Page 157 of Curveball

I grit out, “Answer me.”

“It’s…it’s Colette. It was all her idea.” Like I said, what a pussy. “Ripley is entitled to much more than what we offered her. Our father left her significant money. My mother buried the paperwork. Colette wants her to sign away her rights.”

I’m not surprised their “magnanimous” offerwasn’t that. Based on what June told me about their wealth, I had a feeling it was something along these lines.

“How much is the estate worth?” I push his chest hard. “Don’t bullshit me.”

When he gives us the number, our eyeballs just about bulge out of our heads. I hate how this ends for Ripley. No matter what, she doesn’t get the relationship with her brother and sister that she wants. She doesn’t care about the money. It’s the family she desires.

I’ll be her fucking family now.

When I arrive homein the middle of the night, the house is quiet. I tiptoe upstairs and open the door to Ripley’s room. The bed is empty.

Opening the door to my room, I see her asleep in my bed. My body fills with both happiness and relief. She’s really come back to me.

I peel back the blankets to see her naked. I remove all my clothes, slide in behind her, and pull her close.

She stirs and then turns in my arms. Her eyes blink open.

I move her hair out of her face. “I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to wake you.”

She sleepily smiles as she snuggles her body as close as possible to mine. “I’m glad you did. Did you have fun with the guys?”

“I missed you. How was the princess?”

“She shit straight through her clothes and up her entire back. I swear it was more than she weighs. I don’t know how something so little can produce somuch.”

I chuckle.

“I bathed her, and then she did it again.”

“Hmm. Sorry I missed the fun. Did your mom help?”

“Apparently, she was meeting up with Dutton after the game, and I don’t think she came home. I’ve never known her to see the same man multiple times. I think she really likes him. Maybe this is her second chance.”

“Perhaps it is.” I look down at her body. “I like you waiting naked for me in our bed.” I nudge my hard-on into her stomach for added effect.

“I like you coming home to me.”

I slip my cock between her uppermost thighs and through her slippery flesh. “Always so wet for me, Shortcake. Do you want me inside you?”

She bites her lower lip and nods.

I pull her top leg over me, circling her entrance with my tip. “Grab me and take what you need.”

She reaches down and wraps her fingers around my cock. I love the feeling of her soft hands on me. She pumps it a few times before guiding it into her. As soon as I’m fully inside her, her eyes flutter and she breathes, “Quincy.”

“I’m here. Forever.”

CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX

RIPLEY

Given the fact that we were up most of the night going at it, Quincy told me to sleep in while he spent some time with Kaya. He has a day game today, so he needs to leave for the ballpark earlier than normal.

He brings her into our bedroom when it’s time for him to go. He has a huge smile on his handsome face. “She’s rolling all over the place. According to my book, it’s early for that.”

I roll my eyes. “You and your books.”

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