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Holding a hand over my mouth, I hug Jay-Jay to my side, my heart so swollen I’m sure it’s going to combust.
“Thank you for showing me this. It’s beautiful here.”
This time the tightening around my hand comes from my other side, and over Jay-Jay’s head, Jake reaches and wipes away a stray tear with his thumb.
My heart stops.
The only thing I’m aware of is us three in this clearing, watching the stars in the sky.
Tonight, it’s the cure.
It soothes pains, dresses old wounds, and eases the sting of scars.
When an hour later we’re sprawled across the couch watching a movie, Jay-Jay’s legs across my lap, his sleeping head on his father’s, and we’re all stuffed from cold, stale popcorn, Jake squeezes my shoulder, mouthing, “Thank you.”
I should be the one thanking him and the beautiful boy he has in his arms because I know all the hearts in this house are a little lighter tonight.
Including mine.
Chapter Eighteen
Jake was shirtless this morning.
Shirtless and talking to me.
I have no idea what he was saying because he was shirtless.
Half-naked.
Bare flesh.
Coated in a sheen of sweat.
Sweatpants hanging too low on his hips after a workout.
I almost had an orgasm while drooling into my breakfast.
It’s his house. He’s allowed to walk around how he likes, but he needs to warn me, so I know not to change my underwear until after breakfast.
I’ve never seen him so casual, so disheveled, and I found myself wondering if that’s how he looks after sex.
Another orgasm.
I need to go home and get Henry.
“Does your bodyguard know you’re here?” Amy glances at me from the corner of her eye as she finishes ringing up a customer.
I’ve been in such a daze. I’m standing here looking for a handle to a door that’s already open.
God damn Jake and his orgasm-inducing body.
Imagine what his hands can do.
Imagine what hisHenrycan do.
Stop it, Claire.
Amy ignores my glare and my obvious confusion.
