Chapter 17
Chapter Seventeen
KALEB
The weekend was over much too quickly. In the morning, we would pack up our stuff and head back to Portland.
Back to reality.
Back to the possibility of my mother seeking to destroy my life.
I laid on my back, the sheet pooled around my waist, and pinched the bridge of my nose. Why did shit have to be so difficult? Hadn't we gone through enough between David and the shit with Viktor?
I knew our relationship was solid—at least I think it was—but that didn't stop the worry that Lottie could wise up at any minute and take off.
With her skill set, she could find another job in a heartbeat.
I turned my head and gazed down at her. She lay on her side, one arm up under the pillow and the other curled under her chin. Andrei crowded her from behind and I was on her opposite side.
Colby stayed up late to work on some finishing touches to his research project for the college, so he slept on the pullout sofa bed. His soft snores filled the air, and I was thankful he hadn't stayed up too long.
I glanced at my watch, the numbers reading 3:37 am. At this point, there was little reason for me to stay in bed. I'd never fall back asleep, and it was laughable if I even thought that.
Maybe going for a run after checking some emails would do me a world of good.
Two hours later, I climbed the stairs to the back deck and lifted the bottle of water to my lips. After drinking deeply, I worked on regulating my breathing.
It was barely six am, and the first rays of sunlight were peaking over the horizon. The pink and purple hues reflected off the ocean, and I stood transfixed by the beauty.
“There’s fresh coffee in the kitchen.”
The voice drew me out of my musings, and I turned to see Lottie curled in one of the deck chairs with a steaming mug clasped between her hands.
She smiled softly. “When I woke up and you were gone, I figured you’d gone for a run.”
I crossed the deck and sank down onto the chair next to her. “The sunrise is beautiful, isn’t it?” I asked absently.
“It is,” Lottie replied, not looking toward me. “Are you okay?”
I let out a heavy sigh. “Back to reality tomorrow. I guess it’s kind of hitting me.”
“Are you worried about your mom?”
“I don’t want to drag you into any of this, Princess.” It weighed heavily on my mind. I was used to dealing with her bullshit, but I didn’t want Lottie involved in it.
My mother had tainted enough of my life. She didn't need to corrupt the one thing that brought me joy and light.
I jolted when Lottie laid her hand over my thigh. My gaze collided with hers, so much love reflected back in her eyes it gave me pause. The breath left my lungs and I was rendered speechless by the force of the moment.
She was giving me her strength. Her support. Her love. All of herself in that one simple gesture.
I took the cup from her hands and set it down on the side table next to me, before grabbing her and settling her on my lap.
For the next few minutes, we sat in silence and watched the sun slowly creep up across the sky.
We didn't need the words to express the emotions of the moment.
We'd be back in Portland soon, and the real world would come crashing down.
But we'd always have this moment. The memory of this sunrise, to sustain us.
And that was enough.
At least for now.
Monday morning came, and I let out a heavy sigh as I straightened my tie in the mirror. The day was filled with back to back meetings about matters that seems trivial in the grand scheme of things.
Lottie was working in the building today, and that gave me a small measure of comfort. If things got to be too much, I could pop down and give her a hug, and inhale her scent to get me through the rest of the day.
I descended the stairs and entered the kitchen, desperate for my first cup of coffee.
What I found instead was much more potent than caffeine.
Lottie was lounged back on the cool countertops, her skirt around her waist, and Andrei kneeling before her, buried between her lush thighs. Her sweet sounds of pleasure reached my ears and my cock instantly hardened inside my trousers.
I bit down on my bottom lip, watching as Lottie clenched her hand in Andrei's hair as her hips bucked.
"Please, Daddy. I need to come."
Andrei hummed, the vibrations making Lottie gasp in pleasure. "I think Daddy K is the one that needs to make you come."
I smirked. Of course Andrei knew the second I walked in the kitchen. He was all too aware of his surroundings.
Lottie licked her dry lips and her lust filled gaze turned to meet mine. "Please Daddy K," she whined.
I moved to stand on the opposite side of the counter from Andrei, the ledge narrow enough I could easily reach between her legs and play with her as Andrei tasted her. My fingers swirled over her sensitive bundle of nerves, and she almost jumped off the counter.
"I think our princess likes when I play with her while you use your mouth," I murmured, my nose teasing along the delicate skin of her neck.
"I think she does," Andrei agreed. He adjusted her legs wider, so I could watch as he thrust his tongue inside her channel.
I worked her clit faster, wanting to watch her come undone between the two of us.
Plus, we had to get to work.
She threw her head back as she muttered incoherent words. I wrapped my free arm around her waist and pressed my lips to her ear, muttering about all the things I wanted to do to her body.
Her breath caught as her body went taut. I speed up and increased the pressure of my touch as Andrei inserted two fingers inside her.
A rushed exhale, then a raw moan that bordered on a scream pierced the air. Lottie shuddered, then collapsed back against me, her legs relaxing against Andrei's shoulders.
"Now that was beautiful, princess," I whispered against her cheek. Wetness pressed against my lips, and I turned her face toward me to swipe away the tears. "This is the only type of tears I ever want to feel on your cheeks."
She blinked up at me, her vision slowly clearing as the lust dissipated. "That was intense."
"You're telling me, and I was just watching it."
I turned to see Colby leaning against the doorframe, his sleep pants slung low on his hips and no shirt on.
"You really do like watching," Lottie giggled.
Andrei pressed a final kiss to her inner thigh, then stood and turned to wet a washcloth in the sink.
"He really does, kroshka." He winked as he slid the cloth through her folds and cleaned up the evidence of her desire and release.
Then he pulled grabbed her panties and slid them back up her legs.
"Good thing I took these off early so they aren't messy. "
"You think of everything, Daddy A." I took a step back, and Andrei helped her off the counter. Her dress swirled down around her calves and she smoothed the fabric down over her hips.
She was so beautiful she gave me pause every time I saw her smile.
“I try to, kroshka.” He kissed her forehead. “We need to go before we’re late.”
“Shit!” She exclaimed looking down at her watch. “We have a meeting at 8:30. Do I look okay? Or will people be able to tell?”
“Tell what, princess?” Deliberately I brought the tips of my fingers to my mouth and sucked her essence from them. “That you two of your Daddies made you come while the third one watched?”
Lottie's mouth hung open as red spread over her cheeks.
Andrei laughed, drawing her against his chest. "You'll cool down by the time we get to the office and no one will be the wiser."
"Maybe," Lottie muttered under her breath.
Only if we kept our hands to ourselves, which was never a guarantee when it came to our Little.