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I walk over to the kitchen when Kalum reaches for it and sets it on the granite countertop, preparing it for both of us. I look over at Kalum, and he is watching me.
“Would you like some?” I ask softly.
“Yes.”
I make three cups of chocolate milk, and the three of us drink it silently. Once Lane is done, he jumps off to go brush his teeth and head for bed.
“Do you need me to tuck you in?”
“Nope, I got my headphones,” he says and runs off.
Kalum raises a brow. “Headphones.”
I smile. “When I was pregnant with Lane. His father drove me to the house he bought for us after I got off work.”
“You worked while you were pregnant with Lane?”
I avert my gaze. “Long story. Anyway, he picked me up in his car, and the exhaust and engine were very loud but would vibrate with a deep hum inside the cabin. He was opening the gate, and when the car moved forward in first gear, the engine rumbled loud, and it was the first time I felt Lane move. It was the best feeling to feel him for the first time, and it was the sound of the engine that did it. Now, every time he has trouble sleeping or winding down, he needs to hear it.”
“Hear it?” Kalum questions.
“The engine. The sound of the exhaust, he imagines feeling the car. It makes him go to sleep. It calms him. Like his father. I don’t have the car, so I recorded Lane’s car, and he listens to it on his iPad.”
“Wow. That is crazy, but I get it.”
I wash the cups and he stays silent, watching my movements.
“I can sleep in the other room, and you can have the master bedroom.” I offer.
It is his house after all, and he has been generous and kind. It is the least I can do.
“That is unnecessary. I need to talk to you, Aura.”
I stiffen. “About?”
Does he want us to leave? Shit, I have to see how much I have saved already. I need to start looking, I know it was only a matter of time before we would need to go. I have calmed the situation down by putting everything in a trust and removing my married name so his parents would stop threatening me.
“I can start looking and move out. It is no trouble, Kalum.”
His face turns into a scowl. “I didn’t come here to tell you to move. I want you to stay. You and Lane don’t have to move anywhere. This is your home.”
“I appreciate your help with my situation, but this isn’t my home. It is your home or your family’s home.”
“I bought it for you, Aura. For you and Lane.”
I sit on the pristine couch and look around the house like it is the first time I’m seeing it. My eyes take in the grandeur of the home. A home I have felt comfortable in.
“Why?” I ask.
“Because you and Lane didn’t like the apartment. You were right. My apartment sucks if you think about it.” He looks over at the kitchen and grins. “Not a place to make good-tasting chocolate milk at night.”
I grab my hair and twist it up in a messy bun. “Why? You didn’t have to do that for us. You have no obligation to us whatsoever.”
“I wanted to, and it’s my money and if I want to spend my money buying you a house so you and Lane can feel comfortable, then it is what I want to do. I don’t want to fight with you. I want to help you and I’m sorry if I hurt you in any way.”
He looks at me with a look of sincerity in his eyes and his sexy mouth gives me a grin.
“Okay.”
