Page 73 of Playing With Temptation

“You should know, tonight you walking in the door coming home to your family. That was a dream come to life and I’ll never forget it.”

Jase lifted his head so he could press a soft kiss on the corner of my mouth.

“You get this isn’t testing the waters to see if we work. We know we do. We know what we had. We know what we lost. I don’t need to fall in love with you because I’ve always been there. Together, we’ll finesse with the kids what we need, but we’ll be doing that together as a family.”

“Yes,” I pushed out through a shallow breath.

Was this it?

Was this what it felt like to get back the one thing in life you never thought you have?

This breath-stealing, heart-pounding, giddy, scared, elated, happy feeling?

“Later. Not now, but we’re gonna have a lengthy discussion about Bob. But that’s gonna happen when my kids are back with Shay and you’ve arranged a sleepover for Lucas with your mom. For the record, this discussion is going to include a demonstration. That will be lengthy as well, though Bob will get kicked to the curb after I’m done playing.”

Jason Turner was the worst.

“Just so you know, Bob has been my only relationship in eleven years. So, did get⁠—”

“No shit?”

Oh shit.

“Um…”

“Rainy,” he growled.

Goodnight, the man had perfected the growl since he was twenty.

“No shit,” I confirmed.

He closed his eyes and when he opened them, they were blazing and I couldn’t stop the full-body quiver.

“Not a workday. Saturday or Sunday sleepover, baby. Saturday would be better so you’re not dragging ass Monday morning. We had catching up to do.” His hand went to my hip and his fingers dug in. “Now I gotta put in extreme effort into making sure I take care of my woman. That’s gonna take time and energy, baby. Plan accordingly. And while you’re making those arrangements, tell her me and my kids are available anytime this week for dinner. Next week, they’re back with Shay. But the following week’s good, too.”

I was totally calling my mother as soon as Lucas was in bed.

“Okay,” I whispered.

I thought since we had that settled, he’d let me go and step away since we had kids to feed. But he didn’t, he stayed close.

“Dream come true, for me, too, Rae. Coming home to you.”

I closed my eyes so I could freeze this moment in my mind for all of eternity.

But Jase wasn’t done, and in true Jason Turner fashion, he gave me more.

“In a few minutes, when we sit down for dinner as a family, that’ll be another dream come true.”

“Same,” I croaked.

“We’re gonna keep feeding the dream, Rae. You with me on that?”

Heck yeah!

“Absolutely.”

“Good. Let’s go get these kids dinner.”