Total pages in book: 150
Estimated words: 136791 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 684(@200wpm)___ 547(@250wpm)___ 456(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 136791 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 684(@200wpm)___ 547(@250wpm)___ 456(@300wpm)
"You okay?" January asks, stopping beside my chair to brush my hair back from my forehead.
"Perfect," I say, trying to ease the worry in her eyes. She shouldn't be stressing about anything today. It's her day to be spoiled and pampered.
"Are things with you and Titan okay?" she asks.
"We're good," I promise and then pull her down for a kiss before she can ask me anything else. I don't want to lie to her, and if she asks, I'll have to do exactly that. She tastes like chocolate, which makes me hard. I swear, I could kiss this girl for days and still not be satisfied. I lick at her lips, loving how much sweeter she tastes with her favorite flavor all over her.
"Dude, stop dry-humping my sister in front of my mom," Titan says from behind me. He sounds more amused than pissed, though, so I flip him off discreetly and then dip January backward to kiss the shit out of her once more.
She squeals with laughter, clinging to me. Jana's laughing, too, so I figure she's not too messed up about me making out with her daughter in the middle of their kitchen.
Still, I reluctantly pull back and set January on her feet before it gets too far out of hand. With her, I can't ever be too careful. She's so responsive. If I'm not careful, she'll be crawling into my lap and trying to get us both naked, regardless of the fact that her brother and mom are right here.
She stumbles a little, and I reach out to steady her. Her emerald eyes shine, and her cheeks are flushed with color. With her lips all red and swollen from my kisses, she looks like a porcelain doll again, too beautiful to be real.
"Here," Titan says, grabbing her hand and pulling her away from me. He plops her down in a chair and then places a giant box in her lap.
She looks from the box to him, a question in her eyes.
"Figured I owe you for being such a dick to you the last couple of years," he mumbles and then shrugs like it's no big deal. "I'm sorry for hurting you, and I hope you'll forgive me."
Her expression melts, hesitation turning to adoration in the blink of an eye. "Of course I forgive you," she whispers, squeezing his hand. "I love you, Titan. Even when you are a jerk."
"I love you too, baby sister. Now open this shit!" he says and rubs his hands together. He's almost as excited about the gift as she is.
She tears through the pink paper like a little kid at Christmas. It goes flying in all directions.
"Titan!" she squeals, pulling a pair of high-top Chuck Taylor sneakers out of the box. They're UCLA blue and gold, with her name embossed across the side. She hugs them to her chest before diving out of her seat to hug her brother. The box tumbles to the floor, but she doesn't even notice it.
"Thank you, thank you, thank you!" she chants, jumping up and down.
"You're welcome, brat," he says and then drops a kiss to her forehead.
She bounces back to her seat and slips the shoes on her feet to admire them. Once she's satisfied, she picks the box up and pulls out a UCLA hoodie with her name on it, a t-shirt, and a little jewelry box. She opens it to reveal a dog tag with a picture of the two of them embossed on the front. The back is engraved with a message about how his love is her greatest gift and her happiness is his deepest desire.
"I have one, too," he says, pulling a chain out from beneath the collar of his shirt to show her.
It's so sweet that January and Jana both cry. A lump forms in my throat, too.
"I love it, Titan. It's perfect," January whispers through her tears and lets him put it on her. "Thank you."
He winks at her and then steals her piece of cake.
"I'm not even going to yell at you for that," she mutters, sticking her tongue out at him.
Her mom sets a plate in front of her with an even bigger piece of cake on it.
"Should have stuck to your own plate," January teases him when his face falls at the sight of the massive slice he just lost out on.
The mournful look on his face makes the rest of us crack up laughing. He puts away food like a garbage disposal.
Once we've all gorged ourselves on cake and January has opened all of her presents, I ask Jana if I can steal my girl away for a few minutes. She waves us away, announcing that Titan can help her clean up and get all the trash out to the road for pickup.
Titan grumbles about not being a goddamn maid but starts helping his mom.