Page 25 of Dragon Daddy's Second Chance

The conversation died away after that as the passion between them took over, and it was more than an hour later before they lay exhausted in each other’s arms. “I could get used to waking up that way,” she said. “Much better than any old alarm clock.”

“I should hope so,” Blake said, laughing. “I’m a finely tuned machine.”

She laughed, “Oh, is that so?” she asked. “Maybe I should give you a quick once over to make sure everything is in working order.”

Before she could follow through,, little footsteps pounded down the hallway, and Theo appeared in the doorway. “Mom, Aunt Lisa is coming down the path, and she’s got doughnuts with her,” he said, then looked over at Blake. “Umm…you should get up.”

“That sounds like an excellent idea, especially if there are doughnuts involved,” Blake said. “Why don’t you wait for us in the living room? We’ll be right there.”

Theo studied the two of them again and shrugged his shoulders. “Okay, but don’t take forever,” he said. “I want to go to the beach again.”

“Bossy little thing, isn’t he?” Blake asked when Theo was gone. “I guess we’d better follow orders.”

“And start shutting the bedroom door,” she said. “If he’d come in here just a few minutes sooner…”

“Yeah, that might have been awkward,” he said. “Note to self, close bedroom door before making love to my woman.”

“Your woman?” Wren asked, slipping out of bed. “Are we cavemen?”

“No, but I can’t call you my wife yet,” he said, grinning at her. “And girlfriend seems like an understatement, so I decided to go with woman.”

Wren rolled her eyes at him. “Get dressed,” she said, shaking her head. “I don’t want my man meeting my sister naked.”

Blake’s laughter followed her all the way to the living room, filling her with warmth and making her body tingle all over, but the good feeling didn’t last long. “You have to talk to Mom and Dad; you have to give them a chance to apologize,” Lisa said as soon as she walked in the door. “How much longer are you going to drag this out?”

“Well, good morning to you, too,” she said, taking the box of doughnuts from her sister. “I don’t want to talk about this. I’m barely speaking to you as it is. How could you bring them here? This was supposed to be my vacation, I was supposed to be relaxing and recharging, not dealing with ghosts from my past.”

Lisa had the grace to look sorry. “Wren, this fight between all of you isn’t healthy. You need to give them a chance to tell you how sorry they are,” she said. “I know that I overstepped, but I can’t go on listening to them go on and on about it; that’s all I ever hear about. It’s your fault, and you have to fix it; I want my old life back; I want things to go back to the way they were.”

“So, this is really more about you than me,” she said, letting out a long sigh. “You haven’t changed, Lisa, you’re still as self-centered as you’ve always been. You weren’t there thatday, you didn’t hear Dad screaming at me, you didn’t see him throwing my clothes out the window. The neighbors came out to watch Lisa. It was humiliating. If it hadn’t been for Susan and her family, I don’t know what would have happened to me.”

“Don’t talk to me about humiliation, I live with it daily,” Susan said. “People in town still talk, they still ask about you. The scandal just won’t go away; it’s ruined my life, and it’s ruined Mom and Dad’s life.”

“Ah, now I see. You all are embarrassed, and you want me to fix it,” she said, shaking her head. “You want me to forgive and forget so people will stop talking about you. Well, I’ve got news for you. I don’t care. Clearly, reconnecting with you was a mistake. I think you should leave now. None of this is my fault, so don’t blame me; blame Mom and Dad.”

Lisa turned and stomped out of the cabin, slamming the door behind her, and she realized that Theo was watching her, a shocked look on his face. “I’m sorry you had to see that, sweetheart,” she said, walking over to him. “Your aunt Lisa and I don’t have a very good relationship, but it’s nothing for you to worry about. Grown-ups fight sometimes.”

“That’s right, buddy,” Blake said, coming out of the bedroom. “Now, where are those doughnuts? We’re going to need some fuel if we go to the beach.”

She sent Blake a grateful look, “If you two are okay on your own, I think I’ll go take a shower,” she said, her voice shaking a little. “I’ll have a doughnut when I’m done.”

“You go on, Theo and I will be just fine,” Blake said, then crossed the room and pulled her into his arms. “But I need a kiss first.”

“Gross,” Theo said. “Don’t do that in front of me.”

“Too late,” Blake said, planting a big kiss on her lips. “You’d better get into the kitchen, or you’ll be next.”

Theo squealed and took off, calling, “Gross, gross, gross,” at the top of his lungs.

“Now, where were we?” Blake asked, pulling her closer again. “Oh, yeah, the gross part.”

When he’d kissed her thoroughly, Blake looked down at her, “Are you okay?” he asked. “That was a bit rough. It couldn’t have been easy to kick Lisa out.”

“She’s always been a selfish little brat,” she said, shrugging her shoulders. “When she contacted me last year, I thought she’d changed, but I was wrong. The truth is, I’m not surprised she’s more worried about herself than me, it’s nothing new. I’m just a little disappointed.”

“We’ve got each other, sweetheart,” Blake said, smiling at her. “I love you, Wren.”

“I love you too,” she said, stretching up and giving him a kiss.

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