She laughed. “My bad. Maybe you don’t get jealous of anything.”
He shook his head. “Don’t turn that into this. I’ve had plenty of things in my life I was jealous of, but situations like that, nope.”
She wasn’t sure how she felt.
Maybe he wasn’t thinking of her as much as she was him.
Which was a knife into the heart when she was so thankful she had found the man of her dreams.
Literally, her teenage dreams.
“Excuse me,” she said. “Women just flock to you.”
“You did,” he said, smirking. “Kept coming back for more.”
As much as she wanted to argue, she couldn’t.
Her nose scrunched up. “I want to be annoyed but can’t when I find this really sexy. I’ve missed this side of you.”
“What side?”
“The cocky, confident man that flicks people off who aren’t worthy of him.”
He grabbed her hips and yanked her into him. “You’re worthy of me.”
“Dad, Dad, Dad.”
They looked down, and there was Maverick with his hands in the air.
“Oops. Kind of forgot about him while my eyes were darkening over the man in my life being all sexy.”
“Should we be talking like this in front of him?” he asked, picking Maverick back up.
“Oh, stop,” she said. “It’s natural. I saw my parents flirting with each other all the time. I think that is why it’s so comfortable for me. Don’t you want these things for your son?”
“I want him to have a normal life,” he said.
“Be you, Chance. Not what you think or want or thought you should have.”
“It’s hard not to think of those things.”
She gave him a kiss on the lips, then gave one to Maverick. The little boy giggled like she knew he would.
“He needs to see affection. He needs to know it’s okay to show it and it’s healthy.”
“He needs you in his life,” he whispered.
“Yes, he does. I hope his father does too.”
Chance’s eyes searched hers and he nodded, but that was all she was getting.
41
PART OF THE FAMILY
“Jocelyn,” Carolyn Fierce said. “We are so glad you could make it. And you must be Chance. We arethrilledyou could stop in.”
“Nice to meet you,” he said, shaking her hand.
