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Her finger tracked along my unshaven jawline. “I promise you; I’m not leaving you and Hadley.”
My forehead leaned against hers. “I promise I won’t run.”
“Good,” she whispered. “Let’s go see what your daughter has made for breakfast.”
I laughed and hugged her again, loving the way she felt in my arms before I let her go and we made our way to the kitchen.
Breakfast was insane. Hadley and Jennifer had made toast, yogurt with what I hoped was granola, and Lucky Charms cereal that I guessed was at least a year old.
“This is so yummy!” Tammy said, forcing herself to swallow the yogurt.
Dalton nodded and took a bite of toast. It appeared to be the only safe food item on our plates.
“Girls, would you like me to make French toast?” Emma asked Jennifer and Hadley.
Everyone shouted yes, and by everyone, I mean the adults too. Laughing, Emma stood and got to work.
Dalton tapped me on the arm and motioned for me to meet him in my office. Slipping off the stool, I peeked over to see Emma watching us. She flashed me a grin and went back to getting everything ready for the French toast.
The moment my office door shut, Dalton gave me a knowing smile. “So?”
“So?” I asked back.
“Dude! Tammy and I show up and you and Emma are looking awfully cozy.”
I rolled my eyes. “Hadley slept between us all night.”
“Yes, and when she left, you just happened to find yourself up against Emma?”
With a shrug, I attempted not to smile. “If I did anything, it was in my sleep.”
He laughed. “Okay, so then why the freak-out?”
I decided not to mention the situation below my belt and stuck to all things emotional and mental. “For a moment, I let my old fears take over. Guilt, panic about hurting Hadley and myself.”
Dalton leaned against my desk as I took a seat on the small sofa. “Emma certainly wasn’t letting you walk away.”
The left side of my mouth rose in a slight grin. “No, she wasn’t. She’s freaking amazing, Dalton. I’ve never met a woman like her.”
He nodded. “She seems to make you and Hadley happy.”
Leaning forward, I groaned. “Oh, man. It feels like a dream that’s happening both too fast and too slow. I don’t even know.What Idoknow is, when I kissed her, it was like I suddenly needed her very existence just to breathe.”
Dalton’s brows shot up. “Kissed her? When did you kiss her?”
“Last night and this morning.”
A wide grin moved over my best friend’s face. “Dude, it’s about time. You deserve happiness.”
“We still need to work out some things, but I want to see where it goes.”
“And Emma does as well?”
“Yeah. I mean, she’s scared too. Probably even a little more than she’s letting on. I don’t want to push her, but at some point, I hope she opens up to me about her ex. I told her everything about Lisa and Nancy.”
He looked surprised. “You told her about Nancy?”
I nodded. “I don’t want anything between us. My entire marriage to Lisa, there seemed to always be something unsaid between us. I just hope she feels safe enough to tell me about her ex.”
