The silence that follows is brief as she claps her hands to her mouth. “Blake, you know you don’t have to lie to me. Your dad just wanted you to try?—”
Blake gazes at me with amusement, nodding at me as I clear my throat.
“He’s not lying, Mrs. James.”
“Kayla,” she croaks out, her eyes like saucers. “Please, call me Kayla.”
“Right, sorry.”
“Don’t apologize,” Kayla says quickly, glancing between Blake and me. “I’m sorry. Can you please explain how you’ve fallen in love so quickly?”
Blake walks behind me, resting his mug beside mine as he cocoons me in his arms.
“Danielle and I dated some time back. But unfortunately, we were too young…”
“He broke my heart,” I whisper as Kayla gazes at me, her eyes shining with tears.
“Blake!” Kayla hisses, dabbing under her eyes. “Foolish man!”
“But then I got her back. She hated me at first…but she couldn’t resist my charms.”
I snort, whacking him on the arm as Kayla stares at us, dumbfounded.
“This is…quite a turn of events, Blake. I had no idea you and Danielle—well, it doesn’t matter. You’re in love. I can see it.”
Hearing someone else voice it makes me dizzy with excitement, and I nod my head enthusiastically.
“I never wanted to see him again. But yeah. He’s charming.”
“You know what else I am?” Blake grins, kissing me on my cheek. “In desperate need of a shower. Mom, are you staying or…”
His eyes move to me, and my cheeks flush beneath his suggestive gaze.
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Kayla rolls her eyes, gulping down her coffee.
“Just like your father. I’ll go!”
“No, you don’t have to,” I reassure her as Blake strides over to me, picking me up bridal-style.
“She does. She’s always busy. Right, Ma?”
“Yes, but—dinner tonight at mine?”
Blake stiffens, but I nod, throwing a bright smile at my mother-in-law.
“Of course, thank you.”
Kayla watches us walk up the stairs, a faraway look in her eyes. “Okay, I’m going! Love you.”
Blake calls that he loves her too, as the door to the house shuts quietly behind her.
“I can’t believe you kicked your mother out so we can fuck,” I gasp as he drops me onto the bed, crawling over me.
“Who said anything about fucking? You were mid-blow job, as I recall.”
