Tessa’s POVThe entire world stopped moving around me.“His kind isn’t welcome here.” What did that even mean?There was no way my father knew that Joseph was a vampire. As far as my father knew, vampires didn’t exist.Right? I looked up at Joseph and he didn’t look as bothered. He stared at my father with an expression that I couldn’t read. My father on the other hand was breathing angrily through his nose and he was red in the face with fury. I didn’t know my father could get this angry.I had never seen him this angry before and it left an unsettled feeling in the pit of my stomach. I kept a strong hold on Joseph’s hand, not wanting him to go anywhere or be frightened away. But Joseph didn’t look like he was going to run from the hills.“Rick,” Penny gasped. “What is wrong with you? What are you talking about?”“I want him gone,” my father said again, still fixing his eyes on Joseph. “He’s not welcome here.” He paused and then added to Joseph, “You need to leave my daughter alone
Joseph’s POVWhy couldn’t I remember correctly? I’ve been to this farm before, and I recognized her father. Seeing him standing before us on the front porch, it was like a rush of memories flooding into my mind. But I couldn’t figure out why I remembered him. But it was obvious that he knew he remembered me and telling from our interaction and his reaction toward my presence, it wasn’t a good memory for him.It took everything I had not to grab Tessa and take her with me back to the city. I had a terrible feeling in the pit of my stomach, but he was her father. He wouldn’t hurt her.I had to stop being so paranoid about this.It didn’t take long to get back to my Villa and when I did, my phone buzzed in my pocket. I pulled out my phone and saw Tessa’s name flashing across the screen.I couldn’t help the smile on my face as I walked into my study and opened the text message thread.Tessa: I’m so sorry about my father ☹Me: Don’t even worry about it. I’ll see you come back to the city.
Tessa’s POVI wore a simple black dress that rested loosely above my knees and showed off my legs. The straps of the dress went around my neck and hugged my figure perfectly, showing off all my curves. The neck of the dress dipped between my cleavage, and it showed off the lining of my breasts.There was a simple silver belt that went around my waist and matched the silver buckles on my heeled shoes and the silver jewelry that I wore. My hair was left down so the wavy locks lazily fell over my shoulders and down my back.I wore simple makeup that brought out my features.I never was one to think of myself as beautiful, but I actually felt very beautiful as I peered at myself through my mirror.I would be lying if I said I wasn’t nervous. I wasn’t even sure why I was so nervous. It’s not like I haven’t been around Joseph before. I spent numerous nights with him; and met his friends and those he thought of as family.We’ve had sex for crying out loud.But this was our first real date an
Joseph’s POVEverything about Tessa was amazing. I was stupid if I thought I’d be able to resist her. She was everything I needed and more and I wasn’t ever going to let this woman go again.I was impressed with her ability to skate so well. She was fast, but of course, I was faster.I rented this entire evening for her so we could skate without the bother of others and without changing others from the school to spot us. I knew it would be something that played in the back of her head, and I didn’t want her to have any worries tonight. Not after what happened with her father yesterday.I held Tessa close to me, allowing the incredible peachy scent of her shampoo along with the captivating scent of her blood to fill my senses and send my heart into complete turmoil. As my hands traveled down her slender back and rested just above her tailbone, I smelled the desires she was feeling.Her body was pressed so closely against mine I thought I was going to melt against her. Her hands rested
Tessa’s POVMy entire body froze at his question.My mother? Why would he want to know about my mother? He didn’t sound upset or accusatory, but he looked at me with this curiosity like there might be something I might not be telling him. But I haven’t kept anything from him; I would have told him if I knew anything more about my mother.“I don’t know much about her,” I told him, narrowing my eyes at him. “She died when I was three.”“Do you know how she died?”I furrowed my brows together at his questioning. If he had done any kind of research on me, like he claimed he did, then it would be listed online as an attack. It was the same story my father had told me growing up that some bad men attacked her on her way to the store. It was at night so there weren’t any witnesses. Later my father revealed that they were gang members. But that was all I knew about her death.This certainly wasn’t the topic I wanted to talk about during our date. I only wanted to know how he knew my father b
Tessa’s POV“Mr. Evergreen, I’m sorry to bother you but you have a phone call,” Mica said from the other side of the door.My heart was pounding rapidly against my ribcage as I stared up at Joseph. He stared back at me, that desire never leaving his eyes. He pressed his finger to my lips and hushed me; my face flared with heat as I felt his erection at my core.He wasn’t going to stop? Was he serious right now? I soon got my answer when he pressed himself inside of me and I gasped at the incredible sensation.“Can you take a message?” Joseph asked loud enough for Mica to hear.He didn’t sound at all disgruntled, which was the most impressive part about this. Joseph trailed his kisses down the nape of my neck and across my shoulders as he buried his manhood inside of me and thrust against me.I threw my head back in pure ecstasy and tried everything I had inside of me to not moan.“He said his name is Carter,” Mica continued. “According to him, you wanted him to call you back.”Carte
Tessa’s POVI was waiting for Joseph for what felt like an eternity. We already had sex at the ice rink; we had sex once more when we returned to his place. But I really wanted to have sex again; I was craving him in ways that I couldn’t even describe. My entire body needed him; it felt like I’d been so deprived of him that I was catching up on lost time.But Joseph remembered that he needed to make a phone call and told me we would continue once he returned. As the clock ticks, I’m still naked in his bed and he’s still in his study speaking to some mystery person on the phone.My assumption is Carter because he called the ice rink earlier. It must have been important if he went to those drastic measures to reach Joseph.A knot formed in my stomach at the thought of what could be so important. I wondered if Joseph would tell me.Were we at that part in our relationship where he could confide in me about these kinds of things? I wondered where this relationship was heading in Joseph’s
Tessa’s POV“Let me drive you home.”My entire body tensed when a deep voice sounded from behind me. I slowly turned to see Joseph standing before me. That same concern lingered in his eyes as he stared around my tear-soaked features.“I’ll call Ruby,” I whispered, dropping my gaze from his.“I don’t want you standing out here in the cold,” he said, his frown deepening. “Let me drive you, Tessa.”As much as I wanted to argue, I also really didn’t want to have to explain to Ruby why I was so upset. I knew she would ask me questions about why I was crying and what Joseph did to upset me now. Truth be told, I wasn’t upset with Joseph for sharing this information with me. I was upset about the situation.I was upset that I was left in the dark my entire life about who my mother truly was. I was upset with my father for lying to me about how she actually died.I was upset that I didn’t know I had a witch lineage.“We don’t have to talk,” Joseph added as if I needed more convincing.“Okay,”