Chapter 28
Riley walked into her home, and noticed something different about the door. "That isn't what the handle looked like. Was it?"
He laughed. "No, I changed the front and back door locks this morning. Before I came to get you." The green eyed boy reached into his back pocket. "This, is for you."
Riley reached out to grab the key, but he wouldn't release it. The brunette tugged again, and almost instantly wound up in his arms. He gently kissed her cheek. "Thank you." He whispered.
"For what?"
"For trusting me, believing me and for stopping me earlier." Riley looked towards the ground and grinned. "But, once we got started it was very hard to stop."
"I know what you mean. I didn't want to stop."
"But, i'm glad we did. Because whenever we do have sex, on our engagement night or our wedding night." He tucked a strand of hair behind her ear. "It will be something you'll never forget." They kissed and she held him close.
"Trust me I wanted to. I want to."
"We did find out a few things though."
"Oh yeah? What are those things?"
"Makeup sex with you, will be awesome." Riley started laughing. "And, your body is still amazing." He raised his eyebrows, "Lastly and most importantly, you know how I feel about you, now."
"You love me?"
He kissed her. "More than anything."
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Lucas stepped out of the shower and began drying himself off. Thinking about everything that had transpired in the past hours, and thanking God that he didn't lose her. The officer wrapped the towel around his waist and entered his bedroom.
"Hi." Riley was laying down on his bed. "Movie?" He smiled and slightly tilted his head, he was so in love and it was exuding from every part of him.
"I would love nothing more." He walked into his closet and changed clothes, leaving his shirt off, for obvious reasons. Lucas really wanted nothing more than to just lay in bed, and hold her. He crawled into the space beside her and propped himself up with pillows, Riley inched her way towards him.
"Arm up." She tucked herself into his embrace and smiled.
"I'd miss this if you ever left." She patted her hand on his abs.
"Me too." He kissed her head and pressed play on the remote.
"TOP GUN?!" This was Lucas' favorite movie. "Baby, you are amazing."
"I figured after everything I put you through last night i'd watch it." She always found ways to get out of it, everytime she watched this movie she'd cry.
"Hey, let's not talk about that anymore. I don't like thinking about you leaving me."
"Well, we do need to talk about a few things. To prevent something like that happening again."
"You are 100 percent correct. Shoot!" He paused the movie.
"I just think, that no matter how much it may upset the other person that we should be honest. Last night could've been completely avoided had I known she came by your office."
"Yeah, I know babe. I also have one rule that I want to make that I learned from my parents."
"Intriguing. You don't talk about them hardly. What's the rule?"
"When we argue, or even if we are screaming at each other, don't leave the house. You can go to a different room, take a time out whatever you need. But, don't leave the house."
"I think that's a great idea. And while we are on the topic of your parents-"
"Here we go." Riley sat up and faced him. "Hey, I was enjoying holding you."
"Everytime we try to talk about your parents you change the subject. I want to know about them. Where do they live? What do they do? How did they raise such a wonderful man?"
"They moved to Corpus Christi after I graduated high school. They retired and bought a beach house. My mom was an engineer, and my dad owned a roofing company." Riley was ecstatic to learn something about his mysterious parents.
"And..."
"And, nothing. We don't speak much or see each other much."
"Why?" He stared at her. "Come on, baby." She leaned over and kissed his neck. "Please."
"He got mad because I didn't want to take over the family business. And, since I was the only child he got pretty pissed. So he sold it, when he retired." Riley raised her brow knowing there was more to the story. "You always know. Um, they met Missy 2 years ago and I haven't talked to them since."
"Oh God, what did Missy do?"
"Missy, was Missy. She was inappropriate, and rude and so many other things."
"So, you haven't talked to your parents in 2 years?" He looked up at her and she could tell there was hurt in his eyes. "Baby." She wrapped her arms around his neck and then pulled back slowly with a mischevious grin.
"No." He crawled out of bed.
"Come on babe." She followed him into the kitchen.
"No Riles." She climbed onto the countertop and tried to coerce him. He walked over to her and she wrapped her legs around his waist, bringing him in closer. She was gonna have to pull out all the stops.
"Come on. You're the one who says we're gonna get married someday. I have to get to know my future in-laws." She bit her lip.
"You went there didn't you."
"I can go further." She exposed her beautiful teeth.
"Try it, let's see what happens."
"You introduced Missy to your parents."
"BAM! Man, you aren't playing around!" Riley threw her arms around his neck.
"We can go down for the weekend." She pecked his neck. "I couldn't go that long without seeing my parents, and I can tell you miss them."
He exhaled and looked into her eyes. "They'll be happy to hear i'm not with Missy anymore. Maybe, you can repair some damage."
"Mhhmm.." Riley was trying to be seductive, but in her mind she felt plain goofy.
"Fine. I'll call them tomorrow. Right after I book the cruise."
"Oh thank goodness. I wasn't sure how much longer I could keep up the whole seductive thing."
"Are you kidding? I thought you did great!" He carried Riley off the counter and into his bedroom to watch Top Gun.
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"What is that, three times now?" Maya laid herself on top of Josh's chest and pulled the blankets up.
"We made up. It's a right of passage." She slapped his chest and started laughing. "I missed you last night."
"Did you miss me or the-"
"You babe. I missed you. It's almost like I have to have you laying here, for me to be even remotely comfortable."
"I didn't sleep last night either. Just thinking of how ridiculous our fight was. And, mad at myself that I turned you away."He rubbed her arm with his hands and kissed her head.
"I understand why you did it. Riley's your best friend, and was around before you even knew who I was. You'd do anything for her, and that's one of the many things I love about you."
She smiled and sat up. "You hungry?"
"I don't want to go out. Not tonight, pretty sure I am still hung over."
"I'll cook. I bought stuff for homemade pizza at the store."
"That sounds wonderful." She got dressed and pulled her lazy boyfriend out of bed.
"Come sit at the bar at least. I'll give you water and aspirin while you wait."
"I'll get dressed and be in there in just a second." He watched her leave the room in his shirt and pulled a little black box out from underneath his pillow. Josh smiled and hid it in his gun safe.
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"Hey man, let's get this cruise booked for the girls. Hopefully we can get rooms close to one another." Lucas walked into his office and sat down in the chairs opposite his desk.
"Sounds good." Josh pulled up the website on his computer and started filling out the information necessary. "Lucas, I have a question for you."
"Yeah?"
"First, come take a seat and fill out your information." The green eyed man walked over to Josh's chair and started typing. "Secondly, I wanted to talk to you about marriage."
"Well, I mean i'm flattered but i'm happily taken." He started laughing. "Seriously though, what's up?"
"I'm gonna ask Maya to marry me." Josh continued to sit, remaining calm and hoping Lucas would give him the reaction he wanted..
"DUDE! Congratulations!" His partner walked around the desk and gave him a hug.
"Thanks bro. I was so nervous, she almost saw it yesterday."
"When did you buy it? Why did you have it out?"
"About 2 weeks ago. And, you know how when your drunk you have so many brilliant ideas?"
"Of course mhhmm.."
"Well, I was going to think of a really creative way to get rid of it. And, then I was going to go over there and propose. I ended up passing out on my bed before I did either one of those."
"Good thing! When are you planning on asking her? It's been what, 2 months?"
Josh sat up in his chair. "Well, i'm gonna ask her mom when she comes over for Thanksgiving."
"So, you're going to introduce yourself and then ask her for permission to marry her daughter?"
"Yep, that pretty much hits the nail on the head." The partners started laughing and Lucas started thinking about Riley.
"When are you proposing?"
"What?!" Lucas exclaimed, he was totally caught off guard.
"Come on man, we've been partners and friends for years. In the end, it doesn't matter how long you've known the person. It matters if she's the right person."
"It's not like I haven't thought about it. I just-"
"Is that more than you did with Missy?" Lucas widened his eyes and nodded his head slowly as he stared off into space.
"There's your answer."
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