Reeve (The Phoenix Boys #3)

by Amy Davies

  “Open up, baby, let me clean you.” She doesn’t object, which makes me laugh. She doesn’t even open her eyes. “Lipsy, I think Rafe and Juicy are home. We need to get dressed to go see if they need anything.” I kiss her stomach and throw the damp cloth into the laundry basket. Leah slowly crawls off the bed and puts her bed clothes back on. Running her fingers through her hair, she walks around the bed.

  “What?” she asks me. Shit, was I staring at her?

  “Nothing, just you look beautiful.” She walks to the door; is she going out there wearing just that? “Umm… Leah, are you going to put some clothes on?” She looks down at herself and then back to me.

  “Um, babe, I am wearing clothes.”

  “Do you always walk around my brother, looking like that?” I wave my hand at her body, her back straightens and I know what’s coming. Fuck. I just can’t keep my mouth shut.

  “What the hell does that mean? I am wearing my jammies, and yes Reeve, Rafe has seen me wearing this and less…” I cut her off.

  “What the fuck do you mean less?” I can feel my anger growing at the thought that my girl has been parading her body in front of my brother.

  “Oh for Christ’s sake, Reeve. I have worn a bikini around Rafe and Ryder and all the other boys. Get a grip, will you?” She walks out of the room but I follow close behind her.

  “So you walk around here with no panties or bra on, knowing that Rafe is here and God know what other guys are here. Fuck, Gunner is here all the time.” I run my fingers through my hair. I follow Leah into the living room, where Rafe is helping Juicy get comfortable. Everyone turns their eyes to me.

  “Fucking hell, bro, it’s not like she is naked. She is covered. Like she said, she has worn less at the beach and you didn’t have a problem then, so what’s the deal?”

  “She wasn’t mine then, but she is now. So it’s a big deal. Go put clothes on, Lipsy. Now.” But my stubborn ass girl has other ideas.

  “Fuck off, Reeve, you don’t get to tell me what the hell to do or to wear. You don’t own me, ok?

  “Now see that’s where you’re wrong, Lipsy. Was it not an hour ago that I was balls deep inside you, so that means that you are mine. I will not control you but damn, baby, you belong me and only me. So get used to it.” I smirk at her.

  “Fucking Phoenix boys,” She mutters, as she walks back towards her bedroom.

  Chapter 9

  Leah

  Lucy has been out of the hospital for three days now and she is going insane; she is driving Rafe crazy but bless his cotton socks, he is a doing everything to keep her happy and comfortable. I have 5 Seconds to Summer’s ‘Good Girls’ playing through my iPod dock. I am singing and dancing around the kitchen, making lunch for Rafe, Juicy and me. This band is my guilty pleasure; they are rocking the charts back home and taking the world by storm. Picking up the plates and cutlery and heading out to the back deck where Rafe and Lucy are sitting, I place them on the table and walk back into the kitchen. I start taking the food plates and bowls out when the front door opens and Reeve walks in; shit, he doesn’t walk anywhere he struts. Full swagger and looks bloody hot doing it.

  “What are you doing here?” I ask him. His steps falter a little but he recovers quickly.

  “Can’t I come and see my girl?” He stops right in front of me. Shit he smells good.

  “I guess,” I say, shrugging my shoulders.

  “What’s wrong, Lipsy?”

  “Nothing, just tired and I’m missing home I think. I am babysitting Miss Demi today; Ryder wants to take Letty out on a date, so I offered to have her all day. Mrs. Dawson isn’t feeling very well,” I say, while picking up the jug of iced tea for Juicy and me. “Grab a beer for you and Rafe, please?” I kiss his cheek and walk out onto the deck.

  “Reeve is here. He is grabbing the beers. Well people, I hope you like what I made. I made beef cawl, which is beef stew to you. It’s just beef and vegetables with some stock with dumplings.” I know that Rafe will eat anything; damn, all the boys will. Reeve joins us on the deck, kissing the top of Lucy’s head before taking the seat next to me. He leans over and kisses my neck.

  “This smells amazing, baby.” I smile and pray to God they do like it. Everyone digs in; the boys even use the bread rolls I made to mop up the juices. Juicy and I laugh at them both and they both nod in appreciation and go to fill their bowls with more cawl. The food is making me miss home more. Bollocks.

  Reeve sits back in his seat and digs in again. “You like it that much, babe?”

  “Fuck yeah. Lipsy, this is amazing. It might serve me well to keep you around for a bit longer.” He smiles at me but his words make my breath catch. ‘A bit longer’ the words echo in my head.

  Rafe and Lucy stop eating; Reeve hasn’t noticed my reaction. Rafe mutters ‘fuck’ under his breath as my eyes fill with tears. Bloody hell, I never used to be this weak. It’s Reeve, and he can totally destroy me. Reeve looks up and sees everyone’s reactions. Before he can say anything, I start collecting the empty bowls and take them into the kitchen, leaving everyone outside. Placing the bowls in the sink, I grip the work surface. Taking deep breaths, I will the tears to stop and my breathing to get back to a normal rate. I feel him before I see him. He stands at my back and lays a softest of kisses on my neck. My body reacts to his touch but my head and heart are fighting again.

  Why does this have to be so freaking hard?

  “Baby, I’m sorry for what I just said. I didn’t mean it like that. My mouth runs away from me now and again. I want you, Leah and you know that. I hate the thought of you going back to Wales. I don’t want you to go.”

  “My head and heart are screaming at each other right now if I’m honest, Reeve. I miss home but I know that I will miss you too, if I go home. This thing that is happening between us is fresh and new and we don’t know how it’s going to pan out. So it’s hard for to just say ‘fuck it’ and move here permanently. I just need some time to wrap my skull around what happening with us. If you can’t get that, then we will have to stop now.” I look to the floor, because to be honest, I’m not sure I can take his rejection. If he ends this I will go home. I will kill me not being here when Rafe and Lucy’s baby is born but I won’t be able to see Reeve every day. I feel his fingers go under my chin, lifting my head to face him.

  “Lipsy, we will take it one day at a time, yeah? I know how you feel, because believe me, I am feeling the same way. You forget that I have never done this before. But I will try my damndest not to hurt you. Now, we need to have a chat with Skeet, we …”

  “No!” I blurt out. “I want to try and be with both of you. I know that it was a huge thing for you to sleep with me without Skeet and I love that. But maybe we can try, the three of us. The other night was amazing, babe, maybe we can have a go again. What do you say?” I ask him. A wicked smile crosses his beautiful face, making him look devilish.

  “Baby, you don’t have to tell me twice. I know Skeet will be very fucking happy to hear this piece of news. But Baby, it only happens once more. I want you to be mine. Only.” I nod and stretch up and kiss his soft lips. Reeve slides his tongue into my mouth and I can’t help but moan, remembering what he can do with his tongue.

  I am sitting in a playground watching Reeve push Demi on the swings, and I smile, thinking of my family back home. God I miss them, I miss my Mam and Dad, Ryan, Jade and the kids. But I don’t miss the weather, the typical shitty British weather. Cold, wet and grey. I hate it. I smile as Reeve pulls Demi from the swing and tickles her, her laughter filling the warm air. They walk over to the climbing frame and my heart is in my throat when Demi starts going too high.

  “Reeve, don’t let her get too high, she might fall!” I call out to him.

  “Baby, she is fine. She is a little spider monkey. Stop worrying.” He winks at me and my heart flutters. A young woman sits down next to me, eyeing up Reeve. My heart rate picks up a little, has she had him before? Bollocks, do I want to know?

  “You with Reeve
Phoenix?” she asks me. Shit, she is bloody beautiful; long blond hair, big arse boobs and long tanned legs stick out from under a little denim skirt.

  “Yeah, I am. Why? Do you know him?” Stupid arse question, of course she knows him.

  “You could say that. We hooked up a few times. I was wondering why he stopped calling me. I now know why.” Hooked up a few times, Reeve doesn’t shag the same girl twice. She is bullshitting me.

  “Yeah, well he is with me now, so he won’t be hooking up with anyone else in the future.” I say, my blood coming to a boil at this cheeky fucking mare sitting here. How dare she?

  “Honey you aren’t from around here, so when you go back home, he will come crawling back. So, I’m not worried.” Her body stiffens and looks to the ground. Huh? I turn to look and see Reeve, making his way over to me. I look around him and see Demi playing in the sand pit.

  “Mandy, what are you doing here?” His tone is one not to be messed with.

  “I was just walking through and saw you with Ryder’s daughter and wanted to say hi. I miss you; you haven’t called in a while.” She stands and touches his arm; he moves away and her hand drops to her side. Have that bitch.

  “Don’t you think that should have told you something? It was one night and you knew that. I see that you have met my girlfriend Leah. Now you can go and tell of your little friends that I am officially off the market. They can go and find some other dick to ride” Oh my God I can’t believe he just said that.

  “You can never stick to one woman, Reeve. You never go back for seconds”

  “Like he did with you, you mean? You just told me that you hooked up a few times and that he will go crawling back to you when I go back to the UK. Sorry to disappoint but I am not going back to Wales, I’m staying here with Reeve and our friends and family.” Where the fuck did that come from? I take a deep breath, “Now, I am not going to carry on this chat, we have places to be. “I look to Reeve, who is gazing at me with the most stunning smile ever plastered on his face.

  “Let’s go.” He takes my hand and we walk over to Demi who is happily playing with the sand. Reeve picks her up and we walk back to his car. He straps Demi into her car seat and I climb into the passenger side. Reeve slides into the driver seat and turns the radio on. Simple Minds ‘Don’t You Forget About Me’ is playing and I smile at Reeve.

  “Never,” is all he says and my heart skips a freaking beat. Damn him. We sing along with the songs that play through the car; I am in awe of Demi at her music knowledge. I know that Letty brought her up around music and having Ryder as a step-dad helps I suppose.

  When we arrive at Ryder and Letty’s place, we unload Demi and her bag. She starts rubbing her eyes, which tells me that she is getting tired. It’s only 1pm but she looks knackered.

  “Demi, Cariad, do you want to have a nap before we watch the movie?” I ask her. Reeve sets her on the couch and heads to the kitchen.

  “No, I want to watch Frozen with you and Uncle Reeve,” she says yawning. Yeah, I give her ten minutes tops before she is out like a light. I set the movie up and cwtch back onto the couch with Demi lying with her head on my lap. Reeve comes back into the living room with three bowls of ice cream. He sets them on the coffee table and sits at Demi’s feet. I smile at him and he winks at me. I smile before turning back to watch the movie.

  Demi lasted longer than I thought; she ate her ice cream and then crashed on Reeve’s lap. It’s such a sweet photo op that I have to snap a picture on my phone. Love it. Once we know that Demi is sleeping, Reeve carries her to her bedroom and tucks her in. I turn the movie off and set Netflix up. While flicking through, Reeve plops his sexy arse down next to me and puts his arms around my shoulders, pulling me into his side.

  “So Lipsy, what are we watching? But I’m sure we can find something better to do that watch TV.” He winks at me again. Why the hell does winking make a guy’s sex-o-meter go sky high?

  “I’m sure we can, but can you imagine what your brother would say about us having sex on his couch, knowing his daughter is just down the hall, there?” I flick my head in Demi’s direction.

  “Who said anything about having sex? God, what do you take me for? I am not that kind of boy, Leah Adams.” He places his hand over his heart and tries to look innocent. Not happening boyo. I move to straddle his hips and kiss his neck. He moans and grips my hips tighter; he rocks me back and forth over his growing erection and now it’s my time to moan into his mouth.

  “Kisses only, babe. Demi could wake and I don’t fancy her catching us and us trying to explain what we were doing.” He laughs into my mouth and I pull back.

  “Ok, fair enough. But I think we should stop now, because once you start rubbing this perfect little body all over me, baby I won’t be able to.” I nod and climb off and cwtch into his side again. Reeve’s phone pings and he digs it out of his jeans pocket. He smiles when he reads the text and he replies.

  “Lipsy, Skeet wants us to take you out on a date this weekend. We don’t have a gig, so we are good to go if you want to.” A small blush creeps up his face.

  “That sounds like a plan; it will be weird going on a date with two blokes but hey, you only live once, right?”

  “Yolo, baby, Yolo.”

  Chapter 10

  Reeve

  I still can’t believe that Lipsy agreed to go on a date with both of us. She shocked the shit out of me when she said yes. I know that she is still a bit freaked out about being with both of us, even though we have had one night already. It was beautiful seeing her beneath me and her taking Skeet in her mouth and vice versa. She looks like heaven when she comes down from her orgasmic high. I am used to sharing with Skeet and even though it was hot watching them together, something clicked inside me and I am not sure that I can share her full time. I know that Skeet has brought it up before when we have talked but it’s hitting home more now. I am sure that Skeet will understand, sometimes I think he knows me better than I know myself or my brothers know me. He has said that he has his eyes on Quinn, Letty’s best friend; she is pretty and very much Skeet’s type.

  When we spent the day looking after Demi, feelings were surfacing inside me. Feelings I never thought I would be feeling yet or at all. I could picture Leah, carrying our baby, and us spending time with our kids at the playground. It made my heart swell with overwhelming feelings for my Lipsy. And when she said that she wasn’t going back to Wales, well fuck me. That alone made my heart skip one, two, three fuck knows how many beats. But it felt good hearing those words.

  Skeet and I are taking Lipsy to a full on American diner for our date; she told me that she doesn’t like fuss or fancy. But she does ‘flove’– her word not mine– American food. Skeet is driving and we decided that if things went well, then we would spend the night at his place. He has a loft apartment that he bought just a few weeks ago. We all helped him move in and decorate. Maisey and Gunner come out of their room and join me in the kitchen. Gunner grabs us a beer and Maisey starts making them a sub.

  “You nervous about the date, dude?” Gunner asks, as he hands me the bottle and sits at the table.

  “Nope.” I say and take a pull of my beer, smiling around the top of the bottle.

  “You had better not hurt her, Reeve. Lucy will kick that tight ass of yours; hell, all of us girls will. We love Leah and we don’t want to her to leave, so don’t give her a reason to” she warns me.

  “Baby, Reeve knows all this already, everyone has warned him. But what you girls need to understand is that Leah is her own woman and she is feisty as hell. She can handle herself. Plus, I don’t think Reeve is stupid enough to hurt her while our girl is so close to having Baby Phoenix.” He winks at me. Fucker, if that wasn’t a coded warning, I don’t what it was.

  “Monty, babe. I will never hurt her. She has changed me, made me feel things that I didn’t want to feel but Lipsy being Lipsy brought them out in me.”

  “Well, knock me over with a feather; Reeve Phoenix is finding it,” she say
s, before turning to finish making their snack. Her words hit me deep; could it be possible? I know that Leah is provoking feelings in me but shit. I feel my palms getting sweaty and I rub them over the jean covered thighs. I look at Gunner and he gives me a knowing nod.

  The front door swings open and Skeet walks in. He has a huge ass smile on his face, the kind of I’m-gonna-get-laid-tonight smile. Bastard. He is wearing a red plaid button down with the sleeves rolled up to his elbows, black jeans and his black boots, laces open. I decided on my black biker boots, blue jeans with a white V-neck tee under my denim shirt. I added my Phoenix cuff and my watch.

  “Yo,” he says as he enters the kitchen; he walks over to Maisey and kisses her head before taking a seat at the table.

  “You want a beer before we go?” I ask my best friend.

  “Yeah, please. I need to calm the fuck down, man. I have been a pussy all day today, freaking out about what I am going to wear and shit.” He laughs.

  “Skeet, honey you look calm as hell. And what do you have to be nervous about? She said yes and that’s the hardest part over with.”

  “I am Captain Awesome, so I hide my shit well. And no Monty, Leah’s answer isn’t the hardest part… well, not yet anyways.” He winks at Maisy and we all burst out laughing. Gunner spits his mouthful of beer all over the table. Maisy is doubled over laughing her ass off and I almost fall off my chair from laughing. Only Skeet.

  “Ok, Captain Awesome, let’s go and pick our date up and enjoy our evening.”

  “Let’s go, dude our girl is waiting.” ‘Our?’ I mutter ‘mine’ under my breath. Gunner chuckles behind me and I wink at him and follow Skeet out the front door.