Jules wanted to get Ivy out of Ceaser’s arms but she didn’t want to wake her. Ivy looked so peaceful in his arms but Jules had come to the conclusion that she knew nothing about this man, he was a stranger in her home.

I don’t even know you.

Jules wanted to say but instead said “No, it’s fine. I’ll take her.” She gently picked Ivy from Ceaser’s arms.

Ceaser’s jaw clenched as Jules declined his offer. No one had ever said no to him. It made him all the more furious that she was saying no to putting his daughter in bed. His daughter.

Ceaser stood in the same spot as Jules went to Ivy’s room and placed Ivy in her crib trying not to stir her awake. She looked at her peacefully sleeping daughter and smiled.

How did she ever get this luck?

She wondered once again like she had done every night she put her munchkin to bed. Jules smiled then walked out without making any noise, switching the lights off on her way out. She joined Ceaser in the living room and saw him at the same spot she had left him. He looked up when she walked in and she stopped a few feet away from him their gaze locked.

"I'm sorry about all..." She said gesturing to the sofa where Ivy had been all over him a while ago.

please. It was fun." He said, interrupting her once again. "She

a dream. That I'd finally wake up and she'll be like all those other kids that cry about everything and are difficult to deal with; although

kids." Ceaser said, a smile playing

"It’s like she's done with all those

"...can't wait to grow up." Ceaser

and saw him smiling, noticing the dimple on his left cheek and he caught

"What?" He asked.

shook her head and sighed

was a smart kid but they never got it like she did.

tension in the room grew. Their gaze locked and it was like they were frozen in time. Ceaser’s gaze grew darker and Jules’ heart was beating a thousand times per minute. The

the other felt

wasn’t going to do anything about their awkward situation, she cleared her throat and

at her, then he was

the heck out of here before he did something

to something else. Something entirely different from

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