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“Oh, you make her heart beat fast because she’s in love with you?” Bron asked in that sing-song way children use to tease.
Cam chuckled. “A little, right?”
“A lot,” Adri said, staring into his eyes.
A knot settled at his throat. He didn’t know how to ease that pain in her eyes. Her gaze shifted to their daughter and her hadn’t realized he was holding his breath.
Bron smiled hard, her little hand pressing closer to her mom. Adri pressed a kiss to her forehead. “Hey, how about if you do bedtime with Daddy tonight? That way I can help close downstairs?”
Bron nodded, padding the spot her mother left vacant.
Adri gave him a smile on the way to the door, then stopped and turned to look at Bron again. “By the way, remember this afternoon when I picked you up from school and you and Ayla moved away to talk?”
Bron nodded.
Adrianna’s face was serious now. “I don’t know what you said to her. Do you know why that is?”
Bron shook her head.
“Because it was private between the two of you. I was curious about what you had to say to her but everyone’s privacy has to be respected. I respected yours, so from now on I expect you to respect mine, Daddy’s, and everyone else’s. I don’t want you eavesdropping anymore.”
Bron nodded again, her mouth taking the downturn of someone who’s been chastised. The sadness in her eyes wrenched at Cam’s heart and he wanted to tell her it was okay and not to be sad, but the forbidding look her mother was aiming his way had the words drying in his throat. She could read right through him.
“Good night,princesa,” she said and headed out the door.
Cam cleared his throat and made his way to the bed. He lay next to Bron, who was still looking down. “You want to talk about it?”
“Mom’s really mad at me.”
His chest squeezed.Damn his fucking heart.
Still, he understood. Adrianna was making sure they didn’t have eager little ears during tonight’s conversation. “She’s not mad. She’s just serious.”
“What’s the difference?”
“When you’re mad, your body gets hot and you’re angry and upset.”
And you want to punch your asshole father for all he’s done.
“When you’re serious, you just want the other person to know that what you’re saying it’s important and they should listen.”
“Oh, okay,” she said.
“So, no more eavesdropping, right?”
She smiled, her eyes twinkling, and nodded.
