Wanting More (Mitchell Family #5)(22)
Author: Jennifer Foor

When he called me freaking out and not knowing what had happened, I told him to keep his mouth shut and live with the lie. I don’t know what made me really set the plan into motion, but I got it in my head that I could somehow hook up with the chick and get her to tell me the truth without even Ty knowing.

I’d hooked up with my fair share of women, primarily on bets with my buddies, but this one was going to matter more than a twenty dollar bill. I needed to save my sister’s marriage and her family.

She’d hate me for it, considering she couldn’t stand the bitch in the first place and also, somehow I was on the track to sleep with someone that Ty had been with before. The thought kind of made me sick, but I kept it in the back of my head and refused to think of it that way.

The only problem I saw in my plan was getting to know the girl and there was only one person that could help me do it. I was about to really piss off someone that I may or may not have been developing real feelings for. I had to choose, my family or myself.

“Amy, we need to talk.”

We were in her salon with the doors locked and the lights dimmed. I reached over and took her hand, pulling her into my arms. I just wanted to feel her soft skin once more before she slapped the shit out of me and never talked to me again. I regretted this decision from the moment I saw her beautiful smile light up when she saw me walk through that door.

With her hands around my neck, I stole one more kiss before I shattered her smile into a million pieces. “So, what did you want to talk about? The dickhead is on the road for the next two days. Do you want to go somewhere?”

God damn it! I’m such an ass**le.

“Blaze, Amy…I uh need to tell you somethin’ and you’re not goin’ to like it.”

She reached her hand up and played with my lips. “Unless you are planning on going back to being a pompous jerk, I think I can handle anything.”

I pushed her away and made her sit down on one of the chairs in the waiting room as I began pacing in front of her, finally squatting down to look her in the eyes. I grabbed her hands and played with them while I thought about exactly what I wanted to say. “Ah, hell, there is no easy way to put this, darlin’. Before I tell you, I just want you to know that I enjoy bein’ with you more than you know. You’re different and now that I’ve had a taste of you, I don’t want to let you go,” I paused and stole a kiss. My lips stayed against hers as I gave her the news she didn’t want to hear. “But I have to stop seein’ you.”

I felt her body tighten up even before I pulled away to see her shocked face. She let go of my hands and just sat there. “So, you just thought you could come here and tell me something like this and I’d be cool with it? I should have known it was just about getting in my pants. Conner, please just leave. I can’t deal with your shit right now. I have enough on my plate and if you cared at all about keeping me safe you wouldn’t have tried to be with me so hard, only to walk away once you had it.” She pushed me down on the floor and started walking away from me.

“Let me explain, before you go all crazy on me.” I jumped up and grabbed her from behind, wrapping my arms around her waist and not letting her go. I could hear her sniffling already and I felt awful, because I wanted nothing more than to pursue what was happening between us. I brushed my lips over her ear, and held her tight against my body.

“Let me go, Conner. You should just leave.”

“I ain’t leavin’ till you hear me out.” I turned her around and backed her up against a wall. She had no place to go and had to listen to my explanation. “This ain’t about you and me, I swear it. Look, somethin’ happened and Randa could lose everything if I don’t help them.”

Her tear filled eyes got wide. “What are you saying? I don’t understand what they have to do with us.”

I pulled away from her and paced around the room, taking my hat off, then running my fingers through my hair to think. “Ty got himself into trouble trying to do the right thing. As of right now, he may or may not have cheated on my sister.”

“What the hell does that mean? He either did or he didn’t. It isn’t that hard to determine.”

I shook my head. “Long story short, he thinks when he went to that Heather girl for help, she drugged him and made it look like they messed around.”

“Is that what he told you? I heard the rumors about Ty. Maybe he really cheated and is just trying to cover his tracks.”

I chuckled. “As much as that sounds like the old Ty. I’ve known him my whole life and I know that he’s different with my sister and Bella. They are his whole life. You should have seen him last night. He was a damn wreck.”

“Okay, so even if he didn’t cheat, I don’t really get your part in all of this.”

I got close to her again and looked her right in the eyes. I knew she was going to be pissed. “I have to protect my family.”

“You lost me.”

“I’m goin’ to try to hook up with the girl and find out what really happened.”

She pushed me out of the way. “You offered to sleep with the same girl for information? Are you f**king insane? That is the stupidest idea I have ever heard.”

I held up my hands. “It’s my sister, Amy. I can’t sit back and watch her lose her family, especially if it’s all bullshit. Not even Ty deserves that. He loves them so much and with the twins coming, it would be terrible. I know you don’t want Miranda raisin’ them three kids without a daddy. Hell, he wanted to confess last night and I wouldn’t let him. I don’t care what I have to do, or who I have to sleep with, I am goin’ to find out what really happened and protect my sister. Now, this life is full of choices and right now I am choosin’ my family. Nobody can know I am doin’ this, especially Ty.”

Amy shocked me by placing her hand over my mouth. “Just stop talking. I appreciate that you came here to tell me all this, but we spent one night together, Conner. You don’t owe me anything and frankly, I have too much of my own shit to deal with than to have something going on with you. I think it’s best if we both just forget that we were ever together and do what we have to do.”

Her words were like a knife stabbing me in the gut. “It’s just that easy to forget?”

“Are you done, because I have things to do.” She shoved me out of the way and started gathering her things up.