“It would,” I concur. “Running the business for an entire continent would give me more experience than I can get by being Dad’s right-hand man here.” I eat my last bite of Peking duck and look at Helix for his reaction.
“It would give you a chance to spread your wings and show whatyou can do,” he says in his thoughtful manner. “Kind of hard to turn that down.”
“I would miss you guys,” I say quietly. “And…” Before I can mention her name, the baby in the car seat beside me makes a cooing noise. I look down at her sweet, chubby face, seeing that she’s awake now. “And I’d miss so much of Reece’s life.”
Feeling emotional at the thought, I unbuckle the car seat and lift her out. Reece is five months old now and can almost sit up by herself, but I place her in my lap, my torso supporting her back. She promptly grabs my fork off my plate and tosses it onto the floor with a happy squeal.
Phoenix looks on with pride. “That’s her new trick, throwing everything she can get her hands on.”
I kiss the top of her dark curls. “My niece is super talented.” I’m aware I would miss every new trick and milestone if I went to London. That’s my one drawback from hopping on a plane and leaving now.
“We can FaceTime,” Helix says, obviously reading my thoughts. “We’ll keep you up to date on everything going on here, including with Reecie. And we have the planes, so you can come back whenever you have time.”
“We’ll come visit you too,” Phoenix adds.
“But I promised you I would be here for you and Reece,” I argue, bouncing my hand as the baby grips my finger. She pulls it into her mouth and gnaws on my fingertip. “I feel like I’d be abandoning you while you’re still trying to adjust to this single dad thing.”
He scoffs. “Dude, have you met our family?” He begins ticking off people on his fingers. “I have Mom, Helix, Dad, Rebecca, and Perri. I have more help than I know what to do with. Not to mention Lorraine, who’s the most fantastic nanny in the world.”
My brother is still on paternity leave from Hale Cosmetics, so Lorraine hasn’t officially started yet, though she stops by at least three times a week to get to know Reecie and make the transition easier when the time comes.
“You do seem to be adjusting to fatherhood extremely well.”
He smiles across the table at his little girl in my lap. “It’s the best job I’ve ever had. The benefits package includes zero pay, no insurance,and a jacked up sleep cycle, but it’s worth it. Isn’t that right, Reecie?”
She garbles out some nonsense syllables around my finger, and we all laugh at how freaking adorable she is. Phoenix digs through the diaper bag hanging on the back of his chair until he finds a bottle.
“It’s time for her to eat,” he says, but before he can come around the table to take the baby from me, I reach across and grab the bottle.
“I’ll feed her. You enjoy the rest of your meal.”
As my brothers and I chat, I find my eyes drifting down to the cherubic face of my niece every few seconds. She’s cradled in the crook of my elbow, eyelids growing heavy as she sucks greedily on the bottle. Damn, I’m going to miss this if I go to London.
When Reece is done, I prop her on my shoulder, and Phoenix tries to hand me a burp rag.
Helix stops him with a hand on his wrist. “Uh-uh, let her do us all a favor and barf on that Liberace shirt Remi’s wearing.”
I flip him off, but I can’t hold in my chuckle. I’m going to miss these assholes too.
I remove the red panties from my nightstand and bring them to my nose. Her scent no longer lingers, but I like to imagine it’s still there.
My dick is well trained and rises to the occasion as soon as I have that soft lace against my face. We’ve done this before. Multiple times.
Reaching beneath the covers, I take my length in my hand and give a long, tight stroke. My eyelids shutter closed, and I go back to that night, to the first time I put my tongue between those shapely legs.
Her words… goddamn, her words already have my cock pulsing against my hand.
I want your mouth between my legs. I want you to eat me like this is the first and last taste of pussy you’ll ever get.
I move my fist up and down my shaft, rolling my palm around the head to gather the dripping pre-ejaculate. My taste buds come to life as if Minnie is right here, riding my face like a good little slut.
“Fuck, you taste good,” I mutter into my dimly lit bedroom, removing the panties from my face and wrapping them around my cock. They’re soft and warm from my own body heat, not quite as silky as Minnie’s tight little cunt, but just knowing they had covered her there is enough.
I’m hard as stone as I begin to fuck myself with her panties, hips rising from my black satin sheets to meet my fist on every thrust. My fingers grip my dick tighter, and now I’m inside her, our eyes locked as we breathe each other’s air.
She’s so beautiful beneath me. Her lips are still swollen from sucking me off earlier, and I kiss them, tenderly, reverently, the taste of our mutual arousal mingling. The stroke of her tongue against mine drives me wild, but I fuck her slowly, feeling every inch of me inside every inch of her.
We’re one, connected like I’ve never been with another human in my life. My head spins as Minnie’s fingernails dig into my shoulders, scratching down my back until she’s gripping my ass.
