Page 40 of Heartbreaker

“Jackson.” She copies his tone, and it makes me hold in laughter, but Jackson looks at me.

“She’s my girlfriend,” he answers.

“Great, so would you be able to drop off the truffles around dinner time, and as you will be there you can stay for some food,” she says, and I can already see Jackson’s not happy about it.

“Mum, Ashley has other things planned tonight,” Jackson tells her, but I think it would be nice to see what his family are like. I mean his brother seems like the joker of the family, but then again Jackson looks like he is too. He also looks like the mummy boy too.

“I would love to come for dinner.” I look at his mum and Jackson looks at me, I can feel his eyes on at me.

“Lovely, I’ll see you tonight. Jackson don’t be late,” she tells him, and I smile as I look at how Jackson is with her.

“Yes mum, see you tonight.” He gives her a kiss on the cheek. Giving me another smile, she leaves the shop, and Jackson turns to me. “Just so you know, meeting my family was on the agenda, but so much further in the relationship, not a week,” he tells me, and I can’t help but laugh.

Why I’m laughing I have no idea, nerves maybe, but the way Jackson is more worried about this than I am, is funny.

“So, your mum likes Champagne bark, what about everyone else?” I ask Jackson. I need to make a good impression, if I’m right about Jackson being a mummies boy I need to impress her.

“You don’t have to make anything,” Jackson says.

“Oh Jackson, just tell her, and if you do, you might get lucky tonight.” I turn to frown at Taylor. “You know what I mean, she might even give you the good stuff,” she says giving him a wink.

“Have you not given me all the good stuff?” Jackson looks at me.

“I can’t give you all the good stuff straight away,” I tell him. He looks between me and Taylor. To be honest I don’t really have anything special, but he doesn’t know that.

“I mean she will make your eyes roll to the back of your head,” Taylor says as we walk past her to the back room. That woman! I swear to God she needs to have a mute button sometimes.

“Tinkerbell, you been holding out on me?” he asks as I get things ready to make the truffles.

“If tonight goes well for me, then who knows what might happen.” I smile at him, and he gives me that hungry look, the look that shouts ‘I’m getting lucky tonight’.

With that, Jackson tells me what his niece likes, as well as his brother and sister in law. With that information I begin making everything that I need to make a good first impression.

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I changed into a summer dress as Jackson said they are having a BBQ now, I was wearing a maxi dress, but Jackson said that he liked the short summer floral dress better. He knew it was because of my tattoos. I don't normally care if people don't like them, but this isn't no one, this is someone's mum, and I want them to not judge me because I have tattoos. Jackson keeps telling me that he doesn't care and if his mum had a problem with the tattooed rainbow hair girl then she wouldn't have invited her for dinner.

I made some bark and then some treats for his niece and sister in law. He kept telling me that his brother doesn’t get anything, I have no idea the reason why, so I added a few different types of bark in there for him.

Walking into the house, Jackson takes my hand as we join everyone in the garden. “Uncle Jacky,” I hear a little girl shout. Letting go of my hand he kneels down to give his niece a hug. She looks over at me and I give her a smile. “You’re the chocolate lady,” she points at me.

“Maisy, this is Ashley, my girlfriend,” Jackson tells her. She looks at me for a moment, then pulls Jackson’s shirt for him to kneel down.

“Uncle Jacky, does this mean I get lots of chocolate?” He gives her a nod. “Then I like you,” she says and looks over at me again. “I like your hair, it looks like my Barbie’s hair. She then runs off to her mum.

“Tough crowd to win over,” I tell Jackson as he wraps his arm around my waist.

“She is the toughest I promise.” We start walking over to his brother and sister in law, I remember them from the day they came into the shop. “Ashley, this is my brother Jake and his wife Sadie,” Jackson says. I say hello to them both and his brother gives me a smile.

“I would get out before he becomes an ass,” Jake tells me, looking over at Jackson with a smile.

“You can be a right dick sometimes.” Jackson pushes him playfully.

“Okay you two, how about we be on our best behaviour today,” Sadie says standing in the middle of them. “You would think they were adults, but no, they are silly little boys who fight,” she says and starts laughing. I can't help but laugh as well.

“Jackson, about time you two get here. Your brother is moaning he needs food.” I turn to see his mother walking over to him, Jackson leans in to give her a kiss on the cheek.

“Sorry, Ashley got a late customer that wanted to place an order for tomorrow,” he says.