When Xai returns with the bag, he informs me that the shuttle will arrive in twenty, so I have the girls use the bathroom then I get them ready. Xai has changed and is dressed in basketball shorts and a tee when we descend the stairs. I check on our lunch and snacks in the cooler then we head out to the partially filled shuttle.
“You know how to swim, Xai?” Romi asks as soon as we are seated.
“No. I can’t swim,” he says, to my surprise. Before I can answer or comment, Averi does.
“We can. We took lessons. You don’t want to know how?” she asks.
“I mean I can. I just never been around water. I’ve been working since I was little and never had time for stuff like that,” he admits.
“It’s okay. Mommie can show you how to float. She taught me,” Averi assures him.
“You gon’ teach me?” he asks with a tender smile. There’s a spark in his eyes, making him look younger, almost juvenile, but in a cute way.
“I got you, baby,” I tell him.
When we make it to the actual park, the girls make a dash for the kiddie area. We spend the majority of the time there until we get hungry. After we break for lunch in our cabana, we venture to the pool and Xai actually allows me to teach him how to float. The girls cheer him on and we have a blast. Our water day ends in the lazy river.
Both Averi and Romi fall asleep on the short ten-minute shuttle ride back to the cabin. Xai carries them inside up to the loft. I hate to wake them but showers are a must after today. I get them up and into the bathroom. Once they are clean and in the clothes I had in our “beach bag”, they climb into bed and I let them nap. I snuggle on the sofa under Xai, placing a grocery delivery order for dinner tonight and breakfast.
“Thanks again baby, for this,” I tell him.
His hand grazes the bottom of my chin then his thumb runs across my lips. “This. Your pretty ass smile and the look on their faces is all I need. If y’all are happy, I’m always straight,” he says with so much sincerity I can feel his words.
“They’re crazy about you,” I admit, because Averi and Romi are.
My normally shy girls have completely warmed up to him and they love when he’s around. He’s thoughtful and attentive with them, and from the beginning, he was careful. I observed and appreciated how he sets boundaries without me even having to communicate them. Every action, every gesture, he’s mindful of them and their feelings and that means the entire universe to me.
“I’m crazy about them too. All three of you are a part of my life now and I’ll move mountains for y’all.”
“I’m cool if you just love us.”
“Already done.”
Chapter 19
Xai
“Damn, love. I swear you got the sweetest pussy on the planet,” I groan as I taste Adora still on my lips.
“Let me taste.” She smirks before kissing my lips passionately.
“I love your freaky, lil nasty ass,” I admit after she sucks my tongue.
“Mm, I love you too,” she says, then exhales.
We are on the balcony outside of the main bedroom on the lower level. It’s wrapped with a five-foot privacy screen which provided the incentive my baby needed to bring her fine ass out here naked. The sight made my damn fucking mouth water, and before I knew it, my head was between her legs, making her cum.
“You ready to go inside?” I ask.
“Not yet,” she utters. “You mind?”
“I’m with you, I don’t mind.”
“I just like it out here. It’s so peaceful and the air up here feels different,” she says, and I agree.
We’ve had a good ass day and it’s just us.I need to tell her about the phone. I still haven’t.Her finding that letter from her mom had been some heavy shit, and even though it’s been a week and she says she’s cool, I can still see some of that sadness in her eyes. Their normal sparkle has dimmed just a little. It’s small but it’s there. I see it. That’s why I did this. I figured she and the girls needed this time away from the house. As much as I want to tell her about the phone, I still can’t do that shit, not why she’s still a little sad. I’m thinking we can go somewhere soon and I’ll tell her.
“After the grand opening, I want to take you on a little trip, just us two, for the weekend. We can do something after with the girls,” I say.
