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For now, though, I kiss her and tell her I understand so that we can move on with our night.
I try to help her clean up the mess from earlier, but she insists I sit down and relax. She even grabs a beer out of the fridge and hands it to me.
Although I feel guilty about not helping, I’m entranced watching her pad around the kitchen. My shit is big on her, but every time she reaches for something, I get a glimpse of her ass as the shirt rides up. And her hard nipples poke through the thin cotton.
When she accidentally splashes water on the white material while washing a pan, making the material see-through, I about come undone.
But despite my love of all her sexual features, I’m also enamored by so much more. The way she lightly hums to herself while washing dishes. The way her curls fall in her face, and she lets out a huff to blow them away. The way her tongue pokes out the side of her mouth while she’s deep in concentration.
She’s got a grace about her that I’m positive she doesn’t know she has. I’m completely smitten with her.
She has been through so much in her life, and I just want to do anything I can to make it a little better. I want to bring a little light to some of the darkness that she’s endured.
Now, if only she will let her guard down enough to let me do that.
Chapter Twenty-six
Andi
“Hello?” I answer my ringing phone.
“Andi Nicholson, you moved across the country and didn’t call to tell me that you’re alright? Girl, haven’t I taught you better than that?” The sound of my former mother-in-law’s voice is so loud that I have to hold the phone away from my ear.
“Hi, Cheryl,” I say.
“Don’t ‘hi, Cheryl’ me. You had me worried half to death.”
“I’m sorry. Things have just been happening so fast. I’ve barely had time to process everything.”
“You move to a small town that I can barely even find on a map, and you’re telling me things have been moving too fast? Don’t people usually move to the middle of nowhere to slow things down?” She asks with a laugh.
I let out a giggle. “I guess. But you know I’ve never been one to do things the normal way.”
“Truer words have never been spoken. So, how are things going down there?”
I pause for a moment. “Things are good. My new place is nice, and I’ve started a job at the cattle ranch my house sits on. I’m doing some office work for them.”
I ramble on for a bit longer before she stops me. “Okay, spill it. Who’s the guy?”
Stunned, I have no idea what to say.
“Andi, shut that gaping mouth of yours and tell me about him.”
How does she always know?
"He’s my neighbor. Well, technically, he’s my landlord…and my new boss.” For a minute, I stutter, giving the abridged version and leaving out all of the parts about how we’ve been practically living together and fucking like rabbits.
With every word I speak, I’m feeling more and more like a terrible person. Cheryl’s son just died, and I’m talking about the new guy I’m falling for. Cheryl has always been very no-nonsense, so when I go silent, I brace for her to tell me how awful I am.
But her response surprises me. “Well, I think that’s wonderful, sweets.”
“You do?”
“Of course. Listen, Andi, I loved my son, but I have no idea what was going through his big, dumb head when he did what he did to you. I’ll never be able to give you an answer to give you any type of closure. But what I can give you is the encouragement to move on and be happy again. And it sounds like this Jonas guy makes you happy, so I say go for it.”
“Wow,” I say, not sure what else to say.
“Don't be so surprised, Andi. I might have given birth to Michael, but make no mistake, you’re my kid too. You have been ever since the first day you walked into this house.”
