AllFreeNovel
Share Us
She shook her head, as if having similar thoughts, and rubbed her palms on her jeans. Was she nervous to have him here? He’d never considered that idea.
“Can I get you something to drink?” she asked. “I wasn’t really prepared for guests, but I can make some iced tea.”
“I’m fine,” Trey said. “If you like, I can have Scott bring up some wine from the limo.”
Jason reappeared. “Do you have any potato chips, Kelly?”
“Jason,” Trey said warningly. “What did we talk about?”
His son stuck out his lower lip. “Kelly doesn’t mind.”
“How do you know?”
Jason gave Kelly his most winning smile and said, “Daddy says I have to be good or we can’t visit you anymore.”
Kelly shot him a questioning look.
“That’s not what I said, Jason.”
His son merely shrugged.
“I’m trying to set boundaries,” Trey told her. “Someone told me he might be spoiled.”
She laughed, a full-on belly laugh, which somehow broke the tension in his gut. Had he ever heard her really laugh before?
“I don’t have any chips,” she told Jason. “How about a cracker?”
“That’s okay,” Jase said. “Where is your bed?”
She colored, shot Trey another look, but pointed toward a doorway. “In my bedroom.”
Jason hurried into the room, and Trey followed. Of course he wanted to see where she slept every night.
Trey waited at the doorway while Jason leaped onto the yellow comforter and placed his head on her pillow, giggling again. This was all a big game to him.
When Kelly moved to Trey’s side, he wanted to reach out and touch her.
“He seems happy,” she said.
Trey glanced at her, but she remained focused on Jase. He’d found a remote control device and punched buttons in an attempt to turn on the small television that sat on a dresser.
“He’s getting better,” Trey said.
“Does he like the new therapist?”
“He seems to.”
“So he doesn’t miss me.”
Was that a touch of sadness in her tone? Longing even?
“He misses you,” Trey said. “So do I.”
She lifted her gaze to his. “Do you?”
“More than you can imagine.”
Her eyes widened as she stared at him. What was she thinking?
“I’m surprised you came here.”
“It’s safe. No one will breach my security. The Protection Alliance even cleared rooftops for snipers before we got out of the limo.”
She shook her head. “That’s not what I meant.”
“What did you mean?”
The television blared to life, and Kelly broke their connection, glancing back to Jason.
“Turn it down, son,” Trey said.
“Do you have any cartoons, Kelly?” Jason asked.
“I don’t know,” she said. “Maybe.”
“Are you sure you want to watch TV?” Trey asked. “I thought you wanted to talk to Kelly.”
“But this is Kelly’s TV,” Jason said in an aggrieved tone indicating such ownership made a huge difference.
Kelly stepped into the room, away from Trey’s pull. She needed to escape the emotions that welled up when he looked at her. When he said he missed her, for God’s sake.
How could he miss her? Trey had denied to the world there was anything between them. He’d only come for a visit because Jason wanted to see her. And she’d been glad to see the little dude. Too glad. She’d had to hide unexpected tears when Jason had reached for her, but now apparently even the kid preferred to watch TV.
She took the remote from Jason and surfed until she found a channel with children’s programming.
“How’s that?” she asked.
“Okay,” Jason said. He clutched her hand and pulled her down close to his mouth. “Go talk to Daddy,” he whispered.
CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
KELLY STARED AT JASON. “What did you say?”
“Talk to Daddy,” Jason insisted again.
She jerked up. What was the little prince up to? She glanced at Trey. He raised his eyebrows, probably wondering what they were whispering about.
Had Jason insisted Trey bring him for a visit so his pretend mother could talk to his real father? But why? Was this child so spoiled that he thought he could play matchmaker? She’d often noted how intuitive the kid was about the feelings of grown-ups. Especially when his grandfather was around.
