Blinding Trust (Mitchell Family, #7)(31)

Noah put his head down in his knees. “Yes, sir.”

I left the boy in his room to sulk by himself. There was no way I was going to sit there and feel sorry for him. After all of our talks, he still wasn’t acting like he’d been taught to. His disrespectful attitude was going to cause him to spend his whole summer in that damn room if he didn’t shape up.

Savanna and the girls were downstairs watching an animated movie. They were cuddled up on either side of her. I stood there looking at the very clean floor, before heading over to the couch. Savanna smiled when I sat down and reached my arm around them. She and I didn’t care much for animated movies, but family time was always important. Plus, we also knew that the girls would soon fall asleep and we would have some alone time.

It took longer than we both thought, but after an hour, they were fast asleep against us. I grabbed Christian while Savanna picked up Addy. They were getting heavy to carry up the stairs every night. You’d think that after three children we would have mastered the concept of bedtime. Contrary to every parenting book Savanna had read, nothing worked on our kids.

We met each other in the hallway. I reached for her hand and led her to our room. Before climbing into bed, she wrapped her arms around me and held me tightly. “I love you so much, Colt. Please don’t ever doubt that.”

I had no idea why she would say something like that. It was almost cryptic, like I should expect something bad to happen. “You sure you’re alright, darlin’?”

I kissed her head and pushed her back far enough to be able to look into her eyes.

“I’m fine.”

“You sure that their ain’t somethin’ you need to tell me? I feel like there is.”

Savanna shook her head. “No. I’m just upset about Noah. I guess I just thought he would miss me while I was gone. I don’t get how all of the sudden everything has changed.”

“He’s bein’ a kid, darlin’. It’s just a stage he’s goin’ through. I know the kid loves you and his sisters, too. He’s bein’ a little jerk and it’s goin’ to stop or I will have to take drastic measures to correct it myself.” I hated threatening violence, but if it was what it took to knock some sense into my son, it was going to have to happen.

“I don’t want you to have to go to those kind of extremes. He’s just rebelling. Your mother says that you were the same way.”

I was a handful. I could remember having my ass beat more than a dozen times. Once I set fire to a pile of leaves that my father forced me to rake up. I ended up burning down a tool shed and damaging a fence. Another time, I drove a four wheeler straight through a barn, with Conner on the front of it. I wasn’t exactly a innocent child, but I never talked to my parents the way that Noah was talking to us. It was uncalled for and I wasn’t having it in my house. My biggest problem was the way he was treating his mother. “I never disrespected my parents.”

“I did a few times. I mean, I never told them off, but when they wouldn’t let me do things that I wanted to do, I definitely wasn’t an easy person to live with. Being an only child yourself, I suspect you did it a few times as well. Your mother wouldn’t have put up with it. She probably threatened you with that wooden spoon more than you can remember.”

I kissed the top of her head again. “I guess you’re right. We still need to hold our ground. If Noah keeps at it, the girls are goin’ to follow in his footsteps and then we’re goin’ to have a bigger problem to deal with.” I rubbed her cheeks with my thumbs and looked deep into her eyes. “How about we take a bath before bed? I could use some quality time with my wife.”

She looked up and smiled. “That sounds fantastic!”

“You take off your clothes and I will get the water started.” I undressed and tossed my clothes on the floor as I walked. Since I was feeling distant from Savanna, I wasn’t going to waste one second I had to be alone and naked with her.





Chapter 13


Savanna


After picking up the clothes that Colt left on the floor and making my way into the bathroom, he was already in the tub with his arms reaching out for me. I smiled as I removed the last of my clothes and climbed in to sit in front of him.

The water was so hot that it took a second to get used to, while the tub edges were cold against the underneath of my arms. Colt warmed the rest of my body as he reached his large hands around and started washing my neck, then down to my breasts. His stubbly face tickled the backs of my shoulders and I couldn’t help but close my eyes while enjoying what only he could do to me.

The soap in his hands made the friction slippery, allowing him to maneuver his way up and down my arms with ease. He groaned as his fingertips massaged beneath my breasts. I felt both of his hands slide down my abdomen and continue until they reached my inner thighs. I was so eager for him to touch my *. I craved his attention after being away from him for days. The slightest touch to my sweet spot would send me in a frenzy. Colt must have sensed my anticipation. A small chuckled vibrated off of my shoulder as he rubbed harder on my inner thighs, never touching my *. I was just wanting , no needing, him to fill me with his love. The more he placed small kisses on the side of my neck, the more I could feel myself surrendering to his every touch.

Colt slowly let his fingers slip over my sex. If it weren’t fully submerged in the water, I would have said that it was on fire. I was so hot for him to touch me there; to penetrate his fingers into my entrance.