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Chapter 13

Alaric called my dad as soon as we got done in the shower together. Wow, it really is nice not having to sneak around with Alaric here. Of course, my dad started freaking out and telling Alaric we have to come home right away.

I grabbed the phone from Alaric’s hand. “Dad. Chill out. Everything is fine now. It’s too late to come home tonight. Do you want Alaric falling asleep at the wheel?”

My dad hears the logic, but in his panicked state, he doesn’t seem to care and keeps insisting we head home now. He hates being helpless. He thinks if we are back home, he can protect us or something, but that doesn’t even make sense. “Dad. They have Jeremy. He’s in jail. You don’t have to worry.”

Alaric grabs the phone back from me. “We’ll start heading home now, but we’ll probably stop somewhere to sleep on the way.”

I raise my eyebrows at him, but my dad seems to accept his answer. Alaric quickly wraps up the phone call and then hangs up. I have my mouth hanging open at him. “How did you get him to agree to that?”

Alaric smirks at me. “He’s my best friend. I know what he needs to hear to get what I want.”

I laugh. “He’s my dad. I’m pretty sure I’m the master manipulator in this situation.”

He raises his eyebrows at me. “Mhm...and who’s method worked?”

I smile really big at him. “Oh okay. Prove it. I’ll just call him back real quick and tell him how you just got done fucking me.” I reach for my phone, but Alaric’s hand wraps around my wrist. He glares at me. “Don’t you fucking dare.”

I cross my arms over my chest. “You know this can’t keep happening if you don’t want him to find out.”

Alaric blows out a breath. “Don’t act like you want him to find out.”

I raise a daring eyebrow at him. “I could spin it in my favor. Could you?” I smirk at him. He narrows his eyes at me. “No. Which is why we are not telling him.’

I just shrug and turn to finish putting the rest of my stuff back in my bag so we can leave. “So do I get to pick the place on the way back? We don’t need a cash only place now right?” I narrow my eyes at him. “Or do you have more family who’s coming after you?”

Alaric cringes, and I laugh. “Sorry. Too soon?”

He chuckles. “It was only a couple hours ago. How are you so calm?” He just shakes his head. “You’re not normal Emory.”

I grin back at him and walk toward him. I run my fingers up his chest. “I just haven’t crashed down yet from my post orgasm bliss.” I stand up on my tiptoes and press my lips to his, and he lets me.

I pull back, and he smiles at me. “Well, we’ll just have to constantly keep you in that state then.” His eyes run down my body, and I’m all hot for him again. I roll my eyes at him and turn to grab my bag, but really I would love to go for another round. I turn back toward him. “You ready?”

He smiles at me. “Yeah. Let’s go.”

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We drive for about 2 hours when we decide to stop for the night. I picked out a mid level hotel this time. We are just sleeping here, so I didn’t want to waste too much money. Alaric doesn’t even ask me if I want my own room or bed.

We walk into our new room, and I head over to the bed and lay down. “Ahh...isn’t this better?”

Alaric comes and lays down on his back next to me. He shrugs his shoulder. “Eh...it’s okay. Not as good as my bed.”

I laugh. “You have one of those custom mattresses don’t you?”

He rolls over and looks at me. “Yeah, so what if I do?”

I just laugh again. “I can’t believe I’m sleeping with such an old man.”

He opens his mouth at me. “Hey! How does that make me old? I need a good mattress for my back.” He glares over at me. “You’d understand if you actually did some physical work every once in a while.”

I shove at his arm. “Aw you’re so cute with your little old man problems.”

I push him up onto the bed and crawl on top of him and sit on his ass. I start rubbing my hands on his back. Alaric moans. “Ohh that feels good.”

I knead my hands deeper into his back. “Just trying to help out with all your back problems since I’m making you sleep on this perfectly normal bed.”

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