He was up and out of his chair and across the room in seconds, shoving aside anyone foolish enough to get in his way. Without a word, he’d grabbed Zoe’s hand, yanked her out of the room and disappeared down the hall. She’d like to say that she hadn’t heard the sounds of her cousin having sex and that those sounds didn’t still haunt her to this day, but she couldn’t. The rest of the family found it amusing, but they knew better than to say anything about it.
Everyone else pretended that the incident had never happened, partly because they knew that Trevor would beat the hell out of them if any of them gave his wife any shit, but mostly because they were all deathly afraid of Zoe and her baked goods. So far, the small woman who made her laugh her ass off had managed to send a total of twenty-nine Bradfords to the emergency room to have their stomachs pumped. Speaking of Bradfords and emergency rooms…
“Should we bring him to the emergency room?” Rory asked, throwing Jason a nervous glance and noting the slightly green color marring his normally healthy tanned skin.
“No, he’ll be fine. He only took one bite of the brownie,” Trevor said, sounding unconcerned. She opened her mouth to argue, but then with a sigh and a shrug, she reminded herself that Trevor would know the danger signs of eating Zoe’s baked goods better than anyone.
“Fine, then tell me how the two of you breaking the ban is helping me?”
“Let us worry about the ban,” Trevor said with a shrug as he reached for the bowl of potpourri, but one look from her had him pulling his hand back and shooting her a sheepish smile.
“Are you going to tell me why you’re here?” Rory asked absently as she threw another glance towards the clock. She might have to skip the shower and take one later with Connor, she realized as she calculated the odds of throwing her cousins out, feeding Bunny, and at the very least brushing her teeth before Connor showed up. She had to admit they weren’t very good.
“We’re here to help you with your project, Rory, and we’re going to help you build your suites,” Trevor announced, grabbing her attention in a big way.
“What?” she asked dumbly, not sure that she’d heard him correctly.
“He said that we came to help you with your project. Now, move your ass and get back to rubbing, woman!” Jason grumbled testily, wiggling around in an attempt to get her to recommence with the rubbing, but she couldn’t do anything more than sit there like an idiot as her mind quickly wrapped around that announcement.
“You’re here to help?” Rory asked, making sure that she’d heard them correctly.
“Yes,” Trevor said with a nod and a shrug as if he hadn’t just solved most of her problems.
Where her brothers were good, really good, her cousins were the best. They were bigger, stronger, and faster, very fast. Having one Bradford working for her would be like having five extra guys.
“Some of the others will come out when they can to help, but for now, it’s us,” Trevor explained.
“Oh, my God,” she mumbled, feeling her lips pull up into a huge smile. “Really? This is great!”
“If you want, we can go have a look at this project right now,” Trevor offered with a shrug.
“That would be great!” she said, shoving Jason off of her lap and ignoring his whimpers and muttered, “Bastard,” as she jumped to her feet and practically raced to the door. She was halfway there when one thought had her skidding to a stop.
Connor.
She didn’t want to break their plans, but she had to if she wanted to get her cousins caught up on what was going on. She could always sneak into his room later tonight, but she already knew that she’d be too tired to do that. It didn’t help matters that she had to get up early in the morning. Skipping out on their plans also meant losing a night in his arms and she really wasn’t sure that she could do that.
“Where are you going?” Trevor asked as she abruptly turned around and raced upstairs.
“I’ll be back in ten minutes!” Rory yelled, hoping to be back before her cousins did something to give themselves away and land her ass in jail for the night.
Chapter 27
“Connor?”
Speak of the devil, Connor thought, grinning as he wiped his hand down his face, wiping water out of his eyes. He’d just been thinking about her, but that wasn’t really anything new. Granted, his thoughts used to run along the lines of screwing her over for his own entertainment or revenge, but now he found himself just thinking about her smile, the way she pouted when he stole the last slice of pizza, and the way that she felt in his arms first thing in the morning.
Fucking amazing
“How much longer are you going to be?” Rory asked, sounding impatient and arousing his curiosity.
“I’m done,” he said, stepping beneath the water and quickly rinsing off the bodywash that coated his body before he shut the water off, ripped back the curtain and nearly tripped as he stepped out of the shower and his eyes landed on Rory.
“I need you,” she said, giving her bare ass a little wiggle as she looked over her shoulder at him. Blindly, he reached out and slapped a hand against the shower wall. It was either that or take the chance of his legs giving out on him as a surge of lust tore through him, leaving him panting and struggling with the need to step up behind her and take her hard.
The image of Rory bent over his bathroom counter and offering herself up to him was permanently etched into his brain, but it was her declaration that had him panting and so damn turned on that he actually feared that his balls would explode. The fact that Rory wanted him so badly that she couldn’t wait until the end of the night to have him had him struggling with his sanity. That she was as desperate for him as he was for her gave him hope and had him dropping his hand away from the wall and taking a step towards her.
“Couldn’t it wait until tonight?” Connor asked, absently reaching down and running his hand over his painfully hard cock as he reached out and palmed one of her perfect cheeks and gave it a light squeeze that had them both licking their lips.
