“Yeah they’ll just wait here until we get back.” Sam answered with a quizzical look.
“Let’s go get our women some jewelry for tonight.” Jackson said, walking towards a jewelry store that was over towards the entrance.
They were greeted by two flirty saleswomen but they gave no response and headed straight for the display case. Jackson already knew what he was getting because he caught a glimpse of it as they were walking passed. It was a white gold necklace with diamond accents that formed the shape of a heart with a key inside of it, along with matching earrings. He signaled for one of the saleswomen. “I’ll take this one.”
“Sir, that’s five hundred thousand dollars, it’s a one of a kind set, we just got it in an hour ago.” She returned, dropping her flirty tone for a snarky one.
“And?” Jackson questioned, his tone slightly rude and agitated.
“I’m
It was a quick but quiet ride to the venue but they changed as soon as they got out of the car. As soon as the car doors opened up, cameras started going off like crazy and an a voice came over the intercom. “If it isn’t the prince and princess of Manhattan, children of Erin and Arthur James.”The cameras started going off even more rapidly as Jackson got out of the car and put his arm around Riley’s back. “What is this? The princess of Manhattan has a date tonight? Does that mean that the most eligible bachelorette is off the market?”Riley’s cheeks flared red as reporters swarmed the two of them. Luckily the bodyguards wouldn’t let them get too close. Jackson pulled her closer and she gave him a lengthy kiss on the cheek. Cameras still flashing vigorously. “Has Gerard Moretti lost her love forever?” The announcer commented.She continued into the venue then, feeling that she had made her point and kno
“What are you talking about?” She asked.“You know what I am talking about, I was swarmed by reporters out there, Riley you are so lucky we’re in public..”“You wouldn’t touch her.” Jackson interrupted, pulling Riley behind him.Sam stepped up then, but the bell rang that signaled that dinner was ready. All four of them gave him one last hateful look before they started walking to the dining area. Just like they always did they went and sat at the table with their parents, luckily the tables seated six so there was no room for anybody else at their table.The rest of the time there was uneventful and after everybody ate they only stayed a couple more hours, just mingling and making a good impression. Riley and Mandy took off their heels as soon as they got into the limo.“My feet are killing me.” Riley complained.“Come here.” Jackson said as he pulled her legs up on his
Jackson stepped out of the shower and went to the toilet, his face going pale as he saw that it was rolled up to the base of his shaft, nothing beyond that. ‘Shit.’ He thought to himself as he pulled the broken condom off and threw it in the trash. Seeing that Riley had already left the bathroom he hollered. “Riley are you on birth control?” “No, why?” Her voice was sweet and innocent, he didn’t know how to say it to her. “Because it broke.” He answered numbly, tossing the broken rubber in the trash frustrated. “Why aren’t you on birth control?” “You are literally the first guy I have slept with in over three years, I guess it didn’t cross my mind.” She returned. “What do we do?” Her eyes showed her in panic. She pulled a red satin robe on that had black lace on the hemlines. “Well, there is I slight chance that you didn’t get pregnant, but there is always the morning after pill, that would be best..” “I’m not doing that.” She interrupted.
Three weeks laterJackson was woken up early by his phone ringing loudly on his nightstand. “Dad it’s six-thirty in the morning, what is so important?” He grunted.“Are you trying to sell your house?”“I haven’t decided yet.”“You need to cancel your flight this afternoon and we need to talk about this.”“I haven’t seen Riley in three weeks, I’m not cancelling my flight.” He returned getting out of bed and making coffee, he knew where this conversation was going already.“If you are so serious about this girl, why haven’t I met her yet?”“Because I don’t want you to sleep with her.” Jackson shot back.“Jackson, I didn’t know who she was.” His father’s voice softened.“I know dad.”“Cancel your flight.”“No, we can
Jackson knew that Sam was already at the venue making sure everything was perfect and getting dressed. He paid for breakfast quickly and called a cab, rushing over there and texting Sam on the way. Sam was waiting outside the venue when the cab pulled up.“You didn’t tell Riley, did you?” Sam asked quickly.“I maybe got to see her for an hour, so no, you kicking Gerard out of the wedding behind your father’s back and replacing him with me did not come up.” Jackson answered.“Well, your tux is here and there is a tailor for any last minute changes that may need to be done.” Sam urged him towards the grooms room.“You’re not worried about Gerard trying to crash the wedding?” Jackson asked as he took his clothes off, pulling his tuxedo pants on.“Not really, all the body guards and the host know not to let him in.” Sam answered. “My dad is going to be pissed thou
Riley made it back to the brides room in time to see Mandy taking a shot off of the bottle. “How did he look?” Mandy asked. “I bet he looked really sexy in that tux.”“Yes, Mandy, He looked great.” Riley returned, trying to get her mind off of Jackson’s chest that was completely bare and all she could think of was how his muscles were bulging and barely able to be contained. He was shirtless when she walked in there, and to distracted to ask why he was in there she tried to keep her mind off of it. “Mandy, you’ll never get to see, if you don’t get dressed.”“I’ve been trying to take the bottle away from her since we got here.” Kasie stated.Kasie had been a close friend of theirs since Mandy became friends with Riley. Kasie was the main bartender at the club they would go to after Mandy got off of work, and was the one that convinced Riley that Sam and Mandy would be good togethe
Riley woke to her phone ringing at seven-thirty in the morning. “Good morning mother.” She whispered as she climbed out of bed, careful not to wake Jackson.“Good morning Riley, I need you to come to my office right away dear.” Her mother’s voice wasn’t as cheerful as it always was and Riley’s heart sank at the sound of it.“Now Riley!” She could hear her father yell in the background.“Alright, I just need to get dressed first and I will be right there.” She returned hanging up the phone.She grabbed the first decent outfit that she could find, still trying really hard not to wake Jackson as she slipped into the guest room to get dressed. She kissed Jackson before she left and headed to the elevator.Her mother’s office was on the first floor, close to where the hotel check in was. She was surprised to see Sam and Ronnie there also but before she could ask any questions papers
“I know, but don’t you think Jackson should have been the one to tell me about all of this.” She returned.Mandy brought over the drinks that were quickly delivered and sat down with them. Riley handed her the stack of papers she was bombarded with earlier.“Ry he was probably going to tell you, you two have only been dating for two months now. You can’t be mad because your obsessive ex beat him to it.” Sam defended. “Not everybody is like you, people have a past Riley.”“I know.” Riley answered, sipping off of her smoothie, deep in thought.“Loverboy is looking for you. What do you want me to tell him?” Sam asked, shaking his phone in the air.“Just have him come over.” Riley went back to her smoothie and deep thoughts. She was trying to come up with a decent reason for everything. She barely noticed that Sam got up to let Jackson in.“Dad wants us to