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I wanted to see all of him.
He let go of me gently and then pointed to his king-size bed that could easily sleep my whole family. His room was big. No, it was fucking huge. The bed only took up a fraction of the cream-colored room. I expected him to have a dark room, just like he did back in high school. Instead, one corner had photos of Gia. It was almost like a shrine to her. Pictures of other family members were hung randomly on the wall. In a corner of the room, were a sofa and a few books on a shelf. I was taken aback by the hugeness of the room, as I wandered around like Goldilocks in the three bears’ house. Only I was naked in his room, and our kids were downstairs.
“That’s Gia and my corner.”
“You play in your room?”
He laughed, “Sometimes, when she doesn’t feel like hanging in her room. We come up here and just chill in that corner. It has some of her books, toys, and everything.”
That was when I turned around and realized that I wasn’t the only one that was naked. He was too, and he held on to me and said, “Now, do you want to try out the bed?”
I took his hand and smiled, “I thought you'd never ask.”
He kissed my hand, and I knew that this time things were going to be more gentle. We were going to take it slow. The way that we should have done from the start. That way neither of us would feel that we left this relationship with a broken heart.
Chapter Nine
Hunter
I held her in my arms all night and I didn't want to let her go. I had made a mistake back then, and I had no intention of repeating it. Nia was here to stay, and she should realize that I was serious about us being together.
Olivia was the perfect angel. She made sure that the kids were well-fed and entertained while I did the same thing with Nia.
“Morning, sleepyhead,” I said as I pulled the covers from over her head.
“I should have gone to work.”
I was disappointed that that was the first thing that she thought about after we had such a magical night. Well, it was from my point of view.
I started to get out of bed and then she grabbed ahold of my hand, “I was kidding.”
Damn, I was such a wuss for thinking that she was serious about not enjoying her time with me.
“I knew what you were after the way you were screaming the house down. Shoot, I thought that the windows were going to shatter!”
She threw the pillow at me. I laughed as I caught it in my hands and threw it back to her.
“I’m going to head into the shower, and today we can take the kids out.”
“Don’t you work?”
It felt kind of funny hearing it from her, especially after she had just called in sick to spend time with me.
“Yes, but mainly from home. I go to the office maybe once or twice a week. But, there’s no point having people working for me if I’m going to be doing all the work.”
“Wow, you’ve come so far.”
“Gia’s my priority.”
She nodded, and I watched her on the bed. I knew what was going through her mind. The fact that she didn’t have that luxury. I always believed that it was the upbringing that allowed a child to be successful as an adult and from the word go, Carol, didn’t put that much into Nia’s education or anything else. She never had a chance, losing before she even started.
“Well, I think that you should join me in the shower.”
Our bedroom time was just moving to another room. But I wanted more of her. We had exactly eight years of catching up to do.
“Really?” she said as she lifted an eyebrow. “I should go and check on Alex.”
“You did that last night, and he was all right.”
