Darren POV
The guys are all going to meet me at the house while I'm working on packing up the work truck and making sure I've packed up everything included on the list I made. I'm hoping to get there a little early so I can talk things out with Ed and his daughter. Pulling up to the house, I see an SUV in the driveway. A young woman who looks like Hunter at a distance, and two kids are walking around the property. Two men are standing on either side of some curly or wavey light blonde hair blowing in the breeze. My heart picks up at the sight of it blowing around. What the fuck is wrong with me? Taking a deep breath, I pull in and put the truck in park.
Stepping out of the truck, Ed looks up over the top of the SUV and gives me a wave. He's on his way over to say hello to me when I see the smaller lady with the mess of light blonde hair and I swear time fucking stops. She's standing next to a taller man with jet-black hair and it looks like they're in a deep conversation about the blueprints spread out on the hood of the SUV. She looks like she's concentrating on what the man next to her is saying. One hand in front of her mouth, arms crossed, nodding along like she's processing what he's telling her. She comes back with something, pointing at the blueprints and he smiles at her and she smiles at him. I see her face for the first time and wow. I'm completely blown away. Looking between the two of them, i notice some similarities. They have the same smile. Is that Ed? Is that his daughter?
"Thanks for taking my call the other day. That's my stepdaughter and her dad. They're going over the blueprints she sent him back last night." I didn't say anything. I couldn't take my eyes off of her. How the wind blows her hair across her face, and she delicately tucks it behind her ear. How she licked her lips and bit her plump pink lower lip between her teeth. "I'll introduce you." He starts walking back over to them, while I just stare. I see him talking to them, and the man with the black hair comes over to introduce himself and she stares at me. Our eyes meet and I swear I feel an electrical current going through my body. Like all the hairs on my body stand on end. Her eyes are dark but a beautiful deep blue. So. Fucking. Beautiful. Possibly the most beautiful woman I've ever seen.
The man steps in front of me, blocking part of my line of sight to her. He's only about 6'3" to my 6'5".
"Name's Ed also. That's my daughter, EJ. The two kids are my grandkids who will be living here. And the girl with them is the other Ed's daughter, my daughter's half-sister." His hand was stuck out to me, and I took it. Looking at the man briefly. They had the same nose, smile, eyes, and chin. You could tell they were father and daughter.
Walking with him back over to the blueprints, I try to focus on what he's saying, but all I can do is take stock of the most amazing woman I have ever seen in my life. And, can I just say, thank fuck for the jeans because they're currently assisting in hiding the massive goddamn boner in my pants. I couldn't get it up for anything the last three days. But now? Now it wants to work? This is clearly not the fucking time for that. But it seems someone didn't get the fucking memo.
"Hi," she smiles at me and I swear my breath hitched. She has tiny little dimples on her cheeks and her eyes twinkle with her smile. A big grin of white teeth smiled at me, "I'm EJ. Dad says you're with 'Beastly Builds'?" I take the extended hand, smiling like an idiot. Finally pulling myself together, I nod.
"Yes. I'm Darren. Darren Woods, part owner, and foreman of Beastly Builds. Nice to meet you. What do you have here?" I ask, pointing and diverting my attention to the blueprints trying my hardest to keep my snake in my pants. Fucking hell jeans have never hurt so bad before. It's like an anaconda trying to break out of the zipper, ready to strangle every orgasm out of her pretty pink pussy. Never seen it, but a woman as beautiful as her has to have a pretty one. The prettiest one.
She starts to explain what she's thinking for the addition, and how if needed, we could downsize a tiny bit, but not much. And my tiny bit, she means a foot or two. She takes a couple of steps away from the hood of the SUV and starts to point to things on the back of the house. I swear all I see is how tightly those jeans fit over that bubble butt she has. She turned to look at me and I quickly lifted my gaze so she didn't catch me.
At least I hope she didn't.
I pull out my notebook and start talking about what the septic might need, Ed 2 with the black hair, says he took a look this morning and it's going to need at minimum an inspection, but will more than likely need replaced. I started talking with him about what we could do for a better cover than the sheet of plywood that's currently on top of it. It was easier than getting distracted by her. The younger woman and two kids get closer. Both kids are yelling 'Mama' or 'Mommy' and EJ turns to look at them and the flowers they have.
"Oh, hey D!" Hunter smiles at me.
"Hey, kid. Missed you at the gym these last couple of days."
"Well, this is what I've been doing," she swung her arms out to the kids, "Studying and helping my sister with the children."
"These are the two little ones you brag about all the time?" She nodded, happy to be with family, and there was a slight puff to her chest.
We start talking about things that can be done before we get the official approval from zoning, like re-doing the garage, pouring the driveway, and working on the septic and cover.
Soon, two more cars pull up in front of the house. Out of the first car, pops the zoning inspector, Jed and Destiny. Jed is a middle-aged man who thinks he can get any pussy that walks. I see how he eyes EJ and her sister. I think with their dads here, that's not happening. The second one has Lippy and Sean. They both give me a wave as they head this way. Both of them work hard on my crew and are in charge on days that I get pulled away to different fires at different builds.
The two idiots quickly spot Hunter and hug her. We all go to the same gym to lift and she works harder than most. After introductions all around, we start walking the property and talking about the permits that they'll need for the house to be worked on. Jed is nit-picking everything, meanwhile, Ed 1 and Ed 2 have answers to all the questions, they have the plans that are laid out, and measurements have been taken. The surveillance team has marked off the official property lines and she's not in violation of anything. She should also be able to get the 25-foot addition she requested.
"Seems like everything is in order. I can safely approve all of this, and you all can start construction as soon as you've received your copies of the documents with the seals of approval. Destiny has the approval for the garage, and fence already." She handed them to Ed 1 who handed them to EJ. EJ smiled.
"So...it's all approved? We're just waiting on the sealed paperwork?" She asked, hopeful. A smile pulled at her lips, wanting to be a full, huge smile like she'd given me. With a nod of the head, Jed shakes everyone's hands and walks back to his car. Destiny smiles at me, shaking hands with everyone, and then winks at me. Right in front of EJ. Like she's a dog marking her territory. She sends a 'hmph' and hair flip EJ's way. I want to run my hand down my face.
EJ raises her eyebrows, then looks at me. She shakes her head and walks back to her car. She doesn't look back. My phone pings with a text.
Destiny Zoning: She's not good enough for you. Don't forget you owe me for the favor. 😉
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