“Hey, I don’t want you to worry about anything. I want to buy you stuff, please let me do this for you.” I hope she doesn’t fight me on this. I'll beg if I have to. She deserves the world and I plan on giving it to her.
“I don’t know, Damon. I don’t want you to spend money on me.”
“Please baby, it will make me happy to do this for you. I just want to take care of you. You deserve so much.”
She looks deep into my eyes and blows out a breath. “Okay fine, we can go shopping. But I don’t want you to spend a lot and I’ll be paying you back and I don’t want to hear anything about it. I pay my own way.”
She’s got a stern look on her face as if she means business. What I want to do is tell her how fucking cute she looks while making it but I don’t think she would appreciate that right now so I tell her a little lie because there’s not a chance in hell I’ll be taking her money she just doesn’t have to know that. “Sure sweetheart, whatever you want. Let’s get some sleep.” Kissing her on the lips I gather her up in my arms so her back is to my front. “Goodnight Skylar, I love you.”
She lets out a little sigh. “Goodnight Damon, I love you too.”
For the first time in my life since losing my parents, I know what peace feels like and there’s not a chance in fucking hell am I ever letting this girl go.
Skylar
After waking up wrapped up in Damon’s arms, I don’t think I’ve ever slept so well in my life. I felt peace for the first time being held. Besides the girls, I’ve never hugged before so touch is still new to me. But with Damon, I crave it more than anything. Last night I had my first orgasm. I never knew you could feel like that. At that moment I felt like I was floating on a cloud. He never pushed for more, just made sure I got what I wanted. I felt how hard he was through his jeans while grinding on him. I’m not sure how he’s ever going to fit because holy hell is he huge. But I want to experience all things with him. He will be my first and my last. He took the day off to spend time with me which I told him he didn't need to. He just growled like he does, swatted my ass, and kissed the shit out of me making me forget why I even asked him in the first place. We are currently finishing up eating breakfast at the diner and then the shopping begins. I'm still slightly uncomfortable with him spending money on me. I never want him to think it’s all I want. I never had it growing up so I don’t know what I’m missing. I’ll just have to keep track of what I'm spending today so I can pay him back. But with the glint in his eye last night when I told him I will, I know it’s going to be a fight to give it back.
“So where do you want to go first? I think we should start with a new laptop and go from there.”
My mouth is opening and closing like a fish because I didn’t think I would be getting one anytime soon as much as that pains me. I'm going to lose all the contacts I’ve already made. “Damon, I can’t let you buy me a laptop. That’s too much. I thought we were just going for little things.” Casting my eyes down at the table because I feel so inadequate compared to him.
“Skylar, look at me please.”
I slowly move my head up so I’m looking into his eyes. He grabs my hands in his.
“I was going to tell you this later because I don’t want you to look at me differently. It's why only the guys know this. When I was ten both my parents died and since I didn’t have any living relatives, I was placed in different foster homes. I turned to doing bad shit so I had a choice: when I aged out a path leading to jail or the Army. I chose the army and it was the best decision I ever made. Once I turned twenty-one, I got a letter from my parents’ friend and attorney saying I inherited ten million dollars. To say I was shocked was an understatement. But I never let it change me. I'm still the same person. I don’t overspend on myself, it's just sitting there.”
He shrugs his shoulders like it’s not a big deal. I’m sitting here in stunned silence not knowing what to say. I open and close my mouth a few times. “I’m sorry for your loss Damon. To lose your parents at such a young age couldn’t have been easy.”
“Thank you, baby.” He gives me a soft smile.
“You may have money but I’m still paying you back. You having money doesn’t change the way I feel about you. You're still you. I’ve never had it before, so I don’t know what I'm missing.” He throws his head back and laughs knowing I'm not going to let it go.
“Alright miss sassy pants, we can work something out if it makes you happy. Are you ready to go?”
Taking the last sip of my coffee I tell him “Ya I’m ready to go.” Though I’m probably going to regret saying yes to shopping because I have a feeling Damon is going to go nuts and not listen to a damn thing I say. He throws down some money to pay for breakfast and we walk hand in hand towards his truck. Unlocking the door, he helps me inside by picking me up and putting my seatbelt on. I lift my eyebrow at him knowing that I know how to buckle myself. “You do know I can buckle myself in, right?”
“I know it just gives me a chance to touch you.” He gives me a cheesy smile while wiggling his eyebrows. Closing my door he rounds the front and gets in, starting the engine. Shaking my head at him, nothing can keep the smile off my face. I don’t think I’ve smiled so much in my life and it’s all thanks to the man sitting beside me. Pulling out of the parking lot we head to the mall. I don’t even remember the last time I went shopping at a mall as sad as that sounds. Most of my stuff came second hand. I never got to really live. Never getting the chance to go to the movies, bowling, or doing anything fun the things people take for granted in life. I have a bucket list and one day I hope to cross off as many as I can. I'm pulled out of my musings by Damon asking me something.
“What's got you thinking so hard over there, Sky?
“Oh nothing really. Just thinking of my bucket list that I have and all the things I want to experience in my life. It sounds stupid but it's something that I want to do.”
“It’s not stupid sweetheart. Tell me what's on your list.”
“Well I want to go to the movies, go bowling, swim at the beach, go to Disney World, which I guess I can scratch that one off my list. I think I’m too old for that one now.” Laughing, I look over at Damon and see he’s gripping the steering wheel tightly. “Damon what's wrong?”
“Your parents are pieces of shit. It just pisses me off that you never got to experience stuff in life that we all take for granted. Well, not anymore. I'm making this promise to you right now that everything you want to do and more, we will. We will experience them together and you're never too old for Disney World. You wanna wear Mickey ears? Then, that's what you're going to get. Wanna dress up like a princess? Then I'll make it happen.”
Tears are streaming down my face. Not from shame but the love coming from Damon. “I don't know what to say Damon. You know you don't have to do any of that right?” We pull into the mall parking lot. Shutting off the engine, he hops out, comes to my side opening my door, he helps me out. Sliding me down his front till we’re groaning.
“You’re right Sky. I don't have to do that but I want to. I plan on giving you the world, anything you want, it's yours.”
“Just you, Damon. That's all I need.” Lifting up on my toes, I give him a kiss.
“Alright baby, let's go buy you some shit then I'm taking you out tonight for a date.” Winking at me, we walk hand and hand towards the mall. Let’s just hope he keeps his promise and doesn't go overboard today.
Two hours later
