Total pages in book: 61
Estimated words: 60940 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 305(@200wpm)___ 244(@250wpm)___ 203(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 60940 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 305(@200wpm)___ 244(@250wpm)___ 203(@300wpm)
“I can’t believe this.” Dad sneered, “You wouldn’t.”
“Try me,” I threatened.
Ledger spoke up, “I am willing to put my hatred aside and forgive all the shitty things you have done to us for years if it means that my baby girl will have her grandparents. My mother is no longer here with us. Don’t make Hallie lose another one.”
My heart broke for him. I knew how hard it was for him to express that, but he was doing it for our daughter. Simply proving that Ledger Beckham was a hell of a man. I was so lucky.
“The choice is yours,” I informed. “Take it or leave it. It’s where we stand.”
Neither said a word, standing there in shock. There was nothing left to say because we finally said it all.
My mother stepped forward, setting her hand on my belly for a second. Her torn expression was evident.
“Denise,” Dad stated. “Let’s go.”
I hated that this was happening. However, the ball was in their court. Reluctantly, they spun and left. They gazed back at us a couple of times, making me think that maybe, just maybe, they’d eventually come around. If they refused, I’d buy their ranch if I had to.
No one was fucking with my family.
Not even…
My parents.
Twenty-Nine
Ledger
I watched Hazel pull her hair up off the nape of her neck as she stood in my old bedroom. After her parents left, my family congratulated us along with our clients. My old man wasn’t upset about what happened. If anything, he was delighted.
Our clients shrugged off what went down. They were happy for us. Most of them knew about our feud, so it wasn’t much of a blow to them. Sometime during the party, it was evening, and Hazel disappeared. I knew my girl. She needed a moment to herself to process the events.
I shut the door behind me, leaning against it.
She didn’t turn, knowing it was me.
Instead, she announced, “We’re back to where it all began between us.”
“Sugar, we started way before that night.”
“I know, but this is where it ended for us.”
“It doesn’t matter anymore.”
“I know.”
“Are you alright?”
“I think so.”
“You sure?”
“I’m not sad, Ledger. I’m just disappointed they showed up here and ruined your company’s party.”
“Our clients who are here have been with us for years. You have nothing to worry about.”
“Okay.”
“I’m sorry—”
“Don’t apologize for them. They should be ashamed of themselves.”
“I’m here for you. Just know that.”
“Now that I know.”
Our connection felt stronger than ever. She looked my way, catching me leaning up against the door with my arms crossed over my chest and my head cocked to the side, taking her in as she glistened from the sunset.
“You should go back to the party.”
I arched an eyebrow, grinning. “I have a better idea.”
She narrowed her eyes at me, picking up on the slight edge in my tone.
“Oh yeah?” she breathed out, her voice shaky and unsure. “What’s that?”
I locked the door before heading toward her and reaching her in four long strides. Her back hit the adjacent wall behind her, and I hovered over her small frame, locking her in with my arms on the sides of her face.
Leaning forward, I coaxed, “I want to make love to my fiancée.”
She smirked. “There’s a party outside.”
“Didn’t stop you last time.”
“Ledger…”
“I want to make things right.”
“You did. I love you.”
“Did you think I never noticed you back then?”
“I know you didn’t.”
“I noticed the way your sundresses would cling to your sexy body and how they still fucking do.”
She giggled. “There aren’t many things that don’t cling to me these days.”
“I noticed the way you would dance. The way you would smile and laugh.”
She swallowed hard.
“You know what I didn’t notice, though?”
“Hmm…?”
“How tight and sweet your perfect pussy is for me.”
The sudden urge to make her mine was too overpowering to ignore any longer. The urge to show her over and over again just how much she belonged to me and always would took over.
Consuming me.
I didn’t hesitate to pick her up by her ass. Her belly between us always made me smile.
“I can’t believe you can still carry me.”
“I love carrying you and our baby. I’m going to miss seeing you pregnant.”
I set her on the dresser, and her body was level with mine now. She looked up at me with longing and love. So much fucking love. The heady expression on her face pushed me further over the edge, and I was barely hanging onto my last bit of control. I slowly reached for the hem of her dress, taking it off in one swift movement and freeing her big, luscious tits. Her nipples were already hard, waiting for me to suck them into my mouth.
I kissed my way down her neck, stopping to inhale the scent of sunscreen on her skin that always did things to me. Her smell assaulted my senses, causing my cock to twitch.