Claiming Carter by Ws Greer Page B

Tupperware dishes and mugs and bolted out the door and down the hallway. The moment I pushed my way through the exit, I noticed all the teacher’s aides were staring in one direction and whispering amongst themselves. I followed their eyes and instantly saw what they were looking at. Kelvin’s Bentley was parked next to the curb adjacent to the playground.
    “Holy fucking shit!” Lexy’s swearing came out like a strangled whisper as she gaped at the luxury car. I didn’t know why, but it looked as if the Bentley had just been washed every time I saw it. “Oh my gosh, Lil. That car is incredible. Only rich people drive those things.”
    I didn’t say anything. Instead, I straightened out my shirt and dusted off my skirt as I began walking towards the car. Just as I reached the grass, the back door popped open and the first thing I saw was a patent leather, navy blue shoe step out onto the curb. I took a deep breath and prepared myself for the vision I was about to see.
    As Kelvin climbed out of the car, I couldn’t help but smile at how good he looked. Kelvin was wearing a navy blue suit, with dark gray pinstripes and a dark gray tie. His silver watch matched the silver studs he wore in his ear lobes and his teeth were as white as ever as he smiled at me.
    “Hi,” he said, charming me with that smile as he closed the door to the car behind him.
    “Hi,” I replied. “I didn’t think you were actually going to come. I thought you had a meeting.”
    “I did. But, I wanted to see you more than I wanted to go to the meeting. So, what’s been up with you?”
    “Same as usual, I guess. Nothing better than dealing with a class full of third graders. You?”
    “Nothing much. I may or may not have pissed a few people off by missing this meeting, but I just couldn’t get over how things ended last night. It bothered me all night,” Kelvin said.
    “Well, I may or may not have been a little disappointed with how quickly things ended. We were having a good time up until then,” I replied. I couldn’t get over his allure. Everything about him made me want him, which, in turn, made me even more nervous.
    “Me too,” Kelvin said as he flashed his irresistible smile again. “I think you have a little bit of an audience.”
    I turned around and noticed that every adult on the playground was staring at us. Every teacher and teacher’s aide who’d ventured outside was giving us their full attention. Lexy was still standing by the door that we’d come out of and Mrs. Butterfield was supposed to have been helping a little girl off of the monkey bars, but was too busy staring at us to see the little girl still reaching out for her. As I glanced around the playground, I saw Tim sitting down at the picnic table. He did not look happy.
    “Yeah, they’re nosy around here,” I said as I turned and faced Kelvin again. “Unfortunately, lunch is about to be over. So, I’m going to have to go soon.”
    “Okay,” Kelvin said. “I didn’t want to keep you long. But, before you go, I have to be honest with you. After all the fun we had at the restaurant, I have to say, I was pretty disappointed that I wasn’t able to end the night with a goodbye kiss.”
    My eyes widened and my heart felt like it dropped into the pit of my gut. “Oh?”
    “Yeah, I was pretty upset about that. It’s kind of the reason I was so motivated to come here today. I felt like I needed to make up for it,” Kelvin said as he did his signature head tilt that never failed to set off fireworks in my stomach.
    “Honestly, I was pretty disappointed with that as well,” I replied with a bashful smile. “So, you came here so you could kiss me? What about the audience that’s watching our every move?”
    “I’m not worried about them,” Kelvin said with confidence oozing from him. “I’m only interested in you.”
    I felt a warm sensation starting to build up between my thighs. Kelvin had that look again. The look that told me that he knew that