Chapter 74

Jon opened his eyes to find he wasn't alone in the bed. Brianna's face was inches from his own, her legs entwined with his. Even in the weak dawn light, she was beautiful. And she was his. He smiled in contentment.

One hand rose to lightly trace her cheekbone and jaw. Following the line of her neck he continued down over her collarbone to her breast. Her skin felt like silk under his fingertips. He smiled in satisfaction when her nipple hardened at his touch. It made him wonder if other parts would respond as easily. His hand continued down her body to find out.

Arriving at the juncture of her thighs, he reached between, searching for her sultry core. Her welcoming wetness had his cock pulsing....

"Daddy!"

His son's voice jerked him from his memories back to the present. He looked up from his desk. "What?"

"Bianna's here." Jake informed him.

"Okay. Thanks. Tell her I'm back here."

"Okay."  He headed for the doorway. "BIANNA! DADDY'S IN THE OFFICE!"

"Inside voice please Jake." Jon called after him.

"I don't know Jake, we'll see how late it is when your Dad and I get finished." Brianna was still talking when she entered the room. "Hi. How come he's not in school?" 

"Hi. He only had a half day today." His eyes flicked over her. Even in jeans and a sweatshirt she looked beautiful to him. Unless her trip out to the house was unplanned, she tended to dress casually. Dorothea had finally gotten that point across. While he was glad she felt that comfortable in his home, he had to admit he missed her suit skirts sometimes. Rising, he walked around the desk to take her in his arms. "I've missed you." He bent his head and kissed her.

She smiled. "You talk to me pretty much every day."

"Not the same thing as seeing you."

"No, it isn't." She agreed.

"You look great."

Feminine brows rose. "I'm wearing jeans and an old sweatshirt. I'm hardly a fashion plate today."

He shrugged. "You look very...huggable." He proved it. "Besides, your beauty glows from within."

Brianna stared at him for a moment, then burst out laughing. "Have you been writing lyrics? 'Cause that was pretty cheesy, even for you."

"Jeez. I try to be romantic and she laughs at me." He pouted.

"Aw....I'm sorry." She kissed him briefly. "Thank you."  Pulling away she sat down and opened her briefcase. "Okay, let's get to work."

"And they call me a slave driver." He sighed, but sat down behind his desk again. "Okay, what's first?"

Half an hour later, Brianna studied his face and sighed. "Hello....earth to Jon."

He blinked. "Hmmm? What? Did you say something?"

"Where were you?"

He grinned. "The guest house."

"Ah." Her lips twitched. "It's a very....comfortable.....guest house. Especially in the morning." Their love making that morning had been as gentle as the night before had been fierce.

"Are you sure? Maybe we should go take another look at it. See what it's like in the afternoon." His grin turned lecherous.

"Horny much?" It was easy to tell. When he was in a playful mood it was usually because he was either drunk or horny.

"It's been two weeks, what do you expect?"

Brianna didn't look up from the open file in front of her. "Twelve days, don't exaggerate."

Eyes narrowed, he sat up straighter and pointed a finger at her. "Aha!  You're not fooling me Golden Eyes, you're feeling the hunger too!"

She heard the smugness in his tone, but didn't glance up to see his expression. "I never said I wasn't. But apparently I have more self restraint than you do." Finally looking up at him, she frowned. "And that surprises me. With all the time you've spent on the road, I would have thought you'd be used to the dry spells - and much longer ones."

Jon grimaced and shrugged. "Doesn't mean I have to like it. It can get downright painful."

Rummaging through her purse, she pulled out a small bottle of hand lotion and set in on the desk in front of him.

"What's that for?"

"To help ease the pain. I don't have any oil or lube with me, but the lotion will help keep your hand....and other body parts.....from chafing."

To say he was stunned would be a bit of an understatement, although since they'd become a couple he'd noticed his 'prim and proper' assistant was giving way to the smart mouthed, teasing wanton that he'd only seen glimpses of previously. He found this side of her......stimulating. She kept him on his toes and challenged him to match her. He opened his mouth to respond, but before he could utter a word, Jake's voice drifted in from the living room.

"Copper! Stop stepping on my trains! Bad dog!"

"If it wasn't for them being here, I'd open my pants right here and make you watch." He threatened.

Brianna leaned forward. "If it wasn't for them being here, I'd let you."

Both brows rose in surprise. She wanted to watch him jerk off? That was a tidbit he'd file away for later.

"Bina! Bina! Bina!"

They both turned to watch Romeo enter the room, Jon idly wondering if his youngest two would ever say her name properly.

"What's up little man?"

Romeo pulled on the seat of his pants and plugged his nose with his other hand. "I tink!"

Brianna looked at Jon, who raised his hands defensively. "Don't look at me, he came looking for you."

Rolling her eyes at him, she stood and held out her hand. " Come on little man, let's go upstairs and change your pants." As she got closer to him, her nose wrinkled. "Whew! You really do stink. You must get that from your daddy."

Romeo giggled and nodded.

Brianna stayed with the little ones while Jon went to pick up the other two from school.

"Hi!" Stephanie plopped down on the couch near where Brianna sat on the floor playing blocks with Romeo. "You staying for dinner? We're ordering pizza."

At a nudge from his sister, Jesse blinked. "Yeah and stay for movie night too."

"And seep over!" Jake added.

She glanced at Jon who raised his brows. "Did you have other plans for the evening?"

Brianna shook her head. "No, and I can't think of a better way to spend a Friday night." And it wasn't a lie. It didn't matter what the activity was, spending time with Jon and his kids would always be her first choice.

"Okay, it's settled then." Jon declared. "If you guys need help with your homework you'd better ask Bri while she's here."

"Yeah, 'cause you're no help." Stephanie muttered.

He shrugged. "Never claimed to be a brainiac."

"He got by on his looks." Brianna suggested and grinned at the scowl he threw her way.

Stephanie shook her head. "He cheated off Mom."

"Yep. I'm going to find me a good looking smart chick to copy off of so I can coast through high school too." Jesse announced.

Stephanie snorted. "You'd better keep studying. You don't have Dad's looks to pull that off."

Jesse flipped her off.

"Oh, I don't know." Brianna jumped in. "I think Jesse has his own looks to pull it off. If I was a girl his age, I'd go for him." She winked at him. Jesse blushed, but smiled.

"Okay, enough. And Jesse, watch your language. And that includes sign language." He gave Stephanie a warning look. "Even though you deserved it."

Steph just shrugged.

"So what's everyone want on the pizza?" Brianna asked.

And the next argument started.

After they finished eating, Jake grabbed Romeo's hand and tugged. "Come on Romey, we got to have our bath so we can watch the movie."

Romeo nodded and turned his head towards Brianna. "Bina baf!"

She looked at the table full of dishes and grinned at Jon. "Looks like you're on kitchen duty. My presence has been requested upstairs."

"Then I get to pick out the movie." He taunted.

"Steph."

"I'm on it." Stephanie assured her.

Jon looked around at the smiles on the faces of his children and his girlfriend and gave in gracefully. His family was happy for the first time in months. He would do what he could to keep them that way. "Whatever."

Returning downstairs with two clean, pajama clad youngsters, she sent them into the living room to get settled while she went into the kitchen to organize snacks, only to find Jon had beat her to it. "Need some help?"

"Yes." Pulling her into his arms, he kissed her thoroughly, although not as long as he would have liked. He lifted his head and traced her bottom lip with his tongue. "Thanks Golden Eyes. I needed that."

Releasing a shaky breath, she stepped back. "I meant with the snacks. Man, you're lethal today."

"We could always take this sleepover to the guest house later."

"One track mind."

"Daddy! Bianna! Hurry up! We ready for the movie!"

"Coming!" Buoyed by the fact that she didn't immediately say no to the guest house, Jon picked up a tray of drinks. "Grab the other tray will you?"

Brianna grabbed the tray and followed him into the living room. The kids were sprawled over every comfortable piece of furniture in nests of pillows and blankets, leaving only the love seat for the two of them. She thought she caught a look passing between Stephanie and Jesse, but it was gone too fast for her to interpret it.

Settling beside her on the love seat, Jon had to remind himself not to touch her. And it went against all of his instincts. But they weren't alone, and as she constantly reminded him when she rebuffed his amorous advances, they had to put the kids feelings first. Lord he hoped they gave whatever signal he was supposed to be waiting for soon! Acting like she was just an employee and a friend was a lot harder than he'd thought it would be.

By the end of the movie Jake and Romeo were both sound asleep. Brianna nudged Jon and nodded in the boys' direction. "Guess we should get them into bed."

Before they could stand up, Stephanie jumped up and reached for Jake. "We'll take them up. You guys just relax. Jesse get Romeo."

Jesse complied without an argument and the adults watched them leave the room.

"What was that all about?" Brianna wondered. The kids always helped out when asked, but there was something different about this. In fact, they'd been acting a little strange ever since the barbecue. Something was going on with them. She just hoped it wasn't something bad. She'd have to think of a way to get one of them to talk to her about it.

Jon just shrugged. "I don't know." And he wasn't going to waste a lot of time trying to figure it out. Either they would tell him when they were ready......or Brianna would get it out of them. He slid his arms around her and nuzzled her neck. "Can we make out now?"

She tried to push him away. "You're like a teenager in rut. They'll be back down in a few minutes."

"So we'll just neck for a bit."

But the teenagers didn't come back down. And they did a little more than just neck.