HIGHLANDER: The Highlander’s Surrender Bride (Scottish Alpha Male Pregnancy Romance) (65 page)

Chapter 3

“Hey you, yes it’s me,” she stuttered nervously into her cell. Her heart was racing and her hands felt sweaty Riley wasn’t even in the same room as her and he was having an effect. She felt like a teenager again talking to a boy she’d got a crush on.

“I’m so glad you called Jenna. I was thinking about you and how I was going to have to drive to Laconia in the morning to the general store to see you if you didn’t call,” he laughed.

“So I’ve missed out on seeing you again, now that I’ve phoned you?” she giggled flattered by the fact that he was prepared to drive back to her town just to see her.

“No I wouldn’t say that exactly. It’s just that I don’t have your number so I couldn’t have reached you if you hadn’t have phoned,” he explained.

“You should have it now that I’ve phoned you,” she replied but carried on and gave her number to him just in case. “Anyhow if you’d called in the store tomorrow you’d have missed me as it’s my day off.”

“Oh really and what have you got planned?” he asked.

He’d taken her bait and now she was reeling him in like a helpless fish, not that she saw Riley as helpless but she’d hoped he’d bite at her mentioning her day off. She’d actually lied as it wasn’t her planned day off until later in the week but she knew she could sweet talk her dad around if required.

“No plans at all, just a free day relaxing,” she answered as she lured him in even further as a spider would to a fly.

“Can we meet up?” he asked.

“Sure that’d be great I’d like that,” she replied hoping she didn’t sound to desperate, but what the heck she liked him and wanted to see him again and right now she didn’t care how she sounded.

“Terrific!” he cheered, and here I was worrying about how desperate I sounded she laughed to herself. It was a refreshing change to meet a guy that didn’t worry about hiding behind an act, he displayed his emotions and she liked and respected that. For a big built guy who could probably take on anyone and win, he was coming across as decidedly sensitive, a rare quality indeed.

They arranged to meet up at the store in the morning and then she could choose where they should go for the day. She ended the call and raced downstairs to tell her parents the outcome of her call.

“Guess what?” she cried as she ran into the kitchen and nearly straight into her mom and the tin of hot roast potatoes she was carrying to the table.

“Jeez Jen slow down,” her mom snapped.

“Sorry, I’m meeting Riley tomorrow, at the store and then I can choose where to go for the day,” she blurted.

“Ummm have I missed something here Jenna?” her dad asked as he started to help himself to the potatoes.

“No,” Jenna said as she sat down putting her orange juice in front of her on the table.

“You’re working tomorrow,” he said, staring at her over the tin of steaming hot potatoes he was precariously holding with an oven mitt.

Jenna looked sheepishly at him and mumbled, “I know but I was truly hoping you’d accept my offer of working another day instead of tomorrow.”

She fluttered her long eyelashes and smiled at him, he grinned and muttered, “Jenna you know you’ve got working your old dad down to a fine art, of course you can swap your days!”

She jumped up from the table knocking her orange juice flying and as she moved backward to save any going on her clothes, she knocked into her mom who was carrying a glass of water. The water spilt down her mom’s top and because the water was so cold, her mom jumped and dropped her glass, which proceeded to shatter into tiny sharp shards all over the floor.

“Shit, I’m sorry I’ll pick them up,” Jenna said but her mom raised her hands in the air.

“No you just sit down please. I think you’ve caused more than enough problems already for one night,” she snapped, and as she glared at Jenna, she began to walk carefully out of the kitchen.

“Sorry dad,” Jenna whispered across the table.

“This Riley guy has really climbed into your head my girl, you need to calm down before tomorrow,” he replied smiling at her.

Her mom cleaned the glass up and they all sat and ate their dinner together without another word being mentioned about Riley or their big date the following day.

Jenna took her dad’s advice on board and tried to calm down knowing if she remained this excited, she’d probably scare Riley off, as she ran a soothing warm bath she thought about where they could go tomorrow. Would he like Christmas shopping? Most guys weren’t big on shopping in general so probably not the best idea.

Perhaps they’d go for lunch somewhere, as there were plenty of nice places to eat in Laconia. She didn’t really have a definitive plan at all and hoped they’d just work on an idea together in the morning.

She stepped into the lavender scented bath and sighed, as the warm water caressed her curvaceous body as she sank into its warm embrace enjoying the way the water lapped gently against her big shapely breasts. She took a soft sponge and gently started to wash her dark, smooth skin taking comfort in the way the sponge glided over the silky nakedness of her body.

While Jenna sat soaking in the warm water she began wondering what Riley saw in her, she was curvy and African-American. He was paler than pale and well-built and muscular. Was he just teasing her, no she didn’t think so as his sincerity seemed so genuine.

Their personalities had clicked together well and they’d got along great, and she was more than a little interested in discovering his perfect physique underneath those clothes. Now she started to doubt her figure as she thought back to his overwhelmingly sexy body, his incredibly masculine silhouette and perfect poise.

Jenna had never considered herself the slightest bit sexy; sure, her breasts were beautifully formed and heavy with their dark brown throbbing tips. Her legs were shapely and the hair between her legs was tamed more than the frizzy mess on top of her head! She often waxed herself completely as she felt it was more hygienic, it also heightened her own sexual experience when she pleasured herself. She’d heard many guys grew excited when they discovered their girl was totally waxed, a statement Jenna had yet to confirm.

The last time she’d been intimate with a guy was a year or so a go now and things were going fine until it came to the actual sex part of the evening. She totally lost the orgasm race to him and ended up satisfying herself, he exploded inside her wetness with a loud masculine grunt and then rolled over and passed out. Since that demeaning encounter, she’d stayed away from any romantic activity, which could potentially lead to sex.

Now she was waxed and as she washed herself, she enjoyed the slippery smooth feeling of her skin between her curvy legs.

She’d have continued and brought herself to an orgasm but she wanted to sort her clothes for tomorrow yet and also wanted to grab an early night.  

Jenna climbed out of the bath and dried herself off, applying body lotion liberally to her satin smooth skin. She stepped into her warm pajama pants and pulled them up over her shapely hips, next she pulled on their matching long-sleeved top.

As she was combing her wet hair through her cell beeped to alert her that a text message had come through she placed her comb on the bed and reached for her cell on the side.

She pressed the envelope symbol and grinned widely as she read the message, ‘Hey u, have u decided what we r doing 2morrow yet?’

Jenna was all fingers and thumbs and quickly threw the cell on to the soft bed afraid that she’d throw it in the air and smash it. She composed herself and with shaking hands and five attempts later, she typed a coherent reply.

‘Hey, nope no further ahead with a plan as of ye
t
’ she added the smiley face for good measure and pressed the send key.

‘
we can always decide 2gether 2morrow’ his answer read.

‘I was hoping u’d say that!’ she replied thinking how nice it was to be texting one another like this. ‘Hey, I’m glad u texted I was thinking about u’ she wrote and sent the message before she changed her mind.

‘That’s too sweet, I was thinking of u
2
nite nite sweet Jenna x’ his reply said.

‘Nite nite sexy Riley x’ she said sending it quickly before she lost her saucy nerve, she was telling him what she truly thought and hoped he didn’t mind.

‘U r the sexy one not me x’ his message read, and her heart skipped a beat did he truly think she was sexy.

‘And u r mad x’ she typed back to him.

She waited for his reply and when her cell beeped she pounced on it and read his final message of the night, ‘Mad about u yes, nite nite c u 2morrow x’

Jenna didn’t even sort her clothes all she wanted to do was fall into a deep sleep and dream about Riley, which she did. He seemed too good to be true to her.

Chapter 4

Jenna began to relax as soon as they started to drive away from the general store and the feeling of her dad’s eyes watching her from the window.

She liked the fact that Riley was a careful driver, for a guy of action, as he obviously was being a Navy Seal he was also very cautious and safe.

“So if we talk about your work I guess you’ll then have to shoot me?” she laughed as she asked the question.

Riley burst into laughter, “No, it’s not quite that secretive. I can tell you certain aspects but obviously, I can’t discuss certain exercises with you. You know what though Jenna? ”

“What?” she smiled at him happy in the knowledge that she’d made him laugh.

“Can we not talk about work today? I spend all my leave talking about it with my folks and I don’t want to do that with you,” he said quietly.

She felt flattered, “Sure. Can you tell me where we’re heading?”

“Back to Salem as there’s a delightful restaurant on the coast there, unfortunately Salem Willows is closed this time of the year, as they’ve got great amusements there,” he smiled as he spoke and she could see he was just a big kid at heart.

“Sounds great,” she replied as she stared out of the window at the passing scenery, it was so good to escape Laconia for the day as it wasn’t often the opportunity arose.

“You look beautiful today by the way I meant to say it earlier but I thought it might embarrass you with your dad there,” he said.

She smiled and looked at the ground awkwardly, “Thank you and yes I’d have been embarrassed, more so than I am now.”

“Shit sorry Jenna, something tells me that you’re not used to receiving compliments,” he said.

“Not really no,” she said quietly as she looked toward him. Was this really happening? She felt as though she were in a dream, a hot Navy Seal liking her and better still considering her as beautiful.

He went quiet as he concentrated on the road in front of him and then whispered, “Well I for one think that’s a shame as I see you as truly beautiful.”

She smiled, “Well that’s a good thing because I happen to think you’re incredibly hot!”

He blushed, “Now you’ve embarrassed me!”

“Oh come on you must receive millions of compliments,” she cheered at him as his soft lips began to smile.

“Oh yeah millions Jenna!” he said in a sarcastic tone. “I get a few yes but they all seem empty somehow. Girls see that I’m in good shape, learn that I’m a Navy Seal and that’s it they want to jump in bed with me and not get to know me at all.”

“Must be terrible!” she joked, but she could see he didn’t find the topic particularly funny. “I’m sorry I didn’t mean to upset you Riley.”

“It’s cool honestly, I just get a bit pissed off at times, my mates think it must be wonderful having all these girls literally throwing themselves at you and sure to start with it is but then you feel empty,” he explained.

The rest of the drive was traveled in silence, not an awkward silence but more of a relaxed silence between two mates.

Riley pulled the land rover into a small car-park right on the coast and advised Jenna to zip her coat right up as the wind was always cold in Salem in December. She did as he advised and wished she’d brought her gloves with her as she climbed out of the land rover. He held the door open for her, his manners were impeccable, a true gentleman.

“Here take my arm as it’s slippery and I don’t want you slipping over again,” he smiled as he offered her his strong arm to hold on to. She grabbed it appreciating his masculine strength underneath her cold fingers, she held on tightly as they walked away from the car-park.

She could feel the rippling muscles down his arm and the smooth power it held within it, she felt so proud to be on his arm as they walked along the sidewalk.

They arrived at a cozy looking restaurant overlooking the ocean and Riley held the door open for her, “Hey Riley long time no see,” a man’s voice shouted as they entered.

“Hey Marcus, this is my friend, guest, partner, oh I don’t know anyhow this is Jenna,” he sighed.

She giggled at his awkwardness, “I’m his lunch date.”

Marcus smiled at her and held his hand out to shake, “Marcus, the owner of this fine establishment. I’ve never seen Riley in here with a lunch date before young lady.”

“Oh sure, have you phoned ahead and rehearsed this Riley?” she asked smiling at him as she began unbuttoning her coat.

He laughed, “No I promise you no rehearsals took place.”

Marcus showed them to a secluded table and presented them with menus. Jenna looked around the small restaurant, it was quiet and friendly, not busy and impersonal like the bigger restaurants. It was a great choice for their first date.

“You like?” Riley asked her staring across the table with his pale blue eyes and lopsided smile.

“Yes very much,” she said quietly as she removed her coat and unzipped her hoodie suddenly feeling very warm.

“Would you like a drink?” he asked, I won’t drink as I’m driving but please you choose whatever you want,” he said and as he passed her the drinks list his hand lingered next to hers on the table, with his fingers gently brushing hers as she held the list and pretended to read it. All she could concentrate on was the way his touch felt on her satin-smooth skin.

“A glass of sweet white wine please,” she whispered to the waitress as she came over for their orders.

Riley smiled at her and continued to brush his fingers across hers; she smiled back and then felt his hand sitting on top of hers and teasing her fingers open. He held her hand lightly and reached across the table for her other one, which she immediately offered squeezing his hand as he took it; she gazed into his eyes completely lost in the moment.

“There we are,” the waitress said as she placed Jenna’s wine on the table next to her. Jenna barely heard her words as she was hypnotized by Riley’s eyes, he squeezed her hands tightly and she squeezed back. Every part of her curvaceous body tingled and ached for his feathery light touch, he was like a gentle giant.

“I can’t believe we only met for the first time yesterday,” he said smiling at her.

“Me neither,” she smiled back. “I feel as though I’ve known you for ages, god that sounds so corny said aloud!”

He laughed and raised her hands up to his soft lips where he gently kissed them making her shudder under his touch, “It does but I know what you mean.”

Riley squeezed her hands as he raised his head from them and leant across the table toward her, she followed his lead and leant toward him their lips meeting in the middle with an explosion of passion and lust. Jenna closed her eyes as she felt his soft lips capturing hers with a lingering kiss, his tongue slid between her moist slightly parted lips devouring her mouth in a frenzy of desire.

Jenna moaned quietly as her curvy body longed for him and her hardened nipples ached for his sweet lips to be wrapped around them.

There was a small cough at Jenna’s side as the waitress stood there with two plates of steaming hot food, she smiled and blushed at them as she placed their meals in front of them.

“Eat up quick Jenna, I want to get out of here and ravish you if you’ll let me of course,” he said.

She giggled shyly staring at him over her lunch, “I won’t try and stop you that’s for sure.”

As she spoke the words she felt his hand under the table resting on her shapely thigh and stroking her gently, Jenna squirmed in her chair and felt her leggings dampening from her excitement through her crotch less blue panties.

Riley’s hand began to snake its way up to the top of her thigh and as his fingers lightly brushed across her crotch she moaned softly and dropped a hand under the table to join his, she grabbed his hand and guided it against her crotch with hers on top of it. He groaned softly, she smiled at him pressing her hand on top of his, and moving it so his hand was gently rubbing her wetness through the thin material of her leggings.

Jenna moaned quietly not wanting to draw attention to them. She opened her legs under the table and pressed his hand harder into her, she let go and let him tease her between her shapely legs. His hand was gentle but firm and kept rubbing her throughout lunch; she could hardly concentrate on her food.

He stopped and brought his hand back on top of the table where he squeezed her hand lightly and whispered, “We really need to get out of here Jenna so I can finish what I’ve started.”

All she could manage was a smile as she was so turned on and sexually aroused by the thought of him touching her slick, slippery wetness that all she wanted to do was leave the restaurant.