Double Date

An hour after Joey and Leah came out of the office, I found myself sitting next to my brother at a restaurant almost an hour away from Eden while our women chatted excitedly about wedding decorations and themes. I knew that Maddie was in the process of convincing Leah to have a big wedding, but I didn’t want a big wedding. I just didn’t have to tell them. I just wanted to have a courtroom ceremony and get it out of the way. I was afraid of her leaving me if I didn't marry her quickly. Not that marriage was a guarantee that she would stay, but with her, I think it would help convince her of my love.

“Brennan,” Joey murmured beside me, drawing my attention to him. “We need to talk.”

“About what?” I asked quietly.

“What’s going on between you and Diana?”

I frowned at him. “I stopped sending her money, and she’s been harassing me. Calling Eden two or three times a day. The last time she called, it was intercepted by Leah, who handled it so well. She was amazing. She told Diana to go to hell. It was so fucking sexy. I was so damned proud of her.”

He nodded in understanding. “I get that, but this is getting out of control. Diana showed up at my office. She waited for Maddie in the lobby and cornered her. She threatened my wife and tried to blackmail her. She wants to know where you are so she can ‘speak’ to you in person.” He pinned me with an angry glare. “She said she has information that you don’t want to go public. And if she wasn’t paid, she would be going public next week.”

I glanced at Maddie, who was still chatting happily with Leah. “Is Maddie okay?”

“Yeah. The security guards pulled Diana off Maddie, and Maddie banned her from the building. You need to figure out what in the hell she wants, because if she ever puts her hands on my wife again, I will arrange for the bitch to have a conversation with Caleb’s bikers.”

I nodded. “Understood, but to be honest with you, there is nothing she could possibly say to hurt me in any way. She’s already tried everything.”

Joey sighed as he looked away from me. “There might be something.”

I tensed as I eyed him wearily. “And what’s that?”

He took a big bite of his steak, and I knew he was trying to buy a little time by the way he slowly chewed his food.

“Ramira, Caleb, and I all had doubts about the triplet’s paternity, but we never said anything about it to you,” he told me quietly.

“Impossible,” I said, shaking my head. “We did a paternity test. I knew they were mine.”

“Oh. Then I don’t know what else she could possibly know. All I know is that she better stay her ass away from my wife.”

I sighed. “If she keeps harassing you, have her arrested. Women like her don’t stop. Not if she thinks she can manipulate money out of someone.”

He chuckled darkly. “I know women like that very well. Or did you forget who my first wife was?”

I patted his shoulder. “I much rather prefer this new one, even though she is a little violent.”

As if she heard me, Maddie grinned at me before turning her attention back to Leah. Joey sighed.

“I prefer your future wife. She’s a sweet girl. Just do us all a favor—don’t fuck this marriage up,” he muttered.

“I won’t. I love her,” I murmured almost silently as my heart sped up.

Saying it out loud was getting easier, but it still made me a little anxious. I hoped that by the time Leah and I were ready to get married, I would be able to tell her. I wanted more than anything to tell Leah how much I loved her. I wanted to tell her in my vows that I would love her for eternity. She was mine. And I was more hers than she was mine. I turned to look at the woman in question, and she almost immediately met my gaze, mouthing, ‘Are you okay?’ I gave her a soft smile, nodding. Her eyes softened as she laughed at something Maddie whispered in her ear before tucking her hair behind her ear.

“God, she is incredible,” I mumbled, making Joey chuckle.

“Definitely less crazy, brother. Seriously though, Brennan. It’s good to see you happy again.”

I sighed. “Now if only Diana will let me remain happy.”

He groaned. “That is the current dream, isn’t it?”

“Yep.”

******

As soon as we arrived back at Eden, I took Leah in my arms, needing to hold her for a moment. She relaxed against me, wrapping her arms around me too. I kept one arm around her waist while my other one moved up her back to cup her neck, holding her tightly against me. She giggled a little.

“What’s wrong, Brennan?” She asked softly. “You’ve been a little withdrawn since dinner.”

I sighed. “While you and Maddie were discussing wedding plans, Joey and I were discussing Diana and what she’s been doing,” I admitted. “She’s harassing my family now, wanting to talk to me.”

She tilted her head back so she could look into my eyes. “What could she possibly want to talk to you about?”

“I have no clue, but I also don’t want to find out. It doesn’t matter. Whatever she has to say is about the past, and I am choosing not to keep looking back. I want to keep pushing forward with you. You are who my eyes are set on. Not someone from my past looking to destroy my relationship with someone that I…” I took a deep breath as the word died on my tongue. “That I care about like I care about you,” I finished lamely.

She beamed up at me with almost all of her teeth showing. “Ditto, Brennan.”

I picked her up, slanting my mouth across hers. She wrapped her legs around my waist as her arms went around my neck. I groaned as I walked toward my office building, using my arm that was positioned under her ass to move her up and down, letting the heat from her core seep through my pants to my erection. I made it up onto the porch before her lips touched my neck.

“Fuck, Leah!” I groaned. “I was trying to make it inside, but now, I’m going to fuck you out here.”

I put her against the wall beside the door, immediately moving my hands to her thighs, pushing her skirt up higher so that all I had to do to gain access to her core was move the strip of her underwear that hid her pussy from my throbbing cock. I reached between us to unzip my pants, instantly rubbing it against her core before slowly easing my throbbing shaft into her. Her hands went to my shoulders, moaning softly as I filled her all the way up.

“Brennan! Oh, God, you feel so good!”

I caught her lips in a passionate kiss, my tongue mimicking my cock’s thrusts as I repeatedly buried it into her. I slid my hands from her thighs to the wall behind her, just under her ass, to keep her from sliding too low. I brushed my fingers over her exposed skin as I pumped into her harder, trying to convey to her how I felt while the wine I drank at dinner made my head swim more and more the closer I got to my orgasm. I pulled my mouth away from hers to look into her eyes.

“Leah, I want to cum in you,” I ground out as I repeatedly rubbed my tip against the back of her pussy. “Fuck marriage. I don’t want to wait.”

She ran her fingers through the hair on the back of my neck before yanking my head back down to kiss me again. “Yes, Brennan. Cum in me.”

I lowered my mouth to hers again, devouring hers in a desperate need to give her everything that I was. I pulled her down onto my shaft as I pushed up, moaning her name loudly as her pussy clenched my cock, the force of her grip making my dick spasm inside of her, shooting my cum deep within her tight walls. I pulled my mouth away from hers to bury my face in her neck as I caught my breath. Once we were both calmed down enough, I pulled out of her slowly before shifting her in my arms to carry her inside to bed. I laid her down before tucking her hair behind her ear.

“I will be right back.”

I went into the bathroom to get a damp washcloth before going back to the bed to gently clean her up. I leaned down to kiss her forehead before going back into the bathroom to clean myself up. When I finally climbed into bed behind her, I was more than ready to go to sleep. I kissed her shoulder.

“Leah, baby, are you awake?” I whispered, smiling a little when the only response I got was a soft snore. “I love you.”