Folding Hearts (Mitchell Family #2)(37)
Author: Jennifer Foor

“It’s about time. Is he pu**y whipped already?” Someone yelled from the back.

I rolled my eyes and went back to my station, ignoring them for the rest of the day.

When I got off work it was starting to get dark. Pulling up to the farm and seeing the lights on at the carriage house really made me feel content. Walking in the door was even better. Izzy came running up to me grabbing on my legs while Miranda was busy getting the table set for the dinner she had ready. I still felt like I was in some kind of dream. A week ago I was coming home to an empty house. I didn’t have a girlfriend and honestly I didn’t know if I even wanted one, but from the moment Miranda walked in my door everything changed.

“Ty up.” Izzy dangled between my legs. I pulled her up and gave her a big kiss on the cheek.

“Hey cutie. What did you and Mommy make for dinner. It smells so good.”

“We made you peach and thyme glazed pork chops with rice and broccoli.” Miranda smiled like she had accomplished something tremendous.

I walked over and grabbed her for a hug. “I would have been fine with hot dogs and beans.”

She kissed me slowly. “We can have that tomorrow.”

“Or next week, cause you will still be here,” I kissed her again. “or the week after..”

That is exactly what happened too. After three weeks had passed, we were happier than ever. During the week I would work and come home to the girls. We spent the weekends going places or just hanging out with my parents. Miranda fit in like she belonged with us and the longer we were together, the more sure I became. In a few short weeks everything about my life had changed and I never wanted it to go back to the way it was.

Van had called to talk to both of us several times, but we decided to keep our relationship a secret, to avoid the time bomb that would go off when our Kentucky family found out about us. She knew we were friends and that we hung out and that is where we left every conversation. Miranda’s mother had been keeping tabs on Tucker’s release. It hadn’t happened as early as they first assumed, but he had been out for a couple weeks before they heard anything from him. The phone calls to Miranda’s old phone started up and with those calls came the threats. The voice was muffled and the number was always blocked, but it was clear who was doing it. As much as her family hated it they knew she was safe staying at the farm.

Miranda and I had been trying to figure out how to keep her there for a longer period of time. At some point the verbal threats weren’t going to be enough to keep her with me, so she had to either tell them we were together or find a different reason that she needed to stay. With the help of my mother, she found a salon in town that was looking for someone to fill in while their regular shampoo girl/receptionist was on maternity leave. It was just temporary but would give us two months without the family breathing down our necks. I had to give it to my mother. Not only did she keep our secret, but she welcomed Miranda and Izzy into our family, sometimes too much.

Even my father stepped in and suggested that we clean out the back of the carriage house, which was for storage and still had wooden garage doors on it, and finish it off to give Izzy her own room. His argument was that it increased the value of the property, but their desperate attempts to secure my happiness made me appreciate them. Who better than them to know how pathetic my life had become before the girls came into it.

Miranda’s mother didn’t take the news of her daughter wanting to stay here, but with her ex being such a threat, it worked to our benefit. They still video chatted and talked at least a few times a week.

My mother was all too happy to be able to watch Izzy three days a week while Miranda worked. The salon was on the same block as my shop so not only did we ride to work together, but I got to have lunch with the hottest girl in the world every single day she worked. The guys at the shop finally stopped giving her a hard time. Once they got used to seeing her all the time, they knew how serious we were.

Because things had become so serious, I had decided that I was going to give Miranda a romantic night out. Even with a little one running around, we got to spend time together, but it wasn’t like we could run around naked having wild sex all night. Most of our alone time consisted of hot showers while Izzy napped or waiting until she fell asleep so we could quietly have sex.

It was a Friday and our official one month anniversary. My parents were taking Izzy for the night and Miranda and I had reservations at a little restaurant an hour away. She wore a red dress similar to the one she had worn months ago on the night that should have been ours. Of course she looked gorgeous and I couldn’t take my eyes off of her. She had curled every strand of her long blonde hair in fancy ringlets. Her makeup was perfect and she smelled like heaven. I even wore a pair of dress pants and a black v-neck shirt. While Miranda was getting into the car, I ran back into the house and set up her surprise for when we returned. My father was going to set the rest of the things up once we were gone.

I had everything planned out. Our dinner was going to be perfect and when she got home she would be showered with attention. I had never felt this way about anyone and she needed to know that I was pretty damn sure that this was it for me.

Miranda seemed nervous on the ride to dinner. “You okay baby?”

“I’ve never been to any place fancy before. Are you sure I look alright?”

We were already holding hands, in fact I never drove without her hand in mine. I pulled it up to my lips. “You are the most beautiful woman on this planet. You deserve to be taken to fancy places.”

She leaned over and kissed me. “I can’t believe that it’s been a month already Ty. If I would have known that we would be this happy, I never would have held back my feelin’s.”

“All that matters is that we are together now.”

Dinner was perfect. We had a candlelight corner table and Miranda looked so excited. Instead of sitting across from me, she scooted her chair closer to mine and I rubbed her leg under the table. She had no idea that her night had just begun and I wanted it that way. I had so much more planned.

On the way home from dinner, she cuddle up next to me as I drove. “Our dinner date was wonderful. Thank you Ty.”

I kissed her head. “You’re welcome baby.”

Her hand started sliding up my leg and stopped at the zipper to my pants. “I’ve never been so happy in my life,” she whispered in my ear and then licked the lobe.

I felt her hands unzippering my pants and then one of her hands sliding inside. “Ahh.” I was trying to focus on the road as she pulled out my c**k and started stroking it with her hand.