Loving Kate (Acceptance #3) (28 page)

“Beautiful speech with a classic Connor touch. He’s right, though, she needs to give him some babies.” Daniel nods his head in agreement “I vote for lots more babies around here, sooner rather than later.”

“What’s with you guys and babies? There’s plenty of time for that after we’re done having fun,” Jess replies happily, but I don’t miss the sad look clouding Connor’s face when she says it. I’m beginning to think he’s ready to settle down and I don’t think it’s going to go in his favor.

After dinner, there are all the first dances and then the cake cutting which was surprisingly boring.

“If we ever have a big wedding, I’m smashing that cake in your face,” I whisper to Misty.

“I wouldn’t have it any other way,” she murmurs back to me.

After a few dances, Misty wants to go check in on the kids so I take the opportunity to steal Daniel’s dance partner.

“One dance and then I want her back, Matthews.”

“Yeah, yeah. You know where to find her if I forget to return her.”

We’re dancing to a slow song. I’m not even sure what it is but it’s nice. “So when’s the next wedding?” I ask her.

“Well, I don’t know. When are you asking Misty to marry you?” I practically choke. “Oh, come on. You can’t tell me it hasn’t crossed your mind.”

“It has but not for a long time. We’ve got a lot of things to still get to know about each other. I’m not trying to mess this relationship up like I did my last.”

She throws her head back in laughter. “Well, it’s a good thing I happen to have an in with your ex and she thinks things ended up the way they were meant to.”

That’s my Katie Grace—always making everything okay.

“Anyway, you and Daniel will be the next wedding unless you think Jess and Connor will beat you there.”

“We’ll have to see about me and Daniel…maybe someday. As for those two, I’m still keeping my fingers crossed that whatever it is between them lately will resolve.”

I lean Kate back into a dip and Daniel appears at my side with Misty. “You stole my move, Matthews, I was supposed to sweep her off her feet and into the sunset with that move.”

“Well,” I say, releasing Kate into his arms and pulling Misty close to me, “it’s a good thing I stole your move then because nobody is sweeping my best friend off into the sunset without me there, too.”

“You know, sometimes it really sucks that you picked him to be your best friend,” Daniel says seriously. “I’m never going to be able to do anything fun without one of you telling the other on me.”

“That’s true, but you’ll just have to get over it. Maybe I can take your mind off of it right now,” Kate says as she leans in and whispers something undoubtedly naughty in his ear. That’s enough for me; there’s only so much of their sexual banter I can handle.

“You ready to get out of here? It seems the bride and groom are gone so I’ve fulfilled my groomsman duties for the day.”

“Yes, please. I’m so ready to get out of these shoes, they’re killing my feet.”

We sneak out the side of the tent so we don’t have to linger around any longer than necessary and head back to our room. Misty looks gorgeous in her short red dress that hugs every curve she has. As soon as we’re inside of our room, I pick her up and carry her to the bed.

“Mike, what are you doing?”

After carefully setting her down, I remove one shoe at a time and start massaging her feet. “I’m making you more comfortable”

“Is that so?”

“Um hmm,” I mumble as I begin kissing my way up her body. My hands are finally high enough to unzip her dress and I peel it off of her.
Shit.
I didn’t see her getting ready today because I was with the guys, but holy hell.

“Baby, you’re killing me here.” Red lace bra, red lace thong, and red lace garters with silk thigh highs.

“That was my plan.”

“You wanted to bring me to my knees? Because you absolutely succeeded. All I can think about is spanking your ass until it matches the color of your thong.”

“Then do it,” she replies breathlessly,
as she slips off her thong. I swear, I could
not
be more in love with this girl.

She likes it a little rough and I love having a girl I can play with sometimes and make love to the rest. Misty turns toward me and slowly removes my tie and then she carefully unbuttons my shirt, kissing me all the way down, button by button, and finally removes my cufflinks. When she unbuckles my belt and my pants, I’m hard and ready for her. She frees me from my boxers and licks a circle around the tip of my dick.

“Fuck, baby, if you do that it will be over before it starts.” She giggles, and as I take my underwear off, she gets on all fours on the bed and sticks her ass right at me.

I pull her close and tease her with my fingers, circling her clit. With one hand, I rub soft, sensuous circles on her ass and with her first moan I spank her and she cries out in pleasure. I’m not close enough to do this the way that I want so I climb up on the bed behind her and slide my dick up and down her wet pussy. This time when I spank her, I enter her at the same time and she cries out in pure pleasure.

“Yes, Mike, yes!”

She’s close already and she’s pushing back into me, clenching around my dick. And since I’m not wearing condoms with her anymore, sometimes it’s harder to hold off than others. I spank her one more time and then pull her back and slam into her. Her pussy pulsates as she comes with me.

“Mike, I love you so much,” she cries out.

“I love you, too, Misty,” I tell her as we both fall into a heap on the bed.

“That was fun. It’s nice to not have to worry about waking Hailey up with my screams.”

I kiss her tenderly before responding. “That’s true and I
really
love making you scream. When we move into the new house we shouldn’t have to worry about that too much.”

“I seriously can’t believe you’re buying us a house that big.” She knows exactly why I bought a big house.

“Three,” is all I say.

“Two,” she counters.

“Two more equals three.”

I’ve always wanted a big family; I’m hoping to eventually get her to agree to five.

Kate

Jake and April’s wedding was perfect and I swear Daniel has finally perfected his baby making skills and they were pretty stellar before we went away. A couple of days ago, I got the box of photos from Chad’s parents and I had some of them blown up and framed for Lucas’s room. He came by last week and packed up what he wanted from Vanessa’s stuff. I think he’s doing better and I’m really happy he’s been by every day for the past two weeks to see Lucas. His entire demeanor brightens when he sees Lucas and I finally got him to agree to come to the graduation party. Even if it
is
black tie. Seriously, who throws a black tie graduation?

The Houstons

I’m waiting for the girls to get here so we can have a spa day before heading out to the party tonight. The boys are bringing the kids up with them after we leave. Jake and April got back yesterday from their tropical island paradise but hopefully they won’t be too jetlagged to have a good time tonight.

“Are you excited about tonight?” Daniel asks as he pulls me into a hug.

“Yes, but it still seems weird to have such a big party.”

“Not really, considering you, Connor, Jess, and Marc all graduated at the same time. Not that the party is for Marc, but I guess in a way it kind of is.”

He pushes me up against my favorite kitchen wall. When we moved, I made him christen this wall just like we did the one next door. And when he raises my arms above my head, my heart beats so hard I’m sure he can feel it, too. But when he trails kisses across my collarbone, licking and sucking his way up my neck, I’m completely under his spell.

“You’re mine, Kate,” he growls at me and I know it’s just fighting instinct because Marc is going to be there tonight.

“I’m yours, Daniel, only yours.”

When his lips meet mine, he lets go of my arms and I immediately wrap them around his neck and run my fingers through his hair. Possession is a two way street. Daniel needs to hear me say I’m his just as much I need to hear him say he’s mine. Partly because it’s a turn on and partly because I know he’ll never lie to me, so as long as he continues to say it I know it’s true.

Someone is pounding on the door but I don’t want to stop this kiss. “Just tell them to come back later,” I whisper.

He yells, “Come back later!” which not only defeated the purpose, but it woke up a sound asleep Lucas. “Oops. I was so distracted I forgot to be quiet,” he says as he walks to the door.

Jess, Misty, and April are all here. April is positively glowing and I squeal as I pull her into a big, squeezy hug. “You have to fill us in on everything.”

“Well, can you do it at the spa or at least at a decibel that won’t have all the neighborhood cats perching on our doorstop looking for a mate?” Daniel says as he comes back in with a wide awake baby.

“He grew in the two weeks I was gone!” April reaches out for Daniel to pass him to her “Now listen up, Mr. Luke, you have to stop growing. The bigger you get, the older I get, and it’s really not nice to make Auntie April feel old.”

Lucas babbles at her and smiles while he shakes his favorite rattle. Well, I say it’s his favorite because Vanessa bought it for him. Anything that comes from her hits favorite status immediately.

“Alright, hand back the baby before you miss your appointments. We’ll see you at the house when you’re done. Give mommy kisses, Lucas.”

Daniel lifts Lucas to my face and I kiss him, “Muah.” Hailey is definitely rubbing off on me.

Daniel hands Lucas to Misty and pulls me into the bathroom. “I needed to give you a real kiss without the prying eyes.”

His lips meet mine and they part immediately, welcoming him into my mouth. His hands are laced in my hair, holding me by the back of my head as he claims me. I run my nails down his back and cry out into his mouth. When he pulls away, I feel lost without him. It takes me a minute to catch my breath.

“What was that?” I want to know what has gotten into him.

“That was me showing you how much I’m going to miss you. And this,” he says, guiding my hand to his erection, “is what is waiting for you tonight when we get back to our room alone.”

A thrill goes through me just thinking about it. Lucas is staying with Daniel’s parents tonight so we have all night to do whatever we want to. I can’t wait.

They rented us another limo again and Jess pops the champagne the second we get inside. It’s early, but one glass won’t hurt. April fills us in on her romantic honeymoon on the way to the spa. “We didn’t leave the room except to eat, occasionally, when we didn’t order room service. I didn’t see any of the island but I got my exercise in,” she tells us with a sly smile.

“Is Jake still on the baby train?” Jess asks curiously.

“He is, but I’m actually on it now, too. I stopped taking my pill while we were gone. It could still take years to get pregnant, so I figured why not? You all gave me baby fever. I was fine until Lucas showed up and then I waivered a bit. But the first time I heard ‘Auntie April’ I was a lost cause.”

Misty blushes and offers a very sympathetic, “I’m sorry.” She pauses and then continues, “If it makes you feel any better, Mike wants five and says he’ll settle for three.”

Jess snorts champagne out of her nose. “You guys are having more kids
already
?”

Misty shakes her head vehemently. “No, I’m on the pill and I’m staying on the pill. Mike and I are good but we’re just getting started. I want it to be the three of us for at least another year. But I don’t know if I want to wait too much longer than that. I want Hailey and her siblings to be close in age.”

“What about you, Kate? Are you and Daniel talking babies yet?” April asks the million dollar question

“He is but I’m not.” Jess pats my hand.

“You’re not ready yet?” Misty probes.

“It’s complicated. The part of me that feels my biological clock ticking wants a baby. But the other part of me, the one that gets up with Lucas at three am and changes diapers, thinks it would be nice to get him out of diapers before we have another one in diapers. But the biggest part of me wants to wait because I feel like we owe this time to Vanessa and Lucas to just be the parents she wanted us to be and make Lucas the center of our world for a while. Besides, I’m not getting knocked up again until I’m married, and Daniel is still nursing his wounds. I think because I still haven’t gotten my ring back yet.”

They all exchange a sad look. “Well I think it’s great you’re honoring Vanessa by giving Lucas your full attention. Not a lot of people would do that,” Misty replies sweetly.

“Thanks.”

The car is silent for a little bit and then Misty starts talking, “Can I ask you guys something?” We all nod. “The night of the bachelor party, Mike said he was…”

“Sucking on a stripper’s boobies?” Jess offers up.

“Jessica!” I hiss at her. She doesn’t need to spread his business but she just shrugs her shoulders. Jess doesn’t think strippers are a big deal but not everyone agrees.