"That's our ride" Bryne gestures at the limo and leads me down the stairs of the jet. He takes me to the limo and opens the door of the car for me. "Thanks" I smile briefly."Just a sec, I need to make an important call" He squeezes my hand and walks to little distance to make his call."Welcome to Queenstown, New Zealand" the driver looks briefly through the rear view mirror at me. "Thanks" I look at Bryne, he's still on the phone and it looks like he's angry at whatever the person at the other end of the line is saying."Is this your first time here" The driver smiles warmly and I smile back."Yes" "That's great, New Zealand is a great place, I hope you enjoy your stay here" "I hope I do" I smile and reach for a chocolate bar and munch on it while waiting and watching Bryne intently. After a short while, Bryne comes back with an angry expression on his face. "What's wrong" I keep my hand on his thigh. "It's nothing" He rubs his temples and let out a breath."Bryne, clearly some
"Oh my God, I really enjoyed the view of nature and all at the lake today. Thanks a lot" I step into the hotel room and wrap my hands around Bryne's neck. "You won't stop your nature blabbing would you?" He fondles my arse and keeps his forehead on mine. "What? Don't say I killed all the fun when I refused to swim with you, I had to take a lot of pictures of the beautiful nature scenery, besides you know I can't swim""I told you I'll teach you" "You can teach me in your pool okay" I drop a soft kiss on his lips.There's a knock on the door I open the door."Room service". The waiter pushes the cart into the room and leaves quickly."What do we have here" I open the dish and I gasp. "Oh my God! Bryne you did this to mock me" I laugh and lightly punch his arm. "Chicken marsala? Really" "I don't mean to mock you, I just thought that maybe eating chicken marsala would make you remember the recipe" He says choking with laughter. "So good to beat you at something" "Laugh while it last"
"Really?" I kneel on the bed and wrap my hands round his neck. "Because I'm already wet for you"He makes a throaty sound that awakes every damn cell in me and I bite his lower lip gently. "Let's finish what we started on air" I lick my lips."Lee" his husky voice trails off before he claims my lips in the most passionate way ever. He hooks his hands on my arse and draws me to him. Our mouth sync with each other as he eats the insides of my mouth, resonating every deep chord my soul has ever had. "Aren't you hungry?" I breathe out once our lips pull away. "Yes I am, for you" His raspy voice makes all the hair on my body stand. He pulls me for another passionate kiss.In one swift move, he lays me on the bed and climbs on top of me, kissing every bare skin on my body. I run my hands through his bare back, feeling every inch of skin on his back. A breathy moan escapes my lips as he rubs his bulge on me. I arch my body up to meet his and he chuckles. "We have all time" He pulls my cr
"Lee, wake up, it's almost time for our ride"I open my eyes slowly and Bryne kisses my cheek. What! How am I supposed the go out this early for a goddamn ride. I roll over and lay on my belly, just five more minutes of sleep, that's all I ask for. "Bailey" he trails kisses from the back of neck down to any exposed skin on my neck. "Just five minutes" I turn my face over trying not to get the sleep out of my eyes with all this kisses. I lazily turn over since he doesn't stop kissing me and our lips meet. "I haven't brushed" I push his hard chest away from me and sit up, rubbing my eyes. "I know. Does it make a difference?" He brings his hands to my face and I playfully swat it away. "Coffee?" I yawn and my stomach rumbles. "I'm hungry" So much for skipping dinner. "There's fruit here, I don't suggest you take something heavy" "Oh, thanks" "I think you should get ready now, it's almost time" "Okay" I drag myself out of the bed into the bathroom and take a quick shower. I wear
"Our apologies for calling off yesterday's ride, it was due to the weather and when it comes to that, we have no say" Mr Jay extends his hands for a handshake with Bryne."It's no big deal" Bryne says"Well, I must say, you have a gorgeous wife here" Mr Jay licks his lips. I can't believe he's openly flirting with me in front of Bryne.Bryne snakes his arms possessively around my waist and I smile. "Thank you Mr Jay" I smile sweetly at the man wanting to know Bryne's next reaction."Can we get to the part where we go on our ride?" Bryne snaps and takes intimidating steps towards Mr Jay. "Sure" Mr Jay nods nervously and takes a step back, obviously intimidated by Bryne. So good to have a well built boyfriend, I mean husband. I'm not going to hide that I'm already fantasizing waking our kids up in the morning and getting them ready for school. Yes I do see Bryne in my near and distant future and I'm sure he feels the same. "The balloon is ready now, there's your pilot" Mr Jay points a
"Home finally" Bryne slides the key card on the door and it unlocks. I walk inside, clutching his arms like some little girl clutching her toy."It's night here in Charleston" I say"Yeah, Queenstown is seventeen hours ahead of Charleston" He locks the door and drop all his keys on the table."I'm so tired, at least it's night here, that way I can complete my unfinished sleep" "I'll be in the bathroom" he goes up the stairs and I take a bottle of water form the fridge and gulp it down fast. I go straight to my room and change into more comfy clothes. I climb my bed and turn off the lamp. I have a lot to say tomorrow and I'm not prepared for any of that.A hand firm hand snakes my waist and my favorite scent in the world engulfs my nostrils. "I thought you'd come to my room" he kisses my neck."I just want to spend some time in this room before I-" I stop myself from completing my sentence. I can't get myself to tell him I want to go back to Greenville, I don't know how he'll react an
Bryne packs the last of my bags into the trunk of the car and gets into the car. "All set?" he asks and I nod."You sure about this?" He places his hand on my laps. "Yeah""Alright" he sighs and starts the car. "I'm sorry about all the stress" I look down at my laps."You don't have to be" He looks briefly at me before returning his eyes to the road. "I put myself through this when I kidnapped you" "Now you're admitting you kidnapped me right?" "Well, technically I didn't kidnap you" he shrugsI rest more into the couch and turn my head, looking outside the window. Honestly I'm not ready for anything, I'm not ready to face Cole, I'm not ready to stay without Bryne around me, I know you'd ask how I stayed without him for nearly five months but that was different, then I forced myself to think I got over him, to think I hated him but now I'm almost helpless without him. Through out all our back and forth, breakup and get back together cycle, I get more attached to him each time we ge
Bryne"I can't thank you enough Bryne" she wraps her hands round my neck and tip toes to kiss me."It's the least I can do Lee" "Rhino" She keeps her head on my chest, pulling me for a warm hug and I rest my hand on her waist.I can't explain how thrilled I am that she trusts me again, that she loves me again, that I can feel her thick body in my arms again and damn don't say she's just a girl because she's more than that, half of my heart, she's everything I need. "You didn't have to" she breathes into my chest. I know she's always trying to prove she's independent but fuck, I will take care her with everything I have, I want to protect her, to make her happy, to provide everything she needs."I love you, you know right" All the blood rush to my groin immediately she says that, she has so much effect on me, like I'm wrapped around her little finger and I don't care if I'm wrapped anyway on her body, as far as she's just with me, that's enough."When are you going?""Tomorrow I guess
"Hello mom" I say impatiently. My mom always has a way to interrupt us. There's shuffling at the the other side of the line "Hey B, uh can you guys come over for dinner at dad's place, sorry for the late info I totally forgot"No way. "Mom, it's not possible" Bailey hits my side lightly "You can't turn your mom down" she whispers"You're with Bailey?" My mom asks. "Yeah""Great! Please put the phone on speaker" I roll my eyes and put the phone on speaker. I know Bailey can never say no to my mom and my mom knows that too, that's why she wants to talk to Lee. I already made a great dinner for the two of us, but Bailey won't think about that, of course it's my darling mother. I roll my eyes again and Bailey hits my arm."Hey Bailey, I know it's already late but can you guys come over for dinner at my place? I would've done this later but my husband already booked my flight back to Georgia and it's tomorrow" my mom's persuasive voice sounds and I'm sure it has already convinced Baile
Bryne.I need her to understand that losing our baby wasn't her fault, I need us to go back to being us before the miscarriage. "Thanks Bryne, for every thing, for being my back bone, for being more than a boyfriend, for being so gentle with my heart" she maintains eye contact with me while stroking my face with her thumb."You don't need to thank me for taking care of you, you're my responsibility Lee" I kiss the inside of her palm. "let's go eat""Bryne I- okay, let's go eat" She steps away but I grab her hand and bring her closer. "What do you want Lee" I whisper over her ear and she claims my lips in a slow kiss. I want to go at her pace, I need to go at her pace even though all I want to do is to grab her and make her scream my name multiple times. She looked so sexy in the dress this morning and it took me all the strength I had, to stop myself from responding to what she was unconsciously doing to me, when she kissed me, I almost couldn't control myself again and then she sc
Immediately I get back to my office, I sit on my chair and remove my shoes. I don't think I can survive another minute in this shoe. I sigh in relief and massage my feet once I take the shoe out. It's been four hours of intensive practice and thank God for the lunch break else I would've died inside that room. I got to watch other journalist do other shows and I was given instructions about how everything is going to happen. Honestly, I can't wait for Friday and from the look of things, Baddie can't wait for Friday either. Baddie really made the whole practice interesting and I already feel so relaxed with him. Baddie says he likes that kind of atmosphere and so do I. Baddie reminds me of Derrick, when everything is settled, I'll take Derrick's lunch offer. Baddie walks into the room smiling. He sighs and slumps into his chair. "Hey we could have lunch together. There's this place at the corner of the street, it's pretty good"."Maybe next time, I really can't walk in this shoes, m
BaileyBryne pulls up at the parking lot of the building. Today is Monday, my first day at work and the excitement isn't as much as I expected it to be.Bryne squeezes my hands and I smile. Bryne has been everything since I lost our child. He has been over caring and I'm just so surprised at how perfect he's holding everything up in this situation. I hope my sour mood isn't going to affect my first day at work, I don't want to give out any first impression of being grumpy. "I know you'll do great" Bryne hands me a jar of cookie and I want to decline but it's my mom's cookie and who dares decline it plus he won't let this slide as I strongly refused to have breakfast. I take a bite and another and another till I'm done with four cookies. Bryne smiles, handing me a bottle of water. "Thanks" I gulp down the water and check my self in the mirror again for the 100th time today. You can't blame me for that, appearance matters as a new employee and a journalist at that. I know my life i
I plop down after wearing my rubber gloves, I dip the floor scrub into the foamy bucket of water and I scrub Bailey's blood stain from the floor of my dad's kitchen.Today is Saturday and I'm happy Kara agreed to keep Bailey company even when she's supposed to go back to college today. I told the housekeeper and the cook not to come here today because I'm sure they would've felt obliged to clean the blood from the kitchen floor which I wouldn't like them to do. My mom told me to pick her up in an hour's time and I hope that I'll be done with this by then. I scrub the floor harder and wipe out the foam to see if all the bloodstain is gone and I repeat the process after seeing some stubborn stains still on the floor. I've not discussed the plans I have for the company with my mom yet even though I'm sure she'll be uninterested in it as usual. Sometimes I wonder if my mom actually loved my dad because shortly after my dad burial, she moved to Georgia to be with Khaka, her boyfriend wh
BRYNEI lead Bailey into her house but she doesn't respond to me. She has been this way since she got conscious and I hope she gets better. I'm so happy she was discharged, I wouldn't stand spending another hour in the hospital. Kara has gone to my dad's house to get all the shopping bags over to Lee's house. I can't keep her at my dad's place, my mom may come home anytime and I cant explain anything to her yet. Bailey goes to her room and I follow her."Lee please talk to me, say something, anything" I can't bear the silence. "I was just so careless, I couldn't-" I wrap my hands round her waist and pull her to me. She can't blame herself for this, she shouldn't take all the guilt to herself. I'm at fault too, I didn't listen to her enough to understand. She sobs quietly and I rub her back. We'll work through this, I know we will. "Why didn't you tell me?" "How could I tell you, I was scared" She sniffs and I tip her head up to look at me."I told you I want to be involved in
BRYNEI pull up at my dad's driveway and Kara immediately gets down. I'm so exhausted from the shopping and I honestly wonder how women do this thing and not get tired.Kara is worse than Bailey when it comes to this, we've basically bought so much that there's almost no space in the car for the bags. I know Bailey will be angry when she sees this but how did she expect me to handle Kara, Kara that literally scares me.I bring out some of the bags and Kara brings out some too. "Wow! So you guys lived here when you were younger" she stares at the building and I laugh."Nah, I spent most of my childhood with my nana, I don't think I've stayed for up to a year in this house, that's why we all call it my dad's house" I struggle to open the door and Kara follows me in. I drop the bags on the couch and go back to get the rest. I pack so much and Kara does the same but the bags doesn't finish. "We'll get the rest later, let's find Bailey to check out these stuff first" Kara rubs her palm
I stare down at the pregnancy strip in horror.I don't know how to feel about this. It's scary! I can't be pregnant, I'm on birth control pills. Could some skipped days cause this? "Fuck" I place my hand on my forehead and shut my eyes tightly together. My whole life was about to start and this? I feel like crying but the tears aren't coming out. On one hand I'm happy about this, Bryne, the father of my child, he shouldn't find it difficult to accept but I don't want to pose anything on him. Both our lives are about to start for me to bring this up now. I'm finally about to start a lovely job and Bryne is about to take over his dad's business and join the elite club and this. I sniff and throw the strip into the bin. I don't know how to tell him about this, I'm not even ready to tell him yet. I hope he isn't awake yet.We'll work through this, that's what he always say whenever something goes an opposite way. We'll work through this.I place my hands on my belly and stare at my r
"How was your week?" Bryne asks"I met Cole-ouch" I scream as a sharp pain passes through my knee."Are you okay" Bryne sits up immediately and I nod."It's just my knee" I relax my knee but Bryne uncovers the blanket and keeps my knee on his laps and starts massaging it gently. "Ouch!" I exclaim as he touches the spot that pains me the most. "Sorry about that, does it hurt here?" He touches another spot and I shake my head in negation. "Have you taken your pain relief?" "I'll take it later""I'll get it for you, where is it?""Over there" I point at the other couch and he goes over and brings it, with a bottle of water as well."Thanks" I swallow the pill and he gets the bottle of water and medicine bottle and keeps on the table.He comes back to the couch bed and continues the massage "I'm just happy you didn't hit your head when you fell from the stairs"."I'm happy too, everything just happened quickly, I was on the third step and then I see myself rolling down and hitting my kn