Rewriting the Rules (23 page)

The phone rings and I pick it up. “Thank you for calling Exhale Spa. This is Charlotte, how may I help you?”

“Charlotte,” a husky voice responds. “This is Ayden Sharp.”

“Hi, Ayden. How are you?” Fuck, he would call now.

“A little annoyed to be honest. Cam came home today frustrated. She’s six months pregnant and doesn’t need to be stressed out. Your incompetent staff stood in front of her and lied. She told her the wrong information and didn’t offer any help. This is not how I expect the spa to run. I know you’re a new manager.”

“I’m really sorry, Ayden. I’m handling the situation now. Even though I’m new, I’m confident I can handle anything that comes my way. Things will be better. I’m glad she was still able to get her massage.”

“Yes, I am too. But the therapist hadn’t done a prenatal massage in a while.”

“Is she okay?”

He sighs. “Yes, she’s fine. The massage was fine. I need to book her a ninety-minute massage with her usual therapist for tomorrow morning. Can you do that?” I look at the schedule and see Ivy’s fully booked and all of her clients requested her. Crap.

“Right now she’s fully booked, but let me talk to her.”

“Please do and get back to me.”

“I will, Ayden. Please give Cam my apologies. I will handle this.”

“Thank you,” he says and hangs up the phone.

The afternoon and evening go by smoother than I expected. With persuasion and the promise of lunch, Ivy’s going to take Cam and give her a massage. This made Ayden happy, which makes me happy too.

“Good job today, Zara.”

“Thank you, darling,” she smiles back and picks up her phone. “Ugh, my fiancé’s an idiot.”

I laugh. “What’s wrong?”

“You know how he’s coaching now?” I nod. “Well, he thought it would be funny to push the players to the point of exhaustion. Now their best player is out this game because he’s sick. Dumbass.”

Zara’s worked for Exhale since January. She’s only part-time and works as a substitute teacher in the Pittsford school district. Her fiancé, Treston, accepted a job as a coach and they moved to Rochester last year.

“Any plans tonight?” she asks.

“Laying low. You?”

“Heading to the game and then home. Our friends are coming to town, so we have tons of cleaning to do.”

“Sounds fun.” I feel my phone vibrate and see it’s a text message from Troy.

Troy:
Come out tonight.

Me:
Where?

Troy:
MacGregors.

Me:
Why?

Troy:
Stop asking questions and come.

Me:
I thought we would hang out at your house and continue with exploring each other.

Troy:
As much as I’d love that, your brother decided a night out at the bar would be a good idea.

I groan. If Will is there, then we have to be careful and I can’t act like a jealous bitch if a girl walks by and eye fucks Troy.

Troy:
Stop thinking and be here soon.

Me:
I was thinking you guys need a guy’s night. I can head back and indulge myself with some Zac Efron. =)

Troy:
I’m hotter.

Me:
Well . . . That’s debatable.

Troy:
BS . . . Say I’m hotter. I bet Zac Efron couldn’t make you wet like I can or make you scream his name the way you scream mine.

God, I want him so bad.

Me:
I’ll call him up and see then I’ll let you know.

Troy:

Me:
LOL . . . If you really want me to go then I’ll be there soon.

Troy:
Don’t keep me waiting.

Chapter 31

Troy

We get to MacGregors and sit at the bar waiting for Charlotte to get here. The place is crowded tonight. A lacrosse match is up on the big screen and there are people everywhere, either playing pool, playing darts, or just standing around drinking and watching the game. I look around and see my favorite bartender walking up.

Liz and I met a few years ago and we always talk when she’s working. She tells me about a lot of what’s going on with her personal life and I listen. We’re not close like Jane and I are, but she’s a nice girl and I like talking to her.

“What’s up, handsome?” She smiles at me and pours me a drink.

“Hello, beautiful. How’s everything going?”

“Good.” She goes on and tells me about her son and finding a full-time job as a tattoo artist. “Things are going well. That jackass and Is broke up.”

“Again?”

“This time for good. He hit Brennan really hard and I lost it.”

“Is he okay?” I ask.

“Yeah, he’s fine. He told me he didn’t like his daddy and he wants to stay with me, so I’m only working Saturday nights here, and hoping I make more at the shop. Things might be hard for a while.”

“Whatever you need, let me know.” She smiles and nods before handing Will a drink and wanders off to talk to the other patrons.

“See, that’s the type of woman you need.” I glare at him. “She’s hot, man, and you two get along really well.”

“No, thank you. Liz is a friend and I don’t want anything with anyone right now.” Will nods and orders a round of shots. After a few, Charlotte makes it in and sits down next to her brother.

“Hey guys,” she says as Will orders her a drink. The second our eyes meet, I see the blush on her cheeks and my smile widens. I have to keep it cool tonight, especially around Will. He’ll know what’s going on if he sees me staring at her for too long.

“How was work,” Will asks. I finish my drink and order another one. I listen to her talk about firing someone and dealing with her mistakes.

“You’re real quiet tonight,” Liz tells me. She hands me my drink and I hear Charlotte continue talking to Will.

“Been a long day.”

Charlotte and I pretend to ignore each other so Will doesn’t have any idea about what’s going on. Jane hooks her arm with Charlotte’s and they talk about whatever girls talk about while Carter talks to me about the game.

“Sucks, doesn’t it?” I nod my head knowing what he’s thinking about. “You need to come clean with him.”

“Fuck that. I have to listen to what Charlotte wants. She doesn’t want to hurt him, so for now I need to stay quiet. It’ll be fine.”

“Whatever you say, man. You know we’ll do anything to keep Will away. It’s getting harder, though.”

“Fuck, you’re telling me.”

It’s killing me that I can’t touch her and make sure everyone knows she’s mine. Almost every guy in the bar is staring at her and it’s driving me crazy. There’s one guy who looks like a rich frat boy with his surfer style blonde hair, blue polo and khaki shorts. He’s wearing
Sperrys
and drinking a light beer. What the fuck is this? Who the fuck is he?

I watch him talk to his friends and then he walks over to Charlotte and Jane. Will stands up and holds his beer, focusing on Abercrombie and Charlotte. I see the girls laugh and Charlotte brushes him off. Thank fuck.

“Hey, I’m talking to you.” Abercrombie grabs her arm and before I even comprehend what I’m doing, I’m out of my seat, throwing a punch in his face.

“Don’t you ever fucking touch her, asshole.”

“What the fuck, man?”

Jane pulls Charlotte out of the way and soon the guys and I are fighting Abercrombie and his friends. Liz and another bartender scream for us to stop and in a matter of seconds they get kicked out by security while we stay by the bar. Everyone who works here knows us and knows we don’t cause trouble.

Looking over my shoulder, I see Will tending to Charlotte and I hear her say she’s okay and to stop worrying.

I text Jane and tell her to take her to the bathroom. She reads the message, nods, and takes off with Charlotte. I get Will to the bar and Carter orders us shots. Quickly taking one, Carter orders more as I leave to go to the bathroom. Looking around to make sure I’m alone, I walk inside the women’s bathroom to find Jane and Charlotte by the sink.

“Thanks, Jane,” I tell her. “Won’t be long.”

“Okay, be quick please.” She winks and leaves us. I walk to the door, turn the knob to lock it and turn back to her.

“You’re okay?”

Charlotte rubs my arms and gives me a kiss. “Of course I am, babe. He was a douchebag, that’s all. Thank you for coming to my rescue.”

“I’d never let any fucker hurt you, sweet girl.”

“I know you wouldn’t,” she smiles. “So we’re alone right now.”

“Yeah I can see that.”

A sexy smirk plays on her face and she brings her lips to mine. She slides her tongue in and lets out a sinful moan.

“We need to make this fast,” she reminds me. “I don’t want Will finding us in here like this.”

“Whatever you need.”

“I need you,” she whimpers.

Turning her around and pushing her against the bathroom wall my lips meet the curve of her neck as she grinds her ass onto my cock. Pulling down the thin straps of her dress I turn her back around and cup her breasts with my hands.

“Fucking beautiful. Inside and out, Charlotte, you are beautiful,” I tell her. “Each time with you will always feel like the first. And each time I’m going to make sure you are completely satisfied and fulfilled.”

Hearing her whimper and moan, seeing her fall apart in my hands, my mouth waters and my fingers itch to touch every part of her body. When she eyes me while shimmying out of her thong and tucks it into my pocket I nearly lose my mind with the need to fill her now.

“I want to do something.”

“I thought you wanted this to be quick?”

“It will,” she winks and turns me around so my back is against the wall. “Shh,” she says while unbuttoning my jeans. Pulling down my jeans and boxer briefs to my ankles she grabs my erect cock and slowly sinks her mouth down on me.

“Oh shit,” I groan. “Slow, sweet girl.”

She locks her gaze onto mine and licks from the tip of my cock down to my balls. Her eyes never leave mine and it’s the sexiest thing ever. Bringing her mouth onto my cock again, allowing me to feel the back of her throat and fuck, she’s slowly killing me. Not wanting to come in her mouth I grab her up from the bathroom floor and pick her up in my arms. My fingers rub her clit and she wraps her legs around my waist. Charlotte bites down on my shoulder to hold her moans.

“I’m going to fuck you hard, sweet girl.” She nods as I slide inside her, feeling how wet she is for me.

Mine.

Mine.

Forever.

Forever.

We’re going to make it through this obstacle and anything else that hits our path. She’s going to love me forever and I’m going to do everything I can to keep a smile on her face. We’ll tackle the problems together and anyone who has a problem with us being together will soon realize it doesn’t matter what they’re feeling. Once love is successful there’s nothing in the world that can tear love apart.

I hold her, diving into her, and feel her tighten around me.

“Shit,” she moans. “I’m coming. I’m coming.”

One more thrust, she comes and I follow. My mouth finds her and I deeply kiss her, hungry for her moans, hungry for more. When I break away and see how swollen her lips are she looks at me with desire and fire in her eyes.

“We have to go back out,” she giggles.

“I know.” I kiss her again and gently set her down and clean her. Adjusting myself and making sure she looks good I unlock the door and have her walk out first. I peer out and see Jane walking with Charlotte, then I follow.

Will’s getting hammered with Carter and has no idea we were gone. Luckily some blonde comes up to him and they disappear for a while. Knowing Will, he’s having company tonight.

At the bar, it’s us, Carter, and Jane. I see how tired they’re getting and soon we say goodbye. My plan is to get Charlotte over to my house and spend the night with her. As long as she wakes up early tomorrow to make it home, Will won’t know. He likes to take women home to his house and not wake up until around seven in the morning.