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My eyes roam over the man with Alec, and I can’t help but compare him to myself. He’s smaller than me, leaner, with a feminine style and gorgeous dark hair. His clothes look artfully put together, and I’m pretty sure he’s wearing eyeliner. In short, he’s everything I’m not.
I watch him as they approach, and then try to cover my face with a placemat, but Julia pipes up loudly, “Uncle Jude! Why is that placemat on your head? Are you playing hide-and-seek?”
Her small voice carries, and I want to combust into flames.
I peek up and see Alec standing before me. The placemat falls to the ground, and Julia squeals with laughter. Yes, laugh it up, Julia. I sucked this man’s dick, and I want to do it again.
His hand falls from the man’s, and I watch as Alec stuffs it into his pocket.
“Oh, hi. Didn’t see you there?” I say, my eyes flicking to his crotch. I’m now having a conversation with his dick.
“You just randomly hide under placemats?” Alec asks, and my eyes flick up to meet his before turning to the man next to him. His arms are folded across his chest and he’s frowning. I don’t like how he’s looking at me. Like I’m competition. I’m not. I’m just a man with a hobby and a mini obsession with his date’s dick. That’s all it is.
“I was playing hide-and-seek with the kids.”
Jordan stops coloring and glances at me. “You were hiding from that man.”
“Thanks, buddy,” I say dryly, and Alec huffs a laugh. Charlie takes the opportunity to toss a Cheerio at me. It sticks to my cheek for a moment before falling to the floor.
“So, you’re out with some friends?” he asks as I sit up straight.
“Yeah, this is my niece, Julia, and my nephews, Jordan and Charlie.”
Julia and Jordan wave and Charlie farts loudly.
“Jesus, little man, save that for when we don’t have company,” I say to Charlie and he just blubbers and smiles at me. Fuck, he’s cute.
But then the smell wafts up to me, and I crinkle my nose.
“Come on, for real? Couldn’t wait till we got home?” I shake my head and sigh. “I need to change him or he gets a rash. Could you watch the kids while I run to the bathroom to change his diaper?”
Alec looks surprised at my request, but nods. “Yeah, we can wait here.”
I nod my head and stand with Charlie, pressing a kiss to his chubby cheek. “You’re a boner killer, dude.”
He grabs at my nose as I pick up the diaper bag and jog to the bathroom. After I clean up his mess and return to the table, I find Alec leaning over our table and coloring on Jordan’s sheet of paper. His date has disappeared and something lifts in my chest. The weight is gone, and I can finally fucking breathe. I set Charlie down in the highchair and he kicks up a fuss, so I set him on my lap instead. He’s a little too attached. Not that I mind.
Alec’s gaze meets mine and something softens in those gray eyes.
“Sorry about that, but thanks,” I say, feeling my cheeks flush. “That made it a lot easier than having to lug them all to the bathroom with me.”
“No problem,” he says, straightening up. “Um, I should go…find where Laurent went.”
Laurent?Laurent! That fucking fancy name. Ugh. I hate it. It’s dumb. Something ugly flares in my chest, something I have no business feeling, and I try like hell to tamp it down.
“I’ll see you around?” Alec says, something I can’t decipher lacing his words.
“Yeah. Maybe.” I’m pouting now, and I’m sure he can tell. But still, he walks off, turning back to look at me for a minute before continuing to move farther into the restaurant.
“Is he your best friend?” Jordan asks.
I shake my head. “No, he’s just someone I know.”
He bobs his little head and then focuses on coloring once more. And I’m left sitting here, trying to collect myself and trying like hell not to feel jealous.
Fuck. I’m so fucking fucked.
I’m spiraling the next day. So when I see Alec at the grocery store, the zucchini I’ve been eyeing sitting precariously in my hand and much too close to my mouth, I nearly drop to my knees right there in the produce section and beg him for it.
