“I know that Willa, Goddess do I know that.” He closed the space between us and brushed a strand of hair behind my ear, “I honestly didn’t think about it, it wasn’t important enough to mention.”
“I believe you; I just got nervous for a second.”
Nervous that everything was too good, too perfect, and it would all come crashing down. I didn’t say that though, I didn’t want to sound too paranoid, but everything was so good with him.
“I understand.” He looked at me, his icy blue eyes boring into me, I knew he understood, more than I even said.
I closed my eyes and tilted my head back and his lips brushed over mine, settling all the lingering anxiety and making sparks dance across my body.
“Gross,” Emmett’s little voice came from the stairs and I pulled back sighing, “What are you doing?” He asked.
“Showing your Mama how much I love her,” He interlaced his hand with mine.
“Yuck,” He stuck his tongue out.
“Hungry?” Caspien asked him, Emmett nodded and bounded towards the kitchen.
“How about you get your clothes unpacked and I’ll get him a snack before we go down for a movie?” “What?”
He motioned towards the door where black bags were sitting I walked past without even noticing.
“I only chose a few things,”
“I chose a few more,” He crossed his arms, “Take anything you want back but leave a few things here so you won’t have to pack a bag every time.”
“And how often am I staying?” I crossed my arms mimicking his stance.
“I thought you could both stay on weekends for now.”
“But-“
“If you’re going to say work, I don’t want to hear it. You’re already working most days, even if you cut back, and going to school. You deserve weekends off, and Emmett would probably like the stability of a weekend routine.” “That was low,” I squinted at him.
“I’m willing to use any card to get you here more, think about it.” He shrugged, “Let me carry the bags up.”
“Believe it or not I can carry a few bags of clothes.”
“I know you can but I want to do it for you. You have enough on your plate, I want to do as much as I can for you.”
The movie was great; we had the entire theater to ourselves as Caspien promised. I sat between him and Emmett but Emmett moved to Caspien’s side halfway through to ask him questions.
I was reluctant to stay another night knowing I had an earlier shift the next day, but I was even more reluctant to leave him and forgo another night spent talking in his arms. I don’t think I had ever been so content or comfortable. “So, what did you decide?” He murmured into my hair as I snuggled up to his chest.
“About what?” I was already drifting to sleep surrounded by warmth and bliss. “Coming back next weekend.”
“Oh,” That woke me up a little, “I’ll have to see about the shifts.”
“I already texted Cali, and she said it would be fine.”
“You what?” I was really away now I pulled back and studied him.
“I didn’t tell her to do anything, I just asked.”
“How did you even get her number?”
He shrugged, one corner of his lips tugged up, “I have my resources,”
“Of course you do,” I rolled my eyes settling back into his chest.
Weekends off, weekends spent with him and Emmett. I would have to do the mental math tomorrow, and figure out if it was even sustainable if I gave up my regular weekend shifts, or if I could switch to a night shift during the week. Caspien rubbed my back and I settled further into him, breathing in his warm sweet woody scent.
“Okay,” I murmured.
f**k logic; I wanted to be here. With him.
(Caspien)
I carried Willa up to Emmett’s room and tucked her in. placing a kiss on both of their cheeks before I
I had some work to catch up on, usually, I worked on weekends. I knew I was a hypocrite to convince Will when I sat in front of her at the restaurant.
We dropped Emmett off and picked up Cali on the way to work the following day. Emmett reached out his arms, and I scooped him up, holding him close to me.
I really liked him. He was different than I expected any kid to be, not that I had been around many children
“I could get used to this,” Cali whistled, getting into the car, “This air conditioning is fresh, and I mean “Something like that,” Caspien actually gave her a real smile.
Cali waved at us and walked in, giving us a moment of space.
“You’ll need this when you go home,” I fished out a fob from my pocket that opened her new front gat “What is it?” She looked curiously at the gray fob turning it over in her hand.
“It’s for your new front gate.”
“Since when did they put a there? And why would you have the fob?” She looked up at me, her stunni
“I had them install it,” Honestly was best with her, and I had nothing to hide. Not from her, anyway. “You had them install it on my apartment?”
“Well, technically..”
“Technically?” She eyed me, crossing her arms.
“Technically I own it,”
She closed her eyes and shook her head once, but a small smile played on her beautiful lips.
“I-” Willa opened her mouth and then shut it, taking the fob from my outstretched hand.
“Just doing my part to help the community,” I flashed her a smile, and she bit down on hers. “Well, thank you.” I must have looked taken aback.
“I wasn’t expecting that.”
“You’re the one that needs to work on your manners,” She crossed her arms and tilted her head up at me.
“Not the thank you but you didn’t fight me on it.”
“I don’t fight you on anything logical, security is logical. And appreciated.”
“I appreciate you appreciate that. I’ll see you both on Friday.”
“Okay,” She nodded, a look I couldn’t quite decipher crossing her face.
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.