“What the hell are you doing?” Aidan asked, coming over to stand next to him while he glared at the bastard asking the clerk about the shuttle service to the parks.
“Getting supplies,” Danny said, glancing back at the small store, wondering if he should buy Jodi that overpriced stuffed teddy bear and box of chocolates. After a minute, he decided that it couldn’t hurt. He grabbed the bear and chocolate, ignoring his brother’s questioning look and placed them on the counter and returned to glaring at the annoying bastard holding the clerk up.
“Supplies?” his brother murmured with a cocked brow as he picked up the teddy bear.
With an annoyed sigh, Danny grabbed the teddy bear away from his brother and placed it back on the counter. “Supplies,” he said tightly, glaring at the bastard now asking the hotel clerk about brochures.
“We’re supposed to be on a family trip,” Aidan said quietly as he leaned against the counter.
“Don’t start,” Danny said, drumming his fingertips against the marble countertop as he waited for the bastard to hurry up.
“Mom’s upset.”
“No, she’s not,” Danny said, knowing his mother well enough to know that if she was upset, she would have come here to tell him instead of sending Aidan to do her dirty work. His mother didn’t work like that. She didn’t use messengers or guilt. If she had something to say, she said it.
“Fine. We’re all worried about you,” Aidan said, toying with the teddy bear’s foot.
“There’s nothing to worry about,” Danny said, wondering just how many fucking questions one man could have about brochures.
“Really? Then explain why you’ve been skipping family dinners lately, why you don’t return phone calls, and why none of us have been able to get a hold of you in the past two days.”
“Because I have a girlfriend now, asshole. I haven’t been going to dinner every other night because I spend most nights with her now. I don’t return all of your phone calls because I don’t have that kind of time. You assholes call me at all hours of the day with whatever bullshit excuse you can come up with to check up on me. I’m fine, more than fine, and as soon as you assholes realize that, things will be even better.”
Aidan sighed, “We’re just worried about you.”
“There’s nothing to worry about. I’m fine.”
“Yeah, I can see that,” Aidan said with a chuckle when the hotel clerk picked up the boxes of condoms with a smile and placed them back on the counter.
“Would you like these items as well?” she asked, gesturing to the items on the counter.
He nodded, struggling not to think about what was waiting for him upstairs. With a smile and a slight nod, she began scanning all the items as he stood there, shifting anxiously.
“That will be $52.37,” she said, looking up at him expectantly.
With a nod, Danny grabbed the bags and gestured to his brother. “He’s got it.”
He ignored his brother’s muttered, “Greedy bastard,” and headed towards the elevator. Five minutes later, he was standing outside their hotel room, searching for a card that he didn’t have and constantly adjusting his pants, trying to make his erection behave. Finally, after a minute, he gave up and knocked on the door.
He damn near sighed with relief when the door finally opened and his little Tinkerbelle stood there, wearing nothing but a towel and-
Gasped as Danny practically tackled her and took her to the floor, dropping the bag he’d been holding in the process. He took her mouth as he blindly kicked back, finally managing to kick the door shut behind them.
“Are you sure?” Danny asked, ripping her towel away.
She opened her mouth to tell him, yes, but the word was drowned out by a loud moan when Danny suddenly wrapped his lips around her nipple and gently suckled. He forced another moan from her lips when he slid a finger inside her.
“Oh, God!” Jodi gasped as he thrust his finger inside her.
“I can’t wait to be inside you,” Danny growled around her nipple as he shifted between her legs until he was kneeling.
With his free hand, he reached down and ripped open his pants while she ran her fingers through his hair and over his back, encouraging him. She couldn’t believe this was finally happening. She was finally going to make love with the man that she-
Okay, now was not the time to think about that. She wasn’t going to think about how she felt about him, how much she loved being with him, seeing him or how just hearing his voice made it easier to get through her day when all she wanted to do was crawl back into bed and stay there. He’d gone from being the worst part of her day to being the best part in a very short amount of time.
For months, she’d been fantasizing about just how good it would feel to have him slide inside her, how it would feel to have a man that actually cared about her make love to her. With Jerry, it had been cold, awkward, uncomfortable and for the most part, she hadn’t really felt much other than him jostling on top of her. When he’d finished, he’d left her feeling used, dirty, and just…
Alone and miserable.
