Chapter Twenty-Six
Madison
“While you boys finish getting everything cleaned up, I’ll go down and make something to eat. Jayson, we need to get some food into you to help absorb the bottle you inhaled.”
He blushes, and it’s so freaking cute. I have to say these Reece boys have got some good genetics going on. Thank goodness there are two of them or Chloe and I might have had the bitch fight of the century! Wait, where did that thought come from? Connor isn’t mine and I don’t want him to be. Liar. With all my crazy thoughts I didn’t even hear what Jayson was saying.
“What? What did you say” I ask?
He sort of smiles and says, “I didn’t inhale as much as you think; most of it spilled on the bed”
“Well, that’s good to know. What would you like for breakfast? I’m thinking something sort of bland for you. How about some toast and oatmeal,” I ask in a chipper voice.
He wrinkles up his nose like a little boy and I have an idea of just what Mrs. Reece went through when these two were growing up. Laughing, I tell him, “That look won’t work on me!” It might if Connor was throwing it at me, but lord knows, I’m not telling him or he will do it constantly.
I give him a quick hug and say, “I will meet y’all downstairs.”
After leaving Jayson’s room and heading down the hall, I feel two arms go around me. I immediately relax back into them. I can’t help it. I turn in Connor’s arms and we stand there for a moment hugging.
“Thank you” he says in a voice I’ve never heard him use. “Thank you for coming over here; I didn’t know what to do.”
I’m not used to this Connor; usually he’s always teasing, never serious, but he is a vulnerable man right now. I know, I know this is my chance with him. I can laugh and make a joke or I can show him a little bit of what I feel for him. I’m scared to take the chance, but after seeing what Jayson and Chloe are going through, I decide I’m not dragging my feet anymore.
I squeeze him around the waist and say, “I’m always happy to help you whenever you need it.”
I feel him freeze because I know he isn’t expecting my response. Before I can change my mind, I lean up and lightly press my lips to his and we stand there for what seems like an eternity.
As I’m starting to let go and back up, Jayson brushes past us and I hear him grumbling under his breath, “Friends, my ass…I knew it!”
But he sounds happy so I smile and tell Connor, “You better get a move on it, sunshine, before it’s too late.”
I meant the food would be gone by the time he got down there, but I can see in his eyes he’s taking it under a whole other meaning. I wink at him and move towards the stairs; and when I look back at him, I see he’s coming towards me…in more ways than one.
After getting down to the kitchen and starting breakfast, both guys come in. I can tell the conversation isn’t a good one. I can guess exactly what or should I say who they are talking about. Since I’m completely nosy, I wade right in. “
So, Jayson, are you going after her or are you done?”
“He’s done,” Connor growls!
I look at him and ask, “Your name didn’t magically turn into Jayson in the last few minutes, did it?”
He doesn’t answer, but I can see the tick in his jaw and I have to say, it’s kind of hot
Jayson looks at me and says, “I don’t know if I want to see her right now, but even if I did, I don’t know where she is.”
“Well, I do know where she is and if you want to know, I will tell you.”
He looks surprised and asks, “How do you know?”
Winking, I say, “It’s a little thing called the AT I’m going to see her.”
While I’m pulling up the AT she needs it.” Jayson doesn’t say anything, but shakes his head in agreement.
I look at them worriedly and say, “You aren’t going to hurt her, are you? Because I’m not going to tell you where she is, if that’s your reason to see her.”
Connor puts an arm around me and says, “Don’t worry, he won’t hurt her. And he can give her a good ass rub when he’s done.”
I push his arm off and say, “You’re so disgusting…you better never think about doing that to me!”
He winks at me and says, “We’ll see, babe.”
Trying not to think about what that might entail and why it sounds interesting, I say, “I found her, she is at the Seaside Inn in Galveston. Do you need the address?”
Jayson says no and that he knows exactly where she is staying. He goes to pack his bag in case he ends up staying and Connor sits there with me not saying anything. I know he is upset, but trying not to show it.
I turn to him and say, “Look, I know you’re angry with Chloe and probably with me for telling him where she is.”
He cut me off quickly by saying, “Madison, she called him a ‘cheap fuck’ that couldn’t satisfy her and I had to watch my brother cry. I haven’t seen him cry since we were 8 years old. I don’t think I can get past this with her. I know you say she has a good reason, but what if he had done this to her. Would you be as understanding? I don’t think so…I think you would be leading a feminist parade to chop his dick off!”
I know he’s right and there’s really nothing I can say to defend her actions.
Wanting to be close to him, I get up and sit in his lap and say, “Just promise me you will at least hear her out. You don’t have to like her, agree with her, or hang around with her. But Connor, your brother loves her. We can’t help who we love…you know that as well as I do.”
I’m looking at him and wondering if he knows what I’m telling him.
He pulls me down for a hug and says, “I’ll give her a chance…I’m not saying I’m going to make it easy on her, but for you, I’ll try.”
I give him a grateful look and say, “That’s all I ask…that you try.”
I lean forward to hug him again, but this time I get what I want, the best feeling in the world, I have Connor Reece’s lips on mine.