PRESENT
GRACE'S POV
Fuck.
My.
Life.
Jacob mfkn Madden.
"Who the fuck is this?"
"Excuse me, Jacob Slade Madden, that is no way to speak to others as a guest in our best friend's house" Vanessa says, putting him back in his place. Discreetly, Van mouths something to Jacob along the lines of 'behave now or there will be consequences'.
God, I love you Van
"Hi everyone!! Missed you all. And the handsome man who is with me now, is my boyfriend Carter Roberts" Carter and I do the rounds hugging the Madden girls (God, I didn't realise how much I missed those two), and introducing Carter to Aunty Van and Uncle Charlie.
As we reach Jacob and it turns out fucking Eve is here too, rubbing her body all over him. Glad to see nothing has changed. Carter and I chose to ignore them and continued to put our bags upstairs.
"Intense already, gorgeous. I don't know whether I was expecting it or somewhat surprised"
"I'm sorry babe, I didn't realise he would be such a fuckface about it. Can we just continue to ignore them for the rest of the dinner?"
"Of course, anything for you"
I go on my tippy toes and peck a kiss on his lips but he grabs a hold of my arms and forces me to stay put. He continues to move, kissing me and starts to draw his hands towards my back, gradually drawing them down to grab my ass and lifting me up to wrap my legs around him.
Then the door opens and someone barges in. The both of us separate and stare at the person who caught us. Michael. Fuck. He continues to stare at Carter and Carter staring right back at him. Double fuck. "Everyone is waiting for you two downstairs to start dinner but here you are about to fuck when we are all literally just a few metres away from you."
"Good to see you too Mickey, long time no see"
"Cut the shit Grace. Get decent and get downstairs"
He leaves and Carter and I start laughing like we were just some horny teenagers caught by their parents.
We both walk downstairs hand in hand and everyone stares at us expectantly. I guess Michael blurted to everyone what he thought we were doing upstairs.
"In honour of our beautiful daughter, Grace, for coming all the way from America as well as Carter, I made Grace's favourite, penne carbonara" Mum announces.
Just before we all sit down at the dining table, Dad walks up to me, hugs me and kisses me on the cheek "Missed you sunshine. Happy you are here and nice to meet you Carter. Nicole tells me all about what Grace says about you to her"
"Missed you too Dad"
"Nice to meet you sir and I hope all good things"
"Of course babe, who do you think I am"
"A gorgeous vixen who is playing nice only because we are around family" he whispers into my ear. I smack his arm and he acts as if he is hurt and smirks right at me.
We take our seats, Carter to my right, Michael to my left with Nathan next to him. Mum and Dad on the ends with Vanessa and Charlie next to them with the Madden girls close by. Leaving Jacob and Eve directly in front of me. Good times yay!
YOU ARE READING
Protector (ongoing)
RomanceBest friends to lovers until one is forced to marry someone else. The couple must break apart and don't see each other until before the wedding. Will they reunite as lovers or become sworn enemies?
