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My footsteps areloud as I stomp up the driveway to the front door. The caffeine did nothing to quash the rage still coursing through my veins. My grip on the paper bag is almost painful, my knuckles white.
I couldn't do anything but replay the encounter with Drake over and over in my head the entire drive home. I was still seething from it, my emotions a heated, rage-filled vortex threatening to completely consume me.
Why would he approach me? How could he come to the funeral? Or look me in the eye, knowing he'd been fucking my wife? That he'd been trying to steal my family—my daughter?
I shoved the door open and stepped in, taking a deep breath. He wasn't important. Meredith's betrayal wasn't important. Reagan and Emma. They were important.
I just wanted to hug and kiss them, hold them while we watched a silly cartoon and they ate their cookies. That would settle the seething, blinding rage inside me. And then, later, I'd take Reagan to bed and fuck her until I felt totally better. Until this day was just a distant memory.
Emma's head poked out from the kitchen, then disappeared. A small smile threatened to curve my lips. There was a hushed conversation, Emma's whisper-shouting filling the house. I tossed my keys on the entryway table, still standing at the door, waiting to see what was going to happen next.
Her head appeared again, only for a moment. I lifted my hand and waved at her. She let out a high-pitched squeal before disappearing again.
"He's here!" she cried, and I laughed to myself.
Moments later, Reagan and Emma rounded the corner, Emma propped on Rae's hip as she made her way to me. I met them halfway, wrapping my arm around Reagan's waist and pulling her to me as I kissed Emma's cheek.
"Your surprise isn't finished," Emma said, huffing out a breath.
"That's alright," I said, sliding my hand over Reagan's back. She leaned into me, almost resting her head on my arm but refraining. "I brought you a surprise." I held up the paper bag, tilting it back and forth. "Cookies."
"Cookies!" she screeched. She reached out, trying to grab at them, but I pulled the bag away.
"After dinner," I said, and her lip jutted out. I huffed out a laugh as I pressed a kiss to the top of Reagan's head. I felt her body relax into me, and my arm tightened. "What was my surprise?"
"We burned it," Emma cried, and my brows lifted.
"I was trying to make cornbread and it burnt," Reagan muttered. "But I have a new batch in the oven and it'll be ready in fifteen minutes." She tickled Emma's side. "She's just being silly." Emma let out a high-pitched giggle, shoving at Reagan's shoulder.
"How about you go to your room for a second?" I said to her, "I need to talk to Rae." Emma's brows bunched.
"Don't wanna."
"I'll let you pick the movie tonight," I said.
It was a stupid bribe. She picked the movie every night.
But it got her attention, and she slid down Reagan's body to the floor and took off across the living room and down the hall to her room.
As the door slammed shut, I wrapped my other hand in Reagan's hair and pulled her tightly to me, forcing her head backward as I crashed my lips against hers. "I missed you," I breathed.
"Me too," she whimpered, clawing at my arms. My hand slid down her back to her ass, and I groped it over her yoga pants. Fuck. These pants would be the death of me. When she wore them, my cock stayed hard.
"You have news," I murmured, stealing another kiss. She nodded as she slid her tongue into my mouth. I groaned at her sweet taste, but forced myself to pull back. "What is it?"
"We can talk about it later," she said, waving me off. She pulled me back to her, kissing me hard.
"Tell me now," I said. "I can't wait." She smiled against my lips, and I brought my hand down on her ass in a light smack. "Be my good girl and tell me." She groaned, dropping her head back.
"That's so not fair," she whined. I laughed at her dramatics and pulled away, ignoring my raging hard on as she dragged me to the couch. She shoved me down and sat practically in my lap.
I couldn't help the stupid excitement that filled me. Moments ago, I was still raging, but she managed to make it all better. She made everything better.
Her smile was bright, but reserved as she stared at me. But the unmistakable sparkle of excitement was in her eyes. My heart raced as I took a deep breath, bracing myself for the news. Her fingers fidgeted with the hem of her shirt and I put my hand over hers, stilling her.
"Well?" I laughed.
"So, you know how I've been waiting to hear back from Lorelai?" she said, and my stomach immediately dropped.
