Total pages in book: 84
Estimated words: 78483 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 392(@200wpm)___ 314(@250wpm)___ 262(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 78483 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 392(@200wpm)___ 314(@250wpm)___ 262(@300wpm)
Charlotte
“You are too cute,” Amy said to Kayden as they drove toy cars around the living room floor.
We’d just had breakfast and were just lazing around. “You never wanted kids, remember?”
“That was then,” Amy said. “I was a girl with only one thing on my mind. Getting laid and having as much fun as I could.”
“College was fun,” I said wistfully, remembering those carefree days.
The morning went by fast and it was soon time for Amy to leave. I knew that the next two weeks were going to be busy for her with the wedding arrangements and all.
“I’d love to help in any way I can,” I said to her.
“Thanks, I appreciate the offer. We have an awesome wedding planner so really there’s not much to do. Just make sure you circle the date. You, Kayden and Alex will be special guests.”
We walked her to her car and she hugged Kayden and me. Tears sprouted in my eyes and I had to remind myself that it was temporary this time. We could talk on the phone whenever we wanted to.
Still, I was teary as we stood waving goodbye. As we returned to the house, the sound of a car crushing gravel sounded and I turned sure that Amy had forgotten something.
Instead, Alex’s SUV cruised into the compound and my stupid heart quickened in response. Kayden bounced on my hip and waved his little hands at Alex as he got out of the car.
“Hey buddy,” he said as he came towards us. He took Kayden from me when he got closer and planted a kiss on my cheek. “Amy left already?”
“Just now,” I said to him. We went into the house together.
“Someone is sleepy,” he said. “Isn’t it a little early for your nap?”
Kayden looked so sweet laying his head on Alex’s shoulder. “He woke up earlier than usual and he and Aunt Amy played all morning.”
It felt so good to say the words. Aunt Amy. For the first time in his life, my son was getting to know his relatives and his mother’s close friends. I thought about Helen. I wish she could meet Kayden.
I went to the kitchen and made us some coffee as Alex tucked Kayden in his crib for his nap. Thinking about Helen and the chance I had lost of having an extended family made me teary again.
Alex returned to the kitchen just as I was placing the coffee on the island. I met his gaze with tears filling my eyes.
“Oh Chaz,” he said and came to me. “What is it?”
I fell into his arms and he wrapped his big arms around me. A floodgate opened and a sob burst from me. Alex held me as I cried and when that avalanche of emotion left, Alex drew back to look into my eyes.
“I miss them all. Helen, Edward and Kacy.” I couldn’t even imagine how big my niece had become.
“We should go see them,” he said softly.
I shook my head. “I can’t.”
He didn’t pursue it and instead, pulled me into his arms again. Alex had always been the one person who had the power to still all my anxieties and that had not changed. I let out a sigh of contentment as I felt my body relax.
I raised my head to thank Alex but the words stuck in my mouth as I met his gaze. Awareness tingled through my bloodstream and my breathing went shallow. His gaze dropped to my mouth and one or both of us moved and in the next second we were kissing and my world was righting itself.
I clung to his shoulders as he plundered me with his tongue. I gave back as good as I got. No matter how much I tried to deny it, the magic between us was still there. In a matter of seconds, he had reduced me to a moaning, helpless woman.
Even though I had not been looking, no man could come close to what Alex was. He filled me with joy and splashed color in my life. My body responded to his touch and his kisses as if I belonged to him.
I slipped my hands under his t-shirt and ran them over the hard ridges of his stomach and his sculpted chest. He pulled the t-shirt over his head, leaving his top half, gloriously wonderfully, naked.
The bulge of his cock pressed against my thigh as Alex nibbled on my lips and then took my lower one and held it captive. I reached into his pants and dipped my hand into his boxers. I moaned as my fingers wrapped around his hard cock and squeezed.
I moved my hand from his cock to his balls. Alex groaned into my mouth and when I pumped his cock, he reached into his boxers and pulled my hand away. I let out a murmur of protest.