Total pages in book: 149
Estimated words: 141255 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 706(@200wpm)___ 565(@250wpm)___ 471(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 141255 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 706(@200wpm)___ 565(@250wpm)___ 471(@300wpm)
I waved my hand, “It’s not exactly okay but it will be. For better or for worse, you know.”
She nodded, “Till death do us part.” She choked on a sob.
I hugged her. I felt so bad for her. She was so young and beautiful both inside and out and she’d been through so much in her life so far.
“I’m gonna go lie down.” She finally pulled away.
“I’ll check on you when we get back.”
“Don’t. You guys’ll be exhausted by then, especially with how full you’ll be. Ed really knows how to feed people.”
“That, he does.”
“See you at breakfast.”
“Okay, Lisa. Feel better.”
She nodded.
I went to shower and unpack what we’d brought. The rest of our things were here, the things we hadn’t gotten rid of or brought with us, our clothes were in the closet and Sarah had stocked the bathroom with toiletries for us. Tommy’s cars were here, my personal things. It was nice to be close to those things, but it also felt weird.
Tonight, we were doing this dinner thing and tomorrow I was going to be calling on Mia and the gang at the Crenshaws. She said Tommy and I were expected for dinner at six o’clock. I’d talked to her before we’d left for the airport and she sounded skeptical but yet excited at the idea of my coming to see her. I was both looking forward to and dreading that at the same time.
We got to Ed & Luc’s and Lisa hadn’t shown up. I was asking about her when Tia embraced me at the front door and I introduced Angel to her. Two seconds into that introduction Luc and Tess grabbed Angel and brought her to the family room and Tia hung back and told me Lisa wasn’t feeling good, but when I asked if she looked like she’d been crying Tia nodded with concern etched on her face.
I sent a text to Lisa.
“You need anything? You ok?”
She answered right away.
I’m fine. Sorry to bail on you tonight but it was a bit much. I’m okay, though. Just wanna have a quiet night alone. I’m gonna eat some ice cream and watch a comedy.
Ok. You need anything, you tell me. Ok? You sure you’re ok?”
Yes. Totally fine. Have a good night.
I went into the family room and Angel was sitting on the sofa getting passed a crying baby Nicky. He settled instantly. Serena and Katrina were both playing with her hair.
She smiled at me. I couldn’t take my eyes off her. She was gorgeous all the time but right now, a baby in her arms and toddlers all over her? Fuck.
Tommy clapped me on the shoulder and jerked his chin toward the other room for us to step out and talk.
Almost as soon as I was in the door Luc gave me her fussing infant son so she could check dinner. The gorgeous, chubby baby boy stopped fussing instantly and was all gummy smiles and cooing. Her two girls were all over me, too. Kids flock to me like flies to horse poop; it’s always been that way.
The place was a bit of a madhouse. Luc, Tessa, Eddy, and Sarah were in the kitchen bickering. Not really fighting but arguing over who gets to do what, who does what better, the right way to grate the parmesan, the right way to slice the bread.
Tessa’s boys were on the floor like total angels doing a large wooden alphabet puzzle together and Luc’s girls were all over me talking a mile a minute.
Dare came in from talking to Tommy’s wife Tia by the front door. Tia is a knockout, but she has a sweet demeanor about her. She put me at ease completely, despite the fact that I can tell she knows the truth about me. It was obvious in the way she smiled at me. But it’s like she’s not judging me. And I know that she can kind of relate to my and Dare’s unusual situation in a way.
When Dare looked at me with the baby in my arms and got this sexy and intense expression? Wow… if a look could get you pregnant I’d be pregnant with quintuplets right now. Boom! Pregnant. There were goosebumps all over me.
And Dare’s brother Tommy was there. He said hi to me and kissed my cheek when we first got in. He is really tall, dark, and looks a bit like Dare in the facial features but has light brown eyes and light brown hair. After Dare and Tia came into the room, Tommy pulled Tia into his lap on the couch and started whispering quietly to her, making her smile and blush. By the way he touched her and whispered to her, it made me go damp in the panties.
Dare’s brother is hot. Like… hot, hot, hot. Oh, my. I can tell by just looking at him and seeing how he and his wife act toward one another that he’s 100% Dom. Phew. Is it hot in here?