“Shh! Cassie’s asleep,” Shelley practically hissed, and I swear the grin on Jake’s face got even bigger.
“She is, is she?”
“Sound asleep and tucked up in your old bed.”
“So, Cassie’s having a sleepover at grandma’s, is she?” Jake pushed as my fingers hooked around his shirt and yanked it apart, sending the remaining buttons flying.
“Yes, she is. She also requested waffles for breakfast.”
“Sounds like you have it all planned.”
“We do. So go and make up with Kellie.”
“Will do.”
“And, Jake?”
“Yeah, Mom?”
“Tell her everything. Explain it to her. Answer her questions. Make her understand.”
“Mom…” Jake’s cheeks were turning beet red.
“No, Jake! I made a mistake with those legal papers, and I’ll apologize to Kellie until she’s ready to accept it, but you need to make it right. You’re a different man since she’s stepped back into your life. I don't want to lose this version of you again,” Shelley lectured, not backing down.
It was strange to think I was eavesdropping on a conversation entirely about me when Jake was only a couple of hundred feet from his mom’s front door.
“Mom, I got this,” Jake attempted to assure her as his eyes turned dark, pinning me in place.
“Jake. Tell her everything. Even about…”
“Mom!” he said again. “Thanks for looking after Cassie. We’ll see you in the morning,” he added, ending the call.
“So, she’s okay?”
“She’s fine. She’s in my bed, and her mother is about to be too,” Jake said, and I burst out laughing.
“That sounds so wrong,” I snorted as Jake threw his head back with a groan. But if I thought I’d won this round, then I was wrong. So very wrong.
Without a word, Jake lunged forward, lifted me off my feet, and tossed me over his shoulder in a fireman’s carry before slapping my ass, the sound echoing through the darkness.
“Your ass is mine, Marshmallow.” He growled, and my panties flooded.
Can’t wait.
ChapterTwenty-Six
Jake
“That was…” Kellie panted, lying in my arms.
“It was,” I agreed, pulling her closer.
I didn’t care that we were both covered in sweat and breathing heavily. After two rounds of mind-blowing, life-altering sex, I was pretty sure my legs couldn’t hold me up, but my heart was full.
“I never thought…” Kellie started before trailing off as she traced circles on my chest with her finger tickling me.
“You never thought what?” I encouraged, trying to keep her talking. As sleepy as I was, as heavy as my eyelids felt, if Kellie had something she wanted to say, something she wanted to get off her chest, then I wanted to hear it.
