I couldn’t help but smirk when I walked out into the living room. I opened the door to her room, and as I suspected, I was the only person at home. I knew she would do something like this. I called Riley to let him know what happened, and he told me that he and Luke would be back today. I knew they weren’t thrilled with this trip, making it easier for them to return early. I sent Sapphire a text. I am sure she is with Janessya. I had recognized two of the assholes that were harassing the women last night. They had been the ones that started shit at my parent's house that day at their Barbie. I knew Dad had taken pictures of them. He told me he was going to show cousin Anthony their picture. I agreed with Dad when he said that they were mafia but not from ours. I told Dad I bet they were from the States, and he agreed. I knew he was meeting with Cousin Anthony and his second-in-command. I am sure they would include Carmine and Jack, his second-in-command. That’s when I re
Ok, so I didn’t think this idea through. I was waiting for Dylan to be done with practice. I grabbed my bag as I walked out the front door. Dylan texted me. He told me he had a place where we could meet. I knew their practice would be getting over soon. I should have known he would have picked a place close to the beach. The house was stunning. I thought about turning around and leaving when a pair of hands landed on my waist. I let out a scream and jumped. I tried to turn around when I heard familiar laughter. Fucking, Dylan, how dare he scare me like this. I pulled myself from his hands and spun around to face him, which was my first mistake. I felt the words I would say evaporate when I looked at his sinfully sexy face and into those steel-grey eyes locked with mine. He had showered after practice since his hair was darker than usual, and I could see a few tiny beads of water barely hanging on to its strand. My hand twitched to push those damp strands away from his st
I haven’t been able to get what happened between Sapphire and me this weekend out of my mind. I had dreamed of kissing those lips that looked silky soft since I saw her in the pub. I damn near lost it when our lips touched as we sat in my house. I decided my house was the perfect place for us to work. I knew no one would bother us there. Besides the guys and my parents, she is the only one in my house. The house had been there for a few years, but I had it completely remodeled inside and out when I bought it. It turned out how I wanted, and I swore to myself right then and there that the only woman that would step foot in that house besides the women in my family would be the woman that I would marry. It has been three days since then, and Sapphire has kept her distance from me again. That stops today! I have no idea what is running through that pretty little mind of hers, but we will be talking. I know Janessya told me that she, for some weird reason, doesn’t think that g
It has been a week since I found Dylan in my room. I still can’t believe that all that happened and everything I told him. Since that night, he has made damn sure that everyone knew that I was his. I was shocked when none of the guys looked surprised to find out about his feelings for me. Keegan and Chance told me he more or less claimed me that night at the pub. It would have been nice if he or one of the other guys had told me. I wasn’t stupid; I knew he was interested in me but figured I was something new and shiny, and he would get bored with me sooner or later and move on. I still haven’t wrapped my head around everything that has happened, and I am very concerned that fucking Gary and his cronies have someone watching me. I take a deep breath and continue walking. My class just ended, and I am walking home. By the time I get home, I have decided to end whatever this is between Dylan and me. I can’t let anything happen to him. Since they were at practice, I knew they w
Fuck, this was not what I had planned with I snuck into her room. I knew she wouldn’t talk with me unless I forced her. The last two days, she had been quiet, which is not her. My precious jewel, Sapphire, may not be super outgoing, but she is not quite like she has been. She is talkative and comfortable around you once she gets to know you. I tried repeatedly during dinner ot get her to look at me, but she wouldn’t. Riley looked between us several times, trying to figure out what the fuck was going on. I know Riely and her had talked, and he had told her he didn’t care that we were together. I had a feeling that she had gotten into her head. I saw her roll her eyes when I was lying on her bed. I also saw her rake her eyes along my body. I purposely only wore some athletic shorts when I snuck in here. I still hadn’t planned on this happening. Of course, I had imagined her underneath me screaming my name, but that wasn’t what I had planned when I decided to do this. I fi
I still can’t get over what happened between Dylan and me two days ago. The fact that he has slept in my bed since then is beside the point. I am still sore from that night and the morning in the shower. I had talked with Riley, and he told me that he wasn’t thrilled with me dating one of his friends but that if I were to date one of his friends, he would have picked Dylan. I didn’t want to cause a problem between Riley and me or him and Dylan. Riley told me everything was fine, and he was happy for me. Now two days later, the guy has been in piss poor moods since. I noticed their bad moods when they returned from practice that night. I had tried to ask what was wrong this morning since I was sick and fucking tired of their shitty mood. I tried to get Dylan to talk to me, but he wouldn’t, and he snapped at me. I left for class after that. Thankfully this was one of the days that I didn’t have that ridiculously early class with Dylan. I don’t have classes with Riley, Luke, o
The room was silent. I wasn’t stupid. I knew Mom had a feeling that Gary had joined forces with the mafia, but I don’t think she was sure how deep he was in it. She never said anything to me, but I figured it out one night when I heard them talking. I had gotten up when I couldn’t sleep. I had left the kitchen and was heading back to my room when I heard voices. Gary was talking with one of the guys that came over frequently. “When I was 13, I couldn’t sleep one night, so I went to the kitchen. As I was walking back, I heard voices, and at first, I thought Gary was watching a movie, but then I heard another voice, which I recognized. They were talking about usual everyday shit, but I did hear them mention the mafia, and then I heard them talking about it. I know Mom was always suspicious about his link to the mafia, but I don’t think she realized how deep his involvement was.” I tell them. “Yes, Sapphire, we are in the mafia. Richard and I are cousins. Carmine is the c
When Riley threw out that my precious jewel was into underground fighting, I damn near lost it. Don’t get me wrong, watching her in that ring at the gym that one time was a learning experience. She and Riley told us that she had been going to the gym since she was 14, which I thought was suitable for a girl. I thought she had learned some primary self-defense, but I was wrong. My precious jewel had taken gymnastics classes when she was young, thanks to her mother. The gym she, I, and the guys now frequent has some of everything. MMA, self-defense, kickboxing, martial arts, and cross fit are just a few of its programs. I had mixed feelings as I watched my precious jewel in that ring. I wanted to jump in there and beat the shit out of the guy swinging at her, but on the flip side, watching her had that guy his ass turned me on. She might be tiny, but I wouldn’t want to piss her off. Ok, fine, I would let her throw me around anytime. She is welcome to use some of those leg hold
Riley -One Year Later- I stand here in our backyard watching the chaos unfold. We are celebrating my son, Niko’s birthday. He turns one today. I look over as I hear the door to the house open to see Sapphire and Dylan walking out. Sapphire has their eight month old son, Jayson, in her arms. He is the perfect mix of the two of them. He has blond hair, the perfect mix of Sapphire’s white blond hair and Dylan’s dark blonde hair. Jayson has his mother’s sapphire blue eyes, but you can see flakes of steel-gray in them. He is going to be a ladies man when he grows up. He flirts with all the ladies and all the ladies love him. Sapphire sets him down besides Yasmin and Jack’s twins and Niko. Niko and Jayson are only three months apart which I like. The twins and little Alaynia just turned two years a couple months ago. There are way more people here than I thought there would be, but I guess since Niko and I share a birthday it is to be expected. I walk over to where my beauti
Dylan-6 Months Later-“For fuck sake she is a moody sheila.” Luke says.“I will tell Sapphire you said that and we shall see how she responds.” Riley comments.Luke shoots him a glare. I shake my head at the two of them. We are having a dual baby shower/gender reveal. Riley and Janessya are the other half of this baby shower/gender reveal. They already know they are having a boy and Janessya is due any day now. My precious jewel is six months along and looks stunning with her bump. She woke up two hours later after arriving at the hospital all those months ago. I let her rest overnight before telling her that she was pregnant. To say she was shocked would be an understatement. She shut down and refused to speak for hours. I was getting worried when Jack walked in and asked what was wrong. She burst into tears and told him that she was pregnant. She was pissed that we knew the night before, but didn’t tell her. Thankfully she calmed down after talking about it. I know
We knew the girls were up to something, but never in my wildest thoughts did I think they would plan something like this. Sal had come to us and told us that they were planning something, but he had no idea what they had planned. Keegan told us that he had seen all of them over at Ace’s house along with another guy that none of us knew. No granted we don’t know every friend that they have so it could be someone from one of their classes that they had. I opened my phone and the app that I have to track my precious jewel. I gave her a necklace and pendant. The pendant has a tracker in it. I am pretty sure she knows it is there, but she hasn’t said anything to me. I don’t care either way. Knowing I can find her if shit goes down keeps my stress level normal.“I don’t like this. We know Mateo arrived in town late last night, but we haven’t been able to get eyes on him, Gareth, and Elias. I would add Karleena into that list but we haven’t been able to get a visual on her for clo
These last two weeks have been interesting. We told Carmine, Anthony, and Dad about Aria and who she said she and her father are. They confirmed what she told us was true and that her father was a close friend and ally of theirs. We even brought Aria to meet with them and Aria even called her father during the meeting. Emery was able to do something with her computer and we all saw him on the tv in Dad’s conference room. After that we let her in on our plan. I don’t think the guys fully trust her, but they are coming around. “I still can’t believe that Janessya’s parents cut her off like that.” I sneer. “I know, but they were against her being with Riley in the first place, why I don’t know. Don’t worry, Riley will make sure she and their child are taken care of and I know your grandparents have offered to pay for her school.” Dylan replies. Janessya and Riley had invited everyone to dinner a week ago and announced that they were not only expecting their first child but t
I love Dylan and the rest of the guys, but if they think they are being sneaky they are sorely mistaken. They might as well rent a fucking bill board and advertise that they are planning to try and catch Mateo and his group of dipshits. They have been covertly, well they think they are being covert, around trying to come up with a plan to catch Mateo in the act. We are over at Lina’s house. Emery’s fingers are flying across her keyboard as she checks on what those assholes are up to. “Do Gareth and Elias have any idea that you know they are involved in all of this?” Emmy asks.“No, I haven’t let on that I know they are the ones that were spying on me and that I know they are the ones that were helping to try and break me and Dylan apart.” I replied.I wasn’t initially suspicious of them when we first met in class, but both of them gave me a weird vibe. Elias more so than Gareth, but when we returned to class after our holiday break they were acting even stranger than before.
I can help but stand here and stare at my precious jewel. She is asleep on our bed in our house. We finally finished putting everything where we wanted it. I won’t lie, I was a little worried when I, more or less, gave her full permission to do with the house what she wanted. The only rooms I made sure were ready for her were our bedroom and the room I had turned into an art studio for her. I smile when she turns over and starts trying to find me. I climb back into the bed and pull her against me. She lets out a sigh and melts into me. Things have been quiet, and while I am glad for that it also bothers me. I hate this waiting around shit. I shift to lay on my back and Sapphire follows me laying her head on my chest. “No, it’s too early.” Sapphire whines. “My precious jewel is almost ten.” I snicker.“SHIT!” She states.I laugh when she jumps out of bed running into the closet to grab some clothes and then into the bathroom. I shake my head as I fling my legs over the
I have been here for two weeks and I know that I am going to have to go back to the States soon. My father has been hounding me trying to find out where I am. I am sure he is looking for me, but since I told him I was going to travel around Europe to clear my head he has been trying to find me. I knew he wouldn’t, but he doesn’t know that. I also had work I needed to get back to. I want to bring Karleena with me, but I know if I did that Dad would know that I was here if I were to bring her home with me. “Hey, I am not angry. I know I can’t go back with you, no matter how badly I want to. We have to play this right if our plan is going to work.” Karleena says.The two of us are lying in her bed. We had woken up to her phone going off. She is cuddled into my side with her head on my shoulder as her fingers trace the lines of my muscles. We are both naked after several rounds of sex last night. Gareth had called her letting her know that they needed to talk, but she told hi
I didn’t think this idea through. It sounded great when I said something to Dylan about it, but I didn’t realize how much work this was going to be. I watch as the delivery guys place the last piece of furniture in the house before they leave. Dylan and I have been furniture shopping since our date three nights ago. We talked to Dad and Richard, they agreed that it would make them think that we are not worried about them. They weren’t thrilled with the idea, but they also didn’t tell us not to move into the house. Dad, Carmine, and Anthony left this morning for something in Greece or Italy. I am not sure which country they had to travel to. I let out a sigh as I looked at everything. Most of the furniture had already been delivered, but these few pieces had been out of stock when we ordered them, and they just came back in stock yesterday. I wasn’t expecting to have them arrive this soon. “Don’t worry my precious jewel, the guys are going to come over later and help us arra
I shivered as his breath floated across my ear. Dinner had been amazing, and I was amazed that Dylan was able to reserve a table at that restaurant. I know for a fact that there is at least a three or four month waiting list to get a table there. The food was delicious, making me want to come back as soon as we could. I couldn’t stop staring at my ring. I had a feeling that he was up to something, but I was not expecting this. The ring is gorgeous. The center stone is a large four carat tear drop shaped sapphire with diamonds that decrease in size as they circle the band. The band is rose gold and fits my finger perfectly. I was jolted from staring at the ring when the car stopped. I knew the house, but I wasn’t sure why we were stopping here. I did notice a few new pieces of furniture as we entered. “Why are we stopping at your house?” I asked.“The last part of your surprise is in there. Come on precious jewel, our night is just getting started.” He whispered in my ea