“Yes. So long as you don’t mind my input on the house.” She said that she wouldn’t want him to be upset about a house they’d live in. “You aren’t as pissed off as you were before. Is it because of something that I did to you?”
“I’m not sure what was upsetting me. You’re so calm, I guess. You are still acting like this is no big deal for us to be mated. I’m just wondering if you’re this calm about everything.” He stood up and smiled at her. “I could find out what has you smiling, but I’d rather not.”
“I’m never calm when it comes to sex.” She felt her face heat up with his comment. “Nor am I calm about protecting someone that I love. While I don’t love you yet, I think that I could easily fall in love with you. You’re very smart, strong, and could protect me without batting an eye. But I’m not going to be a kept husband. If you don’t mind, that is.”
“No. I don’t know exactly what that means, but no, I don’t want that either.” He nodded and put out his hand. “You’re going to be shocked again.”
“I’d have it no other way.”
As soon as their hands touched, she felt the power of it race over her skin. Blaze tried to watch him when he received it, but she had to close her eyes. Whatever was happening, it wasn’t solely from her.
Seeing Mercy there for a second, she knew it was coming from her. With her nod, Blaze sort of flipped out for a moment and felt herself falling back. Whatever she shared with them, it was epic.
~*~
Bryson didn’t like the house. There was something about it that simply got on his nerves, which was something that he’d ever felt about a house before, but he could feel himself getting angry about the entire layout of the house. He looked at Blaze when she asked the realtor, for the third time, to be left alone. Having had enough of the house and the woman showing them around, he finally put his arm around Blaze’s waist and took her to the door.
“Wait. Don’t you want to make an offer on the house? I told you that it’s been reduced.” He stopped and turned to look at the woman. “It’s a lovely home, and would do well for the two of you just starting out your life together.”
“I wouldn’t buy this house if it were only a buck. It’s not a lovely home, it’s a train wreck. The kitchen is laid out so wrong that it would take too long to explain to you about all that’s wrong with it. Who would put a refrigerator in a cubby hole off the main part of the kitchen, anyway? The living room is cold. No matter what sort of warm furniture you put in there, it would remain cold. The doorways are too small—the front door looks like someone shot color at it and didn’t care where it landed. Leaded glass that is a kaleidoscope of colors in random sizes or shapes isn’t made for a front door.” He shook his body, trying his best to shake off some of the anger that seemed to lay over him. “The only person that is going to by this home is someone who is only about five feet tall and color blind. So no, we’re not putting in an offer for this house. Also, when my wife tells you to leave us alone so we can talk, then you’d better believe that’s what we’re going to do. To plan our escape from the place as well as your pushy behavior.”
They were in the limo when he realized that Blaze was laughing. It was hard, and shook her entire body. He couldn’t help it, he laughed too. Thinking about what he’d said to the woman, he had been sure that Blaze would be upset with him.
“Upset with you? No, I loved it. Those were all the things that I was thinking of when I first saw the place. I’m going to call her boss now and have someone else show us around. I think she was making me pissy by the way that she was nearly up your ass every time we moved. It was like if you had stopped quickly, she would have been all over you.” Bryson asked her if she was jealous. “Yes.”
“May I kiss you, Blaze?” She didn’t know what to say to him when he leaned forward and took her into his arms. “You have no idea how much I’ve wanted to do this since I first touched your hand. Will you, Blaze? Will you allow me to kiss you?”
“Yes. Please do.” The way that she came to him made his desire spike even more. He’d never had a woman in his arms that felt like she did, or held onto him as she was doing.
“You’re so strong and yet so fragile, aren’t you?” She told him that she was only that way around him. “Yes. I want that from you. You might be able to take on an army, but with me, I want you to let me have my way with you. Forever.”
He kissed her then. Not waiting for an answer, he took all that she offered him. When her moan seemed to penetrate his heart and body, he pulled her into his lap and kissed her again. Christ, he couldn’t seem to get enough of her. An
d he wasn’t even sure that if they were someplace more private, he’d be able to get his fill of her then. When she pulled away from him, it was all he could do not to pull her back into his arms and take her right there on the long firm seat.
“We’re stopped.”
It took his lust filled mind a few seconds to realize what she’d said. Then when he heard the engine had stopped, he pulled her into his arms for one more kiss and then opened the door. If he stayed with her, they were never going to see the house.
As soon as he walked through the door, he knew that this was a home they could live in. A forever home, he thought it was called. The front entrance was made for guests to come and talk to the people that owned the house. Me and Blaze, he thought. The main hall looked like something right out of a fairy tale. Taking Blaze’s hand into his, he kissed the back of it and walked around with another realtor.
“I’m so sorry about the hard sell you were getting from Candise, Lady Blaze. I didn’t know it was you that she was showing the house to, or I would never have had her push the house so much. It’s been on our books for a long time. It’s been just sitting there for several years, you see.”
When Blaze asked him to let them roam, he did so without hesitation. As soon as they were in the kitchen, she turned to Bryson.
“You look like you’re pissed off. If you’re planning to yell at me for taking advantage of you, then I’d rather you did it when—” Blaze put her hand over his mouth, then took it away when he licked it. “Are you mad at me?”
“You have got to stop thinking that I’m pissed all the time. Trust me when I tell you that you’ll know when I’m pissed off.” He asked her if she was now. “Yes, sort of. I don’t know. I’m so confused about a lot of things at the moment.”
“Maybe if you shared with me, I could help you work them out.” She glared at him, and he just caught himself before laughing. “If you knew how beautiful you look right now, you’d never glare at me again. Tell me what’s going on.”
“You kissed me.” He told her he was glad she had noticed. “You don’t understand. I’ve never been kissed like that before. I mean…that’s not what I meant. I mean—” She looked at him. “You’re confusing me.”
“Honey, you’re doing the same to me.” She turned from him and walked around the kitchen. “Let’s get back on track here for a little while. That way we can talk about this when we’re both at a place where we can kiss and make up when we’re done.”
“This place has ten bedrooms. I don’t know much more about it other than it’s new on the market and has a pool near the side wing. The pool is something that I wanted all along. What do you think about it?” He told her that he loved to swim. “Okay, one thing that we can agree on here. I love the feel of this house too. The other house, I didn’t like it from the second we walked in the door.”
“I felt like I was pissed off right from the start. Probably not what I really thought if I gave it any thought, but this house gives me the feeling of home. Warmth too.” She nodded. “I cook, do you? Not that it matters—we can share this space. But I love this room. It just screams at me to make a dinner for us. Do you have staff?”