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“Me too,” Ariel agreed. “Daddy, when do we leave for Grammy and Grampy’s?”
“Tomorrow morning.”
“Oh, yay! We get to spend more time with you and Evie!”
“You’re going to get to spend a lot of time with me from now on, baby girl.”
“Yay! Ethan, did you hear?”
“Really, Dad?”
“I promise.”
I leaned my head against the seat.
“Evie, are you coming with us too?”
“I am, sweetie.”
“Yay! This is the best day ever!”
Was it?
There was no controlling the inner turmoil or the wave of thoughts soaring through my mind and taking over every last inch of my headspace. I couldn’t form logical thoughts in my brain. I could only feel the anxiety flowing through every bone in my body, and it wasn’t letting up, holding me captive for the entire drive back to his estate.
My thoughts relentlessly spun for what felt like the hundredth time. Question after question tore through my mind, catapulting me into this downward spiral of what the fuck was happening in such a short amount of time.
How did Tessa know about Jax?
I never told her. I never told anyone. I couldn’t fathom how she’d found out. Jax didn’t come to my apartment. I always went to his. We didn’t hang out in public together often, and even if we did, it wouldn’t matter.
How would anyone know he was my brother based on us hanging out?
Caleb reached over and lightly caressed my hand. The kids were busy on their iPads, and they couldn’t see him being affectionate with me.
Did I want to marry Caleb?
I inhaled a deep, solid breath while he held onto my grasp. Caleb always went from zero to one hundred, and this was just another one of those circumstances. He didn’t half ass anything ever, but I couldn’t help but think he only wanted to marry me to give his children a mother.
What would they think of this? What about his parents? Would they like me? Did they know about me?
We hadn’t finished our discussion about how he was introducing me to them.
Was I his girlfriend now? Or still just his nanny? Ugh!
One problem would occur while the next one was forming. I felt like I was going to explode at any minute, and I didn’t want the kids to see it. However, Caleb was making that really fucking hard.
I did love him…
I never stopped.
Did I want to be his wife?
Everything was changing at a moment’s notice, and I was hanging on by a very thin thread that felt as if it was on the verge of snapping. I closed my eyes and must have fallen asleep at some point, waking up to Caleb unbuckling my seat belt.
“You’ve been exhausted these last few days.”
“Yeah.” I nodded, shaking away the daze. “It’s probably from all the sun.” I looked around. “Where are the kids?”
