Total pages in book: 108
Estimated words: 105301 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 527(@200wpm)___ 421(@250wpm)___ 351(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 105301 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 527(@200wpm)___ 421(@250wpm)___ 351(@300wpm)
“We will.” His frown deepens and after he climbs into the car, he slams the door a little harder than usual. “Have faith in me.”
“I do!”
“Sounds like it.”
“I just…”
“What?” He turns to face me, the darkness and dim artificial light making his eyes glow dangerously.
I shrug. “I don’t know. I’m just scared.”
“You don’t think my jewellery will sell?”
My mouth drops open. “Now you’re just looking for an argument.”
He turns to face the front, giving me his profile. “Well it’s what you’re implying.”
“No it’s not.” Is it? “That’s not what I meant.” He doesn’t speak and I fear my hesitation in supporting him has ruined the evening so I bite the bullet, close my eyes and take a deep breath. “I’m sorry, truly. You’re amazing and I believe in everything you do. This is… well you haven’t said anything until now and I guess I don’t like being out of the loop on something so huge.”
“I understand that, but you’re not out of the loop.”
“We should have decided this together.”
“Why?” He looks incredulous. “We would have come to the same conclusion, regardless.”
Gah. He is so frustrating. “Just forget it.” Now I’m the mardy one.
“You’re being ridiculous.”
Scoff.
“Guinevere…”
“Just stop. Everything you say is making this worse.”
We both bite our tongues and stare ahead. I really hope we can reach some kind of neutral ground before we get home. Besides, I already apologised; it’s his turn now.
He doesn’t.
“Hey, Jeanine.” I grin when the silvery haired woman greets us in the hall. She hugs me tight. “Were they good?”
“They were wonderful, as always. Straight off they went.” We step into the living room and I take immediate note of how clean it is. She’s so good to us. “Dillan used his potty before bed too.”
“He’s getting so good at it,” Nathan grins, looking every part the proud father. “Would you care to stay for a drink?”
“No, I regretfully have to shoot off. Jen is coming with Tyler.” She hasn’t seen her daughter or grandson for a while due to her hectic schedule. Now I feel bad for asking her to come all of this way.
“Thank you for watching them. You’re too good to us.” I hug the lady I have such a loving bond with. She helped to safely bring my son into the world so it’s only right that I’m close to her. “Drive safely.”
“I always do,” she grins, hugging me back. “Give those beautiful angels a morning kiss for me. I’ll call you tomorrow night; we’ll plan a lunch.”
“Sounds good to me.” I step back and walk her to the door. Nathan follows close behind, his smile hiding the fact our date night ended in disaster. Though the night isn’t over yet, is it?
The second she drives away, we shut the door and turn to face each other in the narrow hallway. It’s almost dark, only the dim light from the living room illuminating our bodies and surroundings.
“I daren’t speak,” he admits as we both lean against opposite walls. His eyes come to mine. The shade of brown looks black, making him seem angry though his voice is level. “I don’t want to further upset you.”
“You always twist what I say.”
“I don’t mean to,” he admits softly, looking towards the door. “It’s the way you say things; they come across that way.”
“You should know me well enough by now to know what I…”
“Don’t,” he snaps, his black eyes coming to mine. Even now, at this point in time, regardless of my feelings, he looks so completely handsome. “Don’t force me to believe that I need to read your mind. I’m human and we have only been together a short amount of time. I don’t know everything you think and feel and I don’t want to.” He doesn’t want to? “I like discovering new things about you.”
Maybe I’ve been unfair. “You weren’t completely wrong. I don’t doubt you, but I do worry.”
“Me too.” He admits. “But I need you to have faith. If you lose faith, then so will I.”
We both breathe heavy sighs. It takes a few seconds but he extends his hand to me. “Come to bed. Let’s erase this displeasure in the best way possible.”
Finally smiling, I place my hand in his and step past him to the stairs. “We can’t.”
“Can’t what?”
“Erase this in the best way possible.”
“Why’s that?” His hand strokes and squeezes my arse as I ascend the stairs.
“You don’t do oral.”
I feel my thigh sting as his hand connects with the sensitive area below my arse cheek. “Cheeky.”
It’s a long running joke between the two of us. He knows I don’t mean harm or even care that he can’t give me oral sex. I’m more than satisfied with what he gives me.
Stepping onto the landing, I feel Nathan’s hands glide around my hips and hold tight. His footsteps match my own quiet, careful ones as we enter our bedroom and switch on the light.