The Drummer’s Heart Read Online Penelope Ward

Categories Genre: Alpha Male, Angst, Contemporary, Drama Tags Authors:
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Total pages in book: 95
Estimated words: 92466 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 462(@200wpm)___ 370(@250wpm)___ 308(@300wpm)
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I’d just taken my dick out to relieve myself when I heard, “Help!”

Shit. I panicked. Without thinking, I turned the water on, grabbing the small plastic cup on the edge of the sink and stupidly dousing my cock in the hopes that by some miracle it would bring down my erection.

“What’s wrong?” I panted, running into Mimi’s room.

“I’m freezing,” she told me. “Please turn off the fan. It kept me up all night. I didn’t want to wake you, but then I heard you in the bathroom.”

“You scared the shit out of me, Mimi.”

“Language, Atticus.”

I tried my best to hide my still-semi-hard crotch as I lingered facing the fan before turning it off. Thankfully, my boner went down pretty quickly, but there was nothing I could do about having poured water on myself.

She looked down. “Did you pee your pants?”

“Yeah…” I swallowed. “You scared me so much I pissed myself.” Really?

“I’m sorry.” She laughed.

Of course, then Nicole had to walk in.

Her eyes fell to my crotch. “What the hell?”

“Mimi was yelling for help. Pissed myself.”

Her eyes widened. “You need to have better control, Atticus.”

You have no idea. I ran a hand through my hair. “I agree.”

After I fluffed Mimi’s pillow and made sure there wasn’t anything else she needed, I joined Nicole in the kitchen.

She clearly hadn’t bothered to get dressed this morning, because her nipples were like steel through the material of her shirt. A visual of ripping that shirt off with my teeth threatened to make me hard again.

“How about you go put a bra on, and I’ll make coffee?”

“I’ll put on a bra if you change those nasty pee pants.”

“It’s not really piss. I made that up.”

“Why would you do that?”

“Because the truth would’ve been worse.”

She narrowed her eyes. “I don’t understand.”

“You don’t need to understand. But what you can do is start wearing underwear to bed, please.” I leaned in and gritted my teeth. “For fuck’s sake, Nicole. Are you trying to kill me?”

Her mouth dropped before she turned and walked away.

While she was out of the room, I prepared her coffee just the way she liked it. I’d nearly forgotten just how much I loved taking care of her. I felt nostalgic for a moment as I poured in just the right amount of sugar. But taking care of her wasn’t my job anymore. I couldn’t help enjoying these little moments of delusion, though, while I still had them. In less than two weeks, we’d be apart again, and I’d go back to my life without her. This time here would seem like a dream.

Nicole emerged again wearing a cute, floral dress that was almost worse than her shirt with no bra. It had a low neckline and her beautiful breasts were practically busting out of it. I had to wonder if she’d selected that outfit to torture me. She’d also sprayed on a fresh burst of Egyptian musk. I licked my lips.

“I’m sorry. I didn’t realize my not wearing underwear was that noticeable.” She looked down at her chest. “I’ll cover up from now on,” she said. But the glimmer in her eye told me she had no real intention of accommodating my request.

Okay. She’s definitely fucking with me. “You drive me crazy,” I growled under my breath.

Suddenly, my attention was diverted to Mimi’s room. I heard voices. I narrowed my eyes. “Who the hell is here?”

“I don’t know.” Nicole walked down to her grandmother’s room as I followed.

There was a woman standing there talking to Mimi.

“Hi there.” She smiled. “I’m Lori McFadden. I live next door.”

“Oh…” Nicole tilted her head. “Hello.”

“I hope you don’t mind. Adele gave me a key a while back, and I check in on her from time to time. It’s good to see you both. She’s always talking about her granddaughter and grandson-in-law.”

“Aren’t they the most beautiful couple you’ve ever seen?” Mimi beamed.

Nicole looked over at me. I was still fired up by her little dress and wanted an excuse to touch her. I decided to play the part for a moment. “Thank you so much,” I said. “It’s our pleasure to be here with Mimi.” I wrapped my arm around Nicole, bringing her close. She flinched at first but then relaxed her body into mine.

I rubbed my thumb along her waist.

Nicole squirmed and cleared her throat. “I’m sorry if I seemed surprised to see you here, Lori. I didn’t realize she’d given anyone a key.”

“Only recently. Just in case her worker can’t be here or is running late. She has my number if she ever needs me.”

Nicole nodded. “Well, I appreciate that so much.”

I tightened my grip around her waist and pulled her closer. “We appreciate that.”

Nicole looked up at me; her face was beet red, and I fucking loved it. I leaned in and kissed her softly on the forehead. Her eyes were still slightly closed when I pulled back to look at her. As much as I wanted to hang on, I let go and put her out of her misery.


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