Alan
And take you out on as many dates as I can.
Of course, I kept that to myself; I didn’t want to scare her off.
Although I’d gotten the impression earlier that she might not be opposed. Yet I had to concede Lainey was right—there was no way she’d ask me out.
Ruthie picked that moment to burp, but she only spit up a little, and it all hit the burp cloth.
“Do you feel better, peanut?” I asked as she turned her head and made a face.
I didn’t need to have any baby experience to understand what that face meant. And if I hadn’t been sure, the rumbling against my forearm where she rested her little bottom confirmed it.
I couldn’t help but laugh when I told Jessica, “Once again, you called it.”
She reached into the diaper bag for a blanket, diaper, and wipes.
“This kid is like clockwork.” Spreading the blanket out on a couch cushion, she sighed. “I suppose I should enjoy it while it lasts. All the books I’ve read have said she’ll get more unpredictable the older she gets.”
“Nowthat, I believe. I’ve never met a predictable woman yet.”
She huffed out a humorless laugh as she pointed to herself.
“Meet Miss PredictableandBoring.”
I stared at her for a minute before replying, “I doubt that. I’ll bet you’ve got a wild side just waiting to come out.”
And I hoped I was there when it did.
Chapter Nineteen
Jessica
A wild side?!
Pfft, as if.
I mean, I did have sex before marriage—but even that had been boring. Although, I think that had more to do with my partner than me.
The only thing exciting about it was that it had been forbidden.
When I’d suggested to Jon that we try something other than missionary, like I’d read in a romance novel, he responded by telling me to quit reading “those books”.
“They put unrealistic expectations in your head.”
Looking at Alan holding Ruthie so lovingly put my hormones in overdrive.
I bet he did all kinds of positions.
Oh my god, Jessica!
You’d think I’d have learned my lesson about premarital sex. But Alan was so freaking hot, I might be willing to risk it again.
I knew I’d at least daydream about it.
He asked, “Do you want me to do that?”
Huh?
