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Sure, I reason with myself. Not convincingly enough. “What if you get those old feelings, helping her out when she needs you?” It could happen.
“There’s no old feeling for me to catch,” he says, sternly peering into my eyes. “Lace, baby, I love you. Do you believe me?”
“Yes.” When he says those words and looks at me like this with such intensity, I could believe almost anything.
“Then trust me. You’re it for me.”
I nod. I think I can do that. He loves me.
Our lips barely touch when a little voice pulls us apart. We smile, moving apart, facing our mini audience.
“We decided we’re hungry,” Jackson says a bit aggressively, staring at me. “We want to eat now and get it over with. Then we can eat all the junk we want.”
Okay, then.
“Jackson, mind your manners,” Landon says in his no-nonsense parental voice.
He looks away from me to Landon. “Sorry. Can we please eat, now.”
“I’m not sure—” I don’t let Landon finish, because I can tell he’s getting irritated at him for not directing his apology to me.
This is supposed to be a happy sleepover. Since they came back from the park, it’s started to go south. I shake my head at Landon, putting a hand on his arm to let him know it’s fine. “Dinner will be ready in ten minutes,” I say in an upbeat voice. “Could you please get Jacob and help your father set the table?”
“Okay.” He smiles.
“Thank you.”
After that, everything ran smoothly.The boys loved my spaghetti and meatballs so much they asked for seconds. They were full enough not to overdo it with the junk food. Who knew two little boys could get so wild and make just as much noise as grown men? Correction, two boys and one man-child, apparently.
Landon was just as loud and rowdy as the boys, cheering and talking smack during the video game, wrestling each other to the floor and instigating an impromptu pillow fight, which I was dragged into. The room was destroyed, a popcorn bowl overturned, and I don’t know for the life of me how the sheets came off the bed in a tangled ball on the floor. It was a wreck, but I couldn’t be mad. By the end of the night we were in a heap on the floor, out of breath and laughing. It was great. I didn’t think about him going home to Bree at all.
I’m lying on the couch reading a book when Landon squints down at me. “You said you were coming back to help us clean. It was a lie?”
“I had every intention of coming back to help you. Then I thought about it, and I wasn’t the one who decided to make the mess. I was unwillingly drawn into the chaos by a man-child.” I scowl.
“Man-child? I’ll show you man-child. Come here!” I yelp when he snatches my book, flinging it on the floor. I squeeze my eyes shut as he mock falls on me, his hands caging me in.
“You’re crazy.” I giggle. His lips crush against mine in a heart-racing kiss that has us panting. God, it’s amazing how fast we can go from laughing and teasing, to this heat, with one kiss.
“It’s like we’re in high school. Except there’s no worry of parents coming home to catch us.”
“But we have kids—very inquisitive kids,” I remind him, brushing my nose against his.
“They are lying down, door closed.” He kisses the corner of my mouth.
“Are you sure?”
“I made sure they were both in bed, under the covers.” He kisses my neck, and I lean in, loving the feel of his lips on my skin.
“Knowing them, they’ve probably snuck out of bed, getting into things they’re not supposed to.”
“Like this?” He flicks his tongue in the hollow of my neck, making me smile.
“I hope not.” I bite my lip against an escaping moan, taking my mind other places. The swirl of his tongue would feel so good.
“Let’s go back to high school again, remember this?” He chastely kisses me, looking in my eyes, running his hand up my blouse to cover my breast.
I make a noise, moving my hands over his ass, pressing him into me. “I remember how much I like you touching me. How could I forget that?”
