The Scarlett Legacy (Woodland Creek)(24)

“You’re sure you want to give that up right now?”

“No. I don’t. We can finish school somewhere else. Only a few more credits and we are done. We don’t have to finish them at HAU.”

“I don’t think you thought this through. We have to apply to another college, transfer credits, and all kinds of stuff.”

Evie shrugged. “That’s what we will do.”

Parker stared at her, his brows furrowed. She wondered what he was thinking. For a moment she was worried.

“You’re lucky I love you.”

She snickered and dropped her controller. She jumped onto him, gripping his shoulders as she pressed into them. He let his controller fall, not caring that it fell off the bed.

She leaned down to kiss him on the lips, almost getting lost in the intensity once his tongue licked her lips, and went deeper to tangle with her own. Her hair fell over her face, seemingly shielding them both, and tickling her cheeks.

One kiss had him ready to rip her clothes off, but she sat back up, pulling her hair into a bun on top of her head.

“Good,” she said, a little breathless. “We can take off the rest of this semester.”

Parker sighed, trying to pull her back down for more.

She had an idea. “Wait. We can finish online! I don’t even really need to be present for my classes. They can be accessed online if need be.”

Parker gave her butt a squeeze, sending shivers along her entire body. Every touch excited her. This new chapter of her life; the one where she was a sexual being was new to her, and she couldn’t get enough.

At that moment however, she couldn’t help but turn her focus to their future away from her family and their drama.

“I guess I can do that too.”

She bit her nails. “Good. We can really do this.”

Parker took her hand from her mouth. “Stop biting your nails.”

Evie rolled her eyes. “I’m thinking.”

He sat up on his elbows, his blond hair falling just above his eyebrows.

“Promise me that when we leave you’ll tell me what you’ve been hiding. You already said that you would. Did you mean it?”

The tequila made its way into her bloodstream making her feel warm all over. She bit her lip as she looked away from his gaze.

“I promise,” she whispered.

“Good.” Parker took off his shirt and tossed it aside.

She ran her hands along his abs.

“But where will we go with no money?”

“There isn’t a problem,” he said. “I can cover what we need.”

Evie smiled up at him. “And I thought I was the wealthy one in the relationship. I thought I was going to take care of us.”

He stepped onto the floor and took off his pants. She got under the covers and he joined her.

“Well, I kinda earned my wealth over the years.”

Evie raised a brow. “And I didn’t? You try to grow up in a family like mine. I earned mine as well. They’re just holding my money hostage for now.”

“I didn’t mean it like that,” he said, pulling her into his embrace. He smoother her hair and kissed the back of her neck. “You definitely deserve the very best. And I’m supposed to be the one taking care of us anyway. Not you.”

“God, you’re so good to me,” Evie said, her heart aching at the thought of ever losing him. She shoved the idea out of her mind. They would be together forever.

She’d fight for Parker. She’d kill for him if she had to.

So twisted.

Only a girl who had grown up in a crime family would think that she’d actually have to kill for the man she loved.





MORNING BROUGHT SUCH HOPE that when Evie got out of bed and made breakfast, she had a smile on her face.

It’s going to be all right, she thought as she flipped pancakes. She caught herself humming like her mother and shook her head, laughing. Soon Parker would wake up to breakfast in bed and they would head out to his parent’s house.

Evie’s smile faded when she got a text from Quinn.

Meet up for coffee later?

She looked at the question, her stomach sinking. She put the phone away and let out a long breath. Leaving Quinn behind was going to be more difficult than she thought. She didn’t even think saying goodbye to her family would be so hard.

She poured two cups of coffee and sipped hers while the bacon finished crisping in the oven. She’d learned that technique from Parker’s dad. Apparently it was how the restaurants did it. The smell was incredible, and yet she no longer had an appetite.

She sucked her teeth when Parker came down the hallway in nothing but a pair of black basketball shorts. He yawned, waving at her.

Evie quickly took out two plates from the cabinet.

“You weren’t supposed to wake up yet!”

He grinned at her, his eyes scanning the chopped fruit, pancakes, and coffee. “You made bacon too?”

She smirked, grabbing his oven mitt so she could take the pan of bacon out of the oven. “I did. But I wanted to make you breakfast in bed.”

He stepped up to her, gathering her in his arms. Placing a soft kiss on her forehead, he rubbed her back. “I think my body sensed that you were gone, and I had to find you.”

“I’m never leaving you again,” she whispered, wrapping her arms around his waist as she looked up at him.