A Rock & Roll Romance (27 page)

“Ladies and gentleman LET ME HEAR YOU!”
He yelled.

             
The sound that followed reverberated from everywhere.

“How’s everybody
doing tonight? We’re going to start with a song that will be on our next album once we get into the studio. It’s called, ‘Life Starts Now’ and it’s dedicated to my incredible fiancée. I love you baby!”

             
I knew that they had been playing around with some new songs, but I had no idea that they actually had a full song with music and everything. The song was basically about letting go of the past and embracing the future. I watched the show feeling bittersweet about the whole thing. I reflected over the past three and a half months. It was so surreal. It almost seemed like Jake was sent to me to help me heal. When we met I was scared. I thought I was protecting myself by shutting him out. Somehow he managed to worm himself into my world and right into my heart. He was jumping around on the stage like a crazy person. The crowd was completely enthralled by him. I was in awe like always. Finally, when they finished up their set, he tossed his towel and walked over to me. He scooped me right up, and I wrapped my legs around his waist. I handed Bella over to Brett in order to save her from being dropped or smothered. Jake leaned down and kissed me dripping sweat on my face in the process. I wouldn’t have it any other way. I tried to get down, but he wouldn’t let me. He started walking back toward the dressing room with the guards flanking. He stopped midstride.

“Hey asshole,
nice stunt you tried pulling. I really appreciate it fuck-face.” He yelled.

I turned to s
ee that he was talking to Ian. Bella started barking like crazy. His dark hair was combed over to the side. He smirked at Jake and I felt him tense up. I moved my head and licked his neck in an attempt to try and distract him. I didn’t want him to get into a fight with Ian because he definitely wasn’t worth it. They were locked into some staring contest. Jake wasn’t responding how I had hoped. I bit down on his earlobe gently. That got his attention, but he still stood unmoving.

“Jake, just go.” I pleaded. I knew he wanted to listen to me but his pride, manly-hood, etc.
just wouldn’t let him move. “It’s not going to change anything. Just let karma take care of it. What comes around goes around…”

“You’re going to let your woman boss you around like that
, Parker?”

             
Jake started shaking. I leaned into his ear to whisper.

“Baby, you’re all sweaty
, and I really
need
you right now… Let’s go home. Please.” I ended with a low moan.

             
That did it. He started walking toward the back door. I looked over my shoulder and saw Vin full on body check Ian. Blake and Derek emerged from somewhere and saw the tail end of things. Blake looked murderous. Derek looked enraged. I watched as Blake walked up to Ian and punched him right in the throat. Kevin appeared next.

“I was thinking blunt force trauma to the voice box might make your voice less annoying
. You’re a spineless, dickless, piece of shit.” Blake spit in his face and stormed off kicking over a garbage can in the process.

“I don’t know how you look at yourself in the mirror.” Kevin scoffed. “Is Jake Parker
really that much of a threat to you that you needed to stoop low enough to hire her stalker?”

             
Jake stopped and turned around. Ian looked like a deer caught in the headlights.

“I didn’t know he was her stalker until the police told me
the other day. Jeremy said that they used to date, but I didn’t know anything else that happened. I think Jeremy had this whole thing planned out from the beginning.” He stammered. “Mark left mid-tour with no notice right after the Texas show, and we needed a new bassist. He practically appeared out of thin air. He was really good, so we took him on as a replacement knowing that it would get back to Jake.”

             
Derek’s fists were curled so tight I could clearly see every tendon in his hand. If looks could kill, Ian would have been dead right where he was standing.

“The tour is over
, and we’re not going to have any reason to see each other again. I may seem all laidback and mellow, but if you as much breathe in our direction I will personally take you out. Do you understand?” Kevin bellowed.

             
I’ve never seen him angry before. He was actually intimidating. Ian nodded anxiously.

“Good
, now go change your underwear.” He barked.

             
I looked down and saw the front of Ian’s pants were wet. He’d pissed himself. That’s when I knew there was no way in hell that he could have known about Jeremy’s sinister plans. Ian was all bark and no bite, despite what he wanted other people to think. I pulled on Jake’s hair to bring his attention back to me. He looked lovingly at me. I moved so that I could peck his lips. We continued kissing as he walked until we got safely into the car. Brett handed me back Bella, and she licked Jake’s face and wagged her tail. I told them to stop and get me a banana milkshake on the way home. I sipped it happily. When we got home, Brett insisted on taking precautions and checked the entire place before giving the okay for us to go inside. We headed straight to the bedroom with the intention of packing for Ohio since we were leaving in the morning. The second that Jake lifted his shirt over his head I was too sidetracked to do anything, other than him. I walked over and put my arms around him breathing in his cologne. My sense of smell was heightened from the pregnancy and he smelled even better than before. I looked up at him with lust filled eyes.

“I need you.” I whispered.

I didn’t need to say anything else. We made quick work of the rest of our clothes. He kissed me, devouring me. He lifted me up, wrapping my legs around his waist and walked over to the wall to shut off the alarm. He carried me over to the sliding glass door and opened it up leading me outside to one of the lounge chairs. He carefully placed me down and kissed down my neck, my breasts, and my stomach stopping to pay extra attention to where the babies are before ending up at my core. He lifted my legs around his shoulder blades and licked a long swipe up my moist heat paying special attention to my swollen nub. It only took a couple of circular motions with his talented tongue before I was writhing underneath him.

He lifted his head looking at me contently. He nudged his angry erection at my entrance slowly pushing forward until he filled me completely. When we were like this it made me fee
l whole. He rocked in and out to the rhythm of the crashing waves. I ran my fingers through his hair, looking into his handsome face. My heart swelled with the love that I had for him. He was pushing me closer and closer to my orgasm. When it came it was the seeing stars, glorious kind. I felt him thicken and fill me. I never wanted this moment to end. He picked me back up and carried me inside to the bathroom. He sat me on the vanity and cleaned me up before placing me in bed. I turned on my side and closed my eyes feeling euphoric.

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              We found a nice piece of property not too far from my parents. It was ten acres, and we could start building right away. Jake made arrangements to meet with an architect today, so that’s where we were headed. He had all of these elaborate plans that he wanted to incorporate. I wanted a kitchen, a bedroom and a bathroom. Those were my must haves. We pulled up to the office and Jake came to help me out of the car as if I was incompetent of opening my own door.

When we walked inside and
were greeted by Nick, the architect. He led us into his office where he had a large touch screen set up with some plans already drafted. Jake looked like a kid in a candy shop. We talked about our wants and our needs. I let Jake handle the money because I didn’t even want to know what the whole thing was going to cost. It would probably end up giving me nightmares. By the time we left the plans were already underway. I talked Jake down from twelve bedrooms to eight. I tried for five but was vetoed by both parties. Instead, the guesthouse was going to have five, and its own studio. I was actually really impressed with some of the ideas Jake came up with.

We stopped on the way back to my parents and picked up
some sandwiches for lunch. Today was also the day that we were putting the final touches on our wedding plans. We didn’t have much time left before the big day. We needed to get anyone that didn’t already have their airfare a plane ticket, make sure they had arrangements to pick them up from the airport and transport them to the ranch. I was excited and nervous. I was really hoping that I would like Ron and vice versa. He seemed like such a special person for Jake, and it was extremely important to me that we got along. I know he looked up to him as a mentor, but Ron seemed to have taken the father figure role in his life. Once everything was squared away, I went to go lay down because I was exhausted. I demanded that Jake come and cuddle with me while I napped. I always slept better when he was there.

“Jake
, did you remember you skirt this morning?” My dad teased and rolled his eyes.

“Shut up old man. We all know that Aubrey wears the pants in this relationship.” Jake grinned.

“Don’t you forget it!” I told him teasingly.

Those two were something else
together. I was really glad they got along so well, especially since I’m a daddy’s girl and I don’t see that changing, ever. My dad wholeheartedly loved Jake. They picked on each other mercilessly, and it was rather entertaining to watch. I curled into Jake and closed my eyes.

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

Ranches and Wounds

We arrived at Ron’s ranch the week before the wedding. We planned to get there first so that we could have a couple days to get know one another and make sure everything got set up correctly. Jake still hadn’t told him about the babies and was bursting at the seams to tell him the news. He had a car waiting for us at the airfield. They loaded the bags in the trunk and Jake gave the driver the address. We drove for over an hour to the middle of nowhere. There was literally nothing around for miles, except for the occasional cactus. Finally, we came right up to a driveway with a gate. The entire place was surrounded by a fence. Jake was grinning from ear to ear. He pushed in a code, and the gate opened. I sucked in a deep breath trying to quell my nerves. He rubbed my hand reassuringly. Jake grabbed our luggage and fished a key ring from his pocket. He opened the door and called out for Ron. A man came around the corner in a wheel chair. He had snow-white hair and a black cowboy hat on. He smiled the brightest, whitest smile I’d ever seen. Jake put Bella on the floor, and she ran off to explore.

“Jake, my boy.
You’re here.” He beamed. Jake leaned down to embrace him. “I’ve missed you son.” He patted Jakes back.

             
My heart swelled and I felt the tears coming on.
Damn pregnancy hormones.

“Pops, I’d like you to meet my beautiful
fiancée Aubrey. Aubrey, this is Ron.”

“She’s a beaut Jake.” He looked at me. “It’s lovely to meet you
, Aubrey.”

“You too.”
I blushed feeling embarrassed.

“Come on
, I had Janine set up a spread for you guys before she left. We can sit and catch up. Well I’m already sitting, but you get the idea.” He joked.

             
Ron had such a warm aura about him. You could tell that he was without a doubt a good-hearted person, and I immediately felt comfortable. I also felt a huge wave of relief. I looked around the house. It had an open floor plan and was decorated mostly in earth tones. We went over to the kitchen. Jake pulled a chair out from the table for me to sit down. I sat, and Jake went over to make some plates of food.

“Glad to see you still got
your manners boy. I might be in a chair, but I’ll still find a way to kick your ass.” He eyeballed him. Jake smirked and laughed. “So tell me about yourself, Aubrey.”

“There’s not
too much to tell. I’m from Ohio, and I work as a stewardess for my dad’s small airline.” Jake cleared his throat.

“Used to baby. You used to work as a stewardess.”
He smirked.

“Whatever.” I rolled my eyes at him and turned back to Ron. “I’m
an only child and would like to say that I come from a good family. That’s about it.” I said bashfully.

“She’s modest. I like that
in a woman, Jake.” He looked at me and winked. I smiled back. “I am so happy that you two are here. Thank you for having the wedding here, it means a lot to me.”

“Pops
, I wouldn’t have it any other way. You know that.”

“I know son.”

              Jake placed plates down in front of us and took a seat next to me. I started picking at my food. One of the cheeses smelled, and it was making me feel really nauseous. I got a lump in my throat. I was trying my best to conceal it, but I had to push the plate away before I threw up. Jake noticed and smirked.

“Pops we have some
news… We were going to wait until tonight to tell you.”

“Spit it out
, boy.” Ron laughed. He lifted his fork to put a piece of melon in his mouth.