Page 35 of Nightclub Surprise
August
Waking up alone wasn’t how I’d envisioned spending my first morning with my brand spanking-new fiancé. But that’s exactly how I woke up. No soft skin next to me to caress, no vanilla-scented silky auburn hair to smell, no warm body to hold for a while before I had to getup.
There were meetings to get to. Swank’s grand opening was getting closer and closer, and so much had to be done. We’d suffered a setback when the mother of Gannon’s son had arranged to have a small explosive device go off inside the unfinished club, so we were doubling up on projects, trying to meet our opening night. More construction workers had to be hired, and we were all meeting with the crew foreman to plan out the strategy to make sure things got done ontime.
New Year’s Eve would bring our joint endeavor to life. I couldn’t wait to see how the club would turn out with my own eyes. And knowing I’d have Tawny, my fiancé, on my arm was the icing on that magnificentcake.
Groaning as I rolled out of bed, I went to shower and dress before heading to Tawny’s bedroom to see if Calum had indeed ventured to her bed in the middle of thenight.
When I opened the door, I saw her sitting up on the side of the bed, yawning and stretching. Her hair a wild mess; she wore one of my t-shirts. It hit her near her knees, it was so much bigger thanshe.
Smack dab in the middle of the king-sized bed lay Calum. “So, he did come to find you then,” I said, drawing her attention tome.
“August, what the heck are you doing?” She ran her hands through her hair, knowing it was awreck.
Making strides across the room, I got to her and picked her up, kissing her on the mouth. She pushed at my chest to make me let her go. “You look cute when you wake up,Tawny.”
“No, I don’t. Let me go. I need to pee.” She pushed at my chest a little harder, and I let her go. Dashing away to the bathroom, I watched her ass jiggle under the white t-shirt, my cock twitching tolife.
Looking down, I whispered, “Not right now. Justchill.”
I had a plan to put into action after my meeting, and I looked around the room, finding her rings on the nightstand. She must’ve taken them off to sleep. I noticed the little sapphire ring she wore on her ring finger and scooped it up, putting it in the breast pocket of my Armanisuit.
I knew she’d miss it, but figured I’d be replacing it with a sparkling, enormous engagement ring later on anyway. Calum wasn’t stirring at all but was still snoring lightly, his dark hair standing straight up on oneside.
Leaning over, I kissed his forehead, and then heard the bathroom door open. Out stepped a fresh-faced Tawny, her hair combed, face washed, and teethbrushed.
I went straight for her, gathering her in my arms and rocking back and forth with her. I went in for a proper good morning kiss, and our mouths collided softly and tenderly. She tasted like the mint toothpaste she’d used, and she smelled like apricots—I assumed from whatever she’d used to wash her facewith.
I rested my forehead against hers when our kiss ended. “Hi there,fiancé.”
“Hi to you, too, fiancé.” She giggled softly. “I’ve got to get Calum up and get him ready forschool.”
“Have Max drive you two. I’ve got a meeting this morning and a few things to do after that.” Taking out the credit card I’d taken from my wallet for her, I slipped it into her hand. “And have Max take you to Rodeo Drive. I want you to do a bit of shopping today. That enormous closet looks a little empty rightnow.”
“Oh, no, August. I can’t…” she tried toprotest.
But I kissed her again, putting an end to her protests. “You can, and you will. And buy Calum a bunch of new clothes, too. And don’t skimp at all. I want my family looking sharp. When I come home, I’m going to inspect the closets, and I better see them close to bursting. I do realize you can only do so much shopping in a day, but I want to see a lot more in there, including shoes and underclothes, too. Buy yourself some sexy underwear and bras, too—don’t forget aboutthose.”
She shook her head as she looked at me. “August, that’s just notme.”
“Fine, I’ll have a personal shopper do that then if you’re going to refuse.” I would get my way, one way oranother.
“Fine,” she admitted with a sigh of defeat. “I’ll doit.”
“You know, Tawny, most women would be over the moon if a billionaire handed them a credit card—one that has no limit by the way—and told them to go crazy.” I kissed the tip of her little turned up nose, ending mylecture.
“I know. Thank you,” she conceded. “I’ll try to get used to being spoiledrotten.”
“Yes, you will, because I aim to spoil both of you rotten, and when our next one comes along, they’ll get the same treatment.” Moving one hand down between us, I ran it over her flat stomach. “You can ditch the birth control pillsnow.”
She blinked at me. “Are you sure, August? I mean, you want to get married, and that’s going to be a lot on its own. You sure about bringing a baby into this soquickly?”
“We already have one kid, so why wait?” I couldn’t say I liked her line of questioning. Why should we wait? What did itmatter?
“Well, okay then. I’ll stop taking my pills. But it’ll take a little while for them to get completely out of my system, months actually.” She ran her hands up and down my arms as she looked at me. “So, don’t get upset when it doesn’t happen right away,okay?”
“Okay,” I said, then pecked her cheek. “I’ve got to run. I’ll be back by dinner time tonight. You have a great day shopping, and don’t you dare forget to eat some lunch. Hell, call a girlfriend to go with you—treat her to a day out,too.”
