Wanting More (Mitchell Family #5)(28)
Author: Jennifer Foor

Here was the problem. I missed Conner every single second of every single day until the next time I got to see him. I missed his touch and I missed the way he always made me feel safe. I wanted nothing more than to just be with him like we were, but in the back of my mind, I had to know the truth. “I just admitted that I may have real feelings for you.”

“What do you want me to say? You know I care about you, Blaze. Is that what you want me to say? I think I’ve proven that to you time and time again.”

“Did you sleep with her?”

“I told you no.”

“Did you kiss her?”

“She kissed me a couple times.” I clenched my jaw. “Amy, please don’t do this.”

“Have you ever seen her naked?” He looked away and scrunched up his face. It hurt me immediately picturing him seeing her with no clothes on. “Has she seen you naked?”

“Some parts.” He looked down at the floor and avoided eye contact.

“What parts?”

He grabbed my arms and looked at me and he wasn’t happy. “Damnit, why are you doin’ this? It doesn’t matter what happened earlier tonight. It meant nothin’ to me and you should have known that when I came runnin’ right to you. I will always be there for you, Amy. Now, you can go on with your little tude, but at the end of the day, you know what I’m waitin’ for and it ain’t that little blonde.”

He kissed my hands and released them as he walked over to the second bed and flopped down on it. He took his hat and covered his face with it, before crossing his arms and appearing like he was going to sleep.

I just stood there like an idiot, watching him. I put my hands on my hips like it made me tougher. “She probably has rabies, you know.”

He never moved from his position. “Guess I better get a vaccine then.”

I huffed and puffed and finally laid on the opposite bed across from his. I tried to get myself comfortable, but couldn’t seem to fall asleep knowing he was that close to me. If he was messing around with Heather, I couldn’t be with him. It was nasty to me and even though I knew his intentions were for something good, it made me sick.

Finally, after I’d counted sheep, recounted every step I took and even opened and closed my eyes until I couldn’t hold them open anymore, I still couldn’t fall asleep. Exhaustion hit me and I began to sob. I felt the bed move and his arms around me before I could argue with him.

His lips brushed my ear. “Wrap your arms around me, Blaze.”

I turned around and nestled my body into his. His strong arms reached around my back. “Thank you for saving me.”

“Thank you for lettin’ me. I don’t like sharin’ either, darlin’.”

Chapter 17

Conner

Things with Amy didn’t get any better after that night. Heather called me right after I dropped Amy at her car and after the drama it caused, I just wanted to get the whole nightmare over with. Ty was a walking time bomb, but I refused to tell him what I was doing. I needed to get this girl to talk to me, instead of just trying to f**k my brains out.

I decided to go another route and take the girl somewhere without a bed. To avoid seeing Brina and having her fill Heather in on who I really was, I thought it’d be best to take her to the next town over. I picked Heather up at her house, which was cool since I now knew where she lived. Right away she started rubbing all over my pant leg. “I’m so glad you called.”

“Me too. Do you like Italian?”

She started playing with her phone as I drove out of her development. “Yeah, I dated this guy that was obsessed with it, but it’s fine.”

“I guess I should have asked if you were seein’ anyone.”

“No, it’s been over for a long time. I thought we were going to reconnect, but he turned out to be a liar.”

I needed to keep this conversation going. “Was it a serious relationship?”

“Let’s just say we had different opinions on the term serious. I wanted to be his girlfriend and he just wanted someone to cheat on his girlfriend with.”

“Sounds like a real ass**le.” Saying that made me smile. I kind of pictured Ty listening like I was wearing a wire. It would have been kick ass to see his reaction. “Do you ever run into him. I hate towns that are small like this.”

She was still looking down at her phone texting. “I saw him a while back. If I never saw him again it would be too soon. How about you? Do you have someone special at home? You’re not married are you?”

“No, not married. I have a complicated relationship with someone, but it’s nothin’ serious. She’s married to a real ass**le who treats her terrible.”

“So, do you still see her?” She immediately was interested in the conversation.

“Please don’t think bad of me for wanting to hook up with someone who was married. I didn’t mean for it to happen.” This was working out better than I thought. I was baiting the bitch.

“No, never. Sometimes you can’t help who you fall in love with.”

“Yeah. It doesn’t matter anyway. I’m here and she’s there.” I grabbed her thigh and squeezed. “Besides, I am thinkin’ there are other possibilities out there.”

She smiled and looked me in the eye. I winked at her and made her blush.

When we finally got to the restaurant she had told me all about her mother and her brother, but no more about her ex. I knew I couldn’t just find it out without being obvious and that it was going to take time. I just hated that I was doing it at all.

I’d never cared about a girl like I cared about Amy and it hurt me to think that she was picturing me with someone else. I also hated that she was stuck living with that ass**le.

Heather and I had a nice meal and continued to talk about many things. I talked about my family, but left out the details of who they were and where they lived. We talked about college, which I lied about attending. She talked about her and her roommate hooking up and I have to admit that was kind of a hot dinner topic. What guy doesn’t want to hear about two chicks getting freaky? One sure fire way to not have sex with a chick was to get her too drunk to function. In the past I had hated when a girl got too drunk to f**k, but in this case, I found it to be a resource.

I dropped Heather off, hoping to get a look inside of her house and get her to spill about Ty, but her mother pulled up from working at the hospital and left me standing on the front sidewalk with nothing but a goodnight wave.