Ricky smirked proudly, dropping beside Jade, and whispered, 'I'm fucking proud of you for that' in her ears. She blushed once again, which did not go unnoticed by Julia and Nona who teased them jokingly.
'But, what inspired you to stage such an act, Jules?' Ricky asked, opening the covered plates of fruit salad for himself and his partner.
Julia cut her children's pineapples and water melon into smaller sizes as she replied. 'Jack and I took Nona and Grandpa for checkup today, and the inspiration hit me on our way back.' Jack was her husband who was a politician, Ricky whispered to Jade in explanation, both of them watching Julia explain as though she had just achieved something great and was holding an interview on T.V.
'Congratulations then, you succeeded in disrupting a modelling shoot.' Ricky lied in a bid to guilt trip his sister.
Julia shrugged. 'Nothing is more important than family, Ricky. You should learn that, soon you'll marry and
Ricky snorted. 'Jade arrives and even my own grandfather denies me. You won't see me again, or her.' Jade laughed at his childishness. Another side of Ricky, she loved it.'You're only welcome here if you have her on your arm.''Pop, Jade didn't tell you she's a feminist? She would rather walk into a party hall swinging her arms like a match past than hang on to me.' Ricky glanced at her as he spoke, his tone was serious.'Well, that's...'The light of her phone glowed, indicating she was being contacted by someone. She took an excuse, seeing it was her manager, and left.'You make sure you keep her, and keep her well. I like her, and we both know I don't like people easily.' Grandfather said in a low voice as soon as Jade was out of earshot, pushing his seat closer to Ricky's.Ricky let out a deep breath. 'We aren't even dating, pop.' His voice matched Grandfather's own- low and conspiring.He shrugged it off as though it weren't an i
'Yea, me too.' Ricky replied, and with a move as swift as a fly buzz, he tipped her chin and captured her lips in his, softly. It was quick, but the message was conveyed rightly.'Thanks, Jade.' He kissed her again and she stared at him, starstruck.'Why do you look so surprised? I've wanted to do that for a long time, and, it's not the first time we're kissing anyway.' He was rambling and he knew it, but her expression had thrown him off. He hadn't expected her to look this... shocked, confused.Jade blinked, realising herself. 'No, it's not it. It's just that... You've never kissed me like this before.''Like what? Like I'm grateful, like this?' They didn't realise it, but their voices had dropped to low whispers. He placed a soft kiss on her nose and she chuckled lightly.'What is it?' He asked, but chuckled along with her, completing what had become the Mears family ritual to her by
Thinking with her head, that part of her that did not become irrational after meeting Ricky, Jade felt relieved that Ricky had called her joke a joke and stayed away from her room thirty minutes after she got back and didn't hear a knock on her door or the doorbell chime. Not that she was anticipating any anyway, she convinced herself, wishing she could just stop reading meaning to everything he did.She had met his crazy loving family, and so? She wasn't wishing to become one of them....Ughh, could the mere thought of that just leave her stupid brain?It was at that moment, when she was busy scolding her brain while being soaked again in a bathtub that her doorbell did chime.She thought she imagined the first one, and said nothing, only lowering the yet again blues track playing softly. Funny, she was becoming a sucker for romantic music.Three knocks resonated through the room. This time, she was sure she had not imagined it.W
She had closed her eyes, and only nodded, saying nothing. It was better for him, her voice may have thrown him over the edge and embarrassed him into finding his release without any friction.He poured the muscle repair cream into his palms first, rubbing together before applying it on her legs, those soft straight legs that were sexy in heels.He focused on her tense muscles, ignoring her soft whimpers into the pillow which gave him other ideas. He avoided her butt as he went up, giving attention instead to her thighs-fleshy and tanned. Her bronze skin glistened underneath the light, and he remembered nights before when he had explored her body and left marks. Faint lines were still on her back, it gave him a sick satisfaction.'You've washed off the dye?' Ricky had decided then that a conversation might keep the mood cool to an extent. Nothing could cure him of this, but a dialogue to keep his brain busy might keep him sane for some time.
'That will be all for now. Thank you.' Raquel Anderson addressed the bell boy who had brought up the package delivered to her agent, barely looking at him as she focused on her tablet. As he made to go, she realised herself and dropped a tip of a hundred pounds on the table, motioning to him to pick it up. 'Thank you ma'am.' His voice betrayed as much excitement as his teenage face, he even blushed as he held the money with his both hands. Raquel shook her head at his youthful exuberance, motioning for him to take his leave. 'Oh, sorry.' He muttered as he left, but not before he displayed an embarrassing blush and his eyes wandered a bit to know if he could see the tan skinned woman he had recently started crushing on. He adjusted his name tag as he closed the door behind him, staring at the huge amount of money he had just received and thinking it was good compensation for not seeing her. Standing outside the lift,
'Nothing will get in the way.' She could say nothing else, but at that time, she had never felt Anderson Raquel talk to her about anything personal as she just did. Like a mother who wanted her to succeed. 'Okay then, enjoy yourself, you're in your prime anyway. I'll stop being a bitch about it. He does seem to be serious about you.' And before Jade could respond, she added in a conspiring whisper, very much unlike her personality. 'I saw him doing the walk of shame this morning when I came to wake you up for your exercise.' Again, stunning her, she winked and left. Jade wanted to cry as the door closed in her face. Next she was smiling, and then laughing like a maniac. She was happy, not just because she had cleared the air with the mean woman. No, that couldn't even be the source of her happiness. It was because her own manager, mean old Raquel had admitted that Ricky was looking at her in a serious way. Well, if only they
Jade wished she could teleport and kick the little ass in the shin. 'Baby, bad boys like Tom never say the truth. He was lying okay? You have a dad, and he loves you, very much.' It was bad enough lying to the little girl about her father loving her; the idiot had never wanted anything to do with her or her mother. He probably thought she hadn't been born. 'But I want one to take me to school so I can show off to Tommy! I want a daddy like other children!' Jade scratched her head, feeling helpless. She had known that this was bound to happen, she had just never envisaged it to be this soon. 'It's okay, you'll have one, okay? What should I get you when I'm coming back? Halloween costumes? The first edition of Oliver Twist?'But Esmeralda wasn't a kid that could easily be placated, neither could her mind be easily diverted. 'I want to talk to Yicky my fyend. I want him to be my daddy.' Typical of Esmeralda, making d
'He insulted her about not having a father. Then, she insisted on talking to you, babbling nonsense about wanting to call you daddy. I was coming to apologise beforehand. That was it.' Jade wondered afterwards as she equally took a seat on the bed, how she had managed to say the words without stuttering. Ricky froze internally, feeling his body increase its degree of perspiration. He didn't know what he was feeling and what he wasn't. He felt honoured that the little girl had thought of him, but paired with it was a feeling of fear; fear that he might disappoint her. He didn't even know the kind of disappointment he would probably put her through, all he knew was that he was lacking. Terribly. He wondered what Jade was thinking looking at the beach with his corridor doors open. Was she thinking of how to distance herself away from him since her baby girl was showing signs of getting attached to him? After all, she was intelligent enough to know that he wasn't father ma