We're seated at the back where it's slightly darker than in the front, I ordered the apricot Dijon glazed salmon and Grey some pan seared duck breast with persimmon grapefruit "I was thinking..." I trail, he hums raising an eyebrow."It's Thanksgiving tomorrow and I thought maybe we could bring everyone together, including my dad." I take a break and sip on my water."I'm just not sure if we can take dad out for the night." I add, he nods silently."Where and what time?" I'm actually shocked he agrees, I mean I doubt he'd be comfortable with everyone there.But even so, I need to talk to Julia. Like deep talk, this girl is really confusing. All of a sudden her and Nic have a thing?"Six should be fine, you choose the place." I would cook, but catering alone for eleven plus people is a lot."I haven't had a home cooked Thanksgiving in so long, we could take the day off and dedicate it to cooking." He shrugs, I smile.Not at the thought of cooking for eleven plus people, I'm still agai
"Let's go, I'm sure the guys are waiting." She takes my hand and leads me outside.The moment I step out Grey's eyes fall on me then back to the boys and finally to me, this time openly staring.Pride spreads through me, I notice the boner growing in his suit. Even though it's slightly baggy on him, that specific area just seems to be the opposite.I feel the ache in my core begin to form, when we get there all three of the boys wolf-whistle. "If you ever get tired of Xander, you know where to find me." He winks.He winks telling me he's joking, I give him a sultry smile planning on messing with Xander. "You can give me five years or so, then I can be all yours." I wink back, he smirks whistling.He takes my hand and twirls me around 'pretending' to admire my body, "I don't mind the wai–" Before he can even finish the sentence I'm out of his hold and in my fiancé's."Don't ever talk about or look at my wife like that again. Understood?" He threatens, his hold on my waist tightening wi
I look to my side and find Grey and I line in line, he catches me looking and smiles I laugh and focus back on the road, I'm already at 180mph.When we reach the curve I slow down and take it before going back up, my eyes widen when I see Xander flashes by me, overtaking me.I slow down slightly to avoid any crashes, biting my lip to hide my smile I try to head to the side but he follows suit blocking my way.I shake my head, I heat driving on the outer bend of the road, looking around him I notice that we're close to the bend smirking I know he would have to slow down before me.As he does that I take my place back on the inner bend and slow down slightly, the moment I'm out I speed up to 200mph. Once again we're neck on neck, the first lap ends with us like that. I speed up by twenty and overtake him with a laugh, he tries to get in on both sides but fails.I can almost hear his laugh, the every increasing beating of my heart adds on to my exhilaration.I remember the last time I r
His hand slips into my suit, because of the lines my underwear would cause I decided against underwear. Two of his fingers dip into my core, sliding in easily due to my wetness."You've been thinking of this haven't you?" He asks as he pumps in and out of me, I let out a breathless moan as my head rests against his shoulder."Answer me," he commands as his thumb presses against my clit causing my toes to curl."Yes," I moan as I begin to rock my hips to his rhythm, he groans approvingly.He curls his fingers making my toes curl even further and me whimper, I bite into his skin as he adds a third finger.All four of them work in correspondence as his thumb rubs against my hardening clit and the others pump in and out of me."You don't care whether they're people wondering what's going on do you?" He asks, the pressure in me begins to build up."No." I whisper, I honestly couldn't care any less, all I want right now is him."You dirty little sl*t," I don't mind the names, I'm a degradee
With a warm feeling in my heart I take that as my leave, I pass by Lucia in the living room reading a book. "Hey,"She looks up with a smile, "hi,"I laugh at her meekness, "tomorrow Xander and I will be preparing for Thanksgiving so don't make plans for the evening," I tell her.She grins. "Are Kat and the kids coming?" I nod, "Dad too, Xander says he can find a way to bring him just for the night," I wink.As if her grin couldn't get bigger, I laugh. I get her reason though, I don't know when last we had a proper Thanksgiving with dad.Normally on the day wed spend it with whomever we had and the next day we'd all gather at his hospital room and eat whatever crappy food they had, it was fun though."I'm going to take a shower quickly," I disappears upstairs and do as I promised.Now I'm sitting on my bed with my laptop open infront of me with everyone on Skype. By everyone I mean Kat, Julio and Julia they're the only people I technically know or can contact."So you're telling me t
I dial my phone to call Mr Cooper, he answers at the second ring, "Good morning miss Clarkson, how are you?"I smile to myself, "Good morning Mr Coorer, I'm good and you?" "I'm good, to what do I owe this pleasure?" I sigh."I was wondering if it would be possible for you to talk the judge to see if there is a chance of letting Logan out for the evening, just for Thanksgiving?" I ask nervously.I can hear him lowly chuckle, "Mr Grey assumed you would want your brother today, thankfully he informed Tuesday evening. I've had enough time to compile what I need and spoke to the judge. We should be expecting his rule today. Miss Clarkson you should know to tell me such before time as the Judge may need time to decide, and it's better that way," He informs.I sigh in relief and smile. "Thank you so much and I apologize for the inconvenience. I'll keep that in mind for next time, hopefully there isn't a next time," he chuckles and hums."Well then, I wish you a happy Thanksgiving Miss Clar
"I come bearing turkeys!" I exclaim as I step into the kitchen, Noelle is standing on a chair cutting green pepper with a butter knife.I giggle at the sight, she looks up and gives me a toothy grin. "Where's your dad?" Just like that he comes out of the pantry with a bunch of spices in his hands.He smiles when he sees me. "You're back," I raise the bag in my hand, "with turkey," I place the huge bag on the counter, "turkeys, so what can I help with?" I ask leaning against the marble surface.He places the spices down and then looks at his daughter who seems so focused on cutting the pepper, I almost laugh when a strand of her ginger hair falls over her face, she blows at it.Instead of it going back to where it belongs it flops right over her face again, she gets frustrated and instead of the pepper she's focused on getting the hair back in place without touching it.I look at Xander to see him recording already, I end up giggling, she tries a few more times before frowning and swo
I let out a soft gasp as the buzz carries throughout my entire body even my core. He continued down to my collarbone and begins to suck and bite, my fingers grip the sheets at the pleasure going through me.He stops, I open my eyes with a small whimper he's looking at me with dark eyes. "I–" he cuts me off by smashing his lips on mine.I wrap my leg around his waist, rolling my hips against his hardened c*ck. I moan in his mouth allowing his tongue to invade my mouth and explore.His one hand grips my waist helping me move against him and the other gathers my wrists above my head as he attacks whatever skin of mine is exposed which isn't much."Xander," I moan when I get impatient.I want him, need him.He let's go of my waist and wrists and looks at me, "I need you to be quiet for me, entender?" *understood?*I nod silently, he pecks my lips and moves off above me and goes down to my legs, gently he lifts my sweater until my entire stomach is exposed.His eyes trail over my body and
*3 years later*Xander's P.O.VI look up from my laptop to see Lucia leaning against my doorframe.It's crazy how she's grown up to look nearly the exact replica of her sister."Hey."I close the device and give her my full attention. "Hi."She scratches her head and gives me a nervous smile, "I-" She stutters as someone behind her clears her throat."We were hoping we could ask you for something." I raise an eyebrow."Well, I'm moving out to college in a few weeks and it's nearly uhm Rosie's memorial day, and we were hoping we could get some things that belonged to Rosaleigh. For memories?"My heart stops for a moment before it continues its job."Haven't you already been doing that for the past three years?" I try to laugh it off even though it's pissed me off every time.Although, Rosie was her sister and she deserves something just as much as I'd love to have kept everything of hers to myself.She hasn't moved things around, I'm grateful for that."I have and I would have continue
"Xander, man. Open up!" It's Nic. I wonder why he's here."The children are with Julia. Open up brother. What is going on?" he asks, I haven't moved in hours.Qaia is asleep in my arms, her face reminds me so much of Rosie's."If you don't open up the door, I am going to break in." Nic announces, he can't but I don't want him hurting Qaia when the door cracks from the impact, so I stand up and unlock it.He walks in, "you look fucked up." He comments the moment his eyes land on me.I don't respond. I don't have the energy to. "What's wrong man? You've got the kids all worried. And where is Ros-" his sentence dies off when he looks at the bed."Fuck." Tears well up in my eyes again.He pulls my head towards his and connects our forehead, "I'm so sorry." Tears are strolling down both our faces. "I-I don't know what happened. Noelle told me she wasn't breathing and... I just shut down. She can't be gone, Nicholas." I sob harder."I know, man, I know. I'm so sorry." His voice is soft,
*Two hours later*"Congratulations, Mr. and Mrs. Grey, it's a healthy baby girl."No words can explain the feeling that is spreading throughout my body. My heart feels so... I just don't know how to describe it.Rosie and I connect eyes, I can see the pure bliss going on behind them like a storm of some sorts, tears stream down her face, and I lean over to wipe them off."You did it, mariposa." I kiss her forehead. Our baby girl's cries fill the entire room, I throw my shirt off and accept her small frame. "8 pounds and 10 ounces," he tells me.Her face is reddened as she cries out, I sit beside Rosie and hand her over. Rosie starts to hiccup as silent tears stream down her face. She runs her finger over our baby's face."Shh-shh baby, mommy and daddy are here." she whispers, looking up at me. She cries even more when she sees me. She reaches out with one hand and wipes away the tears I didn't know I was shedding."We did it," I smile.We hold her for a while longer until the docto
After the heart to heart, if I can call it that, Xander took the pills and fell asleep. I, on the other hand, could not.I sat for hours just staring at him, so many times his face morphed from peace to anguish and from anguish to peace. It hurt me.My heart was broken. It still is.When dawn started to settle in, I spent my time on his laptop till full sunrise. I read up on the email he'd been reading, and a part of me felt guilty for not wanting to take the chemo.The other part of me was still insistent on not taking it. It would be a miserable play for all parties, I know from experience.I felt horrible for being happy and recalling all my favorite memories to my dad when all he could do was lay in his bed, hooked on machines. I ended up getting emotional and stressed, so I shut the laptop and began the day. To get my mind off everything, I had a virtual tour of the institute, then had an interior designer meet me at the house to discuss.After that, I spent time with Noelle as
"I think it's a girl. Only she can allow you to eat something like that," I freeze, my wrap just about to dip into my McShake.Ice cream turned into more cravings.I give him a deadly look, which has him laughing out loud. "She'll be an exact replica of you. She'll have your smile, your hair, your eyes, and your laugh. She's going to break many hearts because she won't be allowed to date until we're the same age." He smiles, I giggle."So, never?" He kisses my forehead."She'll have your smarts too," I finish my shake and turn to him."Well I for one, know it's going to be a boy. He'll have my hair color with your teenage curls. Everything else about him will be yours, his facial features; his voice, his eyes. Maybe he'll be lean," I shrug.His eyes hold suspicion in them, "So Jeremiah Fisher is out of the picture?"Shocked, I playfully slap his arm. "Firstly, that was one time. Secondly, that wouldn't be a bad idea either. Either way I—"Everything I ate in the last hour comes up my
Despite my wishes to keep my birthday small and at home, Xander thought otherwise, and by otherwise, I mean:He bought a private island near the Maldives, we didn't stay at it because it was barren, but we did go to it and suggested that we name it and soon talk to designers, for a beach house.A virtual meeting with a Hermès designer for a custom Kelly bag, I don't know how he did it, but he did. To say I was lost would be an understatement, Xander just laughed at me when i didn't know what to answer when it came to the leather types.He took me shopping, obviously, skiing, and I tried surfing but failed profusely. Xander, on the other hand, looked like Gabriel Medina at his best.There's nothing this man can't do.We spent a day at the villa and gave each other massages and watched movies.I loved those three days, but when we came back to the United States, I realized that I love being home rather than being away, or maybe it just has something to do with being around the girls.I
The next couple of months pass by in a blur, a week after the Logan topic we spent a couple of days in New Zealand for Xander's birthday.In June we finally got to building the institute, it's still a working progress as we speak.In the same month, I don't know what strings Xander pulled but Shane Grey signed over the rights of the company over to Xander with no argument. We celebrated just the two of us together.Ever since that day, Logan and Sophia never got in contact, she finally decided to go see the psychiatrist I recommended her. She was broken when he'd cut contact but as time passed she started to seem more like herself as Xander said.We celebrated Lucia's birthday at Disneyland late June.July fourth we finally took Rosander on a joyride if you can call it that, I think we all enjoyed the night. Xander and Julio put their differences aside for that day and even chatted among themselves, including Nic, as they all sa
His body stiffens for a minute but he continues to walk around like it doesn't affect him, it does."Yes, I guess you've missed out on a lot haven't you? While you were slowly killing a defenseless woman, I was trying to pay for our father's chemo and trying to save our brother from rotting in prison for something he never did." I let the words settle in."Well didn't you do a great job at that?" He chuckles dryly, anger bubbles in me.I walk up to him and stare him down, he doesn't shy away. "What happened to you? The James I know would have never hit a woman or abandoned his family," He chuckles again, "You mean the family that is slowly dying one by one?""That is no excuse James! I thought I could rely on you, even if you disappeared occasionally you would always pull through, but I guess you were too busy weren't you?" "What I do with my life does not concern you," disgust flows through every vein in my body.I ca
The constant beep of the heart monitor is silent.The bed is empty.The entire room is silent.My mind doesn't bother to find any reasoning, and my heart beats achingly.He's gone.There's no going back, and I have to accept it.Of course I cried, he's my father. Whether or not he's alive, he will always be, and he left with a piece of my heart; all of our hearts.A week after we came back to L.A., he left us, and a week later, we buried him next to our mother's grave.I broke down, became sick, grieved, and then I pulled myself together for my sisters.That was over two months ago. My heart still aches for my father, but it's dulled. It was time. He got his last wish, I got married.Lucia has gotten better, I'm happy that it didn't take that much of a toll on her as compared to mom's death.We've moved into the new house, the kids love it. Xander and I love it.Being back though has separated us for a while, he's been stuck in piles of work and complications with his father.Despite