He tossed her the clothes that she was wearing earlier. He tried not to stare as she sat there with an adorable confused look on her face. “Are you coming, Darlin’?” He asked.
“I was almost there.” She teased as she pulled her panties on first.
He peeked his head back in the door with a wicked grin. “Just because I stopped now does not mean that I won’t have you screaming my name later.” He replied.
She turned to face him, giving him a full view of her bare chest as she slowly, almost teasingly pulled her dress on. He walked over to her as she tied her dress, pulling her body against his as he took her lips in a rough, passionate kiss. “Let’s go.” He said taking her by her hand and leading her out of the door.
He knocked on Ronnie’s door first. “I’m taking her out, we’ll be back soon.” Jackson said just before pulling her to the elevator.
She shrugged at
Riley stared out of the plane window, not wanting to make eye contact with Ronnie. She kept thinking about the night she had with Jackson, and while he left her sore, with hickeys all over her chest, she couldn’t help but still crave his touch.“Miss James, would you like something to drink?” The stewardess broke her from her thoughts.“Uh, yeah, just a rum and coke, same thing for my bodyguard over there.” She returned.“Miss James, I’m working.” Ronnie returned.“Mom and dad aren’t here and we still have four hours on this plane, have a drink with me Ronnie.” She rolled her eyes.Ronnie nodded, seeing that she was really bothered. “Did something happen between you and Mr. Myers?”“Nothing besides having to leave.” She thanked the stewardess for the drinks and went back to staring out the window as she sipped from her glass. The rest of the fligh
“What, why?” Riley asked.“Because he leased out the penthouse down the hall to Gerard.” Mandy answered, knowing that Riley wasn’t going to be happy.She remembered back to the last time Gerard had stayed at the hotel. Her and Sam were still sharing a penthouse. Sam had just barely got back from a date with Mandy and was in the bathroom. She answered the door to a loud knock, thinking maybe it was important. “Ry, baby.” Gerard shoved the door open and let himself in. “I hear your brother is on a date. Let’s have some fun before he gets back.”“Gerard get out.” She demanded.“Not until you give me what I came here for you fucking whore.” He said as he shoved her up against the wall by the door. “No one can stop us this time.”“Gerard get off of me.” She shoved him hard and quickly threw a punch t
Jackson patiently waited for Riley to call and eventually he just called her. “Hey Darlin’ I’ve been thinking about you all day.” He said when she finally answered the phone.Just his voice alone had her heart racing, she closed the door behind Sam and Mandy and locked it. “Jackson I miss you already.” She stated her cheeks flaring red.“Yeah, it’s astounding how much I miss you, you haven’t even been gone a day yet.” He returned. His heart thundering in his chest as he spoke to her. “I just can’t stop thinking about you.”“Jackson, you are so sweet.” Her voice was angelic, even over the phone.“How was your flight, love?” He asked.“Umm… it was long, exhausting and painful.” She returned.He smiled and raised an eyebrow as he laid back on his bed, already in his pajamas for the night, he knew what she was insinuating. &ld
“Jackson, she’s your mother.” His father broke him from his thoughts.“She never acted like one.” He returned as he stood up from the chair. “You were all I had.” He said just before leaving.He spent the next few days ignoring calls from his father and mother. He didn’t hear much from Riley. It was a few texts then all of a sudden they stopped. He kept himself busy with paperwork trying hard not to think about the last few days that had him bothered. He really just wanted to talk to Riley but her phone was just going straight to voicemail, he was beginning to think that maybe it was just a fling for her.He glanced out the window, wondering if maybe he did something, or said something wrong when finally his phone rang. He smiled at the caller I.D.“Hey Darlin’. I haven’t heard from you in a few days.”“I broke my phone, I had to get a new one, it took a while to get here
Riley hadn’t realized that Mandy had sent her a text until she had gotten off the phone with Jackson.‘Your Dad and Sam had to leave on business, girls night?’‘Yes of course, sorry I was talking to Jackson.’ She replied her cheeks flushing at the thought of the conversation they had.‘I heard that too, be right over.’It was just seconds later that Mandy was knocking on the door, Riley had barely finished putting her pajamas on. She walked in with a bottle of rum in one hand and a coke in the other. “So Sam will be gone for a few days so we get time to talk and don’t have to worry about him getting grossed out.”“You are way too excited about this.” Riley returned, filling two glass cups with ice.“Riley, you’ve never had a chance to go out alone, like ever, then you did and you hooked up with a super sexy guy. Yeah, I’m excited. I need all the d
“What’s the problem?” She asked as she swallowed the sip of coffee she had taken.“Ry, Baby.” She tossed her head back in aggravation at the interruption.“Fuck.” She muttered under her breath. Gerard was the last person she wanted to run into. She just ignored him, hoping he would leave her alone.“So we are just confused about this part right here.” Alex started, pointing at the ramp and booths on the blueprints.Riley traced her finger across the blueprints, trying to ignore the sound of Gerard’s footsteps coming closer. “So, it’s two levels, both levels will have booths. No stairs to the upper-level though.” She shimmied her shoulders, trying to get Gerard to take his arm off her shoulders now. “It’s just a widening ramp that slowly goes up and wraps around the wall.” She shrugged her shoulders again in another unsuccessful attempt to get Gerard to ta
“Are you ok, Darlin’?” Jackson asked watching as her demeanor changed the second they had finished cleaning up the mess they had made.“Do you want to go to lunch?” Riley asked.Jackson smiled as he could hear that she was out of breath still. “With the most gorgeous woman alive, of course.”“And Sam and Mandy, I’m running late, Sam was the one that called.” Riley returned as she sent a message.“Riley, are you ok?” Jackson asked again, making her look up at him with a light push of his finger.“Yeah, I just… I have never done that before.” She answered.“What? Come more than me, because I am pretty sure that was the case the first time and the hot tub, and pretty much every…” He joked.“Not that.” She interrupted, looking down at the ground like she was ashamed.He pulled her into his arms and kissed the to
“I would have never thought of that, you should be an architect Miss James.” Alex returned. “I just figured with all the support beams and everything else we have that they were just for the dancers.”“Please, just Riley.” She returned.“Well, you are brilliant Riley.” Alex stated as he took some toothpicks and pushed them into the model.“That’s perfect.” Riley stated with a smile. “Just give me a call if you need anything else.”“Will do Miss Riley.” Alex returned as he signaled for his crew to come look at the model.Riley grabbed Jackson’s hand and led him out of the construction area. “Are you ready to get settled in?” She questioned as she led him to the elevator and pushed for the top floor.He turned and grabbed her by her hips, pulling her close as he kissed her a little rougher than he meant to. He teased the seam of her lips
Jackson stood at the end of the aisle, patiently waiting but anxious. He glanced over at Erin who was bouncing Arthur Ronnie James on one knee while holding Adelaide Myers on the other. Arthur was just one month older than Adelaide and had his father’s dirty dishwater blond hair, he was wearing possibly the cutest little tuxedo Jackson had ever seen. Adelaide however had Riley’s red hair and Jackson’s greenish blue eyes, she was in a beautiful white dress with purple flower accents.Jackson was glad when he found out that Riley was pregnant, and it was all he could think about for a while, but when Sam said that they would be having a little boy it made it even better, Jackson’s daughter would have an older cousin to protect her, on top of Ronnie of course.He watched as Ronnie got in the chair next to Erin and took Adelaide, rocking the three month old baby to sleep within minutes. He couldn’t help but think about how full and happy his l
Jackson was shocked at how quickly Derek was able to get the footage and was on the way to what was once the Moretti family’s vineyard. “How do you know that this is where they are?” Ronnie just wanted to be thorough.“The last stop we have him clocked at is about a mile away, where else would that bastard take her?” Sean said as he pushed the clip into his forty-five.“I don’t know why, this place has been abandoned since you kicked Gerard out of the hotel.” Derek said as he pulled out his phone. “Pull up just to where you can barely see the trees, lights off and we will continue on foot. We only saw the three guys and two girls on the footage in the car.” He hung up quickly as too started loading numerous guns, one of which was a fifty cal.“Do you guys work for the mob or something like that?” Jackson joked as he was handed a fully loaded pistol.“Something like that.”
When they got back to the penthouse to pick up Riley and Mandy they were both shocked when the door to both penthouses were left open and looked like there was a struggle.“What the fuck happened here?” Sam said as he stepped over a box that looked like it had been almost packed before it was knocked over.Jackson peeked in the door and then rushed to Riley’s penthouse screaming for her. Ronnie and Sam followed behind him. The door to Riley’s penthouse had been broken down, the tv was knocked down, the couch flipped over and broken glass by the coffee table. One of the lamps was shattered by the couch.“Ronnie, pull the camera footage and see what’s going on.” Sam demanded as he pulled out his phone attempting to call Mandy. “Mandy’s phone is off.”“Same with Riley’s.” Jackson answered as he hung up his phone. “What the hell do we do?”Sam dialed a number. &ld
Jackson got out of bed and got dressed, going down and cooking biscuits and gravy as he texted Sam to come by for breakfast. Once everything was done Riley was just coming out of the shower as Sam and Mandy arrived. Mandy and Sam dropped off some of their clothes before they all sat down and ate.The breakfast that Jackson cooked went by fairly quickly with tons of chit-chat and Sam finally announcing that they would be moving in downstairs. Jackson was happy as he watched Riley and Mandy celebrate as they ran down the stairs to unpack Sam and Mandy’s stuff.“You worried about tonight?” Sam asked as soon as Riley and Mandy were out of earshot.“Terrified.” Jackson answered.Sam grinned. “My mom’s not that bad.”“I am just nervous about the whole thing, what if your mother doesn’t want me to marry Riley, or what if Riley says no? I doubt she would, she seems pretty enthusiastic to spend the
He stammered before he turned the water off and helped her in the bathtub, climbing in behind her. He pulled her so that she was leant against his chest. His heart was thundering wildly as he kissed the back of her neck. “I love you, Riley.”“I love you, Jackson.” She returned, turning her head to kiss him.Her breathe caught in her throat as he lightly traced his fingers up her abdomen. She pushed her body against him even more, feeling that he was rock hard already. She took his lips in a rough kiss, flicking her tongue across the seam until he allowed her entrance as he started playing with her nipples lightly tugging and pinching.It had been so long since they had been intimate that she had forgotten how quickly her body responds to him, and how quickly his responds to her. Feeling the desire building in her core she let out a light moan against his lips. “Jackson.” She begged.“Patience, darlin’.
“Holy shit, it’s almost a separate house.” Sam said, still amazed even though it looked almost exactly like the ground level, with the bedrooms added.“There’s also a room on the ground-level for your mother and one for Ronnie too.” Jackson stated. “I’m not sure if your mother is going to want to move here, but I know Riley feels more comfortable with Ronnie around.”“Look, man.” Sam started. “Ronnie has protected her and I from a lot of stuff. He’s not just a bodyguard he’s like the really close uncle that would die for us. I know how you could be worried about her having such a young bodyguard but he’s no threat he just wants to see us happy.”“Sam, that’s not what this is about. I can see the connection that they have and it’s not something I’m scared of, I just want her to feel as safe as possible.” Jackson stated. “I’ve b
Jackson spent the next two months slowly moving his stuff out of his house in California. He would leave with nothing in his suitcases and them filled when he came back. He made his trips short, only a day or two tops and would schedule them around the times that Sam was out of town so that Mandy and Riley could have girl’s nights. He Had managed to convince Riley to start going to therapy with the help of Ronnie and Sam. Mandy was no help, she just agreed with Riley that she would be alright without it.The only thing he kept in his suitcase at all times was the ring that his father gave him for Riley. He would stare at every chance he got. He was worried about asking because they had only been together for six months, but he already knew that she was his forever.This trip was special though. He finally had all of his from his in his bags and as soon as they landed he was taking Riley to see the estate. Sam was the only one in on the plan and he would be pickin
“Sure, Ronnie’s just across the hall if anything happens.”He kissed her quickly and rushed out of the penthouse, wondering what was going on. “What do you need dad?” He asked as soon as he was in earshot.“Jackson, come with me.” Jerrod said.“What about Riley? We just got home.” Jackson gestured toward the elevator he had just come out of.“I’m not asking you to come back to California with me. I have something for you.” Jerrod returned as he walked out towards the rental car he had.Jackson hesitated, but followed him out. They drove out of the city in silence. It wasn’t long after they got out of the city they were driving through nothing but trees. His dad then pulled off of the highway onto a well-established dirt road that went even further into the trees until it opened up to reveal huge double gate with a huge mansion. Jackson got out of the car as his father did
Jackson didn’t leave the hospital again until Riley was released. It seemed she held it together while everyone was there but once they all left for the night, she would ask Jackson to come hold her and when he did she would break down and cry herself to sleep. When Riley was released it was just the two of them and the driver that Sam had pick them up from the hospital. Jackson had to hold her in his lap the entire drive. She kept her face buried in his chest and was hyperventilating to the point that he thought she was going to pass out.Once they got to her penthouse she took a shower while Jackson cleaned up, trying to make it easier for her as much as he could. He called Sam once he was finished, hearing that Riley was still in the shower. “Hey, Sam we are home now, she’s in a shower.”“How is she doing?” Sam asked, they had both already discussed how worried they were about her getting into a car again, even though they knew it