Limitless (Journey Series) (6 page)

“Oh, I’m sure you’ll do just fine.
Your students will love you, especially the girls,” she responded with a small,
high-pitched giggle, flipping her blonde hair over her shoulder.

“I have a feeling this is going to
be my favorite class.” She wiggled her fingers at me before sashaying out the
door and I let out a loud breath as soon as the door clicked shut. Was I going
to have to deal with
that
all semester? Maybe she was just being overly
friendly. Leah would definitely get a kick out of this.

                                                                                     
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“Honey, I’m home,” I called out as
soon as I opened the front door.  I dropped my bag in the living room and
headed towards the kitchen where I heard pans being clanked around. There was
my sexy wife, still dressed in her work shirt with those tiny black shorts,
cooking dinner. She turned around and placed a quick kiss on the corner of my
mouth, before going back to stirring the pot set on the stove.

“Did I seriously just hear you call
me honey when you came home? What, do you think this is the 1950s or something?
Don’t expect dinner to be waiting on you every night when you come home from
your long day of work.”

 I pushed aside her hair and
instantly my mouth landed on her neck. I had missed that taste all day. So
sweet. “Well, I would prefer you naked over dinner any day, baby, so as long as
it’s one of the two, I’ll be a happy man.”

“Oh, yeah?” She leaned back into
me, her eyes squeezing shut tightly and a soft moan left her mouth as I sucked
on her neck. “I would love that too, but don’t get used to it. We were pretty
dead at Gino’s, that’s why I’m home so early. It was kind of nice, the first
day of school is always a little draining.”

I pulled back and placed a kiss on
the top of her head before turning to the cabinet to pull out plates for
dinner. “Well, I’m glad you got a little bit of a break then. Where’s Caleb?
Did the thing at the lab go all right?”

Luckily, I’d been pretty busy all
day so I hadn’t thought about that whole mess. Leah was pretty convinced that
this guy was Caleb’s dad and I wasn’t sure what in the hell would happen after
it was confirmed.

“Caleb is still with Ally.” She
held up a spoon with tomato sauce to my mouth after cooling it off and I opened
to take a taste. 

“She was planning on keeping him
longer since I was supposed to work till about eight o’clock, so when I called
they were at the park and going to grab something to eat. She said the thing at
the lab went fine. Caleb really had no clue what was going on and wondered why
they were sticking a swab in his mouth, not his ear. He did ask about the dog
thing again though. I don’t think we can keep putting him off.”

Oh, yes. We had been hearing about
getting a dog since the day I had proposed. I guess I had kind of bribed Caleb
with it, so he would help me out with the proposal. And that kid didn’t forget
anything. Leah was a little pissed about it since she really didn’t want one
more thing to take care of, but I told her I would help out as much as
possible.

We had pacified Caleb for the most
part, telling him we could get one when we got back from vacation. I think Leah
was hoping he would forget, but apparently not.

“That’s good the lab thing went
well, I hope this whole process is easy on him, but he’s still young he
normally goes with the flow pretty well. I think I’ll take him to the shelter
this weekend and we can all pick something out, maybe one that’s house broken.
That is delicious, by the way.” I pointed to the sauce that was lightly
bubbling, trying to distract her from thinking about the dog anymore. Dinner
looked about ready, but I was really hungry for something else.

“So Caleb’s gone, think dinner can
wait for a little bit?” I twisted her body around so she was flush with mine
and lifted the hem of her shirt to trail my fingers up her bare stomach,
feeling the familiar softness of her skin. We had barely been apart for ten
hours, but I had already missed her so much. I guess we were still in the
honeymoon phase and I planned on keeping it that way for a while.

“Mmhmm,” she murmured before
crashing her lips into mine, her hands finding the back of my head to tug me
closer. I had already been hard from the moment I walked into the kitchen, but
when her small hand reached into my pants and began to tug up and down, I got
even harder.

 I let out a groan as her pace
quickened and pulled slightly back. “If you want this to go any further, you
need to stop that right now. I need to be inside of you.” Her gray eyes widened
and she let out a small gasp when I sunk my fingers into her hips and quickly twisted
her around so she was bent over the kitchen table.

“Sorry baby, this is gonna have to
be fast because I need you now,” I murmured against her neck as I made quick
work of her shorts and panties and then cupped her breasts from behind.
“Promise, I’ll make it sweet and slow later.”

“I don’t mind,” she whispered
huskily, her hips arching back into me, just as anxious as I was. My hands
slipped out quickly from under her shirt as I tugged my pants and boxers down.
I gently pushed down on her lower back so she was lined up perfectly and
reached around one finger and then two, feeling how wet and ready she was for
me.

I pushed in hard and we both let
out a groan when our bodies connected. I reached my hand around to her heat,
circling her slow at first and picking up the pace, when she panted out my name
and arched her hips back into me at a frenzied pace. I moved both of my hands to
her waist, snaking my arms around her to bring her body even closer as I
slammed into her over and over again. I pushed my length into her one last time
and we both exploded together.

 Leah went limp in my arms, so I
scooped her up and carried her into the bathroom. “Oh my god, Chase, I probably
won’t be able to walk for a week after that.” She buried her head into the
crook of my neck and I just held her in my arms, loving the feeling of her body
against mine.

“Well, if I could you know I would
carry you everywhere.” I sat her down on the bathroom counter and walked the
few steps over to the bathtub to start the water, before turning my attention
back to Leah. “I’ll finish up dinner, while you take a bath.”  I pulled her T-shirt
up over her head, while she reached around to unclasp her bra.

“Or maybe I won’t.” I dipped my
head to take her hardened nipple into my mouth and sucked lightly. I loved the
effect I had on her.

 “No way, you are most definitely
not having your way with me again.” She pushed back on my head, her lips
tightly pursed together, and pointed at the door. “Now, go fix me my dinner.”

“Alright, alright. Sorry I can’t
keep my mouth to myself,” I backed up with a smirk, pausing at the threshold to
watch as her beautiful body slid off the counter and she dipped her toes into
the waiting water.  “Love you, baby.”

“Love you too,” she responded, her
gray eyes already drooping half shut. I knew I was probably going to have to
lift her out of the bath too, but I didn’t mind. Maybe she would be ready again
by then.

Leah

“Ugh, Leah, I feel like we haven’t
had any time together since school started back up. I think you’re too busy
with that husband of yours now. God knows I would be too.” Ally grabbed a fry
off my tray and popped it into her mouth before reaching for another. My mouth
dropped open and all I could do was stare. “What in the hell is the matter with
you? Do I have something in my teeth?”

“No, just wondering when you
started eating normal people food again? I guess we really haven’t been
spending much time together if I haven’t noticed this new development.”

She shrugged her shoulders and this
time snatched up the half of the burger that I hadn’t finished. Okay, now this
was getting
really
weird. “You only live once, right? Besides, that was
more of Skylar’s thing, I just sort of followed along. Plus, I really missed
meat. I mean really missed it. I have no clue how people give that up forever.”

I smirked as I watched her devour
the hamburger. I guess her and Skylar’s breakup had brought some good. It was
weird. The breakup really hadn’t ever seemed to bother Ally. I thought her and
Skylar would be one of those relationships to go the distance, but Ally
basically shrugged it off and moved on. “So speaking of Skylar, any new guys
lately?”

“Well, there is this one guy I’ve
gotten to know at the Major Hoosiers concerts. We’ve actually been out on a
couple of dates now. I think I really like him. He’s a nice guy. Pays attention
to me, does all of those gentleman-y things you should expect. Doesn’t check
out other girls right in front of you,” she added on with a grumble. Hmm, I
wonder who did
that
?

“Really? So no more Teddy?” I
crossed my fingers under the table, hoping she was done with him once and for
all. Teddy was an okay guy when it came to him being one of Chase’s best
friends, but he certainly wasn’t worthy of my best friend. Not by a long shot.

“Oh, I don’t know, L.” She tugged
on her high blonde ponytail that had stayed its natural color for some time
now. “He just doesn’t want to settle down, like at all. Yeah, I have a ton of
fun with him, if you know what I mean.” She wiggled her eyebrows and giggled at
me when she saw my eye roll.

“But that’s basically all I am to
him, a good time. I know I’m young, but really I don’t want to be with a guy
who can barely keep it in his pants before I’m out the door, moving on with the
next skank that throws herself at him. So time to move on and I think Tyler is
a pretty good guy to do that with.”

“Wait, hold up. Tyler? As in Tyler,
the new guy in the band? Do you think that’s really a good idea? How does Teddy
feel about that?”

“Teddy couldn’t care less and I’m a
grown woman, I can see whoever I want. Besides, have you seen Tyler? I mean,
holy batman, he is smokin’. And he doesn’t slut around, which automatically
scores him points in my book.”

I pictured Tyler in my head, I had
only met him a few times and he was no Chase, but he was a nice looking guy
with short spikey blond hair and a tall lanky body. He did have a sweet sort of
vibe coming off him when he played the guitar, but Ally was right, he didn’t
seem like Teddy at all.

In fact, he seemed like the
complete opposite; quiet, reserved, and a little shy. Also, the complete
opposite of my bubbly best friend. I had a feeling this whole thing was started
up mainly to make Teddy jealous and see what he was missing, but for now I was
keeping my lips sealed.

“Well, that’s good. Maybe we could
do a double date one night or something. Chase has been feeling like an old man
lately, always working, and never getting out. Mary’s offered to take Caleb for
a sleepover whenever we need a date night, so we should set something up.”

Truly, I wanted to see how Ally and
Tyler interacted. Maybe then, I would have a conversation with her about
stringing Tyler along for the wrong reasons, if that was in fact what she was
doing.

“Okay, sounds good. I’ll give you a
call, but now I need to head to class.” We both stood up, scooting out the
chairs in the cafeteria, and grabbing our bags. “Me too.”

We waved to each other as we headed
opposite directions on campus but I stopped to grab my phone out when I heard
it ringing. I hadn’t let my phone out of sight in the past week and I was
hoping that this was finally it.

“Mrs. O’Neil.”

“Yes, this is she.”

“This is Sherry from Diagnostic
Labs, we are calling with the results for the DNA testing we performed on Caleb
Rossi and Roy Barnum. We can confirm that Mr. Barnum is not excluded as the
biological father of Caleb Rossi.

“This in turn means that Mr. Barnum
is the father because the analysis shows that their genetic profiles are
compatible with a paternity result. These results have also been reported to
Mr. Barnum. Do you have any other questions?”

“Nope,” I answered back quietly. “I
think you pretty much summed everything up, thank you.” I sat down in the grass
and took a deep breath to try to clear my mind. My suspicions had been
confirmed, now Caleb’s whole life was probably going to change and I really
wasn’t sure what to do. One man could change everything for good. Well, I
better just get this over with.

I scrolled through the contacts on
my phone and hit the call button, now or never. The phone rang twice before
being answered. “Hi Roy, I’m assuming you have already been contacted…”

Chase

“I don’t like the guy. At all.” I
leaned down to whisper in Leah’s ear and she nudged me sharply in the side with
her elbow. “Shush, you just met him. Give him a chance, I don’t like this about
as much as you, but it looks like he’s getting along with Caleb pretty well.
For now, try to push your judgements aside.”

I glanced over at Caleb who was
busy showing Roy all of his favorite games at the arcade I usually took him to.
Yesterday, that had been me he had been following around. I had pretty much
made his year when we finally took him to pick out a dog.

Caleb had taken an instant liking
to a chocolate lab mix and we had taken him home. He even got to pick out the
name, Tootsie, which he explained to us was because he looked like a Tootsie
Roll. The one thing Leah was happy about was that Tootsie was house broken,
which meant less work for her.

  I continued to watch Caleb and
Roy and laughed when Caleb attempted to play skee-ball. It was pretty obvious
to just about everyone that the two of them were father and son. Of course
Caleb took an instant liking to Roy, that little guy got along with just about
everyone. We still hadn’t explained who Roy actually was to him and I wasn’t
sure when Leah was planning to.