Forever You by Lynn, Sandi (e novels to read txt) 📕

across from me.

“You cooked dinner for your father at the age of nine?” I asked.

“It was either that, or he didn’t eat. I always knew that would be the one dish he would eat.”

I looked at her and shook my head. I couldn’t believe that drunken bastard would let his child cook

and use the oven at the age of nine. I needed to tell her about Ashlyn, and I guess now’s as good as

time as any. I decided to wait until after dinner because she started talking about the wedding. After

we ate and cleaned up, I asked her to sit with me in the living room.

“I get the feeling that you have something that you need to tell me,” she said.

I took in a deep breath as she laid her head down on my lap and looked up at me. “Ashlyn was the

person responsible for setting the fire in Chicago.”

She quickly sat up. “What? That bitch!” she exclaimed.

I took her and laid her head back down on my lap. “Listen to me, Ellery; I don’t want you to worry

about this. I told you because we aren’t keeping keep secrets from each other. Phil is handling this for

me, and I have no intentions of confronting her about this,” I told her as I stroked her hair. “In fact,

you are not to see her either because I know you, and you have quite a temper.”

“Fine, if you don’t want me to, then I’ll respect your wishes, but I still think you’re wrong.”

I bent down and kissed her. “Thank you, baby, I love you.”

“I love you too even though you’re wrong,” she smiled as she tapped me on the nose.

***

I walked through the newly built house. Ellery’s painting hung perfectly above the fireplace and

was the focal point of the room. “How does it look, big brother?” Cassidy asked.

“It looks great, and I think Ellery’s going to like it,” I replied.

“Are you kidding? She’ll love it, Connor, every bit of it. It’s the best wedding present anyone could

ever give, and I hope to find someone like you someday.”

I hugged her. “Someone’s out there waiting for you; he just hasn’t found you yet.”

“Since when did you become so poetic?” she asked with a smile.

“I guess that’s what being in love does to a man,” I replied. We left the house and I headed back to

the city to meet Denny for dinner. In two days, I will be presenting the house to Ellery, on our

wedding night. I was nervous she wasn’t going to like it, but she can make whatever changes she

wants.

Denny and I left the restaurant and went to a local bar to meet some guys for a few drinks. I missed

Ellery because we decided not to see each other for a couple days until our wedding day. I was

having a good time, talking and laughing with the guys when my phone rang; it was Ellery.

“Hey, baby, is everything ok?” I asked.

“Everything’s fine; are you having fun?”

I could barely hear her because wherever she was, the background noise was really loud.

“Babe, I can barely hear you. You’re going to have to talk a lot louder.”

“Is this better?” she said as she whispered in my ear.

I turned around, and with a smile, I wrapped my arms around her and hugged her tight. “What are

you doing here?” I asked.

“I missed you, Connor.”

“I missed you too, baby, more than you’ll ever know.” I looked around, and the girls Ellery went

out with were gathered around the table. The guys pulled up chairs for them as I pulled Ellery on my

lap. I buried my nose in her neck, taking in her scent of lilac and closed my eyes. She laughed as I

nibbled on her ear.

“You smell so good; it’s killing me,” I moaned.

“Behave yourself, Connor; we agreed not to have sex until our wedding night.”

“I know,” I sighed. “It’s just that I’ve missed you, and there’s a bathroom right over there,” I

motioned with my head.

“No way,” she said as she pushed me back. “Just think of how special it will be on our wedding

night. It will be like our first time,” she smiled. Damn that smile.

When it was time to leave, we all left the bar together, and I walked Ellery to the cab. I wrapped

my arms around her. “Are you sure you don’t want to come home with me? I miss you in our bed. You

can leave in the morning and then we won’t see each other again until our wedding day.”

She took my face in her hands. “As much as I want to, babe, I can’t. Besides, I have way too much

to do tomorrow, and if I wake up with you by my side, things will happen, and I’ll never get out of

bed, then I’ll be behind, then I’ll stress out, then I’ll…”

I put my finger over her lips. “Ok, I get it, Ellery, please stop.” I leaned forward and kissed her on

the lips. I put her in the cab, closed the door, and waved as the cab took off down the street. Denny

patted me on the back. “The next time you see her, I’ll be walking her down the aisle on her way to

becoming Mrs. Connor Black,” he smiled. “Now, let me drive you home.”

When I got home, I poured myself a glass of scotch and climbed into bed. I picked up my phone and

stared at the picture of me and Ellery that was proudly displayed on my screen. I already missed her,

so I decided to