Chapter 78 - TIME TO TALK

[KYLE POV]

I cannot believe that my woman sat there and told a man he could stay at her place. WHILE SHE WAS THERE. What the hell was she thinking? Was she trying to make me jealous? Was she trying to make my beast angry and possessive? If she was then she was succeeding.

I had to set my foot down and tell her that she would stay at my place if he was going to stay at her place. I was happy too, when she said the first thing that came to her mind which was actually an agreement. That meant that deep down she wanted to be with me as much as I wanted to be with her. I was glad that her subconscious was more honest than she was.

After Jacy spent forever showing that damn bird around her condo I had to literally carry her out and to my place. I knew that she was trying to delay us leaving. She was practically desperate for a life preserver to save her from having to go back with me. Did she think I was going to gobble her up or something?

I had other plans in mind than what she was probably thinking. I know that when we've been alone so far it has led to sex. Time and time again. But I was capable of more than just giving her multiple orgasms. I was a multitalented man and I would show her what I had to offer her.

Tonight I would offer her a nice dinner. A very nice, romantic, home cooked dinner. I would show her just how much of a catch I really was.

I didn't set her down until we were in my living room. I had carried her all the way to the black leather couch that was the prominent feature in the room. When I saw the look on her face, that indignant and surprised expression, I couldn't hold back the laughter any longer.

"You look like a petulant child. You know, all I did was bring you home."

"This isn't my home." She snapped back at me.

"Yet." I grinned at her. "You know we need to figure a few things out, and tonight seems like the perfect time to talk about it all."

"Figure out what?" She looked distrustful when she asked me that.

"The fact that you even have to ask means that we have a lot to discuss."

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Kyle just said that we had a lot to discuss then walked away. What the hell was that all about? What did he expect from me right now? He just dropped me on his couch and walked away. What in the literal hell?

"Kyle? Where are you going?" I called after him as he disappeared down the hall.

"I'm taking a shower, that was a long ass drive back from Arkansas and I need to get clean. Care to come with me?"

"That's just what you'd want, isn't it? You'd like nothing more than to get me naked and take advantage of me."

"I can't take advantage of the willing, baby. And I am planning to keep my hands to myself for the night. I think we could use some quality time with each other. Though I would appreciate the view that your tight little body would offer me." I could hear the suggestive tone in his voice at the end of all that.

"Perv!" I yelled after him.

"I never claimed that I wasn't." He laughed. "Do you want to join me?"

"No!" I yelled even as I got my bag and started to follow him down the hallway.

Contrary to what I had thought would happen when I showered with Kyle, he really did keep his hands to himself. Mostly. He did touch me a few times, but he didn't try to turn it into anything dirty. Given our track record I had really thought that was surprising.

After we were done showering Kyle declared it was time to make dinner. He dried off and got dressed so quickly that my head was still spinning after he hurried from the room. What was with him today? I didn't know so I just dressed and followed him out to the kitchen.

Man he was fast. By the time I had gotten into the kitchen he already had a pan on the stove and food on the counter. He was chopping meat up so skillfully that it was clear he was used to cooking. I could cook too, but I was always on the road so it wasn't anything like what he was doing.

"What are we making?" I asked him as I walked up next to him.

"I am making beef stir fry with white rice, smoked salmon, and a caesar salad. You are making tracks to the living room while you let me work." He actually turned me around and used a hand on my ass to push me away.

"Seriously?" I looked over my shoulder at him. "You don't want any help at all?"

"This doesn't take long to make. I will be done soon." He shooed me away.

"Then how about I set the table. I can't just sit and do nothing." I felt weird just sitting around while he did all the work.

"Fine, set the table for me. Make sure you get a bottle of juice from the fridge for us to drink."

"Ugh, this meal would be better with wine." I groaned.

"Don't even think about it." He growled at me.

"I wasn't going to, I was just complaining."

I was done setting the table before he was done cooking but I saw that he was really almost done. He was right about it being a quick meal. He was already plating the salads and putting the rice on the plates.

A few minutes later he delivered big, heaping plates to the table that were covered in delicious smelling foods. The salmon had been put on the same plate as the rest of the meal but it wasn't mixed in, which was good, I don't think it would have been good that way. As it was I wasn't that much of a fan of fish and probably wouldn't eat it. Kyle must have noticed what I was thinking because he spoke immediately.

"I planned this meal because it is full of protein and vitamins that your body needs right now. The salmon is very vital for it as well, it has the iron and omega-3 that you need to support the baby's growth." He sounded so knowledgeable about this subject.

"How do you know so much? Do you have another kid out there somewhere?" I had to ask. It only made sense.

"Hell no!" He sounded offended. "I've read books. I was curious. I knew that I would want to have a kid with a woman someday so I decided to study up long in advance."

"Huh, interesting. I know next to nothing about babies and pregnancy."

"You're a woman, shouldn't you know at least something about what is going to happen to your body?" He looked exasperated now. I had a feeling we were doomed to have this kind of constantly exasperated or annoying relationship.

"I figured I was never going to have a kid, so why bother." That was a mean looking glare he was giving me right now.

"You're something else." He just shook his head.

"Thank you." I grinned.

"That wasn't necessarily a compliment." He was laughing now.

"I know, but it broke the tension didn't it?" He was smiling more broadly now, he was definitely a lot more relaxed now.

Apparently with the more relaxed mood came a more serious discussion. What the hell kind of correlation is that?

"There are some things we need to figure out, you know." Kyle's voice was a little more serious now that he had gotten his exasperation out of the way.

"You said that earlier but I don't know what kind of things you want to talk about."

"Are you serious?" He was getting exasperated. "You don't think that we should talk about us? Or our relationship and what we're going to do from here on out?"

"You act like everything is going to change."

"Because it is! Are you oblivious or are you doing this on purpose? Come on Jacy, we're mated. Don't you know what that means?"

"That some goddess up in the moon thinks she knows what's best for us." I gave a half hearted answer. I knew I was annoying him but I couldn't help it, I really didn't know what he wanted from me.

"It means that we're soulmates. It means that no matter how much you frustrate me no one on this planet can make me as happy as you can. It means that we're going to be together forever. It means that we're going to have a family and live together."

"And all of this is just decided without even asking me. That's the problem I have."

"You're supposed to be happy about this. I know that you've had a lot of trauma in your past but you're not the only one. I've had my fair share of hardships too. It's a fact of life for some people. But we can overcome it together. We can be stronger together. We can be happy together."

I felt my heart race with his words. I didn't know what happiness was like. Not truly. I didn't know what it would be like to share my life with him, so all I could do was push him away. It didn't look like he was going anywhere though. He seemed pretty determined.

"And just what does a future for us look like to you?" I raised an eyebrow at him, wondering what he thought was going to happen. "I am not going to be some happy little house bitch. I am not just going to raise your kids while you run everything."

"I never expected you would. We will raise them together and we can both still work. Though I would prefer you to run cases closer to home, I know that some will take you away from the city from time to time. I want us to move in together too."

"Didn't you just move?" I wondered, my head tilted.

"I'd move again to be with you. We can find a place that is perfect for us to have a family in."

"And what then? We get married, have kids, and grow old together?"

"Yeah, but not quite that boring. I'm sure your cousin is going to come here and we will have to kill him. When he is dead we can look for a way for you to run your pack. My pack encompasses most of this side of the country so I was still in my territory when we were in Arkansas."

"What about your company? Would you give it up for me?"

"If I had to, yeah, but the beauty of work like mine is I can run it remotely and fly back for meetings when I have to. I can get a private plane to make it easier. It's not impossible for me to have it, it's just a pain to manage with a pilot that hardly works and shit like that."

"You've really thought about this, haven't you?" I was surprised.

"I would say that I am surprised you haven't but then again we are talking about you, so it's just what I expected."

"Asshole." I snapped at him but I was laughing still. I couldn't believe this conversation.

"You love me and you know it."

"I loathe you and I show it." I quipped back at him immediately when he joked about me loving him. We were both laughing.

We spent the rest of the night talking about Kyle and his childhood. His parents died a long time ago as well and he was also an only child. Neither of us had families to get in the way, unless you counted the Horne's.. They were my family now. How did I end up liking the way this whole night was going?