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“All right, peanut, we’re coming, we’re coming,” I told her as she scampered back to the water.
“Ces.”
Xavier’s low voice pulled me back as he stood.
I turned. “What?”
“You deserve that fire.” He took a deep breath, then stood next to me. “Take that date. I’ll take care of the kid. If you’re all right with it, I mean.”
I balked. “You want to babysit?”
His blue gaze drilled right through me. “It’s not babysitting if she’s my”—he lowered his voice—“if she’s my daughter.”
I opened and closed my mouth, probably looking a lot like the fish we’d gone to see. He had me there.
“We’ll be all right,” he said, though maybe not as sure as he wanted.
“You want to do dinner? Bedtime? The whole nine yards?” I joked. “I’m only kidding a little, Xavi. She can be a little terror at bedtime.”
But Xavier just nodded, completely unfazed.
“It’s been five years,” he said. “I’ll call you if anything goes wrong. I’ve had a life, and you deserve one too. I just want to know her, Ces. Let me try.”
