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He slowly turned to me and my exclamation, horror written across his face.
“What?” I defended my answer. “It sounds interesting. Besides, wouldn’t I need to have some sort of understanding with her if I’m going to stick around?”
“Mia, you don’t need to do this. If you’re just trying to appease her, then…”
“I’m not. I honestly think it’d be interesting. I’m sure she has all the tea about you. Plus, she’s the boys’ mom.”
“Fuck my life,” he murmured, tossing the remote onto the ottoman.
With a quick movement, he threw me over his shoulder then started up the stairs toward his bedroom.
I laughed and slapped his back, just for him to lay one big palm over my rear with a gentle smack.
“This is your fault,” he said while pushing open his bedroom door with a foot. “You know you can’t say things like ‘sticking around’ or ‘the boys’ and expect me not to fuck the shit out of you.”
I laughed as he threw me down on the bed, my back bouncing on the mattress with the motion. He crawled over me and pressed a hand against my cheek.
“I love you. You better know that.”
I grinned up at him, threading my fingers through his hair before I laid a gentle kiss over his mouth.
“I love you more,” I whispered.
He grinned wickedly.
“Prove it.”
So I did.
As it turned out, it didn’t take Paula long to plan an outing the moment Owen had told her yes. I found myself sitting across from the woman with her young boyfriend just two days later, and it was so awkward I wanted to crawl out of my skin.
Owen was sitting beside me at the nice restaurant with his face planted in his hand, which told me he wasn’t happy to be there.
Jamie just looked around with wide eyes like he wasn’t sure what was even happening, or what he should do.
So, knowing the boys would be useless, I looked at the woman who used to be married to the man I was in love with, and smiled.
“I’m glad you suggested this little get together,” I told her.
Her eyes sparked with curiosity.
“I have to say, I’ve been quite curious about you. As you know, Owen isn’t the most…welcoming man.”
“He doesn’t need to be welcoming,” I put in. “He’s intelligent and autonomous. He doesn't need others to be fulfilled.”
Owen snorted a laugh and turned his eyes to me, them sparkling with amusement.
Paula laughed from her belly, nodding in agreement.
“That he is,” she agreed. “But it seems you broke through the surface, anyway. And his TA to boot?”
I shrugged.
“I’m not embarrassed about the way we came to know each other. In fact, I’m grateful, because I was able to get to know the man behind the teacher’s mask.”
“Hmm,” Paula hummed, her eyes glancing from me to Owen and back again.
“How did you and Jamie meet?” I asked, trying to get some of the attention off us.
