Total pages in book: 14
Estimated words: 13644 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 68(@200wpm)___ 55(@250wpm)___ 45(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 13644 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 68(@200wpm)___ 55(@250wpm)___ 45(@300wpm)
When she’s done, I suck my other finger into my mouth while staring at her. I groan as her eyes widen. A car honks from somewhere behind us and I shift back so that I am facing forward and ease the car into drive. She adjusts her panties and skirt and faces forward, her hair a mess and face so red. I can’t help but grin. I did that to her and I’m going to do so much more.
“There they are,” she says, trying to smooth her hair down. I roll her window down for her and stop in front of two boys. Both have dark hair like their sister, but where Jeniveve has honey brown eyes, theirs are green.
“Jeni!” they shout in unison.
“Get in boys. I have good news.” I hit the unlock button and both boys get in through the passenger back door.
“Who’s this?”
“Julian, this is Jackson Prince. He’s your new foster dad.”
“Jackson Prince, the billionaire?” the one who must be Jason asks.
“Yes,” I say chuckling.
“You came to our school last year and talked about sustainable companies.”
“I did,” I say, knowing I did do that but definitely don’t remember this school specifically. I probably went to thirty schools last year.
“That was so cool,” he says.
“Thank you. Are you interested in business?”
“I think so.”
“I’d be happy to teach you everything I know. Both of you.”
“Mrs. Honeycutt is bringing your things from your old home tomorrow when she comes to check out Jackson’s house.”
“What will we wear to school tomorrow?”
“We’re going shopping,” I say.
“Ugh,” Jason says. They are easy to tell apart. Julian is more exuberant than his brother.
“We’ll just get the basics tonight, boys. Jackson and I will do more shopping while you are at practice tomorrow. If that’s okay with you?” she asks me.
“Of course, Kitten.”
“Thank you,” she whispers and grabs my hand. I fucking love the feel of her soft, tiny hand in mine.
We shop for about two hours before grabbing an early dinner. Over dinner, I hear all kinds of things about their grades, their hobbies, and I can see how much they love their sister. What is in the Palmer DNA that has me loving these kids? I can’t figure out why it’s so freaking easy, especially since I thought I didn’t possess that emotion anymore. By the time we are done eating, I know that I’ll be adopting these boys as soon as I can. They need a father figure in their lives and while I didn’t have the best example, I believe that I can do this. They will want for nothing. At home I show the boys to their rooms.
“Um… Jackson?” Julian stops me before I leave him. Both he and Jason are just standing in the hallway, looking lost, holding hands. My heart shatters for the hell this little family has been through. The boys are tall for sixth graders, but they are too thin. They must not have gotten enough food in the two months they have been away from Jeniveve.
“Yes, son?” I ask, his little eyes widen but he doesn’t say anything about the fact that I called him son.
“Jason and I… we’ve always shared a room. Would that be possible?”
I look in the room they are standing in and nod. “Yeah, we can do that. Give me a few minutes and I’ll take care of everything.
“Julian, why don’t you go ahead and take your shower in this bathroom and Jason take the one in the hallway. I’ll help Jackson,” Jeniveve says.
They grab some of their new things and head out to do as they were told.
“I’ve got this, Kitten,” I tell her.
“It’ll go much faster if I help. We should move this bed over to that wall and put the one from the other bedroom on the opposite wall. We’ll worry about the dresser tomorrow.”
“I can get it all. Why don’t you go on and relax? Find a movie for us to watch. I’ve got all the streaming services.”
“Okay… anything I want?”
“Whatever you desire, Kitten.”
“Princesses and space travel?” she asks, coming closer to me. I love that she can only mean one thing with that. My little beauty is a nerd.
“Of course,” I say, pulling her into my arms. I can’t keep my hands off of her and she loves it.
“You sure I can’t help?” she asks.
“No, baby. Go on. I’ll join you in a little bit.”
“Okay,” she says hesitating.
“what?”
“Can I kiss you again?”
“Oh fuck, Kitten. You can kiss me whenever and wherever the hell you want to.” She bites her lip and pops up onto her tip-toes and kisses me.
“Thank you,” she says as she moves away from me and toward the door.
“For what?” I ask, pulling her back toward me after grabbing her hand.
“Absolutely everything.”
“Happy birthday, Jeniveve.”
“This is the best birthday I’ve ever had.”
“This is just the first of many,” I tell her, and her face hardens a bit, but with her next breath she’s back to normal. I’ll have my work cut out for me. Convincing this girl that I’m already head over heels for her and won’t be letting her go is going to be hard. I’ll just have to knock her up and get my ring on her finger as soon as humanly fucking possible.