Black and Blue (Black and Blue Series) (9 page)

Jamie rolled her eyes
at him and shook her head. She hadn't thought of Ryan in a long time. After she’d found his cheating ass, she was upset and then Emily told her to get over him he was the one screwing around on her. She stopped thinking about what could have been and about him cheating. When she felt sad and missed him, she would think about him with the other girl.

“
I don’t think about you. Not anymore. You cheated on me and now I want you to get out of my bedroom.” She turned around to open the door for him. “My dad wants to talk to you and you know how he doesn’t like to wait.” Jamie quickly glanced in the hallway and saw it was empty. Her heart dropped when she didn’t see Henry. She’d hoped he would have stuck around.

“
I'm not giving up on us,” Ryan said as he approached her and the opened door.

“
You should, because I already have,” Jamie said I Jamie as he walked out of her room. She stared at him as he walked toward the stairs.

* * *

Henry walked into the kitchen and noticed Mrs. Hudson was making a sandwich. She smiled at him. He knew she had been with the Moore family for about twenty years. He was pretty sure she was the one who raised Jamie. Mrs. Hudson was an attractive lady with white hair that she kept in a tight bun, and light green eyes.

She looked up at him
again and smiled. “How do you like working for Mr. Moore?” she asked as she put the butter knife down.

Henry nodded
. “I like it here, but Mr. Moore scares the crap out of me.” She laughed and started to put the sandwich meat away.

Mrs
. Hudson turned to face him and he couldn’t help but to think of his mother. She had the same look about her; maybe it was that they were both maids. “He is a sweetie as long as you follow the rules. That is the only time he can get scary. He has always treated me generously.” Henry wondered if William treated her like the Rich’s treated him and his mother, like family.

He grinned at her, and she rolled her eyes
. “I am great at following rules.” His lie came easily, and looked over at Jamie as she walked in. His body automatically reacted to her, and he wanted to be next to her. Jamie’s dark green eyes found him and her smile lit up her face. He couldn’t help his own smile from spreading.

“
That isn’t following the rules. That is a great way to get you killed, Henry,” Mrs. Hudson said as she looked between him and Jamie. She turned all of her attention to Jamie. “You know your father won’t think twice about killing Henry if he finds out.”

Jamie looked down at her feet, but he saw her flinch with the older woman’s words
. “You don’t think I haven’t thought of that?” She brought her large green eyes up and looked directly at him. “But I will fight for what I want, and I want him.”

Henry saw Mrs
. Hudson shake her head. “I never thought you’d use that against me to date a Blue,” she said with a smile.

Jamie grinned and shrugged
. “Can you watch for my dad? I want to talk to Henry for five minutes.”

Mrs
. Hudson sighed loudly, but slowly nodded. “I was bringing him a sandwich anyway, so you have ten minutes. Don’t get use to this, because I’m not going to do it again. You can use my room, the sensors can’t detect you.”

Jamie ran to her and hugged her
. “That you so much, Cynthia,” she said as she moved away from Mrs. Hudson and looked at Henry. “Follow me,” she said and walked to a closed door.

Henry was s
till a little mad at her for wanting to talk to her arrogant ex-boyfriend alone in her room. He wanted to beat Ryan’s charming smile off of his perfect face and he wasn’t normally a jealous guy, but something about Ryan pissed him off. It took everything in Henry not to dow hry not what he wanted to do. Jamie opened the door and walked down the dark stairs, and he followed right behind her.

“
Down here no one will be able to hear or see us. When Cynthia moved in here she wanted to have somewhere to go without being bothered, and my dad gave it to her,” she said and moved down that last step.

Henry followed her into an opened room
. The walls were a bright yellow and a large cream color couch sat in the middle of the room with a black blanket thrown on the back. Thick white carpet covered the floor and he was worried he would get it dirty somehow.

“
I like it down here,” he said and smiled. Jamie turned around to look at him.

She nodded
. “Me too, I spent more time down here than upstairs.”

He wanted to touch her
, but she had a look on her face that said she wanted to talk. He crossed his arms across his chest to keep himself from reaching out for her. He waited patiently for her to say what she wanted to say.

Jamie sighed, and shook her head
. “Ryan doesn’t mean anything to me.”

Henry shrugged as if it meant nothing to him, but something inside of him wanted to scream;
mine
. He was terrified that he would lose her and he had just found her. He took a deep breath and looked her directly in the eyes. “We aren’t dating, so it wouldn’t matter if he did.” He saw her eyes water and he wanted to kick himself.

Slowly Jamie walked to him.
She took him by surprise by taking his face in her hands. “You are all I can think about and no one had ever made me feel like this. Henry I am irrational when it comes to you and by the way you are acting I would say you are crazy about me too.” Hope and desperation was written in her beautiful eyes.

He realized
he was falling in love with the fiery red-head. He slowly turned his face to the side to kiss each of her palms. “Jamie, you mean so much to me. I’m scared of losing you.” He wrapped his arms around her back lacing his fingers to hold her tightly to him. She quickly placed her hands on his chest.

He slowly moved his lips to hers and
smoothly brushed his lips against hers, she moaned when he did. Henry moved his hands to her face to cup her soft cheeks, and he deepened their kiss. She pulled him closer by pulling on his tie. He licked her bottom lip and she opened her mouth for him.

Jamie’s velvety tongue met his and it was his turn to moan
. Henry knew he could never get tired of her kisses. He moved his fingers to her silky straight hair and tangled his fingers there. Henry moved his lips to the corner of her mouth, and he left a trail of kisses to her collar bone; he felt her shiver against and it made him grinned against her. He looked up at her and slowly she opened her eyes. He noticed her eyes were a little darker, and a slowly lazy smile appeared on her lips.

“
You sure know how to make a girl breathless,” she said sounding as breathless as she claimed and he chuckled.

“
I love you sounding breathless.” Jamie’s darker eyes widened and he mentally kicked himself. He’d never thrown around the love word, and he had only loved one woman before; his mother. When he thought she might run from him, she put her hand in his back pockets and pulled him back to her.

She smiled up at him and he felt his heart aching for her
. “I better be the only girl you’re making breathless.”

Henry grinned down at her
. “Other girls’ is a problem for you?” He left his mouth hanging open. Jamie narrowed her eyes and slightly moved away from him; she smacked his chest and he put his hands up in surrender. “Jamie you are the only one in my life, but you shouldn’t worry about that. I should be the one to worry. Every time I’m with you, I think how I am so lucky to have you.”

She smiled and moved back to him to lay her head on his chest
. “Don’t break me, Henry,” she whispered, and it nearly broke him to hear his strong girl sound so fractured.

Henry wanted to tell her he wouldn’t break her, but thought he better not
. What he was feeling for her was stronger than anything he had ever felt before and he had only known her for a couple of days. He kissed the top of her head and moved his hands to hold her to him. He didn’t want to be away from her. Henry leisurely rubbed his hands up and down her spine.

“
I bet it has almost been close to ten minutes,” he said not wanting to leave her arms, but knowing her father would be looking for both of them. Jamie didn’t move away from him either. She just moved her head so she could look up at him. He had never found red heads attractive until he’d seen her at the club and he couldn’t take his eyes off of her.

“
I know, but I don’t want to leave your arms,” she said what he was feeling.

Henry laid his forehead against hers, and smiled
. “I know sweetheart, we will have tonight to be together.”

Jamie sighed
. “I know, but that is too long to see you in my house and not to be able to touch you.” She smiled devilishly at him, and his laughter shook them.

“
Miss Moore, I would say you have it bad for me,” he said and winked at her and she slowly moved away from him. His body missed her heat already.

“
You go up first and I’ll follow in about five minutes,” she said and crossed her arms over her chest.

Henry walked back to her and he smiled down at her frowning face
. He lightly brushed his lips across her raspberry flavored ones, and she groaned. “I will see you later, sweetheart.” He turned around before doing something that would have them both groaning in pleasure.

Chapter Six

Perfect Dress

Jamie waited about ten minutes before shwane walked back up the stairs and found Ryan waiting for her with another guy she had never seen before. The other guy was about Jamie’s age and he had a shaved head with deep brown eyes. He was about a foot taller than her and his muscles showed through his black short sleeve shirt. She looked down at his pants and frowned he was wearing holily jeans.

“
Jamie this is Robert he will be your personal bodyguard, if you have to go anywhere he is with you,” Ryan said and she tore her eyes away from her babysitter to her ex-boyfriend.

“
I don’t need a bodyguard,” she said and scowled at him. He just grinned at her.

Ryan shrugged
. “The order came from your father not me.” She shook her head and walked out of the kitchen. She was getting tired of her father assigning bodyguards to her. No one knew she was his daughter; he’d made sure of that. So there was no reason for the personal bodyguards especially in her own home.

Henry was standing b
y the door signing for a packet. He glanced at her and held out the medium box to her. She smiled and walked toward him, but an arm wrapped around her waist to pull her back. Henry eyed the arm and narrowed his eyes.

“
Jamie, I should check all of your packages,” Robert said against her ear. She shuddered and moved away from him.

She
glanced at him over her shoulder and glared. “Are you going to chew my food for me too?”

Ryan
snickered but Robert just stared back at her blankly.

Jamie s
hook her head and walked toward Henry. She took the packaged and excitement rushed through her. It was the mask she’d picked out about two months ago. Robert came to her with a pocket knife and swiped the blade to cut through the tape. She glanced up at him and smiled.

“
Thank you,” Jamie said, and he nodded once. She opened the box and pulled out a large silver mask with dark green gems. Light green swirls decorated the mask. She looked up at Henry and grinned. “Do you know where my father is?”

He nodded
. “In the study, Miss Moore.”

Jamie forced herself
away from him and walked past him to the study that was off of the entry way. She didn’t knock. She walked in and found Mrs. Hudson talking and her father laughing at whatever she said.