Warning: This chapter is a bit M rated. I think it's mild but I received reviews that it was a bit much. So proceed with caution or feel free to skip this chapter. I'm working on Chapter 10 which will be up in a day or two.
No…" Lizzy managed to stutter. "I don't even know why you're asking me that. You're engaged."
Will rolled his eyes. "If I were engaged, do you think I would have flirted with you all day long? Or spooned with you on the couch? No, I'm not engaged, Lizzy. Caroline and I broke up last week."
Lizzy mouth formed a round O of surprise. Her heart seemed to beat thrice its normal amount. He wasn't engaged. He was free to date. Lizzy quickly shook herself out of her reverie.
"Come on, Lizzy. Stay with me tonight. I know you want to," Will said, reaching for her hands.
"What I want and what I should do are two different things. The answer is still no. I think it's best if we both just forgot about today," Lizzy said as she started to head toward the stairs.
She managed to walk about ten steps before she was whirled around and heaved against a strong male chest. Before she could say anything nay before she could even think, she felt the warm pressure of Will's lips against her own. It didn't take long before she returned the kiss in full force, wrapping her arms around her neck.
The breath was whooshed out of her as Will picked her up and walked to his room a few doors down.
He deposited her gently on his bed. At this point, all of Lizzy's protests had gone out the window. This man was that much of a weakness for her. Screw it, she thought. I want this.
Lizzy sighed as Will's lips traveled from her mouth to her neck. Parts of her, long dormant, started to tingle and throb. Oh, how she wanted this. Clutching his back, Lizzy wrapped her legs around him and moaned at the delicious friction it caused.
He lifted his head from her neck, still breathing heavily. "Are you sure?" he asked.
In reply, Lizzy reached for the bottom of his shirt and helped him out of it. Pushing him back on the bed, she climbed on top of him starting a trail of kisses from his neck to his belly button.
"I've missed this," he moaned.
Pausing for a second, Lizzy stared at him. "How can you miss this? We've only done this once before."
"That one time was etched into my brain for eternity."
"Well, let's see if we can get some new memories into that brain of yours," Lizzy said as she whipped her shirt over her head and tossed it on the floor. She quickly undid her bra and threw that on the ground too.
A grin spread across Will's face.
"What?" Lizzy asked, perplexed as to what he found so amusing.
"Your boobs are definitely bigger than I remember. Did you..ah…get some work done?"
Slightly annoyed, Lizzy replied, "No. It's called having your son. They just stayed big after I had him and after breastfeeding."
He smirked but knew better than to say anything else. Sitting up, he gently cupped her breasts in his hands. He nuzzled her neck as his thumbs flicked against her nipples.
Just as he was about to cover her breast with his mouth, they heard the doorbell ring. Immediately they both froze. Who could be here at ten o'clock at night?
"You stay here," Will said as he threw his shirt back on. "I'm going to go see who it is."
Lizzy was able to wait about three minutes before she could no longer handle waiting around topless for Will to return. It was confirmed. The universe was against them.
Lizzy put her bra and shirt back on and proceeded to head downstairs. As she approached the front door, the murmuring voices became clearer.
"Will, I thought you'd be happier to see me. Did I come at a bad time?"
"Not at all. It's always good to see you. How was your flight from Rome?"
"Long. We can catch up on this chit chat later, but I have to say I'm dying to meet my nephew. Is he here?"
"Yeah, he is, but he's still sleeping."
Lizzy breathed a sigh of relief as she realized that the woman Will was speaking with must be his sister, Georgiana. For a second, she'd worried that Caroline had come to Maine to win Will back.
Grabbing her jacket and purse in the hallway, Lizzy was about to make her way out the front door. Of course, her luck that day wasn't the greatest and Will stopped her in her tracks.
"Lizzy, where are you going?" he asked.
It took all her courage to turn around instead of race out the door, but she did turn around and even managed to put a smile on her face.
"It's late. I better get going."
Georgiana, who was a tall, gorgeous blonde in her early twenties, turned to her and smiled. Sticking out her hand, she said, "I'm Georgiana, Will's little sister. And you're the infamous Lizzy."
Shaking the other woman's hand, Lizzy said, "It's nice to meet you. Infamous? That doesn't sound so good."
A look of genuine horror reddened Georgiana's face. "I didn't it mean it that way. Not at all. It's just I remember hearing about you years ago and now, he still talks about you."
"Well, we do have a son together."
Georgiana clapper her hands together. "Who I can't wait to meet! I hope you two don't mind but I kind of went overboard on the presents. In fact, that red suitcase over there is filled with presents just for him."
"You didn't have to," Lizzy said.
"He's my only nephew. Who would I spoil if not him?"
"I'm sure he'll love having a new aunt. Well, I better be off before it gets too late. It was really nice meeting you," Lizzy said before opening the door and heading outside.
As she headed towards her car, she heard the door reopen and footsteps follow after her. "Hey, Lizzy, wait up!" Will said.
Lizzy unlocked her car and threw her purse inside. Leaning against the side of the car, she crossed her arms over her chest and waited.
"I'm sorry our plans got interrupted," he said.
She shrugged. "It just wasn't meant to be."
"Oh, we're definitely meant to be. Just not tonight. How about we get some brunch tomorrow? The four of us? I think you'll like my sister."
Lizzy had a sneaking suspicion she'd like her too. "I wonder how come you're so snobby and she's not?"
Leaning down towards her, he whispered. "I don't know. I guess she's better than me." He gently kissed her lips. "Meet us here tomorrow at ten. Don't be late."
"So how long have you been in love with her?" Georgiana asked.
Will chuckled out loud. His sister always knew how to get straight to the point. Even though she was only twenty-one, she was perceptive beyond her years.
Opening the fridge, Will said, "Do you want something to eat? I've got some leftovers from dinner. Fettucine Alfredo and some salad."
"No. What I really want is some answers. Wait. Is that pizza I see? I'll take a piece of that."
Will motioned to the microwave, but Georgiana shook her head. "It's better cold."
As Georgiana munched happily on her slice of pizza, Will sighed. "What do you want to know?"
"Tell me about her. I know you met her when you were on vacation here after law school, but other than that I don't know much. Were you guys dating back then? What happened? Why'd you end it? Also, I know you and Caroline broke up. She called me. Was it because of Lizzy?"
Will chewed the inside of his cheek. How much should he really let his sister know? She was so much younger than him, eleven years. She didn't need to know all the sordid details. He'd just give her the basics.
"A little over six years ago Lizzy and I were basically just acquaintances. Charles was dating her sister so we really couldn't avoid each other. Over the summer, I grew feelings for her. I liked her. I didn't want to but I did."
"Why didn't you want to like her?" his sister asked.
"She's from a different world than us."
"She's an alien?"
Will threw a marshmallow at his sister. "You're hilarious. No, she grew up here. She comes from a middle class family. A very loud, large, and obnoxious family. I didn't know how she could fit in to our circle of friends and acquaintances."
Georgiana looked up at him with a disappointed look on her face. "That's really snooty of you. I don't remember much about mom and dad but I know they weren't like that. They didn't care about that kind of stuff."
His sister made him feel a bit ashamed of himself. She was right. His parents never cared about whether others had the same social status as they did. His mother had always reminded him to have manners. Manners are not just an obscure set of rules to memorize, his mother would say, the point of them is to make others feel comfortable and welcome. His choices weren't making his parents proud, but they couldn't expect him to be perfect. They'd died when he was only eighteen.
"Do you want to know the rest of the story or do you want to keep berating me?"
"OK. OK," Georgiana put her hands up. "Keep telling your story."
Will went on to tell her about the rest of that summer, finding out about his son, and breaking things off with Caroline.
"I broke the engagement with Caroline because it wasn't fair to her. I do have feelings for Lizzy. I think I love her. We still have a lot of issues to work through, but I want to be with her. I want to marry her."
"You will. I can tell she likes you too."
"You can tell that from the two minute interaction you had?"
Georgiana nodded. "That and the fact her shirt was on backwards. I'm sorry I interrupted you two lovebirds."
Will's face reddened. This was not the kind of conversation he liked having with his younger sister.
His sister laughed and rolled her eyes. "I'm not a baby anymore. We can talk about this stuff."
"Unh-unh," Will replied, shaking his head. "Enough about me. How are you? How's school?"
"I just spent a semester in Italy studying opera. I'm living the dream."
"So you had fun?"
"It was wonderful. And it gets even better. I met someone."
