A Forever Family (Forever #5) - Sandi Lynn Page 0,3
left the office early and headed home to my wife and grandson. He was the highlight of my life and I couldn’t wait to sit down and play with him. I stepped off the elevator and set my briefcase down. Walking into the kitchen, I stopped dead in my tracks when I saw the flowers sitting in a vase on the counter.
“What are those?” I asked.
Ellery turned to me and smiled. “Those are the roses you sent me. Care to explain, Connor?”
Anger rose up inside me as I stared at the dozen black roses before me. “I can’t believe that Cara would send black roses. What the fuck is the matter with her?”
Ellery started to laugh. “I guess they are different, aren’t they?”
“It’s not funny, Ellery.” I took them from the vase and threw them in the garbage. “Where’s Brayden?”
“He’s taking a nap.” She walked over to me and placed her arms around me. “Don’t stress out over the flowers. It’s not a big deal.” She reached up and kissed my lips.
“It is. Who the fuck sends black roses? I’m firing her. I can’t take it anymore. I had to give her back some documents today because they were riddled with errors.”
“Again?”
“Yes. There’s no way she graduated high school. The black roses were the last straw.” I walked to the living room and over to the bar for a glass of scotch.
“I hear our grandson cooing through the baby monitor. Why don’t you go upstairs and get him? He’ll calm you down.”
I sighed as I set down my drink and went up to see Brayden.
Collin
When I came home, Amelia was in the bedroom changing out of her scrubs. I loosened my tie as I walked over and gave her a kiss.
“Hey, baby. How were clinical’s?”
“They were good. How was your day?”
“Not bad.” I stripped out of my suit and pulled a pair of khakis from the closet. I stared at my beautiful wife as she stood there, thumbing through her clothes in nothing but her bra and panties. I leaned over and brushed my lips against her soft neck.
“You smell so good. I’m getting hard.”
She giggled as my tongue slid up to the edge of her ear. “Down, boy. We have exactly fifteen minutes to be upstairs at your parents’ house.”
“Well, there goes that hard-on.” I sighed.
Amelia laughed as she turned around and placed her hand on my chest. “Are you scared?”
“Yes. To be honest, I am.”
“What happened to all that talk last night about them having to get over it?” she said as she pulled on a pair of black pants.
“That was last night. Now it’s today and this is happening in fifteen minutes.”
“Ten minutes now. You better hurry up.” She pulled a short sleeve white cotton shirt over her head.
I grabbed a shirt from the hanger. “Let’s make it five. If we’re early, my mom will be happy. Let’s keep her happy at least for a few minutes.”
“Okay. Sounds like a good plan.”
We put on our shoes and took the elevator up to the penthouse. As the doors opened, my dad walked into the foyer holding Brayden.
“Well, look at you two. You’re early.” He smiled.
“Hey, Dad.”
He walked over to Amelia and gave her a kiss on the cheek. “Good to see you, sweetheart.”
“Is that my sweet boy?” My mom came from the kitchen. She hugged me and kissed my cheek and then turned and did the same to Amelia.
“How was Vegas? Did you two have fun?” she asked with excitement.
“Vegas was great. We had an amazing time.”
The elevator doors opened, and Julia stepped into the foyer.
“Hi, Amelia.” She smiled and gave her a light hug. “Hey, little brother. There’s my baby boy. Mommy missed you today.” Julia walked over and tried to take him from my dad. “Daddy, give me my baby.”
“Princess, we’re having a little bonding time. You get him all night. Let me hold him a while longer.”
Julia frowned and I let out a chuckle.
“Everyone in the dining room. Dinner is ready,” my mom chimed.
I grabbed Amelia’s hand and we went into the dining room and took our seats. Julia kept smirking at me from across the table. I decided to wait until after dinner to tell my parents about our marriage. I didn’t want all the food my mom spent all day making to go to waste. Once we finished eating, Julia, Amelia, and my mom cleaned up while my dad and I took Brayden into the living room.