One Year Later
Claire
“I can’t believe that we are finally here Rick.”
He smiled back at me and then we both looked down to the view of the Big Apple. We had talked about this, planned for it, but to finally have another office open in New York was like a dream come true. Rick had told me about it long ago and then his dream had become mine.
“I wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for you. Everything has changed now and I feel like the sky is the limit.”
“It always was you Rick. You just needed someone to believe in you.”
He smiled back at me and I knew that he was going to kiss me next. He had this look in his dark eyes that was hard to ignore and I looked away before I was pulled into his vortex. “Don’t start Rick. Amy and Amber are going to be here soon with Makayla. I don’t want you getting all wound up.”
He growled in response and I giggled back at him, moving towards the coffee pot that was set up in the office kitchen. We had spent the day decorating and making sure all of the furniture was where it was supposed to be. There had been many long looks and my only way to get out of it now was to get away from the temptation.
“Where are you going Claire?”
Rick had followed me in and I pushed him back when he came in for a kiss. “I am trying to be good. You need to do the same.”
“I will be good, I promise that. Never heard a complaint yet.”
He was impossible sometimes and when I wanted him as badly as he wanted me, it was easy to see how we were always getting ourselves into strange situations. If I wouldn’t have heard the ding of the bell on the door, I have a feeling we would have been caught in an awkward position today as well. I feel like people around us were used to our ardor, but it was hard to deny how badly I wanted him.
“Stop. They are here.”
I pushed a little harder and ignored his full lips in a pout. I wanted to be in his arms as much as he wanted me in them, but later. When I told him as much, it didn’t brighten his mood all that much. I didn’t have a chance to give a counteroffer before Amy was bursting in with Makayla. She was crying and I took my baby girl into my arms.
“Did you miss momma, Kaykay?”
She stopped crying almost immediately and I was sure that it was because we had been separated. I was still finding it hard to do things without her, but with Amy and Amber there to help me, things were starting to get back to normal. This was one of my first trips and I had to make sure I was here for the opening.
“How was she?”
Amy shrugged her shoulders. “She was good until a little while ago when we pulled up. I swear she knew you were in here and was going to cry until I brought her to you.’
“Well she does have her father’s stubborn streak.”
“And his hair. She has so much hair and it is so dark.’
I smiled and looked down at the blue eyes staring back at me. It was the best part of both of us and I snuggled her to my chest in a moment of utter love. I couldn’t help it and for a moment I had to wonder why I was leaving her at all. Wasn’t there a way that I could take her everywhere with me?
Shaking my head, I knew it wasn’t the case and I gave Makayla back to Amy after Rick gave her a kiss on the nose. He was just as smitten as I was and the only thing that wasn’t certain was who was going to spoil her worst. I had a feeling that it wasn’t going to be me. Kaykay already had her father wrapped around her finger.
“Has she had anything to eat?”
“She had a bottle a little while ago. She will let me know when she is hungry. We are going to play somewhere while you guys do the opening.”
“Take her to my office. I have some of her things in there for when we are here. It is already baby-proofed. Amber ran through it all earlier.”
“Where is your sister?”
“Getting dinner I think. We are doing a meet and greet with the new consultants and then heading home. It is going to be a long night, but then we can all sleep in our beds tomorrow.”
Amy smiled and I knew that I wasn’t the only one that was ready to get back. New York was beautiful and I loved the place we had here and the apartment, but I was still missing our home. The place where we started was always going to have a special place in my heart.
I helped Amy to the office I had set aside for her and the baby. Giving Kay a kiss on the head, I went back to the small kitchen and moved to get my coffee.
“I can’t wait to go home Rick.”
“I was hoping that we would have a chance to see some sights tomorrow.”
“You don’t want to go home, in our own bed?”
Rick was noncommittal and asked me why.
“I just miss it. I want to be there with you. Hotels feel strange. It doesn’t feel like ours.”
His arms wrapped around me and I added that I was ready for him to have me, at home.
“You are going to make me wait until we get home?”
I laughed at the painful look that he was giving me. One would have thought that he had his penis in a vice. “If you are good, I may take pity on you in the plane.”
That got his dark eyes leaping with fire and I looked away to save myself from getting scorched. He pulled me to him and kissed me hard on the lips. I was left breathless when he finally pulled away. Rick was going to make me pay for my teasing with some of his own.
“Fine Claire. I have a feeling that you are going to be the one pulling me into the bathroom soon enough.”
Rick walked away with a smug look on his face that I wish I could counter with one of my own. But he was right, he always was. The damn man knew me better than I knew myself. I was already dying to be with him again
THE END