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Chapter Thirty-Seven

Sienna

We drive to one of the O’Connell’s beachfront properties in a comfortable silence. Knowing Stone has the support and protection of his blood family helps ease my worries. The resemblance to his brothers is uncanny. They all have the same bright-blue eyes that penetrate your soul, burning deep inside and extracting your thoughts and feelings, leaving you stripped bare before them.

The head of the family, Bren, is the one who looks most like Stone, with cropped hair and a sharp jawline and broad muscular shoulders that stretch his shirt across his back. Oscar is leaner, with sharper features, and his dark hair has a wave to it. It reminds me of the first time I laid eyes on Stone in an infirmary bed in the basement of our house and ran my fingers through his silky locks before they whisked him away and returned him with a despondent look and the cropped haircut he wears now.

Finn is lean in stature and wears a leather jacket and untied combat boots, and a toothpick hangs from his mouth. He has a playful aura about him that makes you instantly warm toward him.

In the past hour of driving, I’ve decided I like Stone’s blood family more than my own. They’re at ease with one another, have no pretense, and their guards are down as if they trust each other. Their jovial antics have even had Stone stifling a smile. I reach out and entwine our fingers while resting them in his lap. He turns his head to face me. His eyes narrow as he scans over me, as if trying to determine what caused me to openly show him affection when we’ve always remained so guarded. I bite into my lip as excitement at our potential future together bubbles inside me, threatening to spill over, and Stone’s lip twitches as if hearing my thoughts. He lifts me onto his lap, and I yelp at the sudden movement before he wraps the seatbelt over me, keeping me in place.

The firm ridge of his cock rests between us, and my face reddens with the way my thoughts instantly spiral to being used as his willing recipient. He spoke about us having a baby, and now, with the O’Connells behind us, a future together could be on the horizon.

We just need to get past our family first.