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She runs her fingers through my hair and softly kisses my jaw. “I love you too. I know you’re the man for me. Me slowing things down has nothing to do with that. I just want to date you before we jump in full steam like we did the first time around. I want to do it right this time. You and me, alone, spending time together.”
“Are you asking me to be your boyfriend?”
She smiles again. “Yes, I am. I want to go to dinners with you and learn about you. I want you to learn about me. If, after everything, we want to make this more permanent, then the kids can come back into the fold. Does that make sense?”
“I accept your terms. Why don’t we get some sleep, and in the morning, we’ll go for a long walk, and I’ll fill you in on some things that have shaped me. You’re not the only one who did a bit of soul searching this year.”
She wraps her arms around my neck, kisses up my jaw, and grinds herself onto me. “I just got you back. I don’t think I’m ready to go to sleep quite yet.”
I run my hands up her soft body. “I don’t think I’m the one who’s the addict.”
CHAPTERTWENTY-SEVEN
BETH
Iwake up feeling the best I have in…well…a year. I’m back in Dominic’s arms where I know I belong.
I can feel his morning wood pushing up against my ass. I wiggle a bit.
He moans. “Don’t even think about it. We’re talking this morning before we have to get our kids.Talking.”
I smile. As much as I want him right now, I know him turning down sex means he heard what I said to him last night.
I reach over and grab my phone to check the time. “I’ve got about two hours until I need to be at Luke’s game.”
“Valentina has a soccer game. I need to go by then as well. Fortunately, they let her back on the team.”
“I miss her. How is she?”
“Happy to be home. I think that was another reason Gabriela gave in. The kids were miserable.”
“And Matteo?”
“Quiet again.”
“Cassandra has Dora. You should get her back for Matteo.”
“I know. I’m not sure what to do. I imagine Dylan and Brandon have gotten attached to her, but Matteo keeps asking.”
“Cassandra told them from day one that she was only going to be with them for a little while. She’s prepared them. They have another dog. They’ll be fine. He needs Dora more than they do.”
“Yes, I heard about Dick. Who names their dog Dick?”
I giggle. “My sister. She had him way before she was with Trevor. She said it was her way of ensuring she always had dick in her bed.”
I feel him shaking in laughter. “That sounds like Cassandra.”
“It does.”
“How’s Luke?”
I blow out a breath. “Honestly, he struggled when you left. I think he was starting to see you as a father figure. It was another disappointment on that level for him. He’s had so much of it in his short life.”
He squeezes me. “I’m so sorry. One day, when you’re ready, I promise to make it up to him.”
“We’ll see.” I reluctantly get out of bed. “I’ll start the coffee. You get dressed.”
I start to walk out of the room naked. As I’m walking, I say, “I know you’re checking out my ass.”
