“Have fun, brothers.” Lucien put his feet up on the coffee table and got comfortable in the chair.
I walked into the bedroom she’d shared with David and tried not to imagine them in the bed. At least I didn’t have to see David. Lily had rang and told him we were on our way over, so he’d told Lily he would take Lucy out for breakfast so their paths wouldn’t cross.
Truth be told, Lily didn’t seem too bothered that David was with someone else, which made me feel relieved. I was slightly worried that she’d buried her feelings to keep them from me, because he’d been seeing Lucy for a lot longer than what Lily initially thought.
“Michael, get moving,” Ramon shoved me from behind and I bent down to pick up a stack of shoe boxes. I walked into the lounge and placed them on top of the sideboard, just as I felt someone pinch my ass. I jumped and turned around to find Lily in my arms. She wrapped her arms around my waist.
“Thank you for this, Michael,” she mumbled into my chest.
I ran my fingers through her hair and cupped the back of her head. “I’d do anything for you.” Our mouths met in a soft caress of lips and tongue. I tasted her.
“Get a room,” Ramon grouched from not too far away.
“I have lots of rooms, which I want to get back to soon, so let’s get this lot loaded.”
I reluctantly put Lily to one side and watched her walk over to sit beside Lucien.
“I’ll give you a hand in a minute. I just want to check on your brother.” She gave me a huge grin and winked.
Ramon grabbed two of the suitcases and I picked up the same stack of shoe boxes as before. I trudged down the flight of stairs behind my brother while I left my woman upstairs to bother Lucien.
Ramon turned to look at me and did a double take. “Why are you looking at me with that grin on your face?”
“I’m thinking about Lucien and how Lily’s fussing over him.”
“And you’re laughing about it?”
We loaded the back of the car with some of Lily’s things. “Yeah I am. Oh come on Ramon, you know how much he hates having anyone fuss over him. Lily will drive him mad.”
“Yeah, he usually puts up with mom for five minutes before giving her orders to get out.”
“Exactly, except something tells me Lily won’t be as easy to get rid of, more so because she feels responsible for him hurting right now.”
I opened the door for Ramon on our way back inside, only to be greeted by Lily on her way down with a suitcase and a rather large rolling pin.
“Give me that,” I said and jokingly took the rolling pin from her. I laughed at the look on her face.
“Okay, if you insist.”
I took hold of the suitcase while she burst out laughing with Ramon.
“Why are you carrying a rolling pin?” I asked.
“I thought I would bring it out now so I’m not tempted to use it on your brother.”
“He can be stubborn. You’ll be lucky if he hasn’t made a getaway while you’re down here.”
“He wouldn’t dare,” she looked from me to Ramon, “would he?”
“You better go check.”
She turned tail and ran back up the stairs with us trailing her.
We came to a stop on the landing because she was standing in front of Lucien with her hands on her hips.
“You’re a pain in the ass, you know that?” she told him.
“So everyone tells me. Lily I’m okay, I promise. I really appreciate your concern, but I need to go.”
She let out a whoosh of air. “Oh all right. But don’t you dare forget coffee next week.”
“I won’t.” He leaned forward and kissed her on the cheek while he hugged her. “Thank you, Lily.”
He walked over to me and Ramon. “Catch you later. I’m going to walk some and catch a taxi back to the hotel.”
Chapter 43
LILY
Back at Michael’s house, we were lying on the sofa in the lounge after lunch. All my clothes and things were packed away in the room I was sharing with Michael and the photographs of my parents and grandparents were on display in the foyer of his home. Michael kept reminding me it was ‘our’ home, but it would take some getting used to.
Ramon had left after lunch and drove back to his cabin which he’d built on his parents land. His brothers were great guys, stubborn, but great guys. On my insistence, Michael had phoned Lucien until he answered to make sure he was all right. The chicken didn’t speak to his brother and immediately passed me the phone. Lucien cursed, then apologized when he realized it wasn’t his brother. I could probably now curse with the best of them.
Michael had wanted to rest in his room as soon as Ramon left, but I’d told him I really needed to rest up. I was tired and full after I’d eaten the huge sandwich Michael had bought me from Subway on the way back to the house.
Michael was more than ready for the next round of loving, as the hardness pressed into me could attest. I pressed closer and heard him groan.