After stripping down to my underwear, I lie on the pillow-soft bed. I’m trying to wait for Sebastian, but the next thing I know, I hear the shrill sound of his phone alarm, and Sebastian’s arm tightens around me. “Fuck. It feels like we just laid down,” he grumbles behind me. His rock-hard cock is digging into my ass, and I wonder how long we have before the family dinner.
“What time is dinner?”
“Seven o’clock.” He kisses the back of my neck, and I sigh as his cock swells even more.
“What time is it now?” I ask as I reach behind me to wrap my hand around his erection.
His breath stutters against the back of my neck as I slide my hand up and down his length while running my thumb through the wetness at the tip. “Uh, six. Uh, six-ten,” he manages to groan before I turn and push him onto his back.
“Then it’s going to be a marathon.”
Fifty minutes later, we walk into the dining room, and Mitchell’s smirk tells me we weren’t quiet enough. Sebastian promised me no one could hear us in the back bedroom, but the knowing looks from his family members speak volumes. Sebastian introduces me to everyone, and Libby smiles and whispers when I walk over by her, “Don’t worry about them. They love to joke.” She takes my arm and leads me to the kitchen. “Come on to the kitchen with the girls.” We head into the kitchen, and she points at a barstool. “Have a seat next to Tricia while we get things together.”
Megan and Libby begin talking with the housekeeper about dinner, and I turn to Megan’s best friend, Tricia. She’s married to Devin, one of Sebastian’s other brothers. She’s making me laugh when Libby walks back over and slips between us. Libby wraps an arm around my shoulder and smiles. “Oh, before I forget. The hickey on Sebastian’s neck is new since the airport. That’s how Mitchell knew some hanky-panky had happened, and the guys are giving him holy hell right now. Way to go, girlfriend. We live to give our men hell.” She wiggles her eyebrows at me, and I know I’ve somehow instantly become one of the Mackenzie girls.
Devin is sitting across from us during dinner. In the middle of dinner, Devin looks over at Sebastian and turns his head from side to side. A huge smile suddenly breaks out across his handsome face, and he raises his wine glass. “I think this calls for a celebration. Not too long ago, my beautiful wife gave me the name Hoover because she said I had more suction than any vacuum she ever used.” My stomach drops as Devin looks at me, and I realize where this speech is headed. “Tonight, my little brother has brought a gorgeous woman into our family who is going to take that title from me. Here’s to Sadie, or as we can now call her, Hoover, the second.”
“Damn, that’s pretty good,” Megan whispers at the end of the table, and Libby kicks her.
Sebastian sighs next to me and looks over. I can see he’s ready to defend me, but I know I need to hold my own with his boisterous family, so I smirk. “My Aunt Rita is going to be so proud of me. She taught me all my suction skills on a cucumber.”
“Woot! That’s my girl.” Libby bangs her fist on the table. “Show the men how it’s done. Dick cakes for dessert.” Then she lifts her glass of wine and downs it. When her husband shakes his head and sighs, I realize I might be the sanest one in this family.
As I’m following the women into the kitchen to grab the dessert, I hear Harden joking with Sebastian, “Damn, man. You lucked the fuck out.”
The rest of the weekend flies by. I’m a little bummed that Sebastian’s twin, Justin, and his new wife weren’t able to fly in, but he’s in the process of releasing a new project at work and can’t take the time off. We make plans to meet them in the coming weeks.
There’s a message waiting for me from my Aunt Rita when we get home. Evidently, jerky Joel Roberts decided to stick his nose in my business, and he stopped by her house for a little talk. Once Joel found out about Sebastian’s family connections, he realized there was no way he’d ever be able to get Sebastian fired, so he decided to try to harass my aunt instead. My aunt has always had my back, so she set the jerk straight and told him to mind his own business. She promised him she’d file a harassment complaint with the school board if he continues to pursue me.
Aunt Rita blindly stood up for us, but she wants an explanation. Monday night, Sebastian takes me over to her house so he can meet her and put her mind to rest. The entire drive over, I’m chewing my fingernails, and he takes my hand kisses the back of it. “Hey. It’s going to be okay.” Sebastian looks over at me and smiles reassuringly. “I don’t care what the little cretin told your aunt. We’ll tell her the truth and set everything straight.”
The loving way he looks at me eases my tension some, and I take a deep breath and settle back into the seat. My nerves return when we pull up in front of Aunt Rita’s small yellow cottage. “My mom left me when I was two,” I finally admit to Sebastian. “Aunt Rita has been the only mother I’ve ever known.” He leans over and kisses my temple.
“Don’t worry. I’ll let her know that I’ll take care of you and the baby. I’m sure she just wants you to be happy.” Sebastian squeezes my hand and gets out to come around my side of the car.
Aunt Rita opens the door and looks at Sebastian for a second before she leans over and whispers to me, “Damn, he’s hot.”
Sebastian acts like he doesn’t hear her and sticks his hand out. “Hi. I’m Sebastian Mackenzie.”
“From the sound of things, you can call me Aunt Rita.” She takes his hand, and her bright blue eyes twinkle, then she looks at me. “Come on in and tell me what’s really going on. I’ve known Joel Roberts for years. That little buzzard wouldn’t know the truth if it bit him on the ass.”
After Aunt Rita serves us her delicious lemonade, we tone down our story of meeting and falling for each other. Sebastian explains the legal ramifications of us dating and my pregnancy. I know Aunt Rita is dying to demand he marry me, but I give her a slight shake to my head when she opens her mouth to interrupt him. I want him to come to that conclusion on his own, without prodding.
By the time we leave Aunt Rita’s house, she’s completely smitten with Sebastian and leans over to whisper in my ear, “Use the sucking technique on him. You need to keep that one.” I roll my eyes as we walk to the truck. My aunt is a little on the crazy side.
Sebastian starts the truck, then turns to me. “Holy shit. You weren’t joking in Sweetbriar. Your aunt really did teach you with a cucumber.”
“Heard that, did you?” I wink as he whistles through his teeth.
“I’m going to need a demonstration when we get home.” He wiggles his eyebrows, and I throw back my head laughing.
“My aunt thought a thorough sex education was important for young ladies. She took it seriously. Maybe a little too seriously.”
“I’ll be the judge of that,” Sebastian smirks, and I smack his arm.
I’m sitting at my desk the next week, waiting for the students to come in, and I realize I don’t really want to be here. When Sebastian and I talked about how we were going to handle our situation, Sebastian made sure to let me know he’d support my decisions, but I got the impression he was hoping I’d decide to quit teaching and stay home. That possibility has been running through my mind non-stop since our conversation, and I realize it’s my true desire also.