and bra.
“Take those two off too.” He didn’t move any closer to me. He made me feel like such a wanton. I couldn’t wait to see what he was going to do with me.
I unclasped the bra from the front and held it close to my body. Then, I slowly dropped the bra to the floor. I stood before him in just my panties.
“Those need to go immediately. I only want skin on skin between us tonight.”
Hell, that was all I wanted between us too. I eased my fingers in the waistband of my panties and pushed them down.
His eyes touched every inch of my body. “Get on the bed.”
My breaths grew heavy, and I walked slowly toward the bed, giving him an opportunity to look at my body. I wanted him to want me as much as I wanted him. I wanted him to lick, kiss, and explore every inch of me.
He climbed onto the bed between my legs, using his shoulders to spread my legs apart. I could already feel myself getting moist just from the idea of what he was about to do to me.
My eyes locked intensely on his as his eyes trained on mine. “When we first got together in college, I didn’t think I would ever do this.” He licked my sex.
I moaned from that one single swipe. Nothing else existed but me and him.
“I hate that I waited so long to get back to you.” He speared my opening with his tongue like it was his dick.
Yeah, if he had done this to me in college, I really would have been screwed up when he left.
In college, we had never had oral sex. I had never given it to him, and he had never given it to me. I guess tonight would be a night filled with all new experiences.
I couldn’t wait to explore this one with him.
I gasped as his tongue ran down the center of my clit. He sucked my lips into his mouth and bit down gently.
I almost came off the bed from the pleasure that he was giving me.
Ryan continued to fuck me with his tongue until I was pressing his head in my sex and grinding into him to reach my orgasm. When it finally happened, all I could do was scream his name.
He raised his eyes and looked at me, licking my juices off his lips. I almost came apart again.
He moved back up my body and held my hands above my head grasping my wrists between his hands. He pushed my legs apart again because I had closed them to try to stop the sensations that had beat relentless against my sex.
“You know I’ve missed this so much.” He circled my nipples with his tongue. “I’ve been waiting to get you alone all night. I’ve been thinking of us together for years.” He bit my nipples causing my body to clinch in anticipation.
I wanted to tell him that I had been thinking of him for years too. That I had never stopped thinking of him.
I moaned instead. “I hope you don’t plan on teasing me all night.”
Hit bit my nipple harder. “No, but, we are just getting started.”
I wanted to touch him. But, he wouldn’t release my hands.
I spread my legs further apart. I wanted him inside of me. But, all I could feel was his erection teasing my opening but never penetrating.
Dammit, I wanted penetration.
“Please, Ryan.”
He peered down at me. I can only imagine what he was seeing when he looked at me. I felt uncontrolled.
He used his other hand and rubbed his penis around my clit. I could feel him spreading my moisture all around.
“What are you waiting for?” I demanded.
“I’m waiting for you to want me as much as I want you.”
I shook my head. “I’ve always wanted you.”
Ryan bent down and sealed his lips to mine. I tasted myself on his lips. It felt like another aphrodisiac.
He entered me with one push. He surged in and out of me, I could feel my juices running down my leg. How could this man do this to me? He released my hands, and I wrapped them around his neck.
I kissed his neck leaving little love bites on his neck. He lifted my legs high on his shoulder. I felt myself skirting all around him, wetting the spot beneath me. He pressed into me deeper and deeper with every thrust.
I panted. I begged. I moaned. I screamed his name over and over. Each emotion was tenser than the other.
He captured my lips again. I loved him so much. I felt the pressure building in my body again. My orgasm erupted. Hell, tears leaked from the corner of my eyes.
“Ava, I love you.”
My tears fell more rapidly. He kissed them as they raced down my face.
Ryan slowed his thrusts. “I want to spend the rest of my life with you.”
My sex clenched around him. My heart beat rapidly in my chest. I swallowed deeply as I gazed into his eyes. I couldn’t imagine loving anyone else like I loved him.
“I love you too,” I whispered.
His thrust picked up in tempo after I admitted that I loved him. It was obviously those were the words that he had been waiting for because he started thrusting fast inside of me. My whole body seized.
“Ryan,” I screamed as I creamed all over his dick.
He gripped me tighter to his body, and I felt him jerk inside me. Every ripple caused a miniature quake inside my body.
“Ava,” he moaned kissing me again on my lips.
Ryan caught himself before he fell on me. I sighed as he gathered me into his chest.
“This is what I want forever,” he sighed gathering me closer.
I couldn’t agree more. I wanted to spend the rest of my life with this man.
I fell asleep with him holding me, and I don’t think I’ve sleep so good in my whole life.
When I woke up the next morning, I saw Ryan standing by the window in the nude. He was so handsome.
At last night’s function, I noticed other women looking at him. I wasn’t going to think about them. They were not my competition. Ryan hadn’t looked at any of them. He had watched me possessively all night.
I sat up in bed. I could only imagine what a hot mess my head looked like. I hadn’t wrapped it or anything.
“Why are you out of the bed?”
He turned toward me and smiled. “Thinking about how good last night was.”
He walked toward me and picked something off the table behind him.
“It was good wasn’t it.” I smiled watching his erection bob in my direction. Yeah, it was going to be a good morning too.
He laid down in the bed next to me and pulled the sheet down.
“You know what would make the night even better.”
I ran my hand down his erection. “What?”
He moved his hands from behind him, “If you marry me. Make me the happiest man in the world. Marry me, Ava?”
My heart beat erratically. I glanced down at the box that he had open in his hand. The first tear drop splashed the white sheets.
I reached for the box.
He moved it away. “You haven’t answered my question yet.” He smiled at me.
“Yes.”
God, how I loved this man. I had no I idea that this would happen when Mercy and I followed him to California. I was going with him out of duress. Now, I was going to marry the man that I had always loved.
We were about to be a family.
He put the ring on my finger.
I loved it. It was beautiful. It wasn’t gaudy. It fit who I was as a person. It was a square cut emerald with diamonds surrounding it in a circle.
Ryan reached over and kissed my neck. “Read the inscription.” He licked down the side of my neck next.
I took the ring back off and read inside the ring. “The beginning of forever.”
I felt like crying again. This man made my heart happy.
“So, this is our beginning?” I didn’t give him a chance to answer. I pushed him down on the bed. Last night, I never got a chance to show him that he wasn’t the only one that learned oral sex had its purposes.
“Yes,” he replied watching me ease down his body.
I kept my eyes on him as I straddled his body with my ass sticking in the air.
I wrapped my hands around his erection and squeezed tight. “I wonder what you taste like.” I licked the precum off his dick.
“Umm,” he moaned.
I licked around the head of his penis. “You remember how you teased me last night.” I blew across the head of his penis.
“Don’t,” he groaned.
I looked at his ring on my finger and made an executive decision. I licked down the head of his dick. I could taste the salty scent of my favorite margarita. He was tangy in my mouth, but I licked every inch of him.
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