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Forgetting what she was saying, she stops in front of Spike and her lip starts trembling, too. I laugh, getting out of the bed. “Be careful, she makes the ovaries go wild.”
Serenity takes baby Mercedes as Spike hands her over, and I can’t help but smile as I leave the room. Jackson is standing outside the door, but Cade is nowhere to be seen. Frowning, I step up and hug him, pressing my cheek to his cheek. Sometimes, a girl just needs her dad.
“Been a while since you’ve willingly hugged me, baby girl,” Jackson murmurs. “Missed it.”
He’s right.
I’ve been way too wrapped up in this Clara business that I’ve forgotten everything else.
“I’ve missed it, too, Daddy. Where’s Cade?”
Stepping back, I shiver at the cold hospital corridor.
“Went home. Skye was fussin’.”
“I better go be with them. Did he seem ... okay?”
Jackson exhales, pausing as if he’s trying to figure out if he should say something or not, then he looks to me. “I love you, kid, you know I do, but whatever he wants left in the past I think it’s best you listen. Never seen him so withdrawn, so fuckin’ broken. It’s hurtin’ him, and I think it’s because the distance between the two of you is too big. You gotta close it. You gotta let this go.”
My heart breaks.
Maybe it is time I let it go.
At least for now.
Smiling at my father, I nod. “I’m going to go home to my family.”
He places a hand on my face and nods with pride. “That’s my girl.”
Right now, I’m going to fix my man, or at least try.
He matters the most right now.
10
Addison
Stroking my finger down Skye’s face, I watch her doze off to sleep. She’s so god damned beautiful, everything about her is perfect. Her little lips suck on her pacifier as she grips her teddy for dear life. Her breathing is steady, and I can’t help but stand there a little longer, watching her, thankful for the precious gift that has been given to me.
Her life will never be what mine was.
I promised her that the day she was born.
Once she’s off to sleep, I turn and leave the room, closing the door just a little. Then I pick up everything from the night. Having one baby is work, with the dinner and baths, the reading and playing. I don’t know how people do it with two or more. They’re heroes, no doubt about it. Once I’ve finished cleaning up, I glance down the hall. Cade hasn’t spoken to me, not once since we got home.
He smiled for Skye, played with her, kissed her little cheeks, but then he was gone the moment I took her for a bath. He ate dinner alone, and now I can hear the shower running. He’s angry at me, and I understand it, but at the same time I have equal rights to be pissed with him. We’ve both made a lot of mistakes in the last few weeks, but I promised myself tonight I’d put myself back into the position I promised. An old lady and a mother.
Even if it kills me to accept that I might have to let this business with Clara go.
Exhaling, I walk down the hall and open the bathroom door, stepping in. The entire place is filled with steam, and I can see Cade’s silhouette behind the cloudy glass. This could go very bad for me, but I’m going to risk it anyway. Reaching for my clothes, I strip down until I’m naked, and then I let my long, dark hair out and open the shower door.
Cade turns, his green eyes no longer angry, but a little tired. His eyes drop to my breasts, then lower down to my naked pussy before he meets my gaze. He doesn’t say a single word, but he doesn’t have me get out, so I’ll take that as a win. Stepping in, I close the door behind me, holding his eyes as I reach out, running my finger down the gap between his pecs. I flatten my hand out on his hot skin, feeling the hard ridges of his muscles as I push myself closer.
“I’ll let it go,” I say to him, my voice soft. “Because, regardless, of what you think, you and Skye mean more to me than anything else.”
Taking my wrist, he pulls me closer and then pushes my hand down to his cock, which is slowly hardening. Water cascades down his body as I curl my fingers around his thick length, squeezing and releasing, until it’s firm in my palm. I don’t want to talk; I don’t want to do anything but feel him inside me. Releasing his dick, I turn and put my back to him before leaning down to touch my toes, exposing my ass.
He growls, raw and primal, as his hand runs down my spine and over my bottom. Circling my entrance, he slips his hand down farther, coating his finger in my arousal before coming back up and carefully slipping into my bottom. Gasping, I press a hand to the wall as he carefully stretches me with his finger, before moving closer until his cock is pressing against my pussy.
