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His head popped up, his gaze flicking my way. They roamed down the length of me, the deep gray orbs, darkening even more.
My heart fluttered. I looked down at myself. Was I not presentable? When I met his stare again, I lifted my chin defiantly.
He smirked, gave me a wink, and went back to feeding our daughter.
I huffed, heading into the kitchen to make some coffee.
“Coffee’s made,” he called out, his voice rough.
“Oh.” The heavenly aroma wafted into my nose. “Thank you.” I made myself a coffee and joined him at the table. He was feeding Brynn breakfast, dishing a spoonful of the grape jelly baby food that even I loved tasting from time to time, into her mouth.
She smiled at me, her face a mess while she played with what was in her mouth and slapped her hands against the tray of the highchair.
I kissed her head before sitting at the chair across from her.
“I made her a bottle,” Jaron said, still not looking at me. “Did you know that shit is fucking disgusting?”
“You tasted it?” I asked, my eyes widening.
He looked my way then. “I did. I wanted to know what I was putting in my baby girl’s belly. We need better food for her.”
“I…I really have no idea what to say.”
“Have you tried it?”
“I have. Breast milk tastes better,” I told him, still finding it hard to believe that he actually tasted her formula.
He placed the dish on the table in front of him. “How long did you breast feed her for?”
“For the first three months but I dried up pretty quickly. I did what I could, but she wasn’t getting the nutrients she needed, so I put her on formula. There is better tasting stuff out there, but I haven’t been able to find it. There’s so many different kinds, it’s unreal.” Shame weighed heavily on my shoulders that I couldn’t give her the best of the best.
“Really?” His eyes burned into me, setting my heart a flutter.
“I had it the once when someone gave it to me as part of a present for my baby shower but ever since, I haven’t been able to restock because the stores around here don’t carry it,” I explained. “People have offered to go to another city to try and find it, but the company changed the name, and I can’t seem to locate it anywhere.”
“We’ll find it. If I have to go to another damn country, I’ll get it for Brynlee. I’ll order it online if I have to and try every single type of formula until we find the right one. Alright?”
I nodded quickly, a flush of heat washing over my skin at how he had claimed her as his and so quickly.
“Good girl.”
Those two words made my body burn even more.
Clearing my throat, I picked my mug up off the table and headed back into the kitchen where I could drink my coffee in peace. Although Jaron never followed me, my thoughts sure did.
Passion. Lust.Fear.
I was scared of the feelings I had for him because I knew that I would rather he fuck me than talk about our problems. It wasn’t normal. None of this was.
A warm body came up behind me. Jaron reached around me, placing his mug on the counter beside mine. He didn’t touch me, but he was standing so close, he might as well have. My skin tingled, my body vibrating with want. With need.
“Cyrus and Sammy are coming over for supper on Friday,” Jaron said, his voice taking on that delicious rasp whenever he was on the verge of losing control.
My throat went dry. All I could do was nod.
With a shaky hand, I poured some more coffee into my mug. “What was your nightmare about last night?” That was a safe topic at least and it would get my mind off of all the things I wanted him to do to me.
“Shit I had to do to survive, baby.” His voice took on a low dangerous timbre. He trailed his finger down my arm, a path of goosebumps following it.
