Exposed: Book 2 MAC Security Series (23 page)

After a full week of investigating, not only Daley, but now Lindsey’s parents, it felt like none of us had stopped working.

On Saturday morning, me and Eli took Monty for a walk up to the clearing. He loved being in the woods almost as much as me and Eli did. He ran ahead but not too far, turning back around constantly to check that I was still there.

“Mama? Do you think Monty will be able to go on all of the stuff?”

“All of what stuff, sweetie?” I looked down at him, dragging a stick behind him.

“The wood stuff,” he said, like I should know what he meant.

“You mean the training equipment in the clearing?”

“Yeah!” He jumped up and down, the stick that he was holding flying out of his hands. “Will he be able to? I think he’d like it.” He was nodding his head emphatically and I couldn’t help but smile at how excited he was. He loved having a dog and they’d become fast friends, there was nothing like seeing the bond that they had.

“Erm…I’m not sure, sweetie. I think it’d be a little dangerous.”

“Oh.” He jutted out his bottom lip and hung his head.

“All the guys will be meeting us up here later though so we’ll have loads of fun!” I said, trying to cheer him up.

“All of them?”

“Yeah, sweetie, all of them.” I smiled at his wide grin and carried on walking behind him.

The plan was for us to all have a barbecue up here and have some proper family time. We hadn’t been getting that lately and we were all in need of it.

Kitty still wasn’t her normal self and I desperately wanted to ask her what was going on. I needed to broach the subject with her because she couldn’t keep going like this, she was pushing all of us away and none of us wanted that.

There was a clear divide between all of us and it amazed me how when one person in the team was suffering with something, it seemed to affect all of us.

I lay on the grass when we made it to the clearing and watched Eli and Monty run around, Eli’s laughter bouncing off the trees.

After a couple of hours, they were both tired out so they lay next to me, Eli’s head leaning against Monty’s back and fell asleep. I closed my eyes and placed my hand on the top of Eli’s head.

I don’t know how long we lay like that, but I was woken up by voices.

My eyes sprung open and a shadow came over us. “Hey.” Ty smirked.

“Hey.” I lifted up onto my elbows, careful not to disturb Eli who was still asleep. Monty lifted his head, looked over at us and then closed his eyes with a groan.

“You look beautiful in that dress.” His eyes traced the length of my body before coming back up to meet mine.

I felt my cheeks warm as a blush spread, I was still so unsure of what to say when someone complimented me that I just nodded at him and looked away.

I loved to wear dresses, especially maxi dresses like this, I loved the way they flowed and how free I felt in them. It was something so simple but meant so much.

Extending his hand to me, I took it and let Ty help me up, brushing the grass off my back as I stood.

His arm came around my waist. Smiling, I lifted up onto my tip toes, putting my hands onto his shoulders and planting a soft kiss on his lips. Moaning, he deepened it, his hands roaming down to my butt and squeezing.

My hands roamed his body and up into his hair, leaning into him so that I was closer to him.

“God, I can’t seem to get enough of you,” he said, pulling back and resting his forehead against mine.

“Good.” I smiled.

Chuckling, he pulled back and wrapped his arm around my shoulders. “Will he be okay there?” He tilted his head to Eli, who was still fast asleep.

“Yeah, Monty’s with him,” I said and wrapped my arm around his waist, leaning my head against his shoulder.

We went over to the picnic table where they were all setting up the food. I moved over to Kitty who was sat by herself, pouring a drink into her solo cup.

“Kitty?” Sitting down next to her, I placed my hands on the table. “Fancy a chat?”

“No.” She lifted the cup to her mouth, not even bothering to look at me.

Taking a deep breath, I turned, seeing all of them staring at us. They knew that this had been coming, it was only a matter of time and none of them were going to ask her what was up so it was left to me.

Tilting my head, telling them to give us some space, they did as I asked silently and walked away.

“Out with it.” I spun on the bench seat, lifting my leg over the one side.

“Out with what?”

“Whatever is making you cranky.” I shrugged.

“You wouldn’t understand,” she warned, her eyes full of sadness.

“Try me.”

Huffing out a breath, she took another gulp of her drink and placed it down on the table.

“It just bugs me how you’ve been accepted into Ty’s family, no questions asked. When I couldn’t even…” She hung her head, stopping herself.

Frowning, I stayed silent, knowing that she needed to get her thoughts together. I had a feeling this was about Charlie, the looks they gave each other, and the way she talked to him, spoke volumes.

“I know he has a past but he wouldn’t even let me tell anyone about us. Ty still doesn’t know,” she whispered the last part.

“Know about what?”

“Me and Charlie.”

“Okay….”

“We were an item, well…” She chuckled. “As much of an item as you can be when he won’t even admit that he’s slept with you.”

“Wait,” I held up my hand, trying to get the full picture. “You and Charlie were an item and no one knows?”

“Got it in one.” She held her drink up, draining the last bit and refilling her cup. “Nine months, we went back and forth, and not once did he introduce me to his parents.”

Leaning back, I listened as she carried on telling me that they were exclusive and how it was fun at first, but when it came to going public, he ended things with no explanation as to why.

“And you come along,” she continued. “Getting accepted straight away while they still don’t know about me and Charlie.”

“Here’s what I think.” I raised my brows, making sure that I had her attention before I carried on. “If he won’t shout it from the rooftops that you’re together then he’s not the right one for you.”

“I suppose.” She shrugged.

“No suppose, Kitty. You’re fantastic and a real catch.”

“A real catch?” She snorted. “What are we, living in the sixties?”

“Hey!” I giggled. “I don’t know what the right word is.” Rolling my eyes, I couldn’t stop the smile from spreading on my face from seeing her laugh again.

It was a sound that we’d all missed and I wish I would have spoken to her sooner about what was going on.

Watching Kay walk around in that dress all day nearly killed me. All I wanted to do was lift it up and take her here and now. But that would have been really inappropriate in front of all the guys, including Eli and Monty. So instead, I had to watch her walk around all day, her ass swaying from side to side and not able to do a thing about it.

We’d spent all afternoon laughing and running around on all the equipment. We’d barbecued loads of food and sat talking about when we were kids. Which then brought up the tree-house, I promised Eli that we’d get a start on it next weekend.

Once the sun started to go down, Eli sat on Kay’s lap and rested his head on her shoulder and promptly fell asleep.

After squirming around for a good ten minutes, trying to get comfortable, she finally said, “I’m gonna head back home and put Eli to bed.”

She shuffled on the bench, trying to get up. “Here.” I pulled Eli out of her arms and settled his head onto my shoulder in the same way that he had been on Kay.

“I-” she started, but shook her head, thinking better of it. She was slowly getting used to accepting help.

“We’re off, guys,” I said and was met with a chorus of bye’s.

Kay called Monty over and we made our way back through the woods to the house with Monty leading the way.

Eli didn’t stir once all the way home and when I lay him in his bed, with Monty settling on the floor next to him, he just rolled over and carried on sleeping.

I watched him for a couple of minutes while I leaned against the door frame. I never thought I’d ever have this, a family. Not the kind of family that I had built around me with my friends, but this kind. A partner, a child and even a dog. I’d be lost without them, and just watching Eli now, I couldn’t imagine not seeing him every day.

The sound of cupboards opening and closing had me moving away from his room and closing the door half way. I jogged down the stairs and walked into the kitchen, stopping dead in my tracks at what I was seeing.

Leaning over the kitchen table, she wiped away all the mess, her dress rising up. My eyes zoned in on her ass and I moved forward, catching her before she stood up.

“Ty,” she said breathlessly when I placed one hand on her ass.

“Shh, sweetheart.” I pulled her dress up with my other hand, skimming across her soft silky skin.

“Hmmmm?” I traced the outline of her pussy, feeling the wetness that was already there. Just waiting for me.

“I…” she murmured, followed by a moan.

“Your so wet,” I whispered. I pulled her up off the table and lifted the dress over her head in one fluid motion. “Fuck.” I stepped back, taking in the sight of her in nothing but a skimpy pair of lace panties.

“What?” she said, her arms dangling by her side, but the smirk on her face told me that she knew what she was doing.

That was another thing that had happened lately. She’d stopped being so shy about her body and would let me see everything. Something that she never would have done a couple of months ago.

She had become so confident, not only in herself but her body as well.

Her eyes flicked down to my growing erection and her tongue swiped across her lips. I couldn’t contain myself any longer and raced forward, lifting her up onto the table and slamming my lips down onto hers.

My hands wandered all over her body, her curves and her tight ass. She moaned when I brought my hand up her side and rubbed my thumb over her nipple. I lowered my head and took it into my mouth, licking and sucking until she was squirming.

“You like that?” I lifted my eyes to hers, not moving my mouth from her nipple.