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My brows jumped. “So, now we’re moving in together?”
“It’s a five-bedroom, four-bath, on an acre that’s only a fifteen-minute drive to the school,” he went on, making my head spin. “Since I travel for work, I figured that something close to the school would work better for you and the boys.”
Jesus Christ, Phineas Moore just bought me a house.
“Now, I know that raising a pair of fourteen-year-olds that have demon blood running through their veins might be a lot to take in, but I think that we’re up for the challenge,” he went on, and I wanted to laugh hysterically at how I felt thrown into an alternate universe.
“Phineas, for all intents and purposes, we’d broken up in Chile,” I squawked. “And instead of talking it out or finding some middle ground, you’re moving me in with you and the twins?” I stepped back, shaking my head. “I’m so confused.”
“I love you, Sheridan,” he said again and so easily. “I know that you probably think that it’s too soon, but I’m pretty sure that I fell in love with you during our weekend together at the cabin. For two years, there wasn’t a day that you didn’t cross my mind, and that means something.” He stepped towards me again. “I know that we still have some things to discuss, but I’m also not afraid to fight for what I want, and I want you. I’m going to always want you, love.”
It really was hard to keep my wits about me when he said things like that. “And what do the twins have to say about all this?” I asked, trying to absorb it all.
“We haven’t told them yet,” he answered. “My father and I thought it’d be best to wait until I had the house ready for them.”
“This is a lot,” I muttered. “I’m still back to where we were going to fight again and talk things out.”
“Well, I’m fast-forwarding to our future, and it includes the twins and an acre lot in Quince,” he replied simply, and I choked out a laugh.
“This must be what it feels like when you’ve been run over roughshod,” I joked, though not really.
Phineas reached for me, then placed his hands on my hips. “You know, it’d be really nice if you’d tell me that you love me already.”
“Oh, really?” I deadpanned.
“Well, if you’re going to be stubborn about it, then I guess I’ll just have to remind you of all the reasons why it would benefit you to keep me around,” he said wolfishly.
Yeah, I was way in over my head here.
Chapter 24
Phineas~
While I was running roughshod over her, I had no choice. If I gave Sheridan some time to think things through, she’d come up with all kinds of valid reasons of why we were moving too fast, and I couldn’t have that. I wasn’t about to let logic and reason ruin this for me. Plus, though it’d been the right thing to do, I could hardly blame her if the twins were a hard limit for her. As much as I loved my brothers, they used their powers for evil and there was no denying that.
“Sex isn’t the answer to everything,” Sheridan stated primly.
“If that’s what you really believe, then I must be doing it wrong,” I said as I pulled back to look down at her. “Because with the way you erupt around me, sex really should end all our arguments.”
Her dark eyes flashed up at me. “I’m being serious.”
“And you think that I’m not?” I huffed.
Sheridan let out a heavy sigh. “What am I going to do with you, Phineas.”
“For starters, finally tell me that you love me, then continue loving me for the rest of your life,” I answered seriously. “I’d also like a wedding and some kids out of the deal.”
“You don’t ask for much,” she drawled out.
My hands came up to cup her face. “I’m not sure what it’s going to take for you to believe that I’m irrevocably in love with you, but I am.” I could feel my eyes darken with everything that I was feeling for her. “You’ve become my entire world, and I knew it back at the cabin. I knew it the second that you drove away that morning, and if you think that I’m going to waste another minute with you, you’re wrong. I love you, Sheridan. I so fucking love you, baby.”
Before she could argue with me some more, I slammed my lips down on hers, tasting her, making up for the past week. It also didn’t matter that she was wrapping her arms around my waist, holding on like she’d been missing me, too. I felt like I was always playing catch up when it came to Sheridan, and I didn’t like that feeling. Nothing was scarier than finding your future and being very aware that it could slip from your grasp at any moment. Though Sheridan was kissing me back right now, I knew that she still wasn’t sure about us. Her doubts and insecurities still lived inside her, and I just needed time to make them all go away.
“Phineas…” she breathed as soon as I pulled my lips off hers.
“I’ll give you anything that you want, love,” I promised her. “I’ll give you anything that you want as long as you give me what I want.”
Her eyes shined with the emotion of this moment. “I love you, Phineas,” she finally said. “I think that weekend at the cabin was the same for me.”
There wasn’t anything quite like the woman that you loved telling you that she loved you back. While that underlining fear that came with loving someone was still there, it helped to know that you weren’t the only one risking everything. If Sheridan loved me back, then that meant that she was just as vulnerable as I was in this relationship, so that made the dive less frightening.
“I’m going to do everything in my power to make sure that you never regret giving me this chance, love,” I told her. “I’m going to love you so fucking hard that you’re going to actually get sick of me.”
She let out a shaky laugh. “Think so, huh?”
I nodded. “I’ve never been in love before, Sheridan,” I confessed. “So, you’re going to have to understand that when I mess up.” She opened her mouth to say something, but I quickly cut her off. “However, no matter what, I can guarantee that I’ll never hurt you. I might piss you off, annoy the crap out of you, and smother you a bit, but I’ll never hurt you.”
“I just want to feel safe, Phineas,” she said, repeating what she’d said in Chile. “While I have no problem with life throwing me curveballs, I can handle anything as long as I feel safe.”
“Baby, you’ll never be safer than you are with me,” I promised. “I know it’s going to take some time for you to believe that, but it’s the truth.”
“I love you,” she said freely, me not pressuring her this time. “I really do, Phineas.”
“God, I hope so,” I replied honestly. “You have no idea how much.”
“I…I have one condition,” she said hesitantly. “If we’re going to do this, then I…I have one condition.”
“What?”
“I can…I can work on the traveling, the groupies, and all that…I can.” I nodded for her to go on. “But it’s about the twins.”
My stomach dropped.
“What about the twins?”
“No fighting in front of them,” she announced, voicing her condition.
“What?”
Sheridan took a step back, out of my arms, then looked directly up at me. “I mean, I have no problem arguing in front of them, or letting them know that we’re annoyed with each other, but no big fights in front of them, Phineas.”
“No big fights?” I echoed.
She nodded. “I don’t want them to ever feel like one of our fights might be big enough to break us up-”
“Yeah, that isn’t ever going to happen,” I snorted.
“I’m serious, Phineas,” she went on. “If there’s something that’s big enough to cause a real fight between us, then we table it until the twins are in bed or not at home. If they’re moving in with you because that’s what’s best for them right now, then that means it’s up to us to protect their emotional and mental health as much as we can, considering.”
I cocked my head a bit. “Then you really have no problem with having to help raise the twins?”
Sheridan shook her head. “No, I don’t.”
“They’re horrible, love,” I reminded her. “Surely, you’ve seen it for yourself.”
“You’re horrible, too,” she pointed out. “Still, do you see me giving up on you?”
“Fair point,” I chuckled as I reached for her.
Looking up at me seriously, she said, “Phineas, I’m sorry about Chile-”
“Don’t,” I ordered, interrupting her. “Don’t ever apologize for being honest about how you feel, Sheridan. Yeah, we need to work on how we communicate our feelings to one another, but never apologize for being honest. If the roles were reversed, I can’t say what I would have done, but it wouldn’t have been pretty, either.”
“I don’t want you to retire,” she repeated. “Truthfully, retiring wouldn’t solve anything. You’re still going to look like you do, no matter what you do for a living, so…”
“You sure know how to inflate a man’s ego, love,” I teased.
“You own a mirror,” she retorted. “Don’t act like this is news.”
“Well, when I have my brothers texting me on the first day of school that they have a hot teacher, I’d say that you’re not giving yourself enough credit,” I told her. “In fact, I can see the twins trying to steal you from me as they get older.”
That got a laugh out of her. “Luckily for you, I’m not into younger men.”
I arched a brow. “Yeah? Then what are you into?”
“Apparently, cocky champion snowboarders with dark hair, green eyes, and a dimple that makes me weak in the knees whenever it flashes my way,” she sassed.
“So, my hot body and big cock don’t factor in?”
Her beautiful eyes darkened. “Honestly, I don’t think that there’s anything about you that doesn’t do something for me, Phineas.” Her hands slid up my chest to anchor around my neck. “Despite insisting that sex doesn’t solve everything, I think I could be wrong about that when it comes to you.”
My arms wrapped around her waist. “Love, you’ve got it all wrong,” I told her. “If anyone has all the power in this relationship, it’s you. It’s always going to be you.”
Sheridan stretched up to kiss me, and as soon as our lips met, I grabbed her thighs, then lifted her to wrap her legs around my waist. As her tongue slid into my mouth, I walked us back towards her bedroom, thankful that I had memorized her place the last time that I’d been here.
As soon as we reached her room, I dropped her on the bed, and I wasted no time in reaching for the waistband of her joggers, then sliding them down her legs. Sheridan pulled her shirt up over her head as I dropped her pants on the floor, and there was just something so endearing about lingerie that didn’t match. Now, while I had nothing against sexy apparel or calculated seduction, living in the moment felt poignant.
“I hope you know that I plan on keeping you up all night long again,” I warned her.
“I wouldn’t expect any less,” she replied, practically panting.
Reaching up to grab her panties next, I said, “Lose the bra, love.”
Sheridan wasted no time obeying me, and watching her bare herself guaranteed that the word obey was definitely going to be part of our wedding vows.
Chapter 25
Sheridan~
When Phineas’ eyes glowed like they were now, they looked like rare emeralds, and it was hard not to feel like the most beautiful woman in the world when he looked at me like he was doing now. He was looking at me like I was the only woman for him, and I could only hope that he was always going to look at me like that.
“If we weren’t going to have teenagers living with us, I’d have you strapped naked to our bed all the goddamn time,” he said, his voice low and lethal.
I could feel my heart beating rapidly inside my chest as I laid completely naked before him. “Well, we don’t have teenagers in the house right now.”
Phineas’ entire body stilled, and if possible, his eyes grew brighter. “Don’t fuck with me, Sheridan,” he warned.
“You can find a few pairs of nylons in the top drawer if…if that’s something that you want to do,” I told him, my body already coiled tightly.
“Sit up on your knees,” he ordered before walking over to the dresser for the nylons.
I did what he’d asked, watching as he removed two pairs, pulling on them to test their durability. I could feel my breath quicken, and while I wasn’t going to tell him, this was my first time doing something like this. I’d never been turned on enough to go this far outside my comfort zone, but I wanted to try it now. I wanted what I knew that he could give me.
Without a word, I stayed seated on my knees as Phineas came to stand in front of me, then reach around to tie my wrists together, which surprised me. Now, while the night was young, I’d been expecting him to tie my hands to the headboard, so that he could have his way with me. Still, this felt no less sexy as he tied the fabric tight enough to make me helpless, but not so tight that it was uncomfortable.
As I stared up at him, I watched him take the other pair of nylons, then wrap them around my neck, looping the fabric twice. My heart raced as this was also something that was new to me. While I enjoyed getting choked just as much as the next girl, I’d never had a man wrap anything materialistic around my neck. I felt scared and desperate for more all at the same time.
Phineas didn’t say anything as I sat on the bed, staring up at him. Instead, he began to remove his clothes slowly, and that in itself was enough to make me start dripping on the comforter. Phineas’ athletic physique was sexy as hell and would always be one of my greatest weaknesses. He was a beautiful example of male perfection, and I was never going to take that for granted as long as he was mine. Honestly, I’d never seen anything so damn sexy before in all my life.
I couldn’t help my eyes from wandering when he finally removed his underwear, and his dick bounced back against his abs hard enough to let me know that Phineas’ was more than ready to ruin me once again.
Grabbing the back of my head, Phineas said, “Suck my dick, baby.” My entire body shivered with just how much I wanted to. “Get it nice and wet because I’m going to fuck that ass of yours again while there’s nothing that you can do to stop me.”
I moaned.
That’s how far gone I was for this man.
Lowering my head, Phineas slid his dick inside my mouth, putting me completely at his mercy with my hands tied behind my back the way that they were. With no choice but to trust Phineas, I let him fuck my mouth, and I was a slobbering mess as I tried to breathe with him doing his best to make me gag and choke on his length.
“Fuck, I love the noises you make when I’m fucking your mouth,” he grunted. “You sound like such an eager slut, baby.”
Not being able to speak, I just continued to let Phineas use me. I let him pull on my hair and shove his cock down my throat. I let him rub the head of his dick all over my lips and tease me with how hard he was. I let him call me names and praise me for being such a good girl.
I had no idea how long I let him do all of that before he was growling, “Fuck, I’m going to cum.”
However, before I could get ready to swallow him, Phineas was pulling back, and I could do nothing but sit there as he came all over my chest. He shot ropes and ropes of cum across my breasts, and his hot seed was enough to warm me everywhere. I also knew from experience that Phineas had a lot to give when he came, so my entire chest was practically covered in white, and I knew that he was going to rub it into my skin for good measure. Or so, I’d thought.
Phineas surprised me when he said, “I’m leaving you like that.”
“You are?” I asked breathlessly.
He nodded. “You’re going to ride my cock with your ass, and I want to look at my cum all over you while you do it.”
“Phineas…” I whimpered.
Startling me, he reached out, grabbed the nylon around my neck, then yanked me forward. “But not before I stretch you out while you’re on all fours first.”
“I’ll get you all over the bed,” I pointed out.
“Not with the way that I’m going to fuck you,” he said wickedly, and I could feel myself practically dripping down my thighs.
Grabbing my hips, Phineas turned me around, positioning me with my back towards him. I felt the bed dip as he climbed on behind me, and I couldn’t stop my moan as I felt his fingers slide between my legs, then smear my slickness up and around my ass. I felt the pull of the nylon, and that’s when I realized that the fabric was wrapped tightly around his other hand.
I felt his hot breath on my ear as he said, “I’m going to force you to take every inch of my cock up your ass, and you’re going to fucking love it, baby.”
“Oh, God…” I mewled.
“You’re not going to be able to escape, not that I was ever going to let you,” he said as I felt one of his fingers slip inside my ass. “I’m never going to let you go, Sheridan. Never, love.”
With my arms trapped behind me and in between our bodies, I started whimpering as I felt the head of Phineas’ dick push against my ass. Every inch of me trembled as Phineas worked his way inside my body, and no matter what position he took me in, I was never going to get used to this.
“Christ, I love fucking you up the ass,” he grunted as he started moving his hips rhythmically. “I love how you take every inch, even though your body tries to protest.”
“Phineas…please…”
“Tell me how much you love my cock, baby,” he ordered as he tightened his hold on the nylon around my neck. “Tell me how fucking good it feels.”
“So good…” I choked out, my body finally adjusting to his size. “You feel so good, Phineas…”
“Only me, Sheridan,” he said, his voice low and serious. “I’ll never let you go. Ever.”
“Harder,” I begged, his words making my entire body compliant with need.
Phineas gave me what I wanted, but before I could reach my high, he was pulling out of me, then repositioning us, him on his back, me straddling his hips. My hands were still tied behind me, but the nylon around my neck was now draped between my breasts, stuck to the mess that Phineas had left on my chest.
