Page 56 of Mine to Promise
“Everything is fine,” I reassure her. “I just came to ask you if you wanted breakfast in bed.” I come up with an excuse.
“Is that code for you want a blow job?” She folds her arms over her chest.
My eyebrows pinch together. “As much fun as that sounds—” I start, and the phone beeps in my hand, making me look down.
Dad:
Plane will be ready in an hour. Suite booked at the Fairmont.
“I have a surprise for the two of you,” I say. “So how about we table the blow job for tonight?” I wink at her. “Let’s go get our girl so I can get this surprise underway.”
“What kind of surprise?” she asks me and I shake my head.
“It’s not a surprise if I tell you.” I walk to her and bend down to kiss her lips. “I love that you smell like me.” I suck her neck, and she pushes me away.
“You left a hickey on each of my inner thighs,” she grouses, “and my ass.”
“Did I?” I feign ignorance. “I would need to see the evidence before I confess.”
“Oh, I’ll show you,” she says, and when the towel falls, I lick my lips. “You are too much.” She grabs the towel from the floor, putting it in front of herself. “We have to go and get Avery, and I have to run home to get a change of clothes,” she informs me, walking around the room, trying to gather her things.
“What? Why?” I say, watching her slip on the bodysuit.
“I’m not going to do the walk of shame in front of Sofia and Matty,” she huffs, turning to grab her skirt, showing me that the bodysuit is a thong, and I moan out when she bends over.
“You don’t think they will know we spent the night together?” I ask her as she shimmies her hips into the skirt.
“I have no idea, but I won’t help them come to that conclusion. Now, are you going to shower and meet me downstairs?”
“I might need you to wash my back.” I wink at her, striding to the bathroom.
“I think you can do that all on your own like a big boy.” She laughs, walking out of the room.
“I’ll take a rain check for tonight,” I say to the empty room as I quickly shower. I put on a pair of jeans before grabbing a white T-shirt. I slip my sneakers on before grabbing my phone and heading downstairs to the kitchen. I see her wiping down the counter, and she looks up at me. “I made you a coffee to go.” She points over to the thermal cup at the corner of the counter. I walk over to her, turning her to face me before I lean down and kiss her lips. “Thank you,” I say softly.
“You are very welcome,” she replies, putting her hands on my hips. “I’m ready to go when you are.”
“Lead the way,” I say, knowing she is in for the surprise of her life in about forty minutes.
I drive her over to her house, and she quickly changes out of her outfit from last night before turning to me. “What should I wear?”
“Casual,” I tell her, and she nods. Turning back to her closet, she comes back out a couple of minutes later wearing high-waisted, blue-and-white striped shorts, with the sash tied in a bow and a white short-sleeved T-shirt. She slips on her leather flip-flops before walking over to the bathroom, taking her hair out and combing it.
“Ready?” I ask her when she comes back out of the bathroom. She nods and slides her hand in mine as we return to the car to get Avery. She is sitting on the steps with Sofia and Matty.
We get out of the car and can hear Avery clapping her hands. “Momma!” she screams, running down the steps toward Addison, who holds her arms out and picks her up.
“Hi,” she says, leaning forward and kissing her neck. “How are you?”
“I had breakfast in bed,” she says, and Addison looks at Matty and Sofia.
“Your mother-in-law informed her this is what princesses do,” Matty deadpans. “It was fun for everyone,” he says sarcastically.
“Thank you so much,” Addison says. “We really have to have a chat about this royalty thing.”
“Stone called Ryleighprincessonce,” Matty remembers, laughing, “she stuck her heel in his toe.”
I nod, laughing at the memory. “Thank God it was off-season.” Then I turn to Avery. “Guess what?” I bend down and kiss her. “I have a surprise for you and Mom.”