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The front door opens, and a short, blonde woman comes out, holding a kid on her hip. “You must be Justine Reid, I’m a huge fan.”
I smile at her and hold out a hand...we shake. “Nice to meet you. Carson, here, hasn’t told me much about you, but tonight, I’m sure that will change.”
She gives her dad a playful glare and smiles at me. “Absolutely.” She has a round bump on her stomach, showing she’s pregnant.
“How far along are you?” I ask.
“About seven months, I feel huge.” She groans as she sets the kid she was holding down and rubs at her back.
“What have I told you about picking her up?” a man demands, coming around the corner and looking at Melissa.
“Oh stop, Caden. Meet Justine, dad’s woman.”
“Call me Slammer, only Melissa calls me Caden,” he says, taking my hand and giving it a shake.
“Oh, stop that, he rarely goes by ‘Slammer’ anymore, but it’s like he’s itching for everyone to call him that again,” Melissa giggles.
“Jason, Rachel, Mikayla,” Carson calls out and a gaggle of kids comes running to the front door, practically tackling him over. The little girl that was just put down by Melissa goes to her father and gets lifted up and puts her head down on his shoulder. How sweet. She’s a daddy’s girl.
Melissa looks at what I’m looking at and her face just lights up at the sight. I would, too, if that was my view every day.
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MEETING CARSON’S FAMILYis different than I thought it would be, but they are all so perfect. He’s got so many grandkids that it makes me wonder why he’s even with me. Will the age difference suddenly make this weird between us?
Melissa seems okay with me and my age, but it’s still weird knowing we’re just about the same age as each other. For someone almost thirty, she sure has a lot of kids. And Emily is just a doll, she didn’t even bat an eye when I was introduced as her father’s woman.
“Ready to head home?” Carson asks me as I finish up my wine. The kids all went down to bed an hour ago and we’ve just been sitting around talking about my latest book release. Carson hung on my every word, only once in a while interrupting.
“Yeah, I’m getting tired,” I tell him, knowing it’s probably past my bedtime. Being with Carson has me up late lately, and my body isn’t used to it.
“It was so nice meeting you; we’ll have to get together at some point without the men and kids,” Melissa tells me.
“I’d like that.” I really would, having friends my age would be amazing. Although, I don’t know if it would be awkward since my boyfriend is her dad.
We get out to Carson’s truck, and I climb in.
Once he’s in, we back out of the driveway and head home. “I’d stay with you tonight but shit is happening at the clubhouse, so I need to head over there.”
“No problem, I’m exhausted anyway. Be nice to have a quiet night,” I tell him.
“Good.”
He drops me off and kisses me deeply, I almost am tempted to invite him in.
“I’ll call you tomorrow, we’ll get together again soon.”
“Mmmhmm, later.”
I head inside, shut the door, and walk to my room. I don’t even bother changing as I just flop onto my bed and sleep quickly finds me.
