Landon's Obsession: An Endless Series: Book 3 (Series 3) (47 page)

     “I don’t have a problem with all women, just the ones
that are out for something. Regrettably, they seem to gravitate toward me more.
I actually like all my roommates’ girlfriends. They are the good kind.”

     “If they’re so nice how come I wouldn’t think you’d be
interested them?”

     I gave her a pointed look. “Because even though they
were nice I was a bitter jack…butt and couldn’t appreciate a good female. And
only one female has ever been able to get past my walls.” Bring up her hand I
kissed her knuckles.

     Flushing again, she bite her lip. A lip I would love to
bite myself. Lifting our linked hands I tapped her mouth. “Don’t do that. It
makes me want to pull over and do it myself.”    

     She got even redder, which I loved. “You’d be giving
Nola quite the show.”

     “She’s going to have to get accustomed to us kissing at
some point.” I countered.

     “Let’s try to keep it somewhat PG though.”

     “I’ll try, but I can’t promise it won’t turn at least
PG-13.” I grinned.

     I could see her trying to hold back a coy, but pleased
smile.

     We’d finally reached our destination. I pulled up to
the gate and punched in the code to get us in.

     “Whose house is this?” Maya asked staring at the gate
and beyond.

     “A second cousin. We got lucky. They have a great
indoor pool and they’re away for the weekend, so we have the whole house to
ourselves.” The gate opened and I drove through, Seth coming in behind me in
his truck.

     “Did you ask, or are we popping in unannounced?” She
asked.

     I grinned at her anxious tone. “I asked, but only
because I knew you’d feel weird if I didn’t. They wouldn’t have had problem if
I did stop in unannounced though.”

     “Seriously.” She gazed at the large house we were
driving up to. It was about half the size of my parent’s main residence, but
still an extensive home. “They have no problem with a college kid just stopping
by their house anytime while their gone.”

     “Hey, I’m trustworthy.” I declared with purposeful
indignation.

     She just grinned. “There’s trustworthy, and then
there’s trusting a male in college. It’s like trusting a girl with severe PMS
with a bowl of chocolate and not expecting her to dive in.”

     I gave her a scowl. “I’m vastly offended, and grossed
out, by that comparison.”

     She laughed and it was great to hear. I wanted to hear
it all day.

     We climbed out and as Maya opened the back to unfasten
Nola Seth pulled in next to us. Nadia immediately jumped out followed by Issy.

     Nadia stared at the house shaking her head in wonder.
“Holy mother Mary. It’s amazing the houses I’ve seen hanging out with you
guys.”

     Seth strode around the truck placing his hand on
Nadia’s back, giving me a nod. Vocal as ever; although, he had improved since
dating Nadia.

     I opened the cars back door grabbing both Maya’s and my
bags as she came around the rear holding Nola.

     “
Bozhe moy
, Landon! Your daughter is adorable.”
Nadia exclaimed moving forward, hand outstretched. “Maya, right? I’m Nadia, and
this is my sister Issy.”

     No surprise Nadia took the initiative. Maya stared at
her looking slightly stunned. “
Vy Russkom?
”

     Now it was Nadia who looked surprised, then elated. “
Vy
govorite Rossii
?”

     Maya nodded. “
Nekotoryye.
”

     Nadia laughed and clapped. “
YA tol’ko dobirayus’,
chtoby govorit’ s moimi brat’yami I sestrami v Rossii, no teper’ u menya yest’
kto-to yeshche
.”

     Maya returned her smile. “
YA mogu sdelat’ vse
vozmoznoye. Yesli vy nachinayete medienno
.”

     I watched Maya converse in Russian with admiration. She
was so damn smart, and she sounded fucking hot speaking Russian. No wonder Seth
was always grabbing Nadia whenever she’d slip into her home language. Four
years ago it had made me hot whenever Maya would speak her different languages,
but then who was I kidding; she made me hot no matter what she was doing.

     “They are going to completely ignore us today as they
ramble in Russian. We’ve become nonentities.” Seth mumbled next to me. 

     Nadia heard him and turned with a smile. “You lofe it
when I ramble in Russian. And you are definitely not a nonentity” She retorted speaking
in a heavy Russian accent.

     Seth reached out and hauled her close. “
YA lyublyu
tebya
.” He grunted, expression intense. Face glowing, Nadia whispered it
back.

     A couple weeks ago seeing them act like that would have
made me sour with jealously, but I had Maya now, and hope.

     “I guess I’m the only outsider today.” I complained,
and then leaned in toward Nola with a grin and a belly tickle. “Unless you
speak Russian? Do you speak Russian, sweetness?”

     She giggled and wiggled. “
Da
, daddy,
da
.”

     It was only a yes, but my mouth still dropped open. My
gaze switched to Maya. “Are you kidding me?”

     She laughed. “
Nyet
, but she can only say single
words like; yes, no, mother, and a few other words. She can say them in several
languages. I’m going to have to teach her daddy though soon.” Maya said with an
affectionate twinkle to her eyes.

     Learning that knocked me out even further. “Wow. My
daughter’s a genius.” I proclaimed proudly. I tickled Nola again. “Just like
her mommy.” Giggling Nola reached for me. I grabbed for her as Maya took the
bags I was holding, and we exchanged warm smiles. Taking Maya’s hand I turned
to head toward the house and found Seth and Nadia staring at me in wide-eyed
astonishment. “What?”

     “Did you get a lobotomy on the drive here?” Seth
deadpanned.

     I scowled. “Did you?”

     Nadia snorted. “I think he did, because that is the
lamest comeback I’ve ever heard from him.”

     I switched my scowl to her. “Let’s just go inside and
go swimming.”

     Nola bounced in my arms. “Yeahhh.” She screamed excitedly
and my scowl fell away.

     The front door had another code to enter. After
entering it I led everyone through the house toward the back where the pool
room was. Pushing through the door we were met with hot humid air, and a
surprise I’d arranged.

     “Cool.” Issy exclaimed.

     “Ohhh.” Nola cried elatedly.

     Yesterday morning I’d arranged for some guys to bring
in an inflatable water slide so Nola could have something to play on besides
just the pool.

     Maya bumped my side. “Did you arrange that?”

     “Yep.” I stated smugly.

     “Landon, you’re freaking me out.” Seth declared.

     “And I’m surprisingly okay with that.” I rejoined.

     “Much better comeback.” Nadia inserted.

     “There are two changing rooms. We can do boys and
girls.” I led everyone over handing Nola over to Maya.

     “You didn’t have to get the inflatable.” She admonished
with a shake of her head.

     “I wanted to make sure she had a good time.” Leaning
down I gave her a quick kiss on the lips. I’d already given her one when I came
to pick her up this morning. I was done holding myself in check. Her lips were
mine

     “Me too, daddy.” Nola demanded puckering her mouth.

     My heart swelled. Fuck, these two made me feel almost
lightheaded with joy. Leaning down I buzzed Nola’s tiny mouth. “Love you, baby
girl.” My gaze unconsciously slid to Maya as I said it and she seemed to freeze
and got caught in my fixed stare.

     “Whoo. Is it getting warmer in here?” Nadia exclaimed
in humor. 

     Maya startled and reddened. “We are going to change.”
She ducked into the changing room.

     Nadia followed Maya with an eye waggle my way and Issy
followed her.

     Heart thudding at what I’d just done I strode into the
other room where Seth was already in the process of changing. I saw him give me
a sidelong glance as I opened my bag to pull out my shorts. “Your little girl
is beautiful, and sweet, and she has your eyes.”

     At first I smiled, but then I remembered my brother had
the same eyes. “She’s amazing.” I stated shucking my clothes.

     “Maya seems pretty cool too.”

     She was so much more than that. “She is.” I agreed.

     “She kind of surprised me.”

     I frowned. “Why?” Seth wasn’t prejudiced so I didn’t
think her mixed ethnicity would surprise him.  

     He frowned. “I don’t know. It’s not like you’ve ever
had a type. I think watching you with her is surprising. I’m accustomed to you
treating females like shit, and even though I know you get along with our
girlfriends there is still a faint bite of sarcasm and cynicism in your tone
when you talk to them. I didn’t detect any of that when you spoke to her.”

     I knew I had a hard biting edge when I talked to a lot
of women, but I hadn’t realized I was unconsciously projecting it toward my
friends’ girlfriends. “Shit, I didn’t know I was doing that.”

     Seth smirked. “You just come off sounding like an
arrogant jerk and I know Nadia can hold her own with you.”

     I snorted. The girl could definitely do that. I tossed
my clothes on a chair and pulled on my shorts.

    “So, am I to infer from the touching and the goo-goo
eyes that you two are getting back together?” Seth asked pulling on his own
swim shorts.

     I shook my head and grinned. “Discounting the goo-goo
eyes…yes, Maya and I are back together.”

     “Oh…there was definite goo-goo eyes going on.” Seth
grunted out a laugh.

     “Fuckhead.” I retorted.

     “You better watch that language today, jackass.” He
countered.  

     “You too, asswipe.” I re-countered.

     “I’ve been watching mine longer than you, dickhat.”

     I grinned. “Shit, can you believe this? You’re dating
someone who is basically the mother of two teenagers and I have a daughter. Did
I take a turn into the twilight zone?”

     Seth’s mouth twisted. “Those are the best turns to
make.”

     I nodded and slapped Seth on the back as we headed out
to the pool. The pool room was around thirteen hundred square feet and the pool
sixty feet by thirty feet. The room also contained a sauna and hot tub. The
girls were still in the changing room and I used that time to hook up the water
hose to the inflatable so the slide was slippery and the bottom would fill with
a small pool of water.

     Three minutes later the girls strolled out and blood
rushed south as my gaze locked on Maya. She was wearing a black bikini. It was
a shade more conservative than the one she’d worn four years ago, but the two
triangles up top cupped two firmly rounded B-sized breasts that I remembered
had the most luscious and beautiful brown nipples, and the bottoms hugged slim,
sleek hips and tight ass…an ass I ogled when she turned to set down towels on a
lounge chair.

     The pregnancy hadn’t altered her figure any; her body
was still petite, firm and tight, except maybe her hips. They had a slightly
fuller look to them. She’d gone from girl to woman, and if it was possible it
made her look even sexier.

     I was going to be hiding a constant erection today.

     “Daddy you have a picture on you. It’s a dragon. Did
you draw that daddy? Can you draw one on me just like yours?” Nola cried
skipping toward me.

     After promising Nola that I’d draw a dragon on her…a
much smaller one…the afternoon turned frenzied. Nola couldn’t swim yet so
whenever she wasn’t playing on the slide either Maya or I had to hold her, and
that was about every five minutes because she was running back and forth
between the two. It was fun, but damn, my little girl was like the energizer
bunny on crack. After about an hour of that Nola complained that she was hungry
and Maya set up some snacks she’d brought at a table for her. She invited Issy
to come have some with her.

     Seth and Nadia had climbed in the hot tub and looked to
be indulging in some covert touching. Maya slipped back into the pool and I
followed her, treading water toward her in a stalker’ish way. She eyed me with
raised eyebrows, bright eyes, and a half smile.

     “What are you doing?” She propelled herself backwards
through the water away from me.

     “Hunting.” I grinned sinisterly.

     “Hunting what?” 

     “Pretty mermaids with long, dark hair and beautiful,
mysterious dark eyes.” I growled.

     Maya had backed herself up against the wall and I caged
her there, putting my arms on the wall on each side of her. We were in the deep
end so Maya had to hang on to my arms to stay afloat. Just that small contact
had my blood running hot and fast.  

     “It’s a good thing I don’t have mysterious eyes then or
I might have been in trouble.” Maya murmured.

     I pulled myself forward to whisper in her ear and as I
did my body slithered softly against hers in the water; soft breasts brushed my
chest, thighs teased my engorged cock, and sleek legs tangled with mine. This
little tease was going to be a lesson in torture. “Your gaze is categorically
mysterious, and I want to know everything behind those cavernous chocolate
irises.”

     Her grip contracted on my biceps and she snipped in a
breathless voice. “That would be skeletal and brain matter.”

     Loving that she was playing with me I grinned and
nipped at her ear. “You’re so damn sexy when you talk anatomy. Say cartilage
for me.”

     Her frame shook with soft laughter, but then she leaned
close and breathed in my ear. “Cartilage.”

     I groaned and it wasn’t faked. The response this girl
got from me with just a look, the smallest touch, a breathy word…I was
powerless. Nuzzling her wet neck, licking and sucking the hot skin, I let go of
the tiled pool edge and dropped one hand under the water and slid it down her slick,
tight, naked side from torso to hip, and then around to her ass. I snuck a
finger under her suit stroking her firm bottom to the crease between her legs.