Total pages in book: 90
Estimated words: 81977 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 410(@200wpm)___ 328(@250wpm)___ 273(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 81977 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 410(@200wpm)___ 328(@250wpm)___ 273(@300wpm)
The interest was there yes, but having lived such a sheltered life, having only known me for a handful of days how would she react? Fuck Gideon since when do you think like this? She’s the most important thing in your fucking life you’ve gone after lesser things with more fire don’t punk the fuck out. Just do what you always do, take shit.
I had no doubt I could possibly force the issue in a roundabout way, but I needed her to want it, to want me, to want us. She’s not a business acquisition I can’t approach this situation the way I did everything else.
And that was my fucking problem and what about her? This was still so new to her. I’ve had weeks to deal with my obsession she’s had days. But something inside me screamed that I had to move and move fast.
There was something way the fuck off about Clifton Sanders and waiting for the report to be completed was gonna drive me nuts.
The thought of him hurting her in any way destroyed me. How could anyone seek to crush a Blossom? How could her beauty, both inner and outer, not sway him? Was the man fucking blind, or was his hatred of his own daughter so deep he couldn't see reason?
I was afraid the latter would prove true, and it was that fear that had knots in the pit of my stomach. By coming on the scene the way I had, I had escalated something, how would he react? How would he handle my existence in her life? And if he couldn't will she pay the price?
I saw her as I waited in the back of the car. Rolling the window down I beckoned to her as she drew nearer. That smile, only for me, always for me, I will make it so.
The driver got out and let her in as some curious onlookers tried to get a glimpse of me. She was in and in my arms in seconds. I couldn't resist; all day she had plagued me, I had hardly looked at the spreadsheets still covering my desk, my only thoughts were of her, and us, and our life together.
"Gideon, you came."
"I said I would." I smiled at her exuberance as I kissed her forehead. As she pulled her head back to look at me I noticed her lips were a bit chapped. "Where's your lip balm sweetheart?" I ran my thumb gently over her lower lip. She hung her head and blushed, why would such an innocent question cause such a reaction unless, shit...
"Blossom, I'm not insulting you sweetheart, I just wondered..."
"No, no, no, it's not that, it's just that...my dad doesn't like it." She wrung her hands together while looking down at her lap, so she didn't see the frown that crossed my face.
"What do you mean? Doesn't like what?"
"He doesn't like me to wear lip balm or things like that?"
"Why ever not?" This wasn't making any sense to me at all it was such a little thing after all. I thought all teenaged girls were into that silly stuff.
And then I remembered my reports, she didn't have any friends, so she didn't do the teenage girl thing. For some reason that made me sad.
Cliff Sanders was a total fuck, he meant to rob her of everything that was good in life, meant to put out any light or joy she could find in the already mundane world he had made her life into. We'll just see about that, cock-sucking bastard.
I kept a smile on my face so she wouldn't guess at my intentions, or of the rage that was beginning to boil inside me. I rolled down the window between us and the driver.
"Change of plans instead of taking us straight to the office we need to swing by the shopping district."
"Yes sir." I rolled the window back up before turning to her.
"How would you like to go shopping with me?" She looked down at her uniform.
"Don't worry about that, your dad already knows that you're with me, you don't need to be home until after dinner."
"I still don't understand how you got my dad to agree to this..."
"That's not for you to worry about, just know that when you're with me we can do anything you like, like go shopping for lip balm and anything else your little heart desires.
"Really...that's...oh no wait, I can't..." She was back to gnawing at her lip and I subconsciously pulled it out from between her teeth with my thumb.
"Why not?"
"Because then you might think that's the only reason I like you." So shy and so fucking innocent; I wish to always keep her this way, I'll do everything in my power to make sure she stays this way for as long as possible. Which meant getting her away from my new number one enemy before he had more of a chance to fuck her over.