Declare (Declan Reede: The Untold Story #4) Read Online Free Page B

of the shower wall.
    The next instant, I felt her warm mouth close around me, and I whimpered with pleasure. I felt my balls tighten almost immediately. My fingers found her hair, running back and forth through her wet locks as she sucked my length in and out, and my knees grew weak as the sensation overwhelmed me. The intensity was too much for me to bear, and I soon grunted as I found my own release, collapsing back against the wall.
    “Wow!” I panted. “Good morning.”
    “Good morning to you too,” Alyssa said, a huge grin on her face.
    “So, do I get a wake-up like that every morning for work?”
    She swiped at my shoulder with her hand playfully before answering, “Maybe not every morning.”
    It was the best start to the day I could have asked for. I was feeling so blissed out that nothing could bring me down. We finished our shared shower and got dressed before waking Phoebe up. She was starting at her day care in preparation for Alyssa’s return to work the following week. The reasoning was that it was better to have Phoebe get used to full days while Alyssa was available to pick her up early if it was absolutely needed.
    Thankfully, Phoebe had been excited about her new “school” when we told her about it. So excited, in fact, that she’d picked out her outfit while I was unpacking the car. Apparently, she’d pulled one outfit out of her suitcase. Then another. And another. Finally, she had worn herself out so much that she couldn’t make any more choices and had fallen asleep. That was where Alyssa had found her the night before.
    After we woke Phoebe, she picked a new outfit. Then, an hour and three more last-minute clothing changes later, we finally had her wrangled and in the car.
    She chatted animatedly while I drove, and Alyssa held my hand in the passenger seat.
    Truly, life couldn’t get any better.
    We arrived at the day care earlier than we had planned, which turned out to be a good thing as Phoebe sobbed into Alyssa, refusing to let her go. All of the previous night’s excitement had fizzled away and only fear remained. Finally, one of the caregivers had to simply pull Phoebe away and try to distract her with some toys, while I tugged Alyssa away.
    Once we were back in the car, Alyssa sat staring at her hands. “I shouldn’t have left her there. She’s going to hate it. They’re not going to look after her properly. They . . .”
    “Alyssa, baby, shhh,” I whispered, trying to infuse my voice with as much calm as I could. “She’ll be fine. We looked at the options, remember, and Eden checked it out for us. We picked this one because they had the best caregivers.”
    “But—”
    “No buts. She’ll be fine.”
    She gave a little nod before turning to me. “Okay. I’m all right now. Thank you.”
    We drove on to Sinclair Racing headquarters. As soon as we pulled into the car park, I was the one who needed to be calmed. The building loomed into view and my hands began to shake.
    Pull yourself together, fucktard .
    My thoughts did shit all to calm me. I let out an uneven breath as Alyssa and I climbed from the car after I had parked it. With my hand shaking, I dropped my car keys into her hand.
    “You’ll be fine,” Alyssa whispered, kissing my cheek.
    “Of course I will,” I lied.
    “I’ll be back later to pick you up.”
    I nodded. “Promise me you won’t go pick Phoebe up early,” I said.
    She looked at me innocently. Too fucking innocently.
    “Promise?”
    She narrowed her eyes at me, but nodded. “I promise.”
    I pulled her to me and kissed her tenderly. I filled my mind with her scent and the feel of her touch so I could get through the day without her by my side. This was us, living in the real world. I walked up to the glass doors, pausing briefly to take a deep breath. I reached for my security card to gain access, but then I remembered I didn’t have it anymore. Danny had destroyed the old one and had refused to give me a new one until I actually