Diamonds or Dirt?

Chapter 19: Leaving

Rylee's POV:

I am nothing. I'm on a cloud drifting. There is no one with me. I am all alone. My heart is racing. The cloud is getting thinner. The ground gets farther and farther away. I hear the voices of my brothers and my parents. They are teasing me taunting me. There are two new voices too, Toby and Cierra. They are laughing at me. Telling me to fall. There is no one there to catch me.

Sam is nowhere in sight. Where is he? Why isn't he here for me? As if they are reading my mind my brother’s voices respond. He is in Texas. You didn't stay with him when he asked. You wanted more than the small town life. You wanted to graduate college. You threw away the best thing you ever had because you were selfish.

The voices are right. I let him get away. I lost the man I love because I wanted to finish college. He asked me to stay. He told me he would watch out for me, but I left him anyway. How could I have been so stupid? I was being selfish.

The wind blows and the cloud is whisked out from under me. I am falling towards the ground. I can see two people embracing. As I get closer I can see that Sam is with someone else and my heart breaks. I scream his name and he doesn't even look at me. I lost him, and now I have to die knowing it.

I wake up gasping for breath. Sam is looking down at me and murmuring my name soothingly. I sit up and look at him and he cocks his head questioningly. I just shake my head and wrap my arms around him. When he does the same I sigh into his chest.

"It was just a dream." I whisper to myself and Sam hears me.

"What happened?" He asks me pulling back to look me in the eye.

"It was nothing." I lie refusing to look him in the eye.

"Don't tell me it was nothing you kept mumbling 'no stop, don't do this, no I love you, Sam, why, nooo' and that isn't nothing. So tell me what happened." He says.

I give in and tell him everything. He listens without interrupting and when I'm done he pulls me into a hug.

"Rylee, you know I would never do that. Even if you do want to go back to college I can find a job somewhere near there until you graduate if that's what it takes." he says kissing the top of my head.

"I know, but I don't want to keep you away from your family. I heard Kyle and Jada are going to move back to the states, and Thomas has a summer home in Florida they are going to live in most of the year." I say looking down.

"I love my family, but they will always be my family. I can't lose them. I can lose you, but that's not going to happen if I have anything to say about it." He murmurs before capturing my lips with his. This kiss was on another level than all the others. I always fet the fire flow through my body, but this time it was different. It feels like the fire is taking its time to fill every part of my body. My heart is so full it feels like it could explode.

Instead of pulling away like I normally would we continue kissing passionately. His tongue is dancing with mine. His hands are in my hair and mine are against his chest. When the driver announces we are at the hotel. He is the one to pull away.

He climbs out of the car and offers me his hand. I take it and slide out of the car. He surprises me by lifting me up bridal style and carrying me to the doors. He puts me down to go inside and grab the key. Once he does we go to the elevator and get in. There is no one else in the elevator and as an apology the King paid for us to have the suit which is on the top floor.

We ride up in silence and we have to scan the card before the door opens right into the suit. I look around and gasp. It is beautiful. From the marble floor to the beautiful ceiling everything is perfect. The king sized bed is the main feature of the room and there is a note on the pillow it reads:

Miss Rylee Kane,

I offer my deepest apologies for my son's behavior. I hope this does not make you think badly of the rest of the royal family. We would like to offer you a gift in return for your silence on the matter. I would like to meet with you and Mr. Dalton tomorrow before you leave for American to discuss this matter. Until then I hope you find the suit acceptable. I have arranged for a car to collect you tomorrow morning at 9:00 tomorrow. Until then.

King Edward Bennett

I think I reread that letter four times before showing it to Sam. He read it and looked up at me. "What do you think we should do?" He asks me putting the letter down.

"I want to know what he has to say. I think we should meet him." I say.

"Whatever you want Ry, you know I'll be there." He says before kissing me like he had in the cab. I wrap my legs around his waist and his hands hold my thighs. He moves over and sits on the bed with me in his lap. This puts me in charge.

I take a deep breath and my hands find the hem of his shirt and pull it over his head. He breaks the kiss just long enough to pull his shirt over his head. Once his shirt was off I gained confidence and my hands were everywhere. I could feel the strong muscles in his back and I traced the outline of his abs.

His breath hitched in his throat and his hands found their way under my shirt. His touch made me shiver and I pulled away from the kiss. He froze and looked at me worried he has done something wrong. He starts to move his hands and I stop him by kissing him again. His hands explore higher and higher and I am in foreign ground.

Sam seems to realize this and he pulls back with his hands on the bottom of my shirt. He looks me in the eye as he starts to raise up my shirt. He gets to the bottom of my bra and stops. "Are you sure?" He asks me.

I nod and he raises my shirt over my head. The rest just seems to fall into place. He is very gentle with me. It hurts a little at first but by the end I've been to heaven and back. I fell asleep closer to him than I have ever been to any other human being on this planet.

Everything was as perfect as I could picture it. I just hope he felt the same.