I am still staring at my best friend. I then realize that Emery is the surprise that fucking Curtis was talking about. She looks like shit, and I see a fading bruise on her face. I can only imagine what her clothes are covering. When she sees Dylan, Luke, and Arlo sitting there, fear covers her face like none I have ever seen. Right then and there, I know something terrible has happened. If Curtis shipped her here to me, then shit has gone down. Riley takes her bags from her as I lead her to sit down. She jumps behind me when Dylan starts to come towards me. I look at him and shake my head. I have seen Emery after her piece of shit father has beaten her, and whatever happened is different and much more terrible. She sits down. I tell her to stay and that I will return with something or her to drink. I can tell that she is highly uncomfortable with the guys. I let her take a drink before she starts talking. “Emery, what happened? Grandmother told me that Curtis was sendi
The last two days have been interesting. Emery has been staying in the basement of the house. We turned it into a game room, but it has a space that we converted into an extra bedroom if needed. My precious jewel is still pissed at Emery’s father, but she isn’t as murderous as the first day Emery showed up. I admit that Riley, Luke, Arlo, and I were becoming more pissed as Emery told her story. Emery has become more relaxed around us, which I think is good. When she first walked in, I could tell she felt like running once she saw Luke, Arlo, and me. I did hear the two of them talking the following day, and Emery was teasing her about being my girl. I felt that my precious jewel was blushing, and I was right as I walked in and saw the two of them. They had both gone silent as they looked at me. I walked by them, kissing my precious jewel as I filled a cup with coffee. She was almost as red as a tomato. “Jack wants all of us to come over and have dinner.” Sapphire says. “Ok
“Will you stop? You are being ridiculous.” I say. “You didn’t tell me that you were wearing this.” Dylan grumbles. “I fucking told you I was wearing my favorite bikini.” I point out. I roll my eyes at him. He is sitting on the towel, throwing a fucking tantrum because I am wearing a bikini. I am not sure why he is acting like a child. It is my favorite bikini, ironically reminding me of his eyes. It is a darker steely blue color with black piping and strings. It is not even remotely as revealing as some bikinis I have seen a few women walking around. Shit, Kyllyan’s is more revealing, and she is pregnant, not that she is showing yet. She is curvier than me, but it works for her since she is 5’10”. She has long milk chocolate brown hair with dark honey-colored highlights weaved within and eyes the color of platinum. She has the same sun-kissed skin tone as Dylan. You can tell they are related. I almost started laughing when Luke’s jaw damn near hit the sand when she pe
I let my finger trail down the side of her face, then down her neck to her bare shoulder. She doesn’t even move; that is how exhausted she is. We spent all day yesterday in the sun; then, I had my way with her. I hadn’t meant to be that rough, but when I saw her with her head tilted back, rinsing the remaining soap off her, I couldn’t help it. I love everything about this girl and every inch of her. She turns in her sleep, pressing herself against me. My finger keeps tracing every dip and curve of her body. I knew I was being stupid yesterday when I made a big deal about her bikini, but the thought of all those other guys seeing her in that bikini made my jealousy flair up. I had been awake for half an hour, but after doing my business, I slipped back into the bed and pulled her against me. She is so fucking beautiful it is damn near painful, and I am not sure how the fuck I got so lucky. I must have fallen back asleep at some point because I was alone in bed when I woke up.
Stella and I have been devising ways to get information on Sapphire. She has been trying to hack into her laptop and other devices, but something is stopping her. She has even tried hacking into the house's security, but so far, she has not been able to. Danello has had his men working on the same thing and has had the same problem as Stella. So far, they have yet to figure out why none of them can break through. Stella tried to explain what the issue could be, but I understood zero of what she was trying to explain to me. I can use technology and know what I need to, but what she was trying to explain was so fucking far over my head it gave me a headache. “Are your men having any better luck?” I ask. “No, my head IT guy told me that something is blocking them. They can’t get past the block, and they can’t figure out who put up the block. It appears that they have some IT genius working for them. Did Riley or Sapphire have any friends that were computer geniuses.” Danello
Jack I was standing behind Emery as her fingers flew across the keyboard. I was skeptical when Sapphire told me about her, but after seeing her in action, I know Sapphire was not overly dramatic about Emery’s abilities. Carmine did some digging into Emery’s background. Everything Sapphire and Emery told us was true. Her parents were both worthless pieces of shit. We even discovered that what happened to bring Emery to Australia was true, which set Mathius off. I knew when Mathius laid his eyes on her that he was interested. I know my son and the type of woman he is interested in. He has always had a thing for redheads. I would have no issue with them together. Besides being a brilliant young woman, Emery has to be one of the sweetest people I have ever met. I did tell him to be patient with her after learning what happened and what she went through growing up. He told me not to worry, and I was not worried. He might be your typical twenty-something male, but I made damn s
I don’t think I have stopped bouncing since Dad told us that Yasmin is pregnant. Yes, I started calling him Dad, but I can’t bring myself to call Yasmin mom. The two of us talked about it, and she is not upset that I can’t bring myself to call her mom. She has taken on the role, which is nice. It has been a long time since someone treated me like a parent treats a child. I am sitting beside Kyllyan. Candance, Yasmin, Kyllyan, Emery, and I are at Kyllyan’s OB/GYN. I am here to support Kyllyan and talk with the doctor about birth control. I got all of my medical history sent to my new doctor. We all look towards the door when it slams open. The receptionist glares at the guy standing in the doorway. I blink several times because I can’t believe who it is. “Luke?” Kyllyan asks. “Hey, have they already called you back.?” He asks. “No, but why are you here?” She says. “I wanted to be here.” He tells her. He drops into the seat beside her, huffing and puffing. He leans b
I still feel weird walking into Dad’s house without knocking. He told me I didn’t need to knock, and I don’t, but it still seems funny not to. I find Mathius sitting shirtless on the couch, shoving slices of pizza in his mouth. I roll my eyes. I am sure that he has a bottomless stomach. I will admit that my brother is good-looking, but I am unsure how he keeps his six-pack. The asshole is always eating. I set my bag down and sneak up behind him. I take my cold water and let it trickle down the back of his neck. I start laughing. I am sure his head damn near hit the ceiling with how high he jumped, not to mention that girl shriek he released. I laugh at Mathius’s reaction when Dad and Yasmin enter the room. I stand up as Mathius turns and shoots me the death look. “What the hell is going on?” Dad asks. “I was sitting here eating pizza when this little shit decided to dribble cold fucking water down the back of my neck.” Mathius hisses. “Sorry, I figured you were hot
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