Page 26 of Hired By My Rich Baby Daddy 3

“Yeah, but I love your name. I really should use it more often.”

I smirked. “Yeah, you should.”

Noree paused and cleared her throat. She looked away from me and tucked some of her hair behind her ear.

“I appreciate you for coming, even without, you know… the DNA test being done yet.”

I nodded and licked my lips before putting my hat back on.

“I wanted to be here.”

She looked back over at me. “And that means more than you’ll ever know.”

For a second, neither one of us said anything. I just looked at her while she looked at me. There was still so much we needed to talk about and so much shit we needed to figure out, but right then, none of it felt as important as being there with her and Oaklynn.

Our conversation was interrupted when Miss Carolyn walked over with Oaklynn still in her arms.

“You two should stay the night,” she said.

Noree looked at her. “You know I don’t mind, but Ozy…”

I shrugged. “Honestly, I wanna spend as much time with my baby as I can.”

Miss Carolyn smiled. “Okay, great. I’ll blow up the air mattress. Noree, you can sleep in Oaklynn’s room, and Ozy, I’ll prepare the couch for you. I know you’re a big superstar, but over here, you’re just regular ol’ family.”

I laughed. “That’s cool with me. Thank you. I appreciate it.”

“You’re very welcome, suga. I got some spare men’s clothes for you too.”

Noree’s head snapped in her direction.

Miss Carolyn looked at her. “Chile, I am grown, so don’t ask.”

Noree shook her head. “You’re full of surprises today.”

Later that night…

Istepped out of the bathroom and nearly walked straight into Ozy.

“Oh, sorry. My bad.”

I tried to move around him, but before I could get past him, he grabbed my arm and gently pulled me back toward him. My body turned in his direction, and he slowly reached up, placing his fingers underneath my chin and making me look at him.

“Have you been crying?”

I laughed a little, even though there wasn’t anything funny about being caught.

“Wow. I wasn’t trying to make it obvious.”

I wiped underneath my eyes, making sure there weren’t any more tears sitting there, then stepped back from him. He lowered his hand to his side while I leaned against the wall.

The hallway wasn’t that big, so even with me moving away, there still wasn’t much space between us. He stood directly in front of me, studying my face like he was trying to figure out what I wasn’t telling him.

“What’s wrong?” he asked.

“Nothing. I’m just happy.”

“So why you crying then?”