hug.
“Pleased to meet you.” She smiles. “You’re a pretty one.”
Her words embarrass me. Why do I feel like a teenage girl on her first date? “Lovely to meet you.” I reply, feeling Devlin’s eyes on me.
“Would you two like a drink?” She asks, probably wondering why we’re here. That makes two of us.
“No, thanks Aunt Carol.” Devlin declines. “I just wanted to drop in and say hello before I took Natasha on a walk.”
Aunt Carol’s eyebrows rise. “Oh you’re going on a walk?”
Devlin weirdly looks a little shy and I’m shocked. We all say our goodbyes and Devlin takes my hand as he leads me onto the garden surrounding Aunt Carols house. Considering the size of the house it’s surprising how large the grounds are.
“She was nice.” I say as I look around.
“Yeah, she’s cool.”
“She’s you mother’s sister?” I ask.
“That obvious?” Devlin laughs.
“Where are we going?” I finally ask.
“Hold on, we’re nearly there.” Devlin answers, tugging on my hand.
We continue to hold hands until we reach a large tree.
“Wow.” I say, looking up and noticing a decent tree house. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a tree house, never mind go in one.
“Come on, let me show you around.” Devlin climb a few steps up the ladder and looks back down to me, grinning like an excited child.
“You brought me to a tree house.” I laugh, following him up and really enjoying the view of his ass.
“Not just any tree house.” He helps me up the final step. “This was mine.” He holds me tight against him as I look around.
“Cool.” And I mean it. As a kid, this private den would have been awesome! There’s even some beanbags in the corner. A bookshelf in another with books, colouring books and more stacking up.
“Well, not just mine. I had to share it.” He points to his name engraved in the wood and surround his are the names, Drew, Kai and Brandon. That’s so cute.
“I would have loved one of these as a kid.” I admire.
“My grandad built it for is us because we loved visiting him. When he died five years ago, Aunt Carol inherited the house.” He lets me go and looks around the place, reminding himself of his childhood memories. Being here, I feel like I know him a little more. It’s nothing huge, but it’s more than I’ve ever had with any other man.
Eventually, we huddle up on the rug together. Devlin is sat with his back up against the wooden wall and I am lying across him with my head in his lap. Devlin strokes my hair and it feels so good a moan escapes me. As soon as it does I tense and he laughs.
“Don’t worry babe, I’m not going to pounce on you. Even if you do sound sexy as hell.” He leans down and plants a kiss on my cheek.
I sit up and really look at him. Here’s a man who looks sexy as fuck with his tattoos and dangerous demeanour but he’s not dangerous, at least not to me. He’s so sweet and caring, what girl wouldn’t like that? After what I’ve been through, it’s what I crave even if it does scare me.
I scoot closer to him, wanting to be close and Delvin’s eyes become sexy intense. I fucking love when he does that.
“Natasha, you’re so beautiful baby.” Devlin closes the distance.
I smile, looking down at our connected hands. “You’re not too bad yourself biker boy.”
He laughs at that. “You know I will wait for you right?”
“What?” I ask incredulously.
“Tash, I know you went through some hard times but I want you to know that I’m waiting for you. I want you, not just for sex but,” He stops talking, looking down at the floor and struggling with his words. “Fuck it, Tasha I want you as my old lady.”
My eyes widen and my breathe jolts. “What?” I realise that I’m repeating myself, but I don’t know what else to say!
“Don’t answer yet, I know you’re not ready but I want you to know that I’m not in this with you for a one time fuck. I want us babe, together.” His eyes bore into mine and
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