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?”
Phoenix. They kinda mixed them together and gave me his first name my
me sweetheart. I don’t like Ben
Williams.” He grinned like an idiot.
sounds ancient.”
the keys and let me drive. My great grandparents
tells it all.”
when she just started dating Dad.” He smirked, something on that smirk that held promises which made my heart skip its
I threw the keys to him and he effortlessly caught them with one hand. I guessed he used to play catch. Or what other games does interest him? I
didn’t just meet yesterday.
humming from the radio that kept him from not hearing
in front of the house. Xandry stiffened, jaw clenched, and readied to launch his whitened knuckles that unknowingly gripping the steering wheel tighter
my seat belt and opened the door. “Finley!”
had been very supportive of my decisions the moment he heard about my pregnancy, and he just
He wrapped his arms around me and lifted me up
little boy?” Finley scanned the truck and landed his eyes on Xandry
help his Daddy running the bar instead of following Finley’s dream to serve
“Who the fuck is he, Blaine? And why the fuck is he
Xandry hissed, trying not to let Ben heard what he said as he moved toward my cousins. They were of
“I’m just her F—”
“A sperm donor?”
escaped
recognize my own voice, my cousins laughed out loud, high-fived each other, and said, ‘I like him’ in unison.
I grunted in disbelief as I watched Xandry’s
making a few lines at the corner of this his eyes visible.
Xandry looked down at his
him alone, Finley!” Uncle Max yelled from
gripped Finley’s large hand like his and
another sigh and opened the
Ri!” He jumped into his uncle as
“Careful, Ben.”
man. We’re about to start the barbecue,” said Riley, leaving me alone beside my car utterly dumbfounded.
***
table away from the grill smoke with my best friends
how to grill like in a five-star restaurant. Mom made her famous salad, pecan, and peach pie. Auntie Miranda prepared some veggies too.
mom while Daddy, Pyke, Kyland, Uncle Max, and Xandry chatted with the local beers on the table. My parents always invited close friends and
“Holy ball of effing fire, who invited those
my brain when my gaze landed on the two bitches walking toward my mom’s
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