a promise to myself right away that I wouldn’t care. You were put in jail because the mayor is a monster who has it out for you, and his son was just as bad. Am I sorry for what you did to Brody? No, because if you wouldn’t have stopped him, it could have been so much fucking worse, or he could have done it to someone else.”
Jaron white-knuckled the steering wheel. “I keep having these thoughts that I should have made him suffer. That I shouldn’t have ended it so quickly, but being at the party, I didn’t want to cause a scene and make it worse for you. I can’t tell you how many times both Cyrus and Sammy told me what they would have done if it was either of their girls.” He shook his head. “But that doesn’t matter.” He squeezed my hand. “I can’t do this without you, so thank you, Piper. Thank you for not giving up on me, on us, and for waiting it out.”
Pulling my hand from his grasp, I cupped him over his pants. “This is mine. All of you. Remember? You told me those words yourself.”
He nodded, placing his hand on top of mine. “Always yours.”
“Finally mine,” I whispered, his cock jumping under my touch.
Jaron leaned over, placing a soft peck on my forehead before lightly brushing his nose against mine. “I love you, baby.”
My heart stuttered. “I love you.”
He gave me a small smirk. “Let’s get this done and over with, so we can spend the rest of the day doing nothing.”
“I like that idea.”
Once we reached the grocery store, Jaron parked and left the car first. He grabbed Brynlee from her car seat as I slipped out of the passenger side.
It was on the tip of my tongue to tell him that he could have brought her in her car seat but when he sighed as he held her against him, I thought better of it.
I grabbed the stroller from the trunk of the car. If Jaron wanted to put her in it, he could, but I was happy with him holding her.
We walked into the large building as a family. I looked at Jaron every now and again, almost expecting this to be a dream. I found myself pinching my arm every so often just to make sure this was actually a reality. Even though he had been home for a few weeks already, we had a hard start to our relationship. A part of me feared that he would move on after he got his fill.
“I can feel you looking at me,” he said, glancing at me over his shoulder.
I stopped abruptly. “I…”
He tilted his head, hugging Brynn against his chest. “What’s wrong?”
A sigh left me. “Nothing.” I went up to him and kissed his cheek before placing a peck on Brynn’s head. “Nothing at all.” My fears were unwarranted because I knew, I felt, Jaron wasn’t leaving. Ever.
“You sure?” He moved Brynn to his left arm, reaching out to cup my cheek with his free hand. “You can tell me.”
“I know.” I smiled up at him, liking the way my stomach tumbled whenever he touched me. “We can talk later.”
Jaron leaned toward me, pressing his lips to my ear. “If you don’t talk to me, baby, I’ll force my cock so deep inside you, the only word that will leave your mouth, is more.”
My body heated. “I don’t believe you.” I walked away but not before I caught the look of shock on his face. I bit back a laugh and sauntered down the aisle.
“Fuck.” I heard Jaron breathe.
I laughed to myself, enjoying this newfound awareness between us. No matter the issues we were having, we were still able to flirt, touch, kiss, and just hold each other.
The tiny hairs on my body suddenly tingled.
I looked over my shoulder, finding Jaron staring back at me. He closed the distance between us and placed Brynn in the stroller. After he buckled her in it, he came up to me and cupped my jaw.
My breath caught. Even though we were in public, I couldn’t help but get lost in him. His gray eyes. His life. It was like his damn soul was calling out for mine.
Just when I thought he was going to kiss me, he gave me a smirk and released my jaw before pushing the stroller down the aisle.
I huffed, shaking my head.
He chuckled. “Your mom’s a tease, baby girl.”
I scoffed. “I’m a tease.” I