Promised (The Promised Series)

idea, Wyn.”
    She leans into me and lays her chin on my chest. “I’m sorry, but this is the safest way. I’ll have to keep pretending I’m going along with their plans or they might try to move it up and make me drop out.”
    “I really hate the idea of you being around that guy.” I grumble, running my fingertip along her bottom lip.
    “I’m not thrilled with the idea either.” She closes her eyes at my touch.
    Seeing her reaction to my touch spurs me on. I continue to trace her lips with just the tip of my finger. “I don’t want him touching you here.” I let my finger fall to where her neck and shoulder meet, drawing invisible swirly patterns against her skin. “Or here.” I pull her hand up to my mouth and kiss each fingertip. “Or here.”
    She lets out a contented sigh and opens her eyes so we’re looking at each other. “He doesn’t get me like you do. No one does.”
    As soon as those words leave her lips, mine close the distance. I slide my tongue along the seam of her lips and she spreads them, allowing me entrance. Her hand slides under the hem of my t-shirt. Her tiny hands run up and down the hard muscles of my chest and stomach. I slip my own hand up the back of her sweater to feel the smooth skin of her back against my hands. I could easily move my hand around to the front, but I don’t want to push her too far too fast. Though it’s taking all the will power I have to stop myself.
    A knock on the door causes us to jump apart. Wyn literally jumps off the bed and moves across the room. Her cheeks are flushed and her lips are swollen. She moves quickly, pushing her shirt back into place. She looks so damn good, I want to pull her back to me and finish what we’ve started. Instead, I call out. “Yeah.”
    “Cover up. I’m coming in.” Nate calls from the other side of the door.
    I roll my eyes and Wyn giggles, taking a seat back on the edge of the bed. I pull her back beside me, against the head board and call. “Coast is clear.”
    Nate pushes in and surveys the situation. “Two things. One, I finished recording the game.”
    “Who won?” I ask as I thread my fingers around some of the curls at Wyn’s shoulder.
    “Ohio.” Nate grumbles.
    I hold out my hand, palm up. “Pay up.”
    He pulls his wallet out of his back pocket and pulls out a twenty. He stomps across the room and slaps the bill into my outstretched hand. I tuck the bill into my own wallet and then ask. “So, what’s two?”
    “Oh, yeah.” He pulls out his cell and looks at the time. “Your mom will be home in…well, it was ten minutes, but now it’s more like two.”
    Wyn and I both jump out of the bed. She grabs the acceptance letter off the floor and I take her hand as I guide her out of my room. I shove Nate’s shoulder as we pass him. “Dumb ass! That should’ve been number one.”
    “Yeah, but what fun would that be.” He chuckles as he follows us back to the living room. I turn around, deciding he might need some sense knocked into him, but Wyn pulls on my hand to make me sit by her on the couch instead.
    Nate flops down in the recliner, still chuckling, while I seethe with my arms crossed. “I’ll get my revenge.” I grumble.
    Wyn rubs my knee to calm me and I look over to see she’s reading the rest of the acceptance packet. At that moment, Mom walks in. Her hands are filled with shopping bags. She drops them on each side of the recliner and allows herself to fall back in to the chair. “Hey, Boys.” She takes in Wyn and smiles. “Hi, Wyn.”
    Wyn looks up from the letter and returns Mom’s smile. “Hi, Mrs. Tatman.”
    “Kate, please.” Mom urges.
    “Yes, ma’am. I mean Kate.”
    “Good.” Mom beams and then notices the letter. “Good news?”
    Wyn looks at me and I slip my arm around her shoulder, squeezing her reassuringly. She looks back at Mom with the smile still on her face. “Great news! I got accepted early and they’re offering a full scholarship.”
    I turn her to face me. “Really?”
    She’s beaming with excitement and she giggles at the surprised look on my face. “Yeah, you must not have read past the first line.”
    I pull her into a hug. “That’s great news.”
    Mom comes over and pulls Wyn away from me so she can hug her too. “Congratulations, Wyn. That’s wonderful news.”
    “Congrats.” Nate throws out from the recliner. He’s commandeered the remote and is flipping through the channels.
    “Thank you.” Wyn catches the time on the TV