mom has the key.”
“I’ll be back.” Ian headed out of the room and walked down the hall intent on finding Kaylen to get the key. S he bumped int o him in the hall. In a towel.
“Oh, Ian. I didn’t hear you. Are you done with Gavin?” She pushed the white fluffy towel down into itself next to her breast , her hair wrapped up in another towel. Didn’t hear him his a s s , she was a cougar.
“Yea h , I’d like the key for the cuffs.” Ian put his hand out.
“There just in my room.” She wondered down the hall, Ian followed. When he entered the room she was bent over at the waist digging in the pocket of a pair of jeans the back of the towel was hiked up so high it showed all her secrets. Ian quickly turned his back.
“Here it is.” She exclaimed from behind him.
She pushed her body up against him as she handed the key to him over his shoulder. Ian took it from her hand. “Thanks.” Ian turned and she stepped into him.
“ Any time, Ian.” She stepped into his space and kept stepping until Ian was pressed up against the door.
“Kaylen.” Ian put his hands on her shoulders to push her away.
“Yes?” She rubbed her body against him and nuzzled his neck with her nose.
“I’m seeing someone.” He pushed her away gently. Ian didn’t want to hurt her.
“You what? That’s not possible. You’re the wildest male I know. ” Fire lit her eyes as she stared up at him and red burned across her face. “ Don’t tell me you forgot about three months ago?”
Shit, he hadn’t even remembered her name.
“That was a different time, before I found her.”
“No wonder you didn’t even look at me at the club the other night.” The silly pout returned to her face. “Well, n o matter. You’re here and I’m here… and she isn’t.” She purred and licked a line across his jaw.
“It may not make a difference to you, but she matters to me.” Ian set Kaylen aside and strode from the room. The woman was more aggressive than she should be. That worried him. That must have been where Gavin got his aggressive tendencies from.
Back in the bedroom Ian released Gavin. “I’ll be back tomorrow. I want you to start a journal. Write your letters to her in there until I can talk to Edge.”
“Alright.” Gavin nodded his head and rubbed his wrist.
“And stay put. No leaving the house or the back yard. That’s as far as you go. Promise?” Ian stared the boy deep in the eyes as if pulling the promise from deep within him.
“Yeah, promise.” Gavin dropped his gaze and sank down on the bed , shoulders turning into himself . Ian clapped him on the back and left the room. What would he do if he could n’t have Andy? She was human after all. What would happen if she didn’t want him? A new fear took shape in Ian’s gut and started at a slow simmer.
***
Andy pulled into her driveway to a glaring red “W-H-O-R-E ” painted on her garage door about three and a half foot high, six foot wide.
Andy stopped the car in the driveway and just stared at it. “Seriously? Damn it. Damn it, damn it, damn it. ” She hit the stirring wheel wishing it was Rich’s head. Anger flushed her cheeks with heat. “ I hate you, Rich,” she screamed at the top of her lungs. This has to stop . She turned the car off and jumped out, tugging her bag out of the seat beside her and hiking it up on her shoulder. “Did no one really see this?” She asked as she moved toward the crimson letters. Jesus, give her a scarlet “A” on her chest and march her through town. Andy dug her cell phone out of her pocket and took a picture. Then she called the police department. The non-emergency number … again .
Andy unlocked the door while she calle d the police, late after noon had passed into early evening and t he whole neighborhood would be arriving soon to see the word spray painted across her garage door. Parents would be explaining to their children what the word meant or covering their eyes so they couldn’t read
“I’ll be back.” Ian headed out of the room and walked down the hall intent on finding Kaylen to get the key. S he bumped int o him in the hall. In a towel.
“Oh, Ian. I didn’t hear you. Are you done with Gavin?” She pushed the white fluffy towel down into itself next to her breast , her hair wrapped up in another towel. Didn’t hear him his a s s , she was a cougar.
“Yea h , I’d like the key for the cuffs.” Ian put his hand out.
“There just in my room.” She wondered down the hall, Ian followed. When he entered the room she was bent over at the waist digging in the pocket of a pair of jeans the back of the towel was hiked up so high it showed all her secrets. Ian quickly turned his back.
“Here it is.” She exclaimed from behind him.
She pushed her body up against him as she handed the key to him over his shoulder. Ian took it from her hand. “Thanks.” Ian turned and she stepped into him.
“ Any time, Ian.” She stepped into his space and kept stepping until Ian was pressed up against the door.
“Kaylen.” Ian put his hands on her shoulders to push her away.
“Yes?” She rubbed her body against him and nuzzled his neck with her nose.
“I’m seeing someone.” He pushed her away gently. Ian didn’t want to hurt her.
“You what? That’s not possible. You’re the wildest male I know. ” Fire lit her eyes as she stared up at him and red burned across her face. “ Don’t tell me you forgot about three months ago?”
Shit, he hadn’t even remembered her name.
“That was a different time, before I found her.”
“No wonder you didn’t even look at me at the club the other night.” The silly pout returned to her face. “Well, n o matter. You’re here and I’m here… and she isn’t.” She purred and licked a line across his jaw.
“It may not make a difference to you, but she matters to me.” Ian set Kaylen aside and strode from the room. The woman was more aggressive than she should be. That worried him. That must have been where Gavin got his aggressive tendencies from.
Back in the bedroom Ian released Gavin. “I’ll be back tomorrow. I want you to start a journal. Write your letters to her in there until I can talk to Edge.”
“Alright.” Gavin nodded his head and rubbed his wrist.
“And stay put. No leaving the house or the back yard. That’s as far as you go. Promise?” Ian stared the boy deep in the eyes as if pulling the promise from deep within him.
“Yeah, promise.” Gavin dropped his gaze and sank down on the bed , shoulders turning into himself . Ian clapped him on the back and left the room. What would he do if he could n’t have Andy? She was human after all. What would happen if she didn’t want him? A new fear took shape in Ian’s gut and started at a slow simmer.
***
Andy pulled into her driveway to a glaring red “W-H-O-R-E ” painted on her garage door about three and a half foot high, six foot wide.
Andy stopped the car in the driveway and just stared at it. “Seriously? Damn it. Damn it, damn it, damn it. ” She hit the stirring wheel wishing it was Rich’s head. Anger flushed her cheeks with heat. “ I hate you, Rich,” she screamed at the top of her lungs. This has to stop . She turned the car off and jumped out, tugging her bag out of the seat beside her and hiking it up on her shoulder. “Did no one really see this?” She asked as she moved toward the crimson letters. Jesus, give her a scarlet “A” on her chest and march her through town. Andy dug her cell phone out of her pocket and took a picture. Then she called the police department. The non-emergency number … again .
Andy unlocked the door while she calle d the police, late after noon had passed into early evening and t he whole neighborhood would be arriving soon to see the word spray painted across her garage door. Parents would be explaining to their children what the word meant or covering their eyes so they couldn’t read
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