Epilogue
Two Years Later
"Ella, could you stay at home in the afternoon with Sandra and keep an eye on the twins?" Asked Brittany as a gorgeous eighteen year old Briella came out of her room wearing a pair of black yoga pants with a mauve figure hugging tee shirt. Her long chocolate brown hair pulled up in a bun. She had just graduated high school and was waiting for her college to start. She wanted to become a primary school teacher so she got admission to an undergraduate program in elementary education at San Antonio. Her classes would begin next week, so she was free at the moment.
"Yeah Brits, I don't have anything to do today. I'll be home all day," she said as two six month old babies cooed and gurgled in their prams.
Six months back Brittany gave birth to twins, a baby girl whom they called Sienna Paige McGregor, and a baby boy whom they named Justin Maddox McGregor. Lucas was head over heels in love with his babies, spoiling them with little toys every alternate day. So, were her entire family. Someone or the other from her family literally stayed at her house for the twins. They just adored the babies.
Sandra, who was a middle aged woman, worked with them as the nanny to her babies. She came rushing out of the kitchen with their milk bottles. Brittany couldn't produce enough breast milk, so she just breastfed them once or twice.
"Sandra, take care. I have an exhibition today and can't be home before six," she said as Sandra nodded.
"Lucas, hurry, we'll be late," she said as Lucas came down and kissing the babies, he patted Briella's head and they left.
Briella cooed and played with her nephew and niece till it was their naptime. Sandra complained of a headache and fever and left to go home. Briella didn't mind, she had been taking care of the babies since they were born. She loved them very much.
Humming a tune, she made dinner for everyone. Texan style beef meatballs and spaghetti with marinara sauce. There was enough Texas chocolate sheet cake left that they had made yesterday. She had time on her hand, so she started preparing a San Antonio salad that she learnt when she had gone there for admission.
The doorbell rang suddenly and she tiptoed to open it, lest she woke up the babies. Opening the door, she whispered, keeping an eye on the prams, "Brits, Luke, you just went?"
" I'm not Brits or Luke, babe," said a husky voice as Briella turned to see who had come. She stood like a statue seeing Brian, Brittany's brother standing there, looking sinfully gorgeous in a pair of figure hugging denims and black tee shirt that was rolled up to show his muscular biceps.
"S sorry, I didn't see," she said blushing at the nickname. She had last seen him two years back at her cousin's wedding. He had gone away to Austin to study pre-vet and whenever he came over for a day or two, she made it her life's mission to avoid him. She felt strange feelings when he was near, and decided that she didn't need any complications in life especially with Brian, since it could anger Brittany who had been so kind to her.
"No one's at home. Only me and the babies," she said as he smirked.
"Wouldn't you let me in?" He asked the girl who blew away his senses. When he saw her two years back, her innocent eyes drew him to her, but since she was too young, he didn't pursue her. Seeing her after two years, a full bloomed beauty, so unaware of her own good looks, he couldn't take his eyes off her. Her bun had come loose, her pink plump lips parted in surprise, her hazel eyes looking at him innocently, had him floored. The figure hugging tee shirt left nothing to the imagination, and the hot yoga pants, stirred him in the wrong places.
"Umm, ok. Come in. The babies are sleeping, and I was cooking dinner," she said to him, with a shy smile.
"Won't you invite me to taste your dinner?" He said going after her to the kitchen as she made her salad.
"Sure, it's nothing special though. I didn't know you'd come." She said nervously.
He came closer to her, standing behind her, his arm on the counter, as he said," If you knew, would you have cooked something special for me?" She nervously stood there, fidgeting with the spoons.
"I I don't know," she said, turning to go, but gasped to see herself face to face with him.
"Why do you always avoid me? I only come to see you," he said as she looked here and there, trying to avoid his intense stare.
"No, I don't avoid you," she lied as he touched her chin and made her look at him.
"You don't like me?" He asked suddenly.
"No, it's not that," she said confusedly.
"Then you like me?" He asked again as her eyes widened.
"Please, let me go, the babies need me," she said as Brian caught her hand and kissed it, lingeringly. Briella blushed to the roots of her hair, she was shy and kept away from attention. All the boys at the Summers ranch house treated her like a sister, so she was comfortable with them.
Brian let her go and followed her like a bee to it's honey, as she checked the babies diapers and then fidgeted here and there to escape him.
When he couldn't take it anymore, he caught her hand and pulled her into his arms, holding her tight, and smashing his lips to hers. It was a smouldering kiss, as both were hungry for each other. After a deep, passionate kiss, Brian, just left his sister's house. He couldn't control himself around her, and he didn't want to take advantage of her. She was too young and innocent at the moment. He would let her grow up and explore the world before he made her his.
When Brittany and Lucas arrived home after the success of their exhibition, they found an exceptionally quiet Briella, behaving strangely. They didn't think much of it at the time, but after meeting Brian, they realised that something must have happened between the two of them.
Everyone has their own destiny, their own fate, so Brittany and Lucas lived their lives with their families and loved ones, while Briella went to San Antonio to complete her studies and Brian back to Austin to complete his studies.
What fate has in store for them, no one knows.
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Read 'Stalked To Texas( Texas Adventure Series book 2)' next for Brian and Briella's love story
