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“Oh, hush, don’t you be sorry. I didn’t want to stress you about things that didn’t need stressing. Enough was going on,” Isla says, standing from her spot at the table. But I know what she means. He was already stressed out about me leaving, so she didn’t want to pile more onto him.
Let go of the guilt, Em.
“Enough about this… I think Mickey’s Ice Cream is calling our name for dessert. What do you say?” She effectively changes the subject.
“I haven’t had that in years… I wonder if it’s still as good as I remember.”
“It sure as hell is. Why don’t we all walk there? It's not too far,” Colton says, as he piles some plates into his hands to help clear the table.
“How about you two go? I’ll stay with Kiran and help Ma clean up,” Nox suggests.
“You sure?” I ask.
“Yeah, just pick me up a cup of Cookie Monster.” He smiles as he sets Kiran down near his toys. “Does he like vanilla or chocolate, Mama?”
I don’t think I’m going to get over him calling me that any time soon. Especially with that husky voice of his—he knows damn well it does something to me.
“I’ll get him a swirl. I don’t think he has a preference yet.”
Nox comes to stand beside me, pulling me in for a hug and a quick kiss.
“Cookie Monster, eh?” I tease him. “I didn’t realize you were still a kid.”
“First of all, that flavor is legit. And second of all…” He grinds his seemingly always half-erect cock onto me. “There is nothing kiddish about me, Sonny. I thought I proved that to you last night.”
A shiver runs through me at the memory. He has cherished every single inch of me these last few nights, and my body has been deliciously sore ever since.
“Hmm, nothing is ringing a bell… I must have forgotten,” I bait him, quirking an eyebrow. His eyes darken, and a determined expression sets his jaw. I love getting a rise out of him, and the way he will make me pay later.
“You’re in for it, babe,” he says, grabbing my ass with both hands and squeezing.
“Looking forward to it?—"
“Will you two stop? Every time I turn around, you two are all over each other,” Colton teases, cringing as he emerges from the kitchen.
“You ready?” Turning to see he has his shoes on, Nox’s hands release their grip, and I immediately miss his touch. He nods and turns toward the door.
Saying a quick goodbye to them all, we head out into the warm summer night. The walk reminds me of all the memories Colton and I shared growing up. Our late-night adventures, our up-all-night sleepovers, the ability to talk to him about anything and everything... But he’s no longer that boy I grew up with. No, Colton James Monroe has turned into a beast of a man. He’s almost the size of Nox, believe it or not. He’s wearing his hair a bit longer these days, reaching just below his ears with his baseball hat on. But his eyes are just as I remember, sweet and loving.
I reach for his hand, needing to feel that closeness once again. His hand closes around mine, and I sigh, leaning my head against his shoulder.
“How’s school going?”
“It’s going…” I smack his arm at his non-answer.
“It’s alright. I’m kind of at a loss with picking a major… I think I want to go into Sports Medicine.”
“That’s great! So, then what’s the problem?”
“Don’t get me wrong, I’m having a blast there, but I’ve been tossing up the idea of transferring to Mountain Ridge. They have an amazing Sports Medicine program, and they’re one of the best D1 schools on the East Coast, so I’d have a shitload of hands-on fieldwork if I went there too.”
My eyes widen at his confession.
“Yeah, I haven’t told anyone yet. It’s just, at the time, I thought I wanted to get away from this place.”
“I'm sorry.” I squeeze his hand tighter.
Colton immediately starts shaking his head at my apology. “It’s not your fault. I needed to get out on my own and live a little. But now that I have, I'm ready to come back and be closer to my family. Plus, it’s hot as fuck there, likeallthe time.”
