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He whips the t-shirt at me. “Get moving, stubborn girl. We only have two hours and twenty minutes left to get ready now.”
“Stop making fun of me,” I say before rushing out of the room.
I check in on Robin first. She’s still sleeping with the dogs laying on the floor surrounding her. Black Ops glances up as I sneak into the room. When he notices it’s me, he chuffs before laying his head back down.
I close the door softly behind me and hurry to the bathroom. I’m usually a quick shower kind of gal. But not today. Today I take extra time to wash and condition my hair as well as shave my legs. By the time, I exit the bathroom Robin is making waking noises.
“I got her,” Elder says as he passes me wearing a pair of khakis and a button down shirt.
“How are you already dressed?”
“It’s quite simple. I removed my clothes from yesterday before putting on clean clothes.”
“Don’t be a smart ass.”
“I can’t help it if my ass is smart.”
“A pain in my ass is what you are.”
He wiggles his eyebrows. “I can be a pain in your ass if you want. All you have to do is say the word.”
“Not every conversation is about sex.”
He blinks. “It’s not? I don’t know why not.”
Robin cries letting her impatience be known.
“Duty calls.” He salutes before entering the nursery.
I watch him for a second before shaking my head. I don’t have time for his shenanigans today.
I remove my one and only suit from the closet and hang it on the mirror before rummaging around in my drawers for a pair of pantyhose. I must have a pair here somewhere.
“Pantyhose. Pantyhose. Where are you?” I mutter as I throw items onto the floor. “Aha!” I finally find a pair at the bottom of my t-shirts.
No idea what pantyhose are doing in my t-shirt drawer but I’m not organizing my drawers now. I stare down at the floor now littered with my clothes. Damn. I need to organize my drawers.
Once I’m finally dressed, I stand in front of the mirror. “Yes, your honor, I promise to care for Robin as if she were my daughter.”
Truth be told, I wish she was my daughter and Elder was her dad. Then, I’d have an excuse to stay together with him instead of this whole friends with benefits arrangement. I could wake up snuggled in his arms every morning.
I scowl. What am I thinking? My life is not some kind of romantic fantasy. I should be avoiding Elder. He deserves better than me.
I grab my suit jacket and leave the bedroom. I step on a doggy toy in the hallway and my pantyhose catch on the edge of it.
“No!!!” I wail when I notice my pantyhose now have a huge snag in them.
Elder comes running. “What’s wrong? Are you hurt?”
I lift up my foot. “I’m not hurt, but my pantyhose are dust.”
“You have time to put on another pair. Isn’t this why we had to wake up earlier than the farm animals?”
“I don’t think I have any other pantyhose. I found these buried in a drawer.”
“We can stop at a store on the way to the courthouse and buy another pair. We have time.”
I blow out a breath of air. “Okay.”
