Chapter 9
CHAPTER
NINE
“ R egrets?” Rock asked.
“God no. But when will I see you again?” she asked in barely a whisper. Her heart felt like it was going to break in two as she clutched her stilettos and the teddy bear in one hand.
It was five o’clock in the morning. She was leaning against the side of her house next to the door. She knew she could easily slip in and sneak up to her room without anyone knowing, mostly because she’d never once broken a rule or done something like this. She didn’t even have a curfew because there had never been a need.
Rock crowded her. He had her pinned with his feet planted on either side of hers and his elbows next to her head against the brick. He kissed her behind her ear. “I don’t know, Baby girl. I’ll be around this weekend some with your brother. I’ll find a way to pin you to a wall and steal a kiss,” he teased.
She swallowed. “But I mean like after you leave for your internship and I go to school.” Her knees were weak.
Most people would probably say she was far too young to feel the things she was feeling. They would also say Rock was. But she knew better. She knew in her soul she would never in her life feel the things she’d experienced for the last six hours.
Rock set a hand on her chest between her breasts. The V of her dress allowed him to touch her bare skin. He set his forehead against hers and looked her in the eyes. “I can’t predict the future, Little Lyla. But I do know you have to get your education and follow your dreams. I also know I will never leave this town. You will always be able to find me. We share a bond that will never be broken. One day our happily ever after will begin.”
She swallowed back tears. “It already has, Daddy.”