Page 66 of Stolen to Forever
He takes my hand as he leads me out of the house and over to the golf cart.It takes no time to get to the infirmary and grab what I need.Within just a few moments we’re at Kade and Collins’s house and we barely get the cart to a stop when Kade rushes out to us, looking irritated.
“I got it.”I hold up the pack of pills.“I’ll check on her.”I walk past him.
“She’s in the master,” Kade says, and I nod and open the screen door.“You.In my office.”I look over my shoulder to see Kade stepping into Xander’s path.
“I’ll see you later,” I tell Xander.He doesn't look like he’s okay with that, but he gives me a soft smile before he turns his head to glare at his brother.“No fighting,” I shout as I head up the stairs to find Collins.
The bedroom door is open so I knock on the frame.Collins sits up immediately and her eyes widen.
“You slept with Xander,” she hisses in a low voice.I guess Kade likes to gossip.
“I thought you were sick?”
She waves her hands at my question.“I threw up a little bit but I’m fine now.You know how he is.”I step into the room and walk over toward her.
“Well, if it happens again you can take one of these.It dissolves in your mouth so you don’t need to swallow,” I say, setting the pills down on the nightstand.
“Forget about the pills.”She grabs my hand and pulls me down onto the bed to sit next to her.She wiggles all around, clearly excited about Xander and me sleeping together.
“Tell me everything.”
“Ahh…” I stall, not sure what I should say.
“Come on, Lula.I need the girl talk, so spill.I want to know everything,” she says, leaning closer to me.“You don’t have to tell me all the dirty details but give me something.I can’t even picture Xander with a woman.”
That makes me smile so I tell her some of the details and actually enjoy having a friend to talk to.In the past twelve hours I’ve gone from feeling so alone to feeling like I have people.It’s almost like having a family, but as much as I love it, I’m scared.I’m getting a taste of what life can be and I know I could easily lose it all.
CHAPTERNINE
XANDER
“You care to tell me what the fuck you think you’re doing?”Kade crosses his arms over his chest as I take a seat in the chair next to his desk.
“You walked in the room, Kade.If you don’t know what that was I’m afraid to ask how your wife got pregnant.”
His anger builds and I watch his face redden as he uncrosses his arms and stomps over to his desk.“This is serious, Xander.”
Normally I’m not the one that needs to be told to take things seriously, so this is a bit of a role reversal for the two of us.“It’s also none of your goddamn business.”
He begins to pace as he talks, which is what he does when he’s trying to process information.“I can’t believe you.I brought her here to care for my wife and then you’re going to fuck her?Are you completely without self-control?”He’s not really asking me the question as he continues to pace.“There are plenty of women on the island that would be more than happy to keep you company, but no, the one woman that I absolutely need here to make sure nothing happens to Collins, you have to go and fuck her.”
“You do realize Collins is only having a baby.Millions of women do it every day.”
He stops his pacing and turns his glare on me.“Only having a baby?Do you have any idea of all the things that could possibly go wrong?Did you think about how impossible it was for me to find the best doctor out there to agree to come live here and be on call twenty-four-seven?Do you have any idea the danger you could put my wife in if Lula decides to quit because you change your mind and go back to being an asshole, or did you just think about getting your dick wet?”
I’m out of my seat and across the room before he has a chance to blink.I’ve got him pinned to the wall and I’m in his face, but I see in his eyes what he’s trying to hide.He’s afraid.
I take a deep breath and let him go as I step back and really look at Kade.His clothes are a mess, there are dark circles under his eyes, and he hasn’t shaved.He looks really fucking tired and it’s not like my brother to be so stressed.
“It’s not like that,” I admit and shake my head.“I don’t know what it is, but this isn’t casual, Kade.You know I didn’t date or take random women to my bed in the States.Like we’ve always said about this island—wives not girlfriends.”I swallow hard before I say the next words.“I think she’s the one.”
As I say it out loud I know it’s true.Somehow in all my resistance I’ve fallen in love with Lula.I don’t know how I haven’t seen it before but maybe it’s because I’ve never felt like this.I would get so angry with the way she looked and walked and talked, but deep down I knew it was because none of it was for me.I wanted her to look at me, walk with me, talk to me, and the fact that she kept on ignoring me made me grouchy as hell.
“You think?”He looks surprised as his eyebrows pull together.
“I know,” I admit.“You shouldn’t be the first person to hear this, but I want you to know how serious I am.I love her, and I don’t have any intentions of letting her leave this island.”
“Damn, brother.”He walks over to his chair and falls down in it.“I did not expect that.”He runs a hand down his face and then a smile tugs at his lips.“Well, I guess that solves that problem.”