Page 22 of Betrayal & New Beginnings

I was going to start school soon and finally accomplish that goal on my list.

I was really excited for this new chapter of my life—my new beginning.

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WADE

I finally gave up on getting any decent sleep around five a.m., after a night of tossing and turning.I’dlike to blame it all on dealing withEllie’spiece-of-shit ex, but that wouldn’t be the whole truth.Thekiss had crept into my thoughts, too.Morethan a few times.

WhenIwalked back into my apartment last night, my dick was as hard as it’d ever been.Normally,Iwould just go seek out one of the womenIhad been with in the past who might be amenable to meeting up occasionally to mutually scratch that itch, but none of them appealed to my dick.Nope, that appendage wantedEllie, andEllieonly.

Well, shit.

My only option was to take myself in hand in the shower, but that felt just as wrong as being with her in real life.Still, unlessIwanted to have a hard-on at the family lunch later today,Ihad no choice.Justthis once,Ilet myself fantasize about what she would feel like.Hercurves, her soft hair, that supple ass.

If she hadn’t moaned loudly last night, waking my brain back to realityImay have taken things too far with her, andIcouldn’t do that.

I liked women.Immensely.Butever since my military training,Ihad never lost control around one.Fantasiesmay come to mind, butIcould compartmentalize and shut that down, change my focus ifIneeded to.NotwithEllie.Thatwoman was like a powerful drugIcould not break free from.Shewas addictive.

Now, becauseIwas an idiot,Iwould be spending much of the day with her and my family.Together.

What could possibly go wrong?

I internally groaned, knowing my family would jump on the fact thatElliewas the first womanI’dbrought home in a very long time, and they would pounce on the ability to share embarrassing stories about me.

Since sleep was not going to come for me,Idecided to get up and work off the frustration in the gym.Ialso calledArcherandVinceto give them some more details and thoughtsIhad onEllie’sstalker.Vincewas going to head to the bar and put callerIDand a recorder on the phone just in case he called again.Wedecided we would touch base tomorrow morning at the office and look into a few other things.

I worked out, showered, and threw in a load of laundry, andIwas about to walk over and getElliewhen there was a knock on my door.Iopened it to findElliestanding there looking beautiful in a colorful summer dress.Thinyellow straps showed off how tan her shoulders were.Itwas tight through her top and then flowed down to her knees.Andit was very apparent she was not wearing a bra underneath.

Jeez, she was going to kill me today.Somuch for trying to rub one out in the shower to make sureIdidn’t have an erection at the family lunch.

“Hey,Ididn’t have much time, andIwasn’t sure what your family was serving, soIjust threw together a small side dish.Hopefully, that’s okay,” she said, holding out a glass containerIhadn’t noticed sinceIwas too preoccupied with looking at her.

“You don’t need to bring anything,Ellie,”Itold her becauseIcertainly never did.

“I most certainly do!” she said, andIjust nodded because, having my sisters, mother, and grandmother around most of my childhood,Iknew better than to argue with a woman about food.

We walked out to the car, andIwas glad she walked behind me, soIdidn’t embarrass myself by staring at her ass the whole time.Ineeded to regain my focus here, or my family would start asking too many questions.QuestionsIwasn’t even ready to answer myself.

I used the car ride to explain to her that my family was a lot, and she should be prepared for them to be in her space and annoy her with questions.Ieven gave her a few examples of how nosy the women in my family could be.Shejust smiled and took it in stride, saying she didn’t mind.Ihope she still felt that way when we left.

At leastI’dwarned her.

We pulled up the long drive to the house andIcould see my sisterWilla,Paul, and their kids all on the big wraparound front porch.Well, this was about to get exciting real fast.

“I’ll get out first and come around and let you out of your door,”Itold her asIshut off the engine.

“I appreciate the chivalryWade, butIcan open my own door,” she responded with a chuckle.

“Yes, you can, but if you do, those mini humans over there will likely jump all over you, and trust me, they can be feral,”Iexplained, pointing at my niece and nephew. “Sittight.I’llcome around.”

She laughed but thankfully waited in the car for me.AsIrounded the car,Isaw my niece and nephew come running off the front porch towards me.Islowly openedEllie’sdoor to see her smirking at me as though she thoughtIwas the funny one.Whatever.Itried to warn her.

I glanced back up to see my niece and nephew edging closer but also saw the gleam of surprise in my sister’s eyes just before she hopped up and yelled back into the house at the top of her lungs, “Mom!Quick!Wadebrought a girl!”Willaclapped her hands excitedly.

BeforeIhad time to really think about that, two little barbarians jumped on me.

“UncleWade!UncleWadeyou’re here!” they both squealed.

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