Page 70 of Playing With Temptation

The damage was done.

Done.

D.O.N.E.

And I knew how much damage when I turned around and saw four sets of eyes staring at me. Three sets were wide. One set was warm and soft.

The three that were wide, were the children of course.

All of them had just learned I was in love with Jase.

Two of them had just learned that a strange digital voice thought their father was in love with me.

Awesome.

Perfect.

“Um…” I started but had nothing to say after that so I shut up.

Jase didn’t have anything to say but he had a reaction.

And that was to bust out laughing.

Now my eyes were wide.

“You love my Daddy?” Juni excitedly asked.

At least I thought it was excitement—she was smiling, but her eyes were still round, so I wasn’t sure.

“Um…” I muttered still not knowing what to say.

“Yeah, Juni, she loves your Daddy,” Jase answered.

Oh, shit.

I did, of course. But I’d been in his children’s presence twice.

Two times.

One, two.

That was it.

“And you love my mom?” Lucas asked.

I didn’t need to wonder how my son felt about this. I knew him. I knew all the inflections in his voice. I knew every nuance of how he held his body.

So, I knew what I heard in his question was not only excitement but hope.

“Yes, Lucas. I love your mom. I’ve loved her since I was fifteen.”

For the love of all things holy.

I can’t believe he said that in front of his children.

The children he fathered with another woman—their mother. Which meant he just admitted he loved me while he was with her.

This was going to go bad.