Page 38 of Finding Solace
"I love you too, Kitten." Irespond.
Taking a step back, I plant a softer kiss on her lips. "I've got to run. I'll be back in no less than an hour," I clear my throat and try to suppress my raging hard-on with the palm of myhand.
"Be careful. I'll have Ava and myself ready to go when you get here," She says grabbing her coffee from the table and makes her way towards the hallway putting an extra sway in herhips.
Stepping outside, I mount my bike and take in the warmth of the summer sun beating down on my face. I don’t know how I got so damn lucky. Having Mila in my life has given me something I never knew I was missing before. A sense of peace—of completion. Loving Mila has given mesolace.
After wrapping shit up at the job site, I make it back home to find an eager Ava bouncing around the living room decked out in her bathing suit, sunglasses, and blown up floaties stuck on eacharm.
"Yay! We get to pool party now!" she exclaims throwing her hands up with excitement. Mila is over by the kitchen table packing the rest of their pool gear. I stop and take her in. She’s simply dressed in a pair of blue jean shorts that show off her long toned legs and a cropped, black Rolling Stones t-shirt covering up the black bikini I know she's wearing underneath. She turns and catches me taking her in and smiles. Her bright eyes and beautiful smile make me feel as if the earth at my feet has crumbled beneath me. There is no other way to describe the depth of what my heart feels for her. The love I have surrendered to istranscending.
"You ready?" she asks in a breathy tone bringing my feet back down to theground.
"Yeah, babe. I'll grab everything. You grab Ava," I tell her. Knowing she packed me some trunks incase I decide to get in the water. I grab the bags she packed and the presents we purchased in my hands, and we ride the elevator to the first floor. Once outside, I load everything into the trunk of her car, her newcar.
Last week I took her to the dealership downtown and told her to pick out what she wanted. Of course, she tried to give me lip more than one time, but I wasn’t budging on this. She needed a reliable car, and her old rust bucket was on its last leg. Giving in, she ended up picking out a new, black Range RoverSport.
I would never have thought I'd be driving around town in a family car. The guys have been quick to give me hell over the fact as well, and I wouldn’t have it any other way. Although, nothing can and never will replace my bike and the freedom I get on the open road, or the memories I get to soak up and relive when driving my brother'struck.
After making a quick stop at the store to pick Ava up some sunscreen, we arrive at Logan's. Knowing everyone is out back near the pool and lake area we make our way around back. Music is already playing, and kids are already in the pool havingfun.
"Hey, brother. Glad you made it. Take a load off and come have a beer with the rest of us," Logan calls from the other end of the yard just near the water's edge where he's sitting in a lawn chair along with Quinn andGabriel.
"I got all this," Mila states, "Go have a good time with yourbrothers."
Setting the bags down on the patio table to my left, I hook my arm around her waist, "Go look the girls. You know where to find me," then I kissher.
I watch her walk into the house with Ava before turning and making my way over towards the guys. I grab one of the empty chairs and plant my ass in it. When I lean back, Gabriel reaches into the cooler sitting beside him and tosses me a cold beer. Cracking it open I chug half the bottle. The cold crisp taste is going down smooth. Looking out at the reflective lake, I relax in my seat. I think I needed a day off just as much as Mila did. Life sure has thrown some damn wrenches into the works over the past few months. Many of us have come a long fuckin' way from where we once were. I take another pull from my bottle and enjoy the stillness of the moment. Catching a glimpse of blue out the corner of my eye, I turn my head to see Alba walk up with baby Gabe on herhip.
"What the fuck is that?" Gabriel's voice booms, causing the rest of us to look on confused as to why he sounds so pissedoff.
"What are you talking about?" Alba starts to check every square inch of the baby's exposedskin.
"That," Gabriel points his finger at her and gestures up and down to what she'swearing.
"It's called a bikini," Alba cocks her head to the side andhuffs.
"Cover-up. You got too much tit showing," he growls ather.
Rolling her eyes, she hands their son over to him. "He wants his Papi. Could you entertain him while I take a dip in the pool?" she asks him, then softly kisses the baby's cheek and gives a brooding Gabriel one too, before heading over to thepool.
"Damn, who knew a pregnant woman could be so sexy," Quinn remarks, knowing he's poking thebear.
Ignoring him, Gabriel tucks his son into his side and warmly smiles as he looks down at his boy whose making vroom vroom noises while playing with a toy motorcycle he is holding onto with his chubby little hands. Out of all my brothers, most people would look at him and never in a million years say he's a dad. But if I'm honest, watching Gabriel with his son and seeing how natural he is with the whole role, I would say it suits him more than any other title he has in life. I want that. I want that with Mila. I want to have a large family. Have as many kids as she's willing to giveme.
"How's the baby making going, Logan?" Quinn asks as he pops the top off a beer. Logan told me awhile back that he and Bella have been trying with no luck. Quinn on the other hand either knows because he and Bella are close friends, or it may be due to the fact the little fucker seems to always know what's going on with everyone. He's more observant than most people give him creditfor.
"The same, but I'm havin' fun trying brother, that’s for sure," he grins lifting a beer from thecooler.
"Holy shit. Look at the tats on Emerson," Quinn says droolin'. I'll be damned. Who would of thought Emerson had all that ink under her scrubs. "Fellas, I don’t know about you, but three fine as hell women just walked out that house wearing next to nothin' and one of them has my name all over her sweet ass," Quinn stands. The rest of us eye them over our shoulders. There standing by the pool in their tiny bikinis talking to Alba, who's laid back sunbathing, are Bella, Mila, andEmerson.
"She won't even give you the time of day," I tellhim.
"Oh, she's mine. She just doesn’t know it yet." Quinn says withcertainty.
My eyes zone in on Mila. I watch her laugh with the rest of the woman.Fuck.It's official. My favorite color on her besides those gorgeous honey colored eyes is black. Standing at the same time as Logan, whose eyes are trained on Bella and her tiny green bikini, we walk towards the four ofthem.
Stepping up to the women, I come up behind Mila and kiss her neck. "You enjoyingyourself?"
