Chapter 52 Chapter Fifty-Two
I giggle slightly. “Sorry.” I whisper.
Reece kisses my cheek. “Don’t be.”
I turn my attention to Raikin who is staring at me with a look in his eyes I have never seen before. Hunger? Excitement? Arousal maybe? Leaning in I kiss him in the same way I kissed Reece. Rough, passionate, loving, exciting, everything a kiss should be.
Ryder is last, but not the least in the slightest. Our kiss is every bit as passionate as my kiss with Ryder and Raikin, maybe even more passionate. Their kisses leave me soaking wet, and wanting more. Unfortunately, we can’t do anything more though, at least not right now.
“We should probably go down stairs before your dad comes searching for us.” I say panting.
“Yeah, let’s go baby.” Ryder says, sliding off the end of my bed.
Reece and Raikin get up too, adjusting themselves before helping me slide out of the bed. “You know baby. You look super sexy with your lips all red and swollen like that.” Raikin says, rubbing my bottom lip with his thumb.
I lick his thumb and he groans. “You are such a tease baby.”
“I’m not teasing.” I say winking at him.
“Fuck baby, you are so sexy. We have got to get out of this room. Like right now.” Raikin says.
I laugh. “Let’s go.”
We make our way into the living room, plopping down on the couch. Reece sits in front of me on the floor and I play with his hair, while Ryder flips through the channels looking for something to watch.
Ryder decides on a movie and settles into the couch beside me. His thigh touches mine, and I shiver. I love how the simplest touch can send a chill through me. Raikin rubs my other thigh with his pinky, and I wish our parents weren’t here so I could hold their hands.
A few minutes into the movie, Curtis walks into the living room. I am the first to notice him standing in the doorway staring at us. “Did you want to watch the movie with us Curtis?” I ask casually, trying to inform my guys their dad is in the room.
“Umm, sure.” Curtis says looking at the empty chair. “You didn’t want to sit in the chair Reece?” Curtis asks pointedly.
“Nope.” Reece says looking at his dad. “I am very comfortable right here.”
“I can see that.” Curtis mumbles, almost too quietly for me to hear.
Curtis is definitely suspicious. I wonder what he is going to say to the guys. Is he going to ask them about us? Is he going to forbid them from seeing me in an intimate manner? Well even if he did it’s not like they would listen to him anyway. I wonder if he would accept our relationship. I know my mom won’t she is always finding new reasons to be a bitch to me.
My mom glides into the living room like she is trying to win a beauty pageant, stopping when she sees the four of us sitting so close together. “Reece, why are you on the floor?” Mom asks using her overly calm voice. The voice she only uses when she isn’t saying what’s really on her mind.
Reece shrugs but doesn’t answer her question. “He can sit in the floor if he wants to mom. Why does it matter?” I ask, my irritation from earlier bubbling up again.
Mom’s eyes widen as her hands fly to her hips. “I don’t guess it matters, but I don’t see why he would want to sit on the floor when there are perfectly good chairs he can sit on.”
“Maybe he wants to sit by me.” I snap. “Did you ever think about that mom?”
Mom narrows her eyes at me. “I don’t know why anyone would want to sit with you, with that attitude of yours.”
“I don’t have an attitude.”
“Do you not hear the way you are talking to me right now? I would call that an attitude.” My mom retorts.
I scoff. “I’m only talking to you like that because you ask such stupid questions.”
I feel Ryder’s knee bump into mine, and I glance over at him. He gives me a look. A look I’m sure means just leave it alone, but I can’t. I’m still mad at mom. Why should I care how I talk to her? It’s not like she cares about me. I’m tired of caring more about my mom than she does about me. It shouldn’t work like that.
“Since you want to act like a little brat, then I’m going to treat you like one. You are grounded. Give me your phone, no T.V. and no friends.” Mom practically spits, her head bobbing and finger waving at me.
“You’re grounding me? You have literally never grounded me in my whole life. What makes you think you can ground me now?” I snap back, getting more pissed off by the second. I am about to lose my shit.
“Well, I have never had a reason to ground you.”
I scoff. “That’s because you were never around. I took care of my damn self, while you were off fucking whatever guy you had for the week or night.”
Mom’s face turns bright red, and she opens and closes her mouth like a fish out of water. “How dare you say that to me. When did you turn into such a little bitch?”
“I learned from the best mom. Next thing you know I’ll be the world’s biggest whore. Since that’s all I have ever seen.”
Mom stomps over to me, raising her hand. Her hand flies towards my face and I brace for the impact. It wouldn’t be the first time she slapped me. This is the first time I have ever had someone to protect me from her rage though. Reece’s hand reaches up, catching her wrist before her hand can make contact with my cheek.
Ryder and Raikin tense beside me, both looking like they are ready to tackle her to the ground if necessary. “Don’t you dare lay a fucking hand on her.” Reece says his voice firm and dangerous sounding.
My mom gasps, her eyes going wide. Looking at Reece’s hand holding her wrist tightly. “Let go of me. Right now.” My mom says through clenched teeth.
“Step away from Lilly, and don’t ever think about laying another hand on her, or you will have to deal with me.” Reece says, releasing mom’s hand.
Mom looks at Reece, eyes narrowing for a second, before glancing at Ryder and Raikin who are glaring at her. “You will have to go through all of us.” Ryder says, his voice just as intense as Reece’s.