The interview went well. I can see now why she has the reputation that she does. It's like she's perfected the art of reading people. She knew what I was up to ten minutes after we sat down, and proceeded to ask all the right questions.Now it was over, but it was only just the beginning."Jace, I don't understand; why does the whole world need to know about us getting married?" "It's just a Saunders thing baby." My ass! I was sending out a message loud and clear.""Tomorrow's our big day why don't you get some rest?""Jace, it's the middle of the afternoon."So? Are you hungry?" She stopped walking and gave me one of her suspicious glares."No, no I am not tired and I am not hungry. I want to go swimming." Swimming? Was that allowed? "Gimme one minute." Google has been my friend the last few days with this pregnancy shit.I walked a few steps away from nosy and looked that shit up. Something else to add to the okay list. "Okay. Let's go change into our suits.""What di
I like that when we leave here she's still going to be getting the same treatment, that it wasn't an act when her father in law kissed her hair in passing when she was sitting down at the table. Or how her mother in law speaks to her so relaxed, asking her opinion like they were old friends.I know my sister, and if there was any artifice there, I would've seen it long ago. Of course I have no doubt Jace would put an end to any such thing."Mom, what're you doing here? Why aren't you with Sian helping her get ready?""She sent me to talk to Belle for you. Why did you guys choose the last minute to decide this is what you want to do?"Is it weird that none of our parents were complaining that we were getting married at our age? Jace's parents had invited Tammy's and Belle's to the wedding and that was before we knew anything about Jace's plans.I'd had to meet her dad one more time to ask permission, and when I asked him for an explanation as to why he wasn't losing his mind o
"Jace, everyone's going to be waiting.""This is where it all began." He moved inside me again."I know, you said the same thing last night." He's either nervous, scared, or overly excited, I'm not quite sure which. Last night he'd dragged me off here after our moms teased him unmercifully. But now, hours before the wedding was supposed to start, he'd brought me back here again.I ran my fingers down his cheek and smiled up at him, not caring that my wedding gown was being crushed beneath me, or that I was sure to have sex hair when we were through.He bit my finger and stroked into me again. "Are you happy?""I've been happy since the day we met." I don't know why that should make him stop and stare down at me with a look of... what was that look?Whatever it was it was new. He brushed the hair back from my cheek and gave me a butterfly soft kiss that I felt in my heart. "Now you have to hurry before we're late for our own wedding."I knew just how to get him to finis
"Wait, it's done? The fuck, did I say anything?" Sian clapped her hand over me mouth. Married two minutes and she was already starting her shit. I seriously don't remember saying my vows or answering shit, but apparently I'd done my part.I'd been too busy watching her and the others. Seeing the smiles on their faces made me happy and at the end of the day that's all I cared about. For me, this was just the beginning and not the most important part of our journey.I know most people put a lot of stock in these ceremonies and the big show of it all, but for me that wasn't as important as the life that follows. Of course Sian's ass was loving it. She's such a girl.She made me get into that damn carriage to ride to the place where we were going to take pictures, before coming back here for the reception. I didn't mind as much as I let on, since it was playing into my plans.Sian beamed from ear to ear but I could tell she was glad it was over too. There were actually people lined
I left her for two minutes to go check on something and came back to that damn kid teasing her ear with a flower or some fuck. I'd gone to stand with the guys since the girls were getting acquainted with her hometown crew and was just in time to see this shit."Who the fuck is that kid?" Jared turned to follow my gaze."Oh Sam, he used to be Sian's boyfriend.""Her what?""Chill Jace they were five.""I give a fuck; excuse me.""Come with me." I took her arm and led her away after scaring the fuck out of the kid with my glare. The little shit looked like he was going to shit himself. "Jace, behave.""What did I do?""You scared poor Sammy half to death."His name is Sam." That Sammy shit sounded too much like an endearment to me. She opened her mouth to argue and I kissed her to shut her up. I was jealous at my own wedding and none too happy about it.I kept her by my side the rest of the evening and noticed that though the other kids from her hometown came around,
"The young bride, the beautiful and talented Sian Saunders nee Claiborne herself, hails from another prominent business family of notable mention, the Claibornes of Claiborne Inc.""With these two coming together in wedded bliss, I for one am more than excited to see what this new generation has in store for us. Stay tuned later for an exclusive interview with the bride and groom..."I turned off the TV and flung the remote across the bedroom, slamming it into the wall. My pulse raced and my breathing escalated as fury swept through the blood in my veins."That was supposed to be me." The phone rang again and I don't know why I rushed to answer as tears started rolling down my face. "What?""Did you watch? What happened to you and Jace getting back together?""You bitch Kelly you'd better never let me see your face again." Her laugh grated on my nerves and made me feel small, something I haven't felt since I learned how to look out for myself."You don't scare me, I'm not L
I felt just a little spark of interest. This was the most taboo thing I've ever done after all, so how could I not? But the day was tainted and not as fun as I'd always dreamed it would be.Still, I spread my legs a little wider and plastered a fake smile on my face as he played his fingers along my thigh."Well?" I hated the leering smile on his face. Only because I didn't feel like I was in control. It felt more, like I was being led by someone else's machinations and I hated it.As much as I'd been looking forward to this moment. To stealing my mother's happiness, it was lacking something because I was feeling too unsettled.So that is why when he indicated with just the movement of his eyes that I should give him head, I slid down off his desk grudgingly. For the first time since I learned to use sex as a weapon, I hated it.Not the act itself, but the fact that in this one instance, I wasn't entirely in control. Though I'll have him in the palm of my hand after we cross
"Sian, the plane can carry up to twenty pieces of luggage in the outside compartment and a few more inside. Where pray tell are you planning to put those rugs?" She'd fallen in love with two things in Istanbul, the blue pottery from Izmir, and the damn Persian rugs."But Jace they're so pretty, can't we add them to your...I mean, our bedroom?" She batted her damn lashes at me like she's been doing for the last few hours since we woke up and left the hotel.Little did she know that it wasn't her damn eye shit that was making me fold, but the fact that it was the mother of my child asking these things of me.On second thought, her not telling me she was pregnant was kinda good for me. Once those words leave her mouth, she's got me. There won't be anything I can deny her under the sky.What's the difference jackass? She hasn't told you, but because you went snooping and you know you're bound by the same creed. "Well fuck!" "What's wrong with you? I won't get the rugs if it's go