“To make sure you were telling the truth. I don’t want you being happy because you think it’s your job to agree. I want you to tell me the truth. You just did so let’s look at the bedrooms.”
Irritated, I followed him down the walkway to two small bedrooms with a bathroom in between.
“Here’s what I was thinking,” he said, ignoring my anger. “Tawny will stay with us for as long as she wants, but these aren’t big rooms. What if one room is her bedroom and the other is like her hangout space?”
“Two rooms?” I asked, losing my irritation. “She’s never even had a bedroom to herself.”
“Well, I take care of my family and my sister-in-law can’t be shoved into a tiny bedroom.” Grinning big at him, I stared until Cooper rolled his eyes. “I’m not proposing. Not for real until Tawny is here. I want you to get all squealy and you can’t be truly happy until your sister is safe. Once she’s here though, I’m going all out on the romance stuff. I’ll propose the shit out of you.”
Laughing, I wiped my eyes. “You love me.”
“More than you can know. Speaking of loving,” he said, giving me a wink, “let’s check out the master bedroom where I plan to spend a lot of time inside you.”
“Hmm…sounds nice.”
Cooper tugged me down the walkway to the other end of the hall and a small bedroom.
“This can be the baby’s room. We could stick a few kids in here. That way they’re close to us and away from Tawny.”
“This is nice, but I want to see where we’ll make those babies.”
Cooper gave me his horny expression then nudged me to the next room. “Imagine it with new floors, paint, less trash on the floor.”
“I’m imagining the bed right here,” I said, grinning. “Us on top of it…Hey, where are you going?”
Cooper disappeared into a closet then returned with a box. “We’re trying out the house tonight to make sure we like it. Food and drink are in the kitchen. We’ll sleep on this inflatable bed. I’m not interested in sleeping right now though.”
“I haven’t seen the whole house,” I said as he tugged off his tee.
“There’s a basement, a big yard, a few toilets. It’s awesome. Here, let me help you with your pants.”
Laughing, I tried to look at the master bathroom, but Cooper had my jeans around my thighs and I couldn’t move.
“The bed, Coop,” I teased, causing him to sigh.
As the bed inflated, Cooper removed the rest of our clothes. Then, he plugged the bed before walking on his knees towards me. He looked so silly buck naked and I was ready to tease him until his lips found my nipple.
Arms around him, I glanced around at a bedroom in need of attention. The house was like me in many ways. Having great potential, it just needed a little tender care. As Cooper rested me on my back and went about exploring from my neck to between my legs, I realized I was home. I also realized Cooper was right about oral sex. Now that I was used to it, I never wanted him to stop.
Chapter Twenty Three
Within hours of buying the house, Cooper had guys working on it. The whole process flew by because Kirk paid cash and the guy who owned it was in a hurry to leave town. I didn’t ask why. Just like I didn’t ask what happened to Amy and Tex. Certain things didn’t interest me.
New floors, paint, and furnishings quickly turned the rundown house into a palace. Our first night with everything completed, Cooper and I christened each room including Tawny’s.
Cooper’s guy had retrieved Tawny from a shithole in nowhere Texas, but they couldn’t fly to Kentucky because she was too scared. On the phone, she sounded terrified of Cooper’s guy, Dad finding her, everything. I think those last weeks stuck in the motel had eaten away at what was left of her youth. She sounded hollowed out, but I promised I would see her soon. I told her about the house and her rooms, but she didn’t understand. Along the way, Tawny had shut down and pulled so deeply into herself that I wasn’t sure how to get her back.
The day she was expected to arrive, Cooper was in a weird mood. I think he worried I wouldn’t pay attention to him once Tawny lived with us. I reassured him with sex against the kitchen counter. That usually helped.
Later, I was tense because the sun was setting and Tawny hadn’t arrived. Cooper calmed me with sex on the couch then in the chair when the first try didn’t do the trick. I was pretty relaxed physically when Cooper got the call that they were coming up the street. Mentally, I was wired and my heart hurt at the idea of something bad happening before I could see Tawny again.
Running out to the porch, I waited for the car and prayed nothing ruined the happiness I had found in Ellsberg. Cooper stood next to me and took my hand.
“You saved her,” I said, out of breath and teary-eyed. “She would have died out there, but you saved her. You gave me back my sister.”
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