BLAINE
Jesus, why did he have to be so damn sexy in the morning? His sexy hair looked in need of a haircut, but it did work on him, in fact, my fingers itched to run through it and wipe away from his forehead. I’d never known that even my soap smelled good on him that it never did on me.
Crap! What in the ever-loving heck happened to me? I’m a single mom for god’s sake. I needed to focus on my son and not to some hot— jerk. A huge jerk who wanted to bury his manhood to anyone had a hole.
I was taken aback by what he said before he left me alone. My room was my little sanctuary, but I couldn’t just push him out even the tension already thickened in the room that made my heartbeat quickened in my chest. Blame it on my dry spell.
Jeez, calm down!
His bright and warm cerulean blue eyes never missed meeting mine. He was playing catch with Ben. Why did he have to be so nice to my son? I didn’t want Ben to feel sad when it was his time to leave. I’m sure Ben would understand if he was not going to see him again, but of course, he would probably ask why he had not seen Xandry around.
I released a shaky sigh and closed the door behind me.
“Is everything okay?” He sauntered closer.
“Yeah, why wouldn’t it be?” I answered flatly.
“You just heaved a sigh, sweetheart.” He looked sincere, brows knitted.
“Don’t sweetheart me, Alexander, twenty-three.” I regretted once those words left my mouth because he just chuckled and shook his head in amusement.
Funny, huh?
“How did you know my age, Blaine Noelle?”
“Jeez, how I hate that name.” I wrinkled my nose in disgust. It just reminded me of my ex who called me Noelle because Blaine was too masculine and plain for him.
“Why? It’s beautiful. You’re just like Saphoera, she doesn’t like her name as well.”
My brow arched. “Saphira? Like from the Eragon?”
“Yeah, but spelled differently.”
“I mean who’s Saphira?”
naming their children. My mom’s Samantha Lorraine, Dad’s Alexander Phoenix. They kinda mixed them together and
“Wow, but stop calling me sweetheart. I don’t like Ben thinking that
grinned like an idiot.
“That’s sounds
the keys and let me drive. My great grandparents
tells it all.”
smirked, something on that smirk that held promises which made my
them with one hand. I guessed he used to play catch. Or what other games does interest
when I saw them fist-bumping like they didn’t just meet yesterday. It made me
in silence, only the country song humming from the radio that kept
in front of the house. Xandry stiffened, jaw clenched, and readied to launch
my seat belt and opened the door.
brother and had been very supportive of my decisions the moment he heard about my
baby girl.” He wrapped his arms around me and lifted me up causing me to
you, Blaine. Where is my little boy?” Finley scanned the truck and landed
Daddy running the bar instead of following
fuck is he, Blaine? And why the fuck is he driving your car?” Finley’s
eff when there is a kid around, ass-gator!” Xandry hissed, trying not to let Ben heard what he said as he
her
sperm donor?”
sharp breath escaped my mouth.
out loud, high-fived each other, and said, ‘I like him’ in unison.
disbelief as I watched
a few lines at the corner of this his eyes visible.
at his
him alone, Finley!” Uncle Max yelled from the porch.
Finley’s large hand like his and
sigh and opened the door to Ben.
Vin, Uncle Ri!” He jumped into his uncle as soon as he was freed from the
“Careful, Ben.”
“Let’s get inside, man. We’re about to start the barbecue,” said Riley, leaving me alone beside my car utterly dumbfounded.
***
chose the round table away from the grill smoke with my best
the two huge grill stands. These two guys knew how to grill like in a five-star
the table. My parents always invited close friends and relatives when we
who invited those bitches?” asked Charlie with wide eyes.
my gaze landed on the two bitches walking toward my mom’s table. “Who invited
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