A Love Like This (Book 1) (26 page)

Nickie
 
writes,
 
“
What the hell are you two doing in there? It sounds like you
’
re performing an exorcism.
”

Pookie
 
writes,
 
“
We
’
re leaving a little later today.
 
Come out and say goodbye if you can pull yourself out of that room long enough.
 
I mean really, we can hear you.
”

Keisha
’
s message is disturbing,
 
“
I know what you did and I
’
m going to tell!
”
 
 
I knew
 
Pookie
 
would tell Keisha.
 
No one in this family can keep a secret. Thank goodness her next message says,
“
Just kidding, call me back.
”

I type out,
 
‘
everything
is
fine will call soon.
 
Please don
’
t tell mom and dad
’
 
in a text message.
 
I send the message to all three of them at once then hang up my towel and make my way back to the bed completely naked.
 
I
’
ve gotten pretty bold in the last few hours.
 
However, the first time I saw Tucker naked I wondered how in the hell something that big was going to fit into my body.
 
It was pretty tight at first but it turns out my lady parts are extremely accommodating.
 
I climb back into bed with Tucker and snuggle under his arm.

“
Baby, I need rest you
’
re trying to kill me,
”
 
He says.
 
I
’
ve awaken him about every three hours since he first walked into the bedroom.
 
I guess hearing Tucker say he loves me aroused my inner whore.

“
Rest later,
”
 
I say nibbling his ear.
 
He rolls over and pulls me close to his side.
 
I stroke his firm chest then let my fingers sink into the ripples of muscles on his stomach.
 
I sit up and straddle his chest then bend down to kiss him.
 
“
Wake up Tuck,
”
 
I whisper in his ear.
 

He stretches and yawns loudly.
 
 
“
You smell good,
”
 
he says placing both hands on my hips and pulling me forward until I
’
m hovering over his face.
 
His hands move over
my
 
torso and up to my breasts as his tongue thrusts inside me then flicks against my clit.
 
He rolls me onto my back and continues to explore with his tongue for what seems like forever until my body begins to spasm uncontrollably.
 
Before I have a chance to catch my breath Tucker plunges himself deep inside me.
 
I hold on tight rolling my hips underneath him matching his rhythm.
 
Tucker drives into me deeper and faster until my body begins to shudder even stronger than before.
 
I hold him tight while the wave rushes over my body taking my breath away. A few minutes later he tenses, releases and collapses in a heap.

“
I need food and water,
”
 
he says panting for a few minutes before he falls asleep right on top of me which would be great if he wasn
’
t so damn big.
 
I manage to burrow my way from underneath his limp body.
 
I climb out of bed and switch on a desk light.
 
I pick up a shirt that
’
s draped on a chair and put it on before walking out of the room.
 
I feel alongside the hallway wall and find a light switch.
 
When the path
’
s lighted I toddle slowly towards the kitchen.
 
 
“
This house is too big for one person,
”
 
I think out loud.
 
I turn on more lights in the kitchen.
 
There
’
s food left out on the counter and quite a few plates in the sink.
 
I switch on a big light in the living room and Sarah pops up from under a sleeping bag.
 
I scream and clutch my chest.
 
“
I thought everyone left,
”
 
I say panting.

“
Yeah everyone except me,
”
 
she says stretching.
 
 
“
Riley took Steve home before
 
Nickie
 
and
 
Pookie
 
left for the airport.
”
 
 
Sarah sits up and gathers the plates and sleeping bags from the floor.

“
Looks like you had a little picnic.
 
Wait a minute why did they go the airport?
”

“
Riley wanted to bone your sister a few more times before she left for LA so he bought them plane tickets.
”

I shake my head,
 
“
I guess having a gay boyfriend
’
s left her a little sexually deprived.
”

“
You are to talk,
”
 
Sarah says placing dishes in the sink.

“
I don
’
t know what you
’
re talking about.
 
I was not deprived,
”
 
I say turning away to hide my embarrassment.

“
Well Mrs. Bradley what are you going to do with your new fortune?
”

“
What new fortune,
”
 
I ask as I rummage around in the refrigerator for food.
 
I haven
’
t eaten since yesterday but there
’
s no real food in the fridge so I settle for a glass of juice.

“
For a smart girl you are incredibly naive.
”

“
Are you going to tell me what you
’
re talking about?
”

“
Your new husband
’
s loaded,
”
 
she says taking a bite of an old sandwich

“
Well you all grew up in Marin I thought everyone who lives there is rich.
”

“
My dad is just a lawyer.
 
Mike
’
s dad works for NASA.
 
They make a pretty good living but Tucker
’
s family is loaded.
 
He made me promise not to tell you but since you went and married him I guess you should know.
”

“
Why didn
’
t he want me to know he has a lot of money? Did he think I was a gold digger?
”

“
No just the opposite.
 
He said you were the only girl who wasn
’
t interested in money or status.
 
He thought that telling you would somehow make you look at him differently.
”

“
That
’
s stupid.
”

“
Stupid or not, California is a community property state.
 
You didn
’
t sign a prenuptial agreement so you my friend are officially a very rich woman.
”

“
I
’
m sure this will all sink in later and I
’
ll probably be mad at both of you for not being honest with me.
 
But I had my first real orgasm today.
 
My first four real orgasms as a matter of fact so life is good.
 
I
’
m going to order food.
 
Are you hungry?
”

“
Yeah I
’
m starved.
 
I saw a bunch of takeout menus in the kitchen drawer.
 
What do you want to have?
”
 
Sarah says.

“
Bring them all out and we
’
ll look through them,
”
 
I say refilling my glass of juice.
 
I tidy up the kitchen and pour a glass for Tucker.

“
Look at you being all domesticated,
”
 
Sarah says.

“
Whatever, I
’
ll be right back,
”
 
I say smiling all the way down the hall.
 
I walk back to the bedroom and push the door open.
 
Tucker is stretched across the bed in the same position I left him.
 
I sit down next to him and rub his back.

“
Just give me five minutes,
”
 
he mumbles into his pillow.

“
I brought you juice.
”
 
 
He slowly sits up and takes the glass emptying it in seconds.
 
I stand up and start picking up the clothes and underwear from the floor.

“
What are you doing?
”
 
Tucker asks in a ho
a
rse voice.

“
Cleaning, this place is a mess.
”

“
You don
’
t have to clean.
 
I have a house keeper who comes three times
 
a week.
”

“
So you don
’
t pick up your underwear from the floor?
”
 
 
Tucker just stares at me blankly. I continue to pick up clothes then shove them all in a wicker basket in the bathroom.
 
 
“
I
’
m ordering food.
 
I was going to cook but there
’
s nothing in your refrigerator except for sandwiches and sports drinks.
”

“
That
’
s because the chef stops by Monday mornings and makes my meals for the week.
”
 
 
Now it
’
s my turn to stare blankly.

“
You have a personal chef?
”

“
Someone
’
s always been around to do things for me,
”
 
he says looking a little ashamed.
 

“
Yeah Sarah just told me you
’
re loaded.
 
It
’
s fine to have people working for you but what if the stock market crashes and you lose
 
everything?
 
You have to know how to take care of yourself.
”

“
I don
’
t think you realize how much money I actually have.
”
 

I look down at the floor.
 
“
Our lives are so different,
”
 
I say feeling anxious about how quickly our relationship is moving.
 
“
I
’
ve worked since I was fourteen.
”