Sultry Queen

A Chapter by LacyJae

Legacy ~ Excerpt 2

She stood out the front of Maverick’s house & braced herself. It was up to her how he was going to take this, it was up to her to keep the peace & not help light his fuse. God knows she didn’t need for this to blow up in her face right now. She hoped Mav was home & that Mitch wouldn’t interrupt them or put his own spin on her situation to Maverick before she had a chance to be alone with him. She opened the front door & walked through without knocking, she strode up the hall on a mission to Mav’s room, ignoring the crude comments & gestures the boys were calling out to her from the lounge room. She was surprised to see that many of them here & awake at this time of the morning. She hardly ever went to Mav’s room alone when there were this many witnesses so she expected the flack they were dishing out.

She opened the door, entered & closed it behind her. She was filled with relief as her eyes settled on Maverick asleep in his bed. She thought to herself how handsome he looked & smiled noticing the sheet just barely covering what it needed to. He was a restless sleeper, he stirred a little as she made her way over to him & sat on the edge of the bed. She leaned over & kissed him hard on his lips, then remembered what she was here to do & reigned herself in “Control Legacy, keep it cool!”.

“Mhmm, can you wake me up like that every morning” he smiled before opening his eyes.

He sat up, still sleepy, leaned back on one hand, reached out to stroke her cheek with the other. Easily encouraged, he put a finger under her chin & drew her lips back to his & kissed her with more fervour. He moved slightly to whisper in her ear, “How nice that I was dreaming of you & woke to actually find you here, in my room, on my bed”. It was then that he noticed the ominous look on her face, quickly ground the sleep out of his eyes & reached for his watch from his bedside table “What time is it, are the boys out there?”

“Yes, It’s almost 7:30am” she replied, torn by trying to hide her anxiety but wanting so much to join him in bed.

“Forget them Lace, you know what they’re like....” she noticed him look passed her to the door, no doubt trying to guess what might be causing her apprehension.

“No, it’s not that...”

Maverick cut her off.

“Is it that exam? I told you yesterday, you got it in the bag baby!” He cupped her face in his hands & moved her head upward so he could see into her eyes.

“Well yes, I haven’t studied for the exam yet, but...” she trailed off, slowly broke from his grasp so as not to cause much attention & moved her gaze to her lap before he saw the look in her eyes. She remembered his anger all too well & hated seeing him fly off the handle like he so easily did. She wasn’t sure how to bring it up & keep his temper in check. He was so unpredictable, the last thing she needed was Maverick making a visit to her father, or worse, to Leslie at school!

“What is it Lacey? You’re not grounded again are you? I’ve told you before; you should just move in here with us & be done with it! Damn your dad & his stuck up snobby b***h of a wife!” he stated as he flung back the covers & got up from his bed angrily.

Legacy tried to keep her focus, but his chiselled chest & arms made her body tingle with desire. “Not the time Legacy!” She told herself as she stood to hold him in place & make him listen. She needed to switch tactics or unpredictable Maverick would make a play at her father, Leslie or both!

“Mav, just hear me out ok? And promise me you won’t go doing anything stupid!?” she paused when he didn’t answer & pleaded with him through her eyes. Sometimes he was so easy to read & other times she didn’t have a clue. She could see the rage brewing behind his eyes. She switched again & calmed him the only way she knew how, by enticing his lips to hers & kissing him softly. She moved her hands from his arms around to caress his back the way she knew he liked it. It wasn’t long before he was responding & tried coaxing her back to his bed. When she stood still, he flashed her his infamous charming grin. Playful, alluring Maverick was back.

“It’s not that I’m not enjoying it Legacy, but do you think I don’t know what you’re doing? These games you play are fun but you shouldn’t tease me if you have no intention of staying, just come clean. What is it? Why are you here so early? Why did you wake me like a sultry queen would wake her king, constantly alternating to the innocent school girl you play so well, all the while looking like someone ran over your dog?”

She moved her eyes back to his questioning gaze. She thought she’d cried all her tears the night before but one managed to escape from the corner of her eye & slid down her cheek as she stated simply “We’re moving”.

He was at her side in a second. Embracing her & responding with all the right soothing answers. The last ditch effort of the damsel in distress had worked. She would let him think whatever he liked. As long as she kept his anger under wraps she should be able to control a better outcome then what would have been seconds before.

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