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?”
their children. My mom’s Samantha Lorraine, Dad’s Alexander Phoenix. They kinda mixed them together and gave me his first name my granddad’s name Henry. Saph
but stop calling me sweetheart. I don’t like Ben
Archibald Williams.” He grinned like an idiot. A hot
“That’s sounds ancient.”
me drive. My great grandparents were originally from England.”
it all.”
something on that smirk that held promises which made my heart skip its beat.
them with one hand. I guessed he used to play catch. Or what other games
like they didn’t just meet yesterday. It made me so damn
arrived at my parents’ house in silence, only the country song humming from the radio that kept him from not hearing to my thundering heartbeat.
strode to us as soon as our car parked in front of the house. Xandry stiffened, jaw clenched, and readied to launch his whitened knuckles that unknowingly gripping
my seat belt and opened the door.
the Marine-corps who’d been deployed to Hawaii. He was always closed to me like a big brother and had been very supportive of my decisions the
baby girl.” He wrapped his arms around me and lifted me up causing me to yelp in
Where is my little boy?” Finley scanned the truck and landed his eyes
turn, bro.” Riley pulled us off easily. He chose to help his Daddy running the bar instead of following Finley’s dream to serve in the military.
why the fuck is he driving your car?” Finley’s voice thundered.
not to let Ben heard what he said as he moved toward my cousins. They were of the same
her F—”
“A sperm donor?”
A sharp breath escaped my mouth. “Xandry!”
cousins laughed out loud, high-fived each other, and said, ‘I like
as I watched Xandry’s
making a few lines at the
his hand, still
Uncle Max
large hand like his
another sigh and opened the door to Ben.
uncle as soon as he was freed from the
Ben.”
to start the barbecue,” said Riley, leaving me alone beside my car utterly dumbfounded.
***
away from the grill smoke with my best friends Olive and Charlie.
the two huge grill stands. These two guys knew how to grill like in a five-star restaurant. Mom made her
with Cam, Carissa, Auntie Miranda, and my mom while Daddy, Pyke, Kyland, Uncle Max, and Xandry chatted with the local beers on the table. My parents always invited close friends and relatives when we had a family gathering, and I was used to be around with our people.
effing fire, who invited those bitches?”
on the two bitches walking toward my mom’s table. “Who invited
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