Page 7 of aBound Wedding
Both my father and I look down at the same time, smiling at my mom. She grasps my father’s hand and begins to pull him.
“Fuck no, woman,” he growls.
Mom stomps her foot. “GT, get your ass out here and dance with me.”
“I don’t fuckin’ dance.”
She tugs on his arm. “Yes, you do!”
He shakes his head and moves out to the dance floor as a slow song begins playing, and my father wraps himself around her. He loves her with everything inside of him, and I love that for them. Love watching them together, and I want that for Rylie and me.
Regardless of the right or wrongs between my father and me, he taught me what it was to be a man who loves his woman.
My girl stands over by the bar, and I make my way to her with my brow raised, looking at her glass of brown liquid.
Her lip turns up as she holds the glass. “Diet.”
I smile, wrapping her up in my arms. “Let’s go for a walk.”
She nods, and we head out.
Rylie gets me in a way no one has before. She is it for me, my better half if you need a label.
This is my life, our life, and it is damn good.
8
Rylie
The sand caressesmy feet with each step, while the sun sets in the background and the waves crash to the shore. It’s a beautiful night for a walk and even better with the man holding my hand.
My man.
What it’s not good for is a swim. I have a bit of aversion to bodies of water, but guess that happens when you drown in one and have to be shocked back to life twice. Not being here with Deke, that’s a feeling I have to push away because it almost came true.
Especially now. God, especially now.
I’m a tough bitch. I know it and don’t hide it. I still work in the gym with Charlie and at X with Princess, Blaze, and Angel. It’s a great place to work, but now Deke wants me to quit; except I don’t want to. I get why he does, and maybe down the road I will. One can’t tell the future.
It’s a sore subject, and I refuse to bring it up on this happy occasion.
The beach is pretty scarce, which I’m shocked about considering the amount of people that are here during the day. But I like the quiet.
Deke stops and pulls me into his arms. Looking up at him, he’s the most gorgeous man I’ve ever seen. Never thought I’d love a man this much. Hell, never thought it was in the cards for me. But fuck I’m happy we’re here—together.
“Love you, babe.”
A smile graces my face. “That’s good because you’re stuck with me.”
His lip tips at the corner. “Damn straight.”
He leans down and kisses me hard, deep, and wet. Even though this is one of a million kisses he’s given me, it’s just like the first, setting my world on fire. I’m wet, hot, and ready for him. Hell, I can’t seem to keep my hands off of him.
While that was true before, now it’s like fucking crack. My libido is all over the damn place, always craving him, wanting him.
“All it takes is a kiss.”
Cocky bastard.
