She chews on her bottom lip and shakes her head. “It’s not the same.”
I step closer to her. “It’s not?”
She shakes her head. “It’s not. I’m committing to you publicly. Only you.”
I almost laugh. “Is that supposed to make me feel special?”
She licks her lips, and my eyes track the motion. “What if I don’t tell you about Cal and Zeff?”
I huff. “You want to cheat on me?”
She shakes her head and tiptoes to whisper in my ear, “I actually want to be with you, and I know you want to be with me too.”
I lean into her and smell her hair. “You also want two other dicks.”
She drops her heels to the ground and glares up at me. “Fine, I’ll take Callum publicly and cheat on him with you.”
“You want me for a side piece?” I question, feeling myself getting hard. I reach for her, and she blushes.
She leans up and whispers, “Does that turn you on?”
And to answer her own question, she feels my length through my jeans. She rubs me, and it makes my head spin.
She adds, “But we told CPS that we’re the couple, so you’re going to have to play along with me, Jax.”
“Play?”
“Play house with me.”
I whisper, “And you’re the slutty wife who fucks her husband’s two best friends?”
She whispers, “I didn’t know you wanted to marry me, Jax.”
She pulls back, and I search her eyes. She grabs my face and then kisses my lips. “I’ll be your slutty little wife, Jax,” she murmurs against me.
I kiss her back, hard this time. I pin her against the counter and press myself against her. Playing into this is turning me on. It turns me on knowing how much she wants me, how much she craves me. I run my hand through her hair and kiss her.
And I realize I’m not as angry as I was yesterday.
The afternoon passes slowly. Zinnia wakes up and we all end up watching a movie. Some animated movie with talking animals that she loves and we all pretend to care about.
She sits between Tiger and me on the couch. Her head on Tiger’s shoulder, her feet kicked up on my lap.
She’s comfortable, like we’ve done this a hundred times before.
Callum and Zephyr are on the other couch. I catch Zephyr watching us. He raises an eyebrow, so I look away.
When the movie ends, we make dinner together. Zinnia helps Zephyr with the pasta while Callum and I work on the spaghetti sauce.
Tiger sets the table, pours juice for Zinnia and water for the rest of us.
When we sit down to eat, Zinnia chatters about the movie and beating us at the video game earlier.
And it feels... normal.
Scarily normal.
After dinner, Tiger gets Zinnia ready for bed, reminding her that she’ll start a new school once they transfer the documents.
