Page 8 of Teddy Sinatra: Go Your Own Way
That did throw Nikki for a loop. And her heart did drop again, if that was even possible. “He kissed her?”
“On the lips, yes.”
“Or did she kiss him?”
“Oh come on, Nick! Don’t tell me you’re now thatmaking excuses for your man’s bad behaviorgirl too. What’s the difference? They kissed each other. He, a very married man, allowed a woman to kiss him or he kissed her. Either way it’s bad.”
Nikki knew it too. But what did she want her to say? “Did they leave the bar together?”
“No, thank goodness. He left first. She stuck around, drinking the last of his drink, talking to some other guy who tried to hit on her but it didn’t work, and then she finally left.”
“Okay thanks, Quinn.”
“That’s it? Thanks Quinn?”
“What do you want me to say?”
“That you’re gonna leave his ass, that’s what! You can’t let him get away with this, Nikki.”
“I’m not trying to let him get away with shit. But what I’m not going to do is discuss my marriage with you or Ann or anybody else. Yes, I appreciate you telling me what you saw. You made the right call. But everything after that is between Teddy and me. I know that sounds harsh but that’s just the way it is.”
“It doesn’t sound harsh, girl. It sounds like you. You went from bartending to getting all the way up in the good graces of a bougie man like Mick Sinatra. And you married his son, who all these bitches in Philly wanted to marry but he wasn’t interested. And I’m willing to bet those Sinatras saw in you what I see in you: You don’t bend, you don’t break. You just keep pressing on. Because if it had been my man, or Ann’s man, we’d have his clothes out on the lawn before he made it home. For real though. But I doubt seriously if you even mention it to him. You have no insecurities Nikki. That’s what we respect most about you. You aren’t like us.”
Then Quinn laughed. But Nikki didn’t find it funny at all. No insecurities? Was she kidding? Nikki had tons of insecurities. And her marriage to Teddy, because he was and still remained in such high demand, was at the top of that list. The fact that she was full-figured and not some skinny girl like the women he used to prefer, was up there too.
“Anyway, I don’t want to wake Kimmie. I’ll call you tomorrow,” Nikki said, they said their goodbyes, and she ended the call.
But it would be hours, and still no Teddy, before Nikki finally fell asleep.
And hours still before Teddy made it home.
CHAPTER FIVE
Teddy sped his Bugatti through the security gate of his home, waving at the detail at the gate, and drove all the way down the winding driveway and stopped beside Nikki’s Porsche. He sat behind the wheel for a few seconds amazed that it was almost daybreak already and he’d been working all night. Again. He was so tired he didn’t feel like walking in the house. But he got his second wind, like he always did, and walked on in.
He went to the nursery first. The nanny was already up and preparing the lesson plans for that day, so Teddy tiptoed over to his daughter’s bed. He wanted to wake her up as he stood there staring at her, but he was too tired to even engage her. He was going to make it his business to spend time with her that day. His old man was a deadbeat dad, as far as emotional support growing up, and he was determined to never be like his old man. But deep down, he knew he was too much like him already.
That was why, to the delight of her nanny who knew how much she missed her father, he sat on the edge of the bed and awakened Kimmie anyway. As soon as Kimmie opened her large green eyes and saw her father sitting there, she flew into his arms. “Daddy!” she said happily. And it warmed and alarmed Teddy at the same time. This little human being depended so much on him. He didn’t feel worthy of her.
But he closed his eyes tight and held on to her dearly. He eventually laid her back down, but she insisted on telling him all about what she did all week and what she planned to do that day. And Teddy, exhausted though he might be, sat there and listened. He loved seeing her so happy and so full of life. He just loved it.
By the time she had run out of things to say, he kissed her on the forehead and made his way upstairs. It was Nikki he wanted.
But she was in the shower. Which was exactly where he needed to be. He walked into the bathroom, took off all his clothes, and was opening the shower door before Nikki even knew he had made it home. When they eyed each other, and specifically each other’s nakedness, all of Teddy’s exhaustion and all of Nikki’s concerns about that other woman, melted away.
Teddy went up to Nikki, slammed his body against her body as the water careened over both of them, and he began kissing her with a roughness and a desperateness that took their breath away. And that was only the beginning.
They kissed so hard and for so long that Teddy kept breaking away, but kept coming right back in for more. He was massaging and kissing her all at once until neither one of them could bear it any longer.
He entered her, forcing both of them to slow down, and then they settled into a rhythm that only lasted a matter of minutes, but that gave them both everything they were looking for. Teddy needed the warmth inside of Nikki to calm him down again. Nikki needed the security of Teddy’s big arms around her to remind her that he loved her and would never hurt her like the news of that other woman seemed to suggest. They moved to that rhythm of need as if they invented every gyration.
Nikki’s back was against the shower wall. He was holding her up by her thighs, penetrating deeper and deeper. She was running her fingers through his hair as he continued to kiss her as he did her, and as they were unable to stop those feelings that had overtaken them both.
Slapping sounds could be heard throughout that shower that morning. Hard slaps of their wet bodies that started increasing again the longer they held on. Until they couldn’t hold on another second.
They were grunting so hard that it felt as if they were going to explode if they didn’t cum. They came. With a thunderous slap, Teddy took them over and they came hard.
It took several more minutes for those feelings to ease up enough for them to ease up too.
