Page 20 of Betrayal & New Beginnings

“I miss that,” she sighed. “Weused to do family dinners too, though my grandma lived a little farther away.Jackis allIhave left, but he’s gone so much,Idon’t really get to see him often.God,Imiss him.”

She started to choke up a little, andIfelt this tightening in my chest.Ifelt so bad for her, which was the only reasonIcould imagine whyIdid whatIdid next.

“Why don’t you come with me tomorrow to family dinner?”Iasked. “It’snothing fancy.Itwill be crazy and loud, but the food is great.”

“You sure they won’t mind?” she asked a little anxiously. “Idon’t want to intrude.”

“You’re not intruding,”Isaid. “Mymom and grandma will be thrilled to have someone else, thoughIwarn you,Idon’t make it a habit of bringing anyone with me, soI’msure my sisters will fill you with embarrassing stories from my childhood too.”

She smiled again, and her face lit up.

“Oooh, that could be fun.”Shegrinned that slightly devious grin again, andIwanted to kiss that right off her face.

Stop that thought.

You’re already close to crossing the line, inviting her to see your family.

Lord knewMom,Grandma,Whitney, andWillawill have a field day with me bringing home a woman.SomethingIhad never ever done.

“Thank you,” she said, bringing me back from my thoughts. “Iactually wouldn’t mind meeting your mom.Jacksaid she used to send the best care packages and would often add in things for the other guys too.Itried, but afterGrandied,Iwas so overcome with grief thatIstopped sending stuff as regularly asIused to.”

“Don’t worry about it.Mymom took it upon herself to adopt all ten guys in our squadron and basically become our den mom,”Itold her.

It was true.Mymom sent stuff for me and the other guys, especially the ones likeJackand a few others who didn’t have parents or other family to send care packages to them.

“What’s your mom’s name?” she asked.

“Her name isWendy, and my father’s name isWayne,”Itold her, adding in my dad’s name, knowing full well what she would ask afterward.

“You all have names starting withW, and isn’t your last nameWatson?”Shegrinned. “Wasthat on purpose?”

I sighed and rolled my eyes.

“Yes,Momthought it was cute,”Iexplained. “I’mpretty sure my dad thought it was weird, but he told her since she was the one giving birth, she could pick the names.”

I was pretty sure my dad regretted that, but if he did, he would take that thought to his grave rather than upset my mom.

“It’s a sore subject with her and my sisterWillasince she decided not to continue the trend with her kids,”Itold her.

“But her husband’s name doesn’t start with aW,” she intelligently pointed out.

“Yep, but that didn’t mean anything to my mom,”Isaid. “Andeven thoughWilla’skids are older now and clearly aren’t going to have their names changed, my mother still brings it up at least once a year at family get-togethers.”

She laughed, andIsworeIfelt that in my dick.God, she looked so gorgeous when she laughed.

Maybe it was the situation earlier in the day, or maybe it was how relaxedIfelt with her, or maybe it was just the fact that she looked so damn beautiful at this moment while laughing, but my brain obviously malfunctioned, becauseIleaned forward and kissed her.Hard.Iwrapped my hand around the back of her neck and pulled her closer to me.Holyhell, she tasted good.

For the first couple seconds, she was stiff, but then she tilted her head and kissed me right back, opening her mouth to me.Islipped my tongue in there and tasted her some more.Desirefilled me with an urgency that kept all logical thought at bay.Shemoaned, and that sound went straight to my dick, which was now hard as a rock.Thatmoan also woke my brain right up.

Get off her.Ipulled away quickly and backed away from her.

“Jesus,I’msorry,”Isaid, instantly regretting losing her mouth but also regretting my impulse control.Ineeded to leave now beforeIdid it again.

Without giving her any chance to say anything,Imade my way to the door.

“I’ll come get you at noon tomorrow for lunch,”Isaid asIopened the door and walked out.Iwalked right over to my door and let myself out.

I needed to get control of myself around her.Ina matter of minutes,I’dinvited her to my family lunch and had my tongue down her throat.Whatthe hell were you thinking?

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