Obi stepped off the plane, a reserved smile on his face as he walked straight to the old woman and gave her a massive hug. My eyebrows raised when she planted a wet kiss on his cheek and began chatting his ear off. She even looped her arm around his elbow and pulled him back toward her house.
“Wynn!” Leona laughed as he swept her off her feet and spun her around.
“Missed you, darling,” he said before he kissed her.
Ciel stood waiting next, like we were all in some kind of weird receiving line. I shoved my hands in my pockets. Was this what it was going to be like? Waiting my turn for her attention?
Not if she were my wife.
“You look like you’re about to have a stroke,” Ryuji sneered from beside me. I rolled my eyes as he watched her with the same possessive look I was sure was plastered on my face.
Was he feeling the same thing, even though the bastard just had six days alone with her? Dick. He had no right.
She stepped out of Wynn’s arms and wrapped her arms around Ciel’s neck next. He pressed his forehead to hers.
“Home,” she murmured, eyes closed. “It’s good to be home.”
His grip tightened around her as a smile broke on his face, something unspoken passing between them.
“Take a breath, bodyguard,” Ryuji whispered in my ear.
“Eat shit,” I said through gritted teeth.
“Don’t you want to know how our trip went?” he murmured, low enough that Leona couldn’t hear him. “Mmm. It was delicious.”
It took every ounce of control in my body not to punch him in the face. He was goading me, practically daring me to start something, but that would never happen. At least, not in front ofLeona. The only positive thing about them being gone was that I’d had six days without him.
Leona turned to me, saving Ryuji from a broken jaw.
Her golden-brown eyes locked on me, and a giant smile spread over her face. Everything else melted away except for her.
“Cas.” She reached up to me, and I yanked her against my chest, pressing us so hard together I thought we might fuse. My hand slipped into her hair to cradle the back of her head. She let out a huge sigh at the same time I did.
“Fucking finally,” I grumbled in her ear. Half of me suddenly returned. Nothing else mattered except for this. “Welcome home, princess.”
“I missed you.”
“You’re telling me.”
I didn’t wait to slant my lips against hers. The kiss was hard, greedy. My teeth nibbled at her lip while she breathed my name. I washungryfor her.
When she broke the kiss, her face was flushed, and she was breathing hard. “Gear it down, big rig.”
I snorted. “Just wait until we get back to the penthouse.”
Ryuji grumbled something under his breath next to us, but Leona winked.
“You guys ready?” she asked.
The other three turned back to head toward the waiting SUV, joking and laughing with one another as they tossed the bags around. This SUV was a monster, with three rows of seats and extra reinforcements to the chassis. Ciel hadn’t wanted to take any chances with this pickup, and neither had I.
“What about Obi?” Leona asked.
“He’ll catch up,” Ryuji answered, adjusting the straps of his bag and picking up the extra duffels. “We’ll wait for him in the car. Come on, sweetheart.”
As Ryuji and Ciel walked across the tarmac, they teased each other. Ciel jokingly pushed Ryuji before they both turned to wrap an arm around Wynn’s shoulders.
“Damn,” Leona said, watching them. “That’s the first time I’ve seen them all look so normal. Happy.”
