The Wellspring (Kaitlyn and the Highlander #12) - Diana Knightley Page 0,55

funny.”

I got Isla from Magnus and passed her into Hayley’s arms. Hayley said, “Hey Archie, come to my room for a moment, I want to introduce Uncle Fraoch to British television and he never knows what’s going on, come explain it.”

Magnus and I watched Hayley and Fraoch disappear down the hallway and into their room. We stood there, watching the now empty hall.

He said, “How long do we hae?”

“Not long, so we better get—”

His mouth pressed to mine as he swept me into his arms. I wrapped my legs around his waist, holding onto the wall, I suspended myself, while he fumbled with the key in the door.

“Tis stickin’.”

I breathed, “I’m sticky,” and then giggled because that was a dumb thing to say and I was kind of buzzed from the whisky. Our door slammed open and I was pressed up agains the wall. “Why hello, Master Magnus…”

“Wheesht, we daena have time for pleasantries.” We both laughed.

His hands groped my ass and his mouth was on my neck. Deep breaths near my ear. He dropped my feet to the floor and then struggled to pull my shirt off while I was fumbling with the buttons down the front of his dress shirt.

He was wearing nice slacks for our dinner out, I got the button off frantically and he got my bra unlatched. It was a lot like octopuses trying to get each other undressed, no productive fingers, just arms everywhere.

His pants rumpled down around his feet. He announced, “Tis good enough,” and lifted me to the bed, stepping out of his pants while I pulled my pants down and off and we both dropped onto the bed — still laughing. “We need to practice this more.”

“Aye, tis a travesty. I blame yer pants, if ye were in a long skirt I would hae it bunched up around yer waist a’ready.”

“And you sir have too many buttons.” He kissed me, rolling onto me, holding me, and then, chuckling, rolled off, bringing me with him and rolled me on top of him. Sitting astride his body I finally pulled my bra off my arms and tossed it away, “There we go,” as his hands enclosed my breasts.

“Aye, by my reckoning, we hae about ten minutes left.”

I giggled, then deep kissed him, growing serious. I breathed by his ear as I settled down on him with a gasp. He said, his arms around me, less a conversation, more a mention, “Ye lose yer breath with me.”

“I do… I really do…”

Our making love was the fast kind, the get this over quickly kind, the oh god, oh god, oh gooooooddddddd— The handle of the door jiggled.

There was a quiet knock. “Da, the door locked.”

Magnus croaked out. “I ken, Archie.” Then he quietly, with a deep exhale, finished, first; then tried to act normal, second; and then tried to be concerned, third. He squeaked out the words, “There is nae show tae watch?”

I stifled a laugh and collapsed onto his chest. We were hot, sweaty, sexy, just got it on, talking to our little boy through the door.

“It’s boring.”

“Aye, can ye give me and yer ma a moment? I will open the door.” I climbed off Magnus, kissing his mouth, and then dragging myself away, grabbing my pajamas from my bag, and heading into the bathroom to change. Magnus was in his pants already, opening the door, “Och, twas boring?”

“It was baking.”

“Daena sound borin’, it sounds fascinatin’.”

As I changed into my pajamas I could hear the two of them settling onto the bed and turning on the tv, Magnus asking to watch the show about baking and Archie telling him what had happened so far. By the time I came out they were happily watching.

“I’m going to go get Isla.”

In the hall Fraoch was sitting on watch. I gently knocked on Hayley’s door. Isla was fast asleep in the middle of their bed. “Thank you.”

“Did you have enough time?”

“Barely.”

“He gets worried when he doesn’t know where you are.” I pulled Isla up against my shoulder.

I whispered, “Yeah, it makes sense, right? I mean, I would be if our situation was reversed. I totally understand him and it will be a lot easier to be understanding now that I’ve had a little grown up time with his da.”

“Amen to that.” We bumped fists and I carried Isla from the room saying to Fraoch, “Goodnight Fraoch, thank you for keeping watch.”

Thirty-four - Kaitlyn

The following day after a visit to church so that Hayley and Fraoch could tell