Page 12 of Stolen to Forever
“I saw your face light up when you remembered her.You two are close.”Kade confirms my thoughts as his hands slip into mine.“I won’t keep you from something you want.”
He gives my hand a small squeeze as he leads me out of the closet.I stop in the bathroom to make sure I’m put together enough to see my sister.I know it was clear what Kade and I were up to before she came bursting in, but I don't want to look like a mess, so I tame my hair and brush my teeth while Kade does the same.
“You think she’s giving Vaughn a hard time?”I ask as we walk down the stairs.He leads me out back towards the center home and I realize neither of us have bothered with shoes.I breathe in the fresh ocean air and revel in how much I love waking up in paradise.Kade is crazy to think anything could take me from here.
“She can try.Vaughn is hard to give a hard time to since most things roll off him.”Kade shrugs.
“So he normally picks women up and kidnaps them?”
Kade laughs.“No, that’s a first.”
When we enter the house I see my sister sitting at the counter with her arms folded over her chest as she watches Vaughn.He’s cooking again and she’s trying to look pissy but her eyes don’t leave him.In fact, she doesn't notice us until Kade clears his throat.
Berkley lets out a small scream of excitement when she sees me.Vaughn moves faster than humanly possible, catching her as she jumps out of the chair.Her foot snags on the bottom rail of the stool and she almost face plants onto the floor.
“Is yours this clumsy?”Vaughn asks, looking at Kade.
“Yours?”she shouts.
Once again she wiggles free of Vaughn and her messy bun falls free.Her mass of chocolate waves comes down and he reluctantly lets her go.She runs over and engulfs me in a hug.A flood of memories hits me hard but not in a bad way.Berkley isn't only my sister, she’s my everything.It has always been the two of us until… And that’s when the memory hits me.She went to London for school.She’d gotten an offer she couldn’t refuse, one I wouldn’t let her turn down.It was hard for us to be apart and I debated going with her, but it wasn't feasible.We knew when she was done with school we’d be back together again so we decided to just tough it out.
“I’ve been so worried.You weren’t answering your calls and I couldn’t afford a ticket to try and come home to look myself.”She pulls back, and the happiness and anger on her face a moment ago are gone as tears stream down her face.
“Don’t cry.I’m fine.”
She glances over at Kade as her eyes narrow.“Are you?I don’t trust these guys.”She looks back to Vaughn, who feigns innocence.
“I’m cooking you food and I brought you here on a private plane,” he defends himself.
“I got on your fancy plane because you showed me proof you knew where my sister was.”
“I think you got on it for other reasons too.”I can’t miss the way he’s shamelessly flirting with her.Berkley blushes as she grabs my hand and turns me away from him.
“I want to talk to my sister.Alone.”She starts to pull me out of the room but Kade doesn’t let go of my other hand.
“I’ll be right back.”I pull on his hand as I tilt my head back for him to kiss me.
“It’s not like anyone can leave the island without our say.”Vaughn chuckles.
“That’s not funny,” Berkley all but growls at him.
“It’s kinda funny.”I smile against Kade’s mouth before I step back.He lets his fingers untangle from mine but I see worry in his eyes.
“I love you,” he says as Berkley and I walk out of the room.
“Love you too,” I call back.
My sister mutters next to me as she speeds up, “What the hell is going on?”
CHAPTEREIGHT
KADE
“They’ve been talking for too long,” Vaughn says, walking up beside me.I’ve been staring out the wall of glass for hours as the two women sit close together on the beach.
I don’t make a sound, just cross my arms over my chest and shrug one shoulder, watching them.
The main house is located in the middle of our properties and faces the white sandy beaches.Several lounge beds sit under a canopy so they won’t get sunburned, but it’s hot so I had drinks and snacks brought out to them a while ago.