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I pushed out of the stool then and got up.“I’m going to head out.”
“Are you sure?”Mom asked.“You can pick Scar up, come back, and join us for dinner.”
“Dad would like that,” Deacon added.
I hesitated.“No, that’s okay.I think I’m going to just enjoy some alone time with Scar.”
“All right.Tell her I’ll be stopping by soon with some meals.”
“More?”
“Yes.”
I laughed.“You know, you don’t need an excuse to drop by.”
“I know.”
“She loves you like her own mother, you know that, right?”Scarlet had told me the first time she stopped by with meals prepared and then tried to skedaddle off when they both knew she really just wanted to stay.She didn’t have a family and she welcomed mine as her own with open arms.It was the many things I loved about her.
Mom began to get all teary eyed.“Well, I love her like my own daughter.”I knew she did.She always wished for a daughter, but instead got four boys.Not that she ever complained, even for a minute.But we all knew that she secretly hoped for a girl.“It was never in the cards for me,” she had always told us when it was talked about or brought up.
“Daughter-in-law,” Deacon corrected, breaking the picture-perfect moment.
Mom brushed him off, though.“No, daughter, period.”
I gave Deacon a hug and Mom a hug and a kiss, thanked them, and then made my way out.As I was going to open the door, Dad stepped in.“Hey, where you off to?”he asked me, standing tall in the doorway, staring at me with that stern look he always seemed to give me.
I didn’t know why, but every time he looked at me like that I felt like I was a teenager again, getting caught sneaking around with my friends.“I’m on my way home to Scar.She’s home alone,” I said by way of explanation.
He patted me hard on my back and I nodded.He grinned then.“I’m proud of you, son.”
“You are?”I nearly died right there.
“Yes, I am.You’re a grown man taking care of his girl.I’m very proud of you.”
Proud of me?He’s only ever said he was proud of Damon and that was when he became a Ranger and did the one thing that none of his other sons had done.He won the son of the year award that year.“Thanks, sir,” I answered my dad.
“You bet,” he replied.“Don’t be a stranger around here, okay?”
I shook my head and he pulled me in for a strong hug.
What the heck was that?That was all I could think as my foggy brain led me to the car.
* * *
My mind had been blown away the moment I put the key in the door and opened it to see Scarlet lounging sexy on the couch, one hand tossed over the back, the other wound through her long, wavy hair.Her eyes had a mischievous, seductive look in them and her smile went from ear to ear.My eyes dropped lower and I couldn’t help but stare at the fire hydrant red lace lingerie that accentuated every curve and made her breasts look even fuller, even more beautiful than I ever thought possible.Her boot-free foot was wearing a black stiletto that made her thigh look so good.I guided my eyes upward again to stare into her beautiful eyes when I caught sight of her biting her bottom lip.God, how I wished that was me biting her lip.Biting.Sucking.Kissing.Mine for the taking.
In a low, sexy voice, she greeted me, “Welcome home.”
If I could have thought clearly, I probably wouldn’t have made strides to get to her, drop my keys on the way there, and take Scarlet’s face in my hands, holding her to my body as I devoured her.I couldn’t think of anything but kissing her, holding her right there up against my body.
The way she smiled against my lips when I had a little of my fill made me want to do it all over again.I could see her lips were swollen when I backed away and I smiled because it was my kisses that had done that.It was our fierce love for one another.
There was no doubt in my mind, not even for a second, that I was going to propose to Scarlet and make her my wife.But, for now, I just wanted to be with her.
“You’re killing me, Scar.”
Scarlet giggled.“Come on,” she pleaded, and took my tie in her hand and pulled me to her even more.
