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CHAPTER 6
LANDON
My eyes pop open and I know, immediately, something isn’t right. I take a deep breath and listen to the room around me before I swing my head sharply to the side to confirm what I already know to be true. Piper isn’t in bed with me. She’s not snuggled into my chest. I’m not spooning her.
She should be cocooned in my warmth right now and instead she’s…not.
Where the fuck is she?
I hear noises coming from the kitchen and start to stalk toward the door, intent on grabbing her and hauling her cute as fuck ass back to my bed, but when I look down at myself, I realize I’m naked and with a glance at the clock I see we’re going to be late if I don’t hurry the fuck up.
Damn it.
I power through a shower, ignoring my cock when it hardens at thoughts of what it would be like to have Piper with me in the shower.
Not the time and not the place. Not this morning at least.
When I get down to the kitchen, dressed and ready for the day, I find Piper already there with a cup of coffee. She’s staring into nothingness, so I take a moment to admire my woman. She’s so damn beautiful, but in an unassuming way. She’s not the type of woman to flaunt her looks or use them as a trap.
Hell, she doesn’t need to anyway. She’s perfect just the way she is and draws people in without trying. I love her for it, and it also makes me want to roar. It means she’s going to need my constant protection which makes me feel possessive as fuck. I’m not going to be able to let her out of my sight.
Considering I’ve been pushing her away for years, I’m surprisingly okay with the thought of having her and keeping her.
How soon can I get her pregnant?
It’s not something I’ve ever considered, but the moment I met Piper a lot of things I thought I knew changed. Now that I’ve had her, been deep inside of her and felt her pussy squeeze me like magic or some shit, I’m embracing all my psychotic thoughts about her without a care.
I clear my throat and Piper jumps, letting out a little squeak as she does. When she turns toward me slowly, her eyes are big and round. Fucking adorable.
She winces slightly as if she’s afraid of my reaction. She should be because she left my bed, and I didn’t have the pleasure of getting to wake up with her in my arms. I have a feeling if I say as much to her she’ll run so I keep it to myself.
For now.
Her voice is tentative, “Good morning?”
I grin at her, my voice a husky rasp, “Good morning, Button.”
The slight blush which rises on her cheeks makes my cock throb, but I ignore it. She’s trying to figure this thing out between us and I’m not going to push her. Not yet. Not right now.
As I make a cup of coffee, I can feel her eyes on me. I don’t mind at all. When I’m done, I turn to her and fight the instinct to pull her against me and kiss her until she can’t breathe, until she can’t think.
“Ready to head out?” The only reason I can keep my voice even is because of my training, I’m sure of it.
Her little nod is all I need, and I lead her out to my car and make sure she gets in safely before I close her door. The drive to Sullivan Protection is silent, but I know it’s quiet she needs. You learn about the woman you love when you’ve been watching her for years. She’s the kind of person who needs to think things through. I can only hope she doesn’t end up regretting what happened between us.
I don’t have room in my heart for regrets, not when she takes up so much of it.
What if she does regret it? Say something! Put her at ease.
“Piper,” I start, but she shakes her head, and the rest of my words die in my throat.
“Can we not talk about this right now?” She doesn’t look at me, but there’s something broken in her voice.
Shit. Did I fuck up? Again?
When we park and I lead her inside, with every breath it feels like she’s retreating farther and farther from me. It makes me feel like my skin is too tight on my body. I want to scratch it and pull it from my muscles piece by piece.
The moment we step off the elevator, she walks to her desk with her shoulders hunched down. The demons of my past, the ones who have whispered in my ear since the moment I met Piper, are back. They murmur that I will never be enough for her. They breathe that I will never be able to love her the way she needs. They remind me I’m damaged and she’s better off without me.
