Bespelled

Chapter 5

"Touch my butt and die!"

I pouted prettily at Ebony widening my eyes with attempts at innocence. But at her continued threatening glare I relented.  "I wasn't going to touch it anyhow. I was going to pinch it," I said with an evil grin.

She merely rolled her eyes at me before turning back to the discussion she was having with her dad. I didn't know why but her indifference drew me on. Probably because I knew it was fake. She was in no way indifferent to any part of me at all.

I stepped up behind her closing the distance between us before I swept my arms about her chubby waist to draw her up against me.

Her sigh was audible as was the disgruntlement in her tone as she called out my name sighing impatiently.

"Jarrod,  please! "

I looked up away from Ebony's cyan eyes imploring eyed to find a pair of matching set glinting down at me with some amusement. I shrugged my wide shoulders up at Raven Blackthorn and resolutely picked up Ebony's shorter frame up before carting her away.

I bent forward to murmur in her ear.

"You were supposed to be here to be with me," I reminded her earnestly.  "Surely your business with your dad can wait till you are back at the office? "

I lowered her back to her feet before turning her to face me. Her glare was ready and cute. And it did nothing to take away the unrepentant grin on my face.

"Jarrod! " She huffed out again.  But her avarice thoughts gave her away every time.  My grinned only widened recognising the increased heartbeat and her breathlessness for exactly what it was.  Her undying infatuation with me.

I gathered her close. Cuddling her plump frame against my toned one and breathed in her false outrage.

But then my name was being called and I had to reluctantly release her to step into the limelight and hopefully sell enough of the blasted books to provide me a comfortable enough living.