CHAPTER 19
Lara placed her hand on Riley's knee as she turned to face their unknown companion.
"Wow!" he said as he stared at her whilst moving round to sit near to them. He placed himself directly opposite the two, not making an effort to conceal the fact that he was checking Lara out.
He winked at her obviously believing himself to be extremely attractive to women in general. Lara sighed and leaned closer to Riley, lifting her feet up onto the seat and tucking them underneath her as she took another sip of her coffee. She totally ignored the wink and turned her head towards Riley; coffee cup close to her mouth as she looked up slightly at him.
"Do you know this man?"
Riley seemed to relax as he watched Lara making a point of the fact that she was with him. Riley moved his arm from the back of her seat and placed it strongly around her, his hand resting tenderly on her thigh as he spoke to her.
"He's not a man!" he turned to eyes coldly to the uninvited male "he's a rat!"
"Hey man, now that's uncalled for!" he blonde man wined as he lifted his hands, palm out.
Lara felt Riley's body tense as his anger grew. Luckily it was announced that their flight wound now start boarding. She got to her feet at the same time as Riley and the other man, she leaned over to pick up her hand luggage and heard the blonde man; 'Matt', let out a loud whistle as he stared at her backside.
Riley shoved him hard in the chest, causing him to stumble backwards, into the seat.
Lara noticed two security guards, jump to their feet and move in their direction. She held her hand out to them and pulled riley closer to her. She had not seen him this angry before. His eyes were fixed on the smug face in front of him. Lara tried to pull him away, but he was ready for a fight. The security guards were still coming, marching towards riley, and seeing him as the trouble maker.
Quickly, Lara turned Riley's head with both hands and kissed him hard. She heard the annoying voice of the man in the seat "Oh, man!"
Riley pulled away from Lara he took a step closer to matt, ready to punch his lights out. Lara grabbed him again and forced another, more passionate kiss on him. This time the heat between them sparked and Riley seemed to forget about his rage as he pulled Lara against his chest.
He was lying soft kisses against her neck as she looked at the guards and waved them away, signalling that everything was fine.
"Come on" she spoke softly into his ear "we'll miss our plane!"
"Who cares?" he was obviously hungry for her again, he'd even forgotten the presence of the blonde man.
Lara glanced at him only to see him checking her backside again. She rolled her eyes and spoke loudly to riley again
"Oh, I do. You see Riley, the sooner we get on the plane, the sooner we get there, and get to the privacy of our hotel room!"
She heard matt let out a sexual growl, but ignored him.
Riley glared at him and let Lara pull him towards their gate.
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"So who was that?"
Lara asked after the flight had taken off. She had tuned in her seat to face riley and was now playing with his ear lobe, knowing that being touched their relaxed him. She was amazed again by how much she did know about him after seven weeks with him.
"Matthew Simmons" he visibly tensed as he spoke the name.
"and why do you detest him?"
she smiled when Riley glanced at her, then down at his hands
"was I that obvious?"
"just slightly." She kissed his cheek lightly "so, what's the reason?"
"he was the one who got my sister killed." His voice was hard at first but as he went on to explain, and consentrated on Lara's attentions to his weak spot, he softened as he told the story.
"at first he seemed like a nice guy, Joanne dated him for a few months. She never could see the bad in people, only the good things however small they were. He started taking money from her, saying that he'd pay it back but everyone knew that was a lie. Eventually he got involved in business with some rich guy. Didn't deliver on his word and so Gibson was sent to teach him a lesson. Simmons knew he was in trouble so he disappeared. He didn't even warn Jo, he knew she'd go to his place and he didn't say a word." Riley took a deep breath and swallowed hard.
"one evening, she went around to his place.Gibson was there" Lara watched with sympathetic eyes as tears appeared in Riley's, he took another breath. His voice was very quiet when he spoke again and what he said tore at Lara's heart.
"they found her body four days later, dumped in a ditch half a mile away"
he turned his face to her, his tears falling freely down his cheeks. "she was 21 when it happened. She wanted to be a doctor in a children's hospital. She never saw it coming." Riley brought his eyes to meet Lara's, it touched his heart to see a tear sliding down Lara's own cheek.
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AN. There you go. just wanted to fill you in on what happened with Riley's sister. I know I mentioned it b4 but I never explained it. So this was just a back story fill in thing.
The story will move on a lot more in the next few chapters. I promise
Please remember to review.
Lara placed her hand on Riley's knee as she turned to face their unknown companion.
"Wow!" he said as he stared at her whilst moving round to sit near to them. He placed himself directly opposite the two, not making an effort to conceal the fact that he was checking Lara out.
He winked at her obviously believing himself to be extremely attractive to women in general. Lara sighed and leaned closer to Riley, lifting her feet up onto the seat and tucking them underneath her as she took another sip of her coffee. She totally ignored the wink and turned her head towards Riley; coffee cup close to her mouth as she looked up slightly at him.
"Do you know this man?"
Riley seemed to relax as he watched Lara making a point of the fact that she was with him. Riley moved his arm from the back of her seat and placed it strongly around her, his hand resting tenderly on her thigh as he spoke to her.
"He's not a man!" he turned to eyes coldly to the uninvited male "he's a rat!"
"Hey man, now that's uncalled for!" he blonde man wined as he lifted his hands, palm out.
Lara felt Riley's body tense as his anger grew. Luckily it was announced that their flight wound now start boarding. She got to her feet at the same time as Riley and the other man, she leaned over to pick up her hand luggage and heard the blonde man; 'Matt', let out a loud whistle as he stared at her backside.
Riley shoved him hard in the chest, causing him to stumble backwards, into the seat.
Lara noticed two security guards, jump to their feet and move in their direction. She held her hand out to them and pulled riley closer to her. She had not seen him this angry before. His eyes were fixed on the smug face in front of him. Lara tried to pull him away, but he was ready for a fight. The security guards were still coming, marching towards riley, and seeing him as the trouble maker.
Quickly, Lara turned Riley's head with both hands and kissed him hard. She heard the annoying voice of the man in the seat "Oh, man!"
Riley pulled away from Lara he took a step closer to matt, ready to punch his lights out. Lara grabbed him again and forced another, more passionate kiss on him. This time the heat between them sparked and Riley seemed to forget about his rage as he pulled Lara against his chest.
He was lying soft kisses against her neck as she looked at the guards and waved them away, signalling that everything was fine.
"Come on" she spoke softly into his ear "we'll miss our plane!"
"Who cares?" he was obviously hungry for her again, he'd even forgotten the presence of the blonde man.
Lara glanced at him only to see him checking her backside again. She rolled her eyes and spoke loudly to riley again
"Oh, I do. You see Riley, the sooner we get on the plane, the sooner we get there, and get to the privacy of our hotel room!"
She heard matt let out a sexual growl, but ignored him.
Riley glared at him and let Lara pull him towards their gate.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"So who was that?"
Lara asked after the flight had taken off. She had tuned in her seat to face riley and was now playing with his ear lobe, knowing that being touched their relaxed him. She was amazed again by how much she did know about him after seven weeks with him.
"Matthew Simmons" he visibly tensed as he spoke the name.
"and why do you detest him?"
she smiled when Riley glanced at her, then down at his hands
"was I that obvious?"
"just slightly." She kissed his cheek lightly "so, what's the reason?"
"he was the one who got my sister killed." His voice was hard at first but as he went on to explain, and consentrated on Lara's attentions to his weak spot, he softened as he told the story.
"at first he seemed like a nice guy, Joanne dated him for a few months. She never could see the bad in people, only the good things however small they were. He started taking money from her, saying that he'd pay it back but everyone knew that was a lie. Eventually he got involved in business with some rich guy. Didn't deliver on his word and so Gibson was sent to teach him a lesson. Simmons knew he was in trouble so he disappeared. He didn't even warn Jo, he knew she'd go to his place and he didn't say a word." Riley took a deep breath and swallowed hard.
"one evening, she went around to his place.Gibson was there" Lara watched with sympathetic eyes as tears appeared in Riley's, he took another breath. His voice was very quiet when he spoke again and what he said tore at Lara's heart.
"they found her body four days later, dumped in a ditch half a mile away"
he turned his face to her, his tears falling freely down his cheeks. "she was 21 when it happened. She wanted to be a doctor in a children's hospital. She never saw it coming." Riley brought his eyes to meet Lara's, it touched his heart to see a tear sliding down Lara's own cheek.
~*~*~*~*~
AN. There you go. just wanted to fill you in on what happened with Riley's sister. I know I mentioned it b4 but I never explained it. So this was just a back story fill in thing.
The story will move on a lot more in the next few chapters. I promise
Please remember to review.