Legal Legacy 2 (Surrendering Charlotte Chronicles Book 10) (6 page)

Next November Jordan Sullivan would be elected president, it was a certainty with the Rhodes
Ranch money and all that Texas political muscle at his disposal. The nation was ready for a young vibrant leader and his politically correct wife and newborn baby would seal the deal and ascend to the White House by his side. Just imaging the power her child would wield in the future made Matilda more anxious than ever to feel Atticus’s huge hard cock inside her. He would never know, of course, until it was too late, but the mixing of the Bly billions and the billions she would inherit, plus the child would grow up as the son or daughter of the president of the United States. It was practically orgasmic to think that the future of her child would be one of wealth and unlimited power beyond imagining….

“
We don’t need a condom, Atti, I’m already pregnant,” she lied and she could see a look of shame cross his face as he raked his fingers through that errant swath of hair on his forehead. “Don’t look at me like that… we don’t have to fuck if you have some sort of misbegotten notion about putting your cock in an expectant mother. Let me make you feel good Atticus, does anyone know how to that better than I do?”

“I’m glad for you Matilda, but this is wrong. Fuck, there’s a baby growing inside you… I can’t do this.”

“It’s alright, I’m only a couple of days late. It’s barely a blip at this point. Shhh, lie back and let me put this glorious cock in my mouth.”

He was so ready for a woman’s touch, he’d kept so much sexual need and energy pushed down beneath the surface for too long to resist her. He had trained day-in and day-out as a SEAL and he had kept his distance from Skyler for more than a year. He shrugged out of his shirt and lay back on the bed with one arm covering his eyes and the other gripping Matilda’s hair as she laughed and lowered her head. Maybe he shouted her name as she worked her special brand of magic on his cock, or maybe it was Sky’s name
. It didn’t matter, neither one of them cared.

All he knew was the sensation of losing himself, of being guided and not having to be in control for a change. In his mind he saw himself as a teenager with Matilda invading his bed
. Before Matilda he had never before known the erotic perfection of a woman’s hands or mouth or pussy. She took what she wanted from him then as now and he gave himself over to her, eyes closed without a word passing between them. First there was the beguiling wet heat of her swift tongue as she licked the glistening tip of his cock, a tortured moan escaping her lips as she tasted his musk. She used all her skill to bring him to the edge and then she mounted him quickly before he could protest. He settled his huge hands on her narrow hips and looked into her eyes but it was too late to stop. She leaned forward so that her pale pink nipples grazed his lips and she settled her hot greedy pussy down, down, and farther still, taking his entire length. His only awareness was the silken clutch of her sex as it gripped tighter and harder, rocking in perfect rhythm until he was lost and shuddering as he emptied himself inside her in hot pulsing bursts.

*

“We are gonna have a blast, Sky. I have a few days before I have to do that awards thing and I’m not ready to face the whole premiere networking biz for my new movie. I am so glad you’re coming with me and Reef to his mother’s farm, it’s without a doubt the most peaceful hidden place you can imagine,” Hadley said as she waited for her luggage to be loaded into Reef’s jeep. “Oh, and there’s this guy who’s staying there… he’s a boy actually, probably fifteen or sixteen. I want you to meet him, it’s weird, I feel like I know him from somewhere, you’ve gotta help me figure it out.”

She thanked Charlotte’s new bodyguard, Davis, for loading the car and wondered what in
the hell Alex was thinking when he had hired the man.
Not good, not a good move at all
, was all she could think where he was concerned. Jake Davis was younger than her dad but they had served together on a SEAL team at some point in their careers. Maybe Alex didn’t know that, it was certain that Charlotte didn’t. Hadley had met him years before when Finn had taken her and Atticus on a tour of the naval base on Coronado Island. Even as a child it was obvious to her that Jake Davis was a true disciple of Finn’s, right down to the tattoos and the way he moved with a fighter’s swagger. “Thanks Davis, take of care of Alex and my mom, okay? They’ve gone through a lot to be together, their marriage means the world to our family.”

“Yes ma’am, drive safely Miss Hale, seatbelts faste
ned and observe the speed limit.” He said, looking her in the eye without a hint of emotion. He had certainly aced the Special Ops ‘give nothing away’ poker face, that was for sure.

“Hey look, Sky. Keller and Mia are leaving together and did you notice that they both looked way, way satisfied this morning?” Hadley said as Sky sat her bags down by the Jeep and pulled a knit cap on over her corn silk hair.

“I did notice, wow! Keller is so hot but he’s had his head in the books for
way too long now. Atticus used to tease him that he’d have to become a Manhattan gynecologist if he ever hoped to see a Victoria’s Secret model naked,” Skyler and Hadley laughed, but they both knew it was best to put thoughts of Atti and Holden as far away as possible. Holden would come back for Hadley but as for Atticus and his hard-headed logic, his love life was anyone’s guess.

“Good, great, Skyler’s coming with us!” Reef said, tossing her bags into his Jeep and his
uncharacteristic display of enthusiasm and Sky’s blushing cheeks weren’t lost on Hadley.

Watch out Atticus, you could
get what you’ve been asking for
.
Sky just might get over you at last
, Hadley mused as she watched Reef hovering awfully close to Sky which seemed to make her giddily happy. Hadley had been attracted to Reef when they first met, and who wouldn’t be? The man had the rough and tough attitude, pretty face, and ‘hotter than a smoking gun’ body going on in the best possible way. But she was in love with Holden and even though Reef Townsend was tempting, his attentions hadn’t been enough to wipe Holden from her heart or mind.

Hadley had said her goodbyes to Alex and her mother
earlier and it was obvious that they were ready to get into full honeymoon mode as soon as all the guests who’d stayed the night gathered their belongings and left the estate. That much luxury wasn’t an easy thing to leave behind but Alex had cars and drivers hauling friends and relatives to the airport ASAP now that the balloon rides and picnic breakfast was done and the over-the-top Christmas gifts had been distributed. Bly had arranged for several of Charlie’s best friends from San Diego along with their families to accompany him to the ski house in Aspen for the next week. Bly and Charlotte were driving Charlie to the airport now to meet up with them and the Bly International jet would whisk the group off for an opulent and fun filled week while the newlyweds enjoyed some much anticipated time alone at Palomar Villa.

*

“So your mother is okay with us staying at her farm for a few days?” Skyler asked Reef as the Jeep passed under the arched sign proclaiming ‘
Welcome to
Alice-Anne’s Farm’
. “Hadley sort of explained the drill, how your mom helps people who need to change their lives and stay under the radar. That’s so cool that she’s like this green-living guru, I mean Alice-Anne’s Farm changed the way we think about how we use the land and giving back. But you know that and I’m rambling, guess I’m nervous. Hadley also said she doesn’t like people who are in the media like actors or models.”

“Don’t worry,” Reef said as they parked in front of the house and without thinking he leaned over and kissed her lips lightly. “Sorry,
I didn’t expect to do that. Okay, so it looks like at least one of my brothers is here, let’s hope it’s the good one.”

“I’ve forgotten, which one is the good one?” Hadley asked as they walked up the driveway that was festively lit with dozens of flickering candles nestled
on a bit of sand inside small brown bags that were a known as ‘luminarias’.

“Traeger is far and away the good twin, Cade is an opinionated judgmental
control-freak jerkoff,” Reef said without hesitating.

“Aw, come on, tell us how you really
feel!” Hadley said and they laughed and shivered in their coats as the frigid wind blew down from the mountains and settled into the valley.

“Merry Christmas, darlin’,” Alice-Anne said,
flinging open the heavy wooden front door and hugging Reef with all her might. It was clear by the slight slur of her words and her wobbly stance that she had dipped heavily into the eggnog. “And you brought another celebrity home with you for Christmas, isn’t that sweet? Hey there, I’m Alice-Anne and you are… Skyler Thomas, the cover girl, is that right?”

“Yes ma’am.
Sky is fine if you like, thank you for letting me come out here with Reef and Hadley,” Skyler said and then she noticed two men who were almost identical in appearance sitting at a table playing cards.

“I’m out, you
’ve won all my money Traeg, I always knew you were a poker cheat,” the man who was a little taller threw his cards on the table and walked toward Skyler, Hadley and Reef but he never took his eyes off Hadley’s face.

“Oh
, Hadley, Skyler, this is my eldest son, Kincade,” Alice-Anne started but he finished the sentence for her as he took Hadley’s hand firmly in his.

“Cade Townsend, and I assume you are
Hadley Hale?” He said, his eyes narrowing as he stared far too deeply into hers.

“Hadley,
just Hadley,” she said, and felt an odd thrill of apprehension rush to the pit of her stomach. Reef had seemed dangerous when she first met him but his brother seemed— menacing. “Nice to meet you?” she said and regretted that it sounded like a question rather than a statement. He smiled slightly, a smile that didn’t quite reach his eyes and she was shocked that it ignited a darkly delicious fire at her core.

Kincade Townsend
was tall and broad shouldered like his younger brother Reef, but with dark glossy hair that was combed back and away from his handsome face. His eyes were a haunting shade of azure and they were as large and hypnotic as the eyes of a hawk. They seemed to change color as they swept over her, blatantly taking note of every inch of her body as well as every angle and nuance of her face. She blushed to the roots of her hair when his gaze settled on her mouth and didn’t bother to move on. She had been blessed with Finn’s decadently full luscious lips and she had considered them one of her best features but the way Cade Townsend was staring so openly made her imagine the things he might like to do her succulent mouth. Nervously she licked her bottom lip and his eyes shot immediately to her eyes and narrowed dangerously so that her pulse quickened and it was as she were balancing on the edge of something deep and perilous.

“Traeger darlin’ are you gonna come over here and meet our guests
, and where is Pedro?” Alice-Anne asked as she walked to the bar and pursed her lips in exasperation when she picked up a tequila bottle and discovered it was empty. “Pedro just loves to visit with Hadley and I’d bet my bottom dollar he’ll be half in love with Sky in no time at all. Sky, you certainly are as stunning as a long-stemmed Texas rose. Oh here we are, this is my second boy, Traeger, he and Kincade are identical twins if you hadn’t noticed. Cade, do you have any tequila up at your cabin, sugar? I’m all out and this is Christmas night, I just
can’t
deny our company a blender full of my famous ‘Cow Town’ margaritas. Have you ever been to Ft. Worth, Hadley? I grew up there, you know, it’s close to Dallas but worlds apart. Dallas is nothin’ but big hair and bigger bank accounts. Ft. Worth is old-money and history, it was built around the cattle industry, cowboys drove herds of Longhorns along the Chisholm Trail all the way to Kansas.”

“
Thank you for the history lesson, mother,” Cade said, forcing his eyes away from Hadley and giving Sky a quick dismissive glance. “I would imagine I have a bottle of Patron in the freezer. Hadley, could I interest you in a short ride with me to see the lights on the lake down the road? There quite a spectacle at this time of year, something about the atmosphere and the altitude.”

“Oh
, sure, why not?” she stammered, still reeling from his powerful crystalline gaze.

“Traeger, this is Hadley Hale and her friend Skyler,” Cade said catching Hadley’s hand and leading her out the front door before she could say a word.

“I know who Hadley Hale is. You’re the only person on the planet who doesn’t watch movies, Cade. There’s more to life than CNBC, maybe you’ll figure that out one of these days!” Traeger shouted after them, grinning and raising an eyebrow.

*

Hadley wasn’t sure what was going on with her thundering heartbeat as Kincade Townsend ushered her into his quaint log cabin. She had felt a distinct spark of electricity when he’d taken her hand to help her out of the SUV and then again when his hand skimmed across her lower back as she entered the cabin.

Think of Holden think of Holden I’m in love with Holden
.
This man is bad news, his own brother said so. It’s just that he’s off-the-charts hot and gorgeous and unknown, and his eyes are blazingly intense, it’s only curiosity, that’s all I’m feeling
. She told herself, the dialogue ran through her head but she couldn’t deny her body’s reaction to him. Her panties were uncomfortably wet and her stomach felt like a million butterflies had been set free.