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Grunting, I cling to her, my cock stiffening as I release. Aspen takes me all, lapping every drop of me off my hardness before lifting her beautiful face off me.
“Do you feel better?” she whispers, crawling onto the bed with me.
“How can I not?” I mutter, draping my arm around her.
“Good.” She kisses my cheek sweetly. “It’s going to be okay. We’ll figure this out. My guess is that Raya doesn’t really have a leg to stand on.”
“But she’s related to Lily!” I insist, all fired up again.
“Related or not, she can’t provide the life for her you guys can,” Aspen says sensibly. “She didn’t have a relationship with Lily’s parents. Ryker and Alex named you as guardians. Her only claim to Lily is that she’s a distant relative.”
I turn my head to study Aspen and wonder how she became so wise and calm.
“I love you.”
The words shock me, like they’ve flown out of my mouth from nowhere. But they don’t put Aspen off, and she smiles at me.
“I love you too, Pike.” She kisses my cheek again and stands. “I need to go relieve Zoe. Lily is going to come looking for us otherwise.”
I bob my head in agreement.
“You should come with us,” she says, and there’s no room for argument. “It will clear your head. Pushing Lily on the swings will do some good, I think.”
The idea of spending the day with the girls is suddenly much more appealing than being around the mess I made.
“Give me ten minutes.”
“I’ll give you fifteen,” she replies.
CHAPTER 25
Caden
“There you are, Mrs. Dixon,” I declare. “When the Botox kicks in, you’ll look a decade younger. Give it two weeks to take its full effect.”
The seventy-eight-year-old eyes herself in the handheld mirror and smiles.
“Now remember, no lying down for four hours,” I warn.
“I always forget that part,” she sighs, swinging her decrepit legs off the table and reaching for her cane. “I was looking forward to a nap.”
Mrs. Dixon can barely walk, but she still wants the face of a teenager. That’s what keeps me in business, I suppose.
I help her to the front of my practice, where my receptionist waves me down.
“Doctor, a Zoe Kane called for you—twice. It sounds urgent.”
I frown. “Zoe called here?” I demand, pulling my cell out of my breast pocket. The phone has been on silent since I left the house. “Damn. Thanks, Jana. Give me five minutes. I’ll let you know when I’m ready for my next appointment.”
I retreat to the exam room and close the door, pulling away the paper sheet that had just held Mrs. Dixon’s body as I dial the house number.
Zoe answers right away. “Doc, I’m so sorry to bother you at work.”
“Is it Lily?”
“No, she’s fine?—”
“Is it Aspen?”
