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“Hey, gorgeous,” Kalum greets me with a husky voice.
“Yes, baby. Mommy slept good. Have you been a good boy and been nice to Kalum for watching over you this morning?”
His eyes light up. “Yep, I even showed Kalum how you make pancakes, and he did a great job. Now when you sleep in, he can make them for me.”
Exie clears her throat. “Come on, kiddo. Let’s get you cleaned up.”
He gets up, fist-bumps Kalum and follows Exie after giving me a morning hug.
“Thank you for watching him and making him breakfast. You didn’t have to do that.”
Kalum sits up and my eyes trail over his ripped chest and torso with all his ink. My legs clench, reminding me how his skin felt under my fingers. Every ridge and curve of his muscles under the taut, smooth skin brings back to life the memory of him inside me.
“It was my pleasure. I wanted to spend some time with him so he can feel safe and comfortable around me if you aren’t around or… if you’re tired.”
The way he says his last words makes heat creep up my neck to my cheeks at the hidden meaning. The delicious soreness between my legs is a reminder of why I’m so tired this morning.
I make my way into the kitchen to make coffee and clean up any mess they have made. He gets up and stands right behind me while I prepare the Keurig and I can feel his heat. The heat of his body behind me when he bends down, he places a soft kiss to my neck, making my body come alive. Goose bumps snake over my skin, igniting my nipples under my soft cotton bra. His fingers graze my waist to pull me back slightly and I can feel his hard erection on my lower back. My head tilts back against his chest.
“Every chance I get, I want to be inside you. Making you mine over and over,” he says softly. “Despite the thoughts that must be creeping inside your beautiful head, just remember, you were mine first.”
I think my heart just skipped a beat, or it stopped beating because he took it right out of my chest. It means I never imagined it. The feelings I had for him. The ones I refused to acknowledge in the past, in his bed, while he was tasting me, prepping me and then I wonder why he let me go. Why would he let me think he never wanted me in any way except to play with me because I was forced into his life, and he didn’t want me? It doesn’t make sense. He doesn’t make sense.
Before I can voice my inner thoughts and unanswered questions, the front door opens and closes with the chime of the alarm that indicates someone has walked in. I can hear the tap of heels clicking against the wood. I can feel the loss of heat as Kalum steps back.
“Well, well. It all makes sense now. I can’t blame you. You could have done it without an audience, but hey, looking at both of you together, I get it,” Janine’s voice drawls.
“What the fuck are you talking about and what brings you here, Janine?” Kalum chides.
My head turns, and she gives me a wink. Obviously used to Kalum’s sarcasm and condescending attitude.
“Did you really have to grab him by the neck and threaten to scoop his eyes out with a fork? I mean, you could have kicked his ass in an alley somewhere where no one was watching and made your point. The guy is threatening to sue you for assault. The only reason I have to believe you terminated the deal and threatened to basically kill the guy is because of her, you know, with the scoop the eyes out part.”
“He disrespected her and was a total douchebag creep. He kept fucking her with his eyes, and I wasn’t going to sit there and take it.”
“Well. He is threatening to sue you unless you move forward with funding the project.”
“Fuck No! I will never do business with him again. He can go fuck himself and if he wants to sue me, fine. He will have to build his fucking building in Alaska because when I’m done with the bastard, the only thing he will build will be using a box of Legos because no one is going to fund him for shit. He sat there and offered to pay for her dinner and asked her out after dinner to basically fuck her.”
My eyes go wide with the anger that is seeping from his body. Kalum is seething from last night. I didn’t realize how upset he was about that creep trying to make a pass at me in front of Kalum at a business dinner.
Janine holds up her hands. “Fine. I will handle it with the lawyer.”
“What happened?” Exie waltzes in with Lane.
Lane has his car and goes to the living room to play with his new track set that Kalum must have sent over yesterday.
Janine gives Exie the details about what happened last night. Exie looks at me with a smirk.
“Stop looking at me like that,” I tell her while the sound of the machine making coffee filters the room with the smell of freshly brewed coffee.
Janine smiles. “You are Exie Turner.”
Exie smiles at Janine. “In the flesh. I wonder.” She points at Kalum with her thumb. “How do you put up with him? I mean, I would have stabbed him by now.”
“Trust me, you get used to him after a while and since I’m not into men and he loves the fact. It works out.”
“Why are you two talking about me like I’m not here?”
