Trying to get one more in before the day switches over. If not, it will be uploaded in a few hours. I have a crazy busy day today with appointments, meetings and ends up my son's ball game. But the chapters will come as quickly as I can get them without sacrificing any quality or details. Thanks!
I stepped outside and found Owen standing with Vanessa and Danny, talking with his back to me. Vanessa saw me coming but feigned a total lack of interest as I snuck up behind Owen and threw my arms around him. He didn’t miss a beat and just brought me around in front of him and wrapped his arms around me, too.“How’d you know it was me?” I asked him. As I looked up into his eyes, he bent down and planted a kiss on my forehead.“For one, I knew it better be only you bold enough to throw her arms around me like that. Secondly, you are not lightfooted, my love. And before you get your panties in a twist, no I am not insinuating anything negative. You just have a tendency to stomp when you walk.”“I do not!” I gasped, looking to Vanessa for denial but she had scrunched her face up and Danny was looking anywhere but me. “Do I?”She nodded her head. “Sometimes.” She admitted, siding with Owen.“Boo,” I said, sticking my tongue out at her. “Traitor!”She laughed as Danny wrapped his arm aroun
We moved our conversation inside so we could work up the meat for the grill but Barb didn’t really pry much more out of me. She said as long as I was happy, she supported me one hundred percent so I was happy to hear that. I told her that Owen seemed hellbent on protecting me right now and she stated that she was glad and that she didn’t blame him. This whole mess had the entire town on edge and it would never be the same, even after the person was caught.Linda arrived first with deviled eggs, green beans and an apple pie. She had Candace and her youngest son, Shawn with her. Shawn was a twenty-two year old, handsome self-proclaimed bad boy that spent his first five seconds trying to flirt with me. I quickly shot him down as I told him I had a boyfriend. Owen didn’t miss any cues as he came out of the garage, fresh from working in there. Candace and I both introduced Shawn to Owen, as my boyfriend, pointing him out as he entered the back door. He walked right past them with a ‘hi, nic
I continued to talk with Barb as we worked in the kitchen. I finished telling her everything that happened with Phil, making sure all of that was out of range of Owen’s hearing. I didn’t like the thoughts of keeping anything from him but I figured since Phil had not succeeded in his attempt to kiss me, telling Owen would do more harm than good.Barb agreed but once again cautioned that I watch myself around Phil as she was not completely convinced that he might not try to push himself on me. She said she thought that Phil may have the notion in his head that Owen is the only reason I am refusing his advances. I told her I would make sure I made my point much more clear with Phil any and every chance I got from here on out.Once the coleslaw and potato salad were made, there was nothing left to do until it came time to help pat out the burgers for the grill. Everyone that was coming was bringing a side dish or dessert. I told Barb I had invited friends but didn’t ask them to bring anyth
The more I thought about Phil’s thinly veiled threat, and that’s exactly what it was, the more pissed I became. To stoop so low as to dangle withholding Nate from me over my head. I would like to adopt Owen’s tactics right now and just punch him in the nose rather than deal with him. Instead, I had to be as nice to him as I could, even if he acted like a total asshat because that is the one thing he could actually do and it would destroy me.He knew that little boy was my weakness and if push came to shove, he could stoop that low to get his way. A year ago I would have said that would never have been a worry. Now, I am not so sure which begs to question, did I ever really know Phil at all? I was seeing that he clearly had two sides now, the perfect single dad, shy guy image that everyone saw and believed. Then, there was this dark side that as far as I know, only Owen and I had seen.And I get it that on some level, he feels rejected by me but that isn’t my problem. We were never a co
I quickly unwrapped my legs from Owen’s waist and looked over to see Nate standing there grinning from ear to ear but in this moment, it wasn’t him I was concerned about. Standing behind him, looking like he could tear Owen apart at any moment, was Phil. I looked from him and back to Owen as Owen just casually unlocked his lips from my neck and leaned back with a smirk.“Hey buddy!” He said as he turned to Nate. “I missed you!” He told him as he stepped back and lifted me off of the counter and onto the floor.“Yeah, he missed you so much he was trying to eat your sister alive.” Phil replied coldly.Nate giggled. “That’s silly, Daddy. Owen can’t eat Rory alive! His belly would be too full!”Owen didn’t miss a beat as he locked eyes with Phil and challenged him openly as he said. “No, but the parts of her I can taste have been absolutely delicious!”The flash of steel across Phil’s blue eyes clashing against the burning black daggers Owen was shooting back at him meant we were seconds f
Aurora POVI don’t know if it was the work from the painting, the extracurricular play time in the bedroom or being in Owen’s arms but I slept like a rock. I woke up feeling like I had been sleep for twelve hours in the exact same position as I was when I drifted off, which was sometime around midnight.After we came inside, we made some popcorn and sat on the couch to find a movie. We ate most of it while surfing channels trying to find something to watch. Without finding anything that really appealed to either of us, we ended up putting it on something random. We really were not paying attention to as one kiss led to another and next thing you know, we were wrapped up in each other’s arms in the bed.I picked up my phone to check the time. It was just a few minutes after nine, which meant I needed to get up and get dressed since Phil could drop Nate off any minute now. I sent Phil a quick text message to see where they were and gauge if I had enough time for a shower. He replied back