Page 77 of Family Bonds: Coy & Angel

“I almost knocked myself silly just now rushing to get my pants up.”

“You could have kept them down,” he said. “It was a nice sight.”

“Sure,” she said, giggling now. “I could trip over my feet walking, but as long as it’s a good sight for you, that is all that matters.”

He pulled her into his arms. “Are you okay?”

“Don’t go there,” she said. “You know I am. I was loud enough for the people in the next building to know. They might have heard you too.”

He kissed her on the top of the head. He did that a lot.

“I lost a little bit of control. I try not to do that.”

“I like knowing that I caused you to do that,” she said. “I want you to do it. It makes me feel powerful.”

“Does it?” he asked.

She leaned back and looked up at him. He hadn’t shaved in a few days and said he was going to have a close cut beard for the winter. That he normally did. She liked this look on him.

“It does,” she said. “And now you know I can handle it.”

“I think you can handle just about anything,” he said.

“Is this another comment about telling people?” she asked.

They’d decided they were going to wait until after the holidays to do it. Coy wanted to tell Spencer in person and her brother was on the road more than home. He’d slow down some mid-January.

Her mother swore they wouldn’t say a word about it either and she believed her. It was nice to be able to talk to her about this.

Coy hadn’t seen or talked to his family much since Thanksgiving, so there were no worries about anyone guessing.

Other than he’d told her his mother had ideas in her head and Angel thought it was sweet. She was positive they wouldn’t have any issues with it, but again, she just wanted to wait.

She knew that everyone finding out at work was what was bothering her more than anything. The fact they’d been able to go this long and not get caught or anyone even noticing was kind of shocking.

Could be the busyness of the holidays was on everyone’s mind more than who might be dating whom.

Their Christmas party was this Friday night after work. Coy was taking everyone to dinner at Duke’s and had a back room set aside for it.

Then on Saturday, he had a cousin’s wedding to attend. He’d already given her a hard time that he was going alone, but she wouldn’t have wanted to go to something like that even if people knew about them. It was too soon for a big family introduction in her eyes.

She was fine with the way they were and he’d get his way in a month or so when Spencer got back to them on when he could fly in for a weekend visit.

She’d like her parents to come too if it was possible. Maybe a late holiday celebration since she wasn’t going to fly home with Christmas in the middle of the week.

Coy had already told her he expected her with him on Christmas Eve and that morning. She’d go home and let him spend it with his family.

She didn’t care if Helena asked her to come too. To her, it was better this way.

Angel was so in love with Coy, there was no way Helena wouldn’t be able to see that. After the holidays, Coy’s family would know. Then Spencer last.

She just hoped her brother didn’t blow up too much.

22

RULE IT OUT

Coy walked to his room and knocked on the bathroom door a month later. “Angel? Are you okay?” She’d been in there for over thirty minutes. He heard a noise and wasn’t sure what it was, knocked again, and then finally said, “I’m coming in.”

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