My heart stops in my chest. “Kian? Don’t you think he’ll be busy?”
“It’s two am, darling. He’s not busy. He’s probably not even sleeping, he’s always up late to work on his photography. He won’t mind coming to get you and giving you a place to stay.”
Nerves take over my entire body. Kian is the only man I’ve ever wanted in my life. I never had any interest in boys, in immature guys my own age. No, I’ve always wanted a real man...a man like Kian. He’s so tall and handsome and talented. What else could I ask for in a man? Anything I’ve ever wanted, he provides with ease.
But I can’t ever let him know the way he makes me feel. He’s twice my age, not to mention he’s my father’s best friend. What would Dad say if he found out I’ve been fantasizing about Kian since I was eighteen? What would he do if he discovered that Kian woke something up inside me that I’ve never felt before?
He’d never let me see Kian again, for sure.
“I don’t want to bother him, Dad,” I tell him. Of course, I want to see Kian. I’d never leave his side again if I had the choice. But it’s also torture being near him. Why would I want to put myself through being in his presence when I know that he can never be mine in the way that I want him?
“Well, you don’t really have a lot of options, do you, darling? Look, stay where you are. I’ll call him now and get him to pick you up.”
I try to protest, but he hangs up the phone. When I try to call him back, I discover that my phone has died. I groan to myself, feeling anxiety rising in my chest. I should be pleased. Normally, I’d kill for some time alone with Kian. But now, knowing it’s going to be the two of us alone, I know that it’s going to be hard to conceal my feelings. And if he finds out that I’m crushing on him, he’ll probably freak out. Maybe he’ll even tell my Dad, and I’ll never get to see him again. I can’t allow that. Not when I know that these feelings are never going away…
I’ve fallen hard for my Dad’s best friend.
Kian
The stars look incredible through the lens of my camera. It’s not often I get a clear enough night to take pictures of the night sky, especially on the outskirts of New York City. But that’s exactly why I moved out of the city. So that I could take more pictures and feel at peace. Something I haven’t felt in a long time.
My phone buzzes in my pocket and I sigh. I don’t like to be disturbed when I’m taking photographs. But when I see that it’s David, I pick up.
“Hey, Kian, sorry to call so late,” he says. “But I need to ask you a favor.”
“Oh yeah?” I ask, looking up at the dark sky and wondering what could be so important that he would call at this hour. “What do you need?”
“My daughter had a gas leak in her building. She’s been stuck outside for around an hour and I’m in Vegas, so I can’t pick her up. She doesn’t have any money so she can’t get a hotel. Would you mind picking her up and giving her a place to stay tonight? I’ll really owe you one if you do this for me.”
I sigh, looking up at the sky once more. I’ll miss the best part of the night for taking pictures, but I can’t turn him down. I haven’t seen his daughter in quite some time, not since she was a teenager, really, but I know that I can’t leave a young woman alone and vulnerable on the street.
“Okay. Give me her address and I’ll be there as soon as I can.”
“Thank you, Kian. I knew I could rely on you.”
He gives me directions to where Teagan lives and I hang up the call, packing away my camera. I guess I can always come back outside once I’ve picked her up. I get in the car and drive as fast as I can into the city.
I’ll be honest, I’m not particularly thrilled about doing this. I imagine it’s going to be awkward. But as I pull up at the address and see a beautiful young woman waiting outside the building alone, I feel something stir inside me. Surely that isn’t her? She’s a real woman now, so different from the young girl I saw three years ago. She’s blossomed now, her long blonde hair falling in waves over her large breasts. Her curvy hips have got my cock hardening in my pants and I feel a sense of possessiveness surging inside me. It’s her. My best friend’s daughter. A girl I barely know, but now, I want her more than anything in the world.