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“So, what’s the problem?”
“The problem is that his niece’s birthday is Saturday, and I thought we could celebrate as a family.”
This is news to me because he didn’t even ask if I was free.
“We’re going to Boston next weekend?”
“No. I’m going for her birthday.”
I put my cup down and brush past Noah without saying a word. So, this is how it’s going to be? I’m not family yet, so I’m not welcome? Or will I ever be welcome? I hear Lucian telling Noah what an asshole he is and the front door slams.
“Lexi?” Noah calls.
“I don’t want to discuss it right now.”
He comes into the bedroom. “I’m sorry. It was last minute, and I didn’t think you would be comfortable around Rory’s family.”
“The point is that you didn’t even ask, you just assumed.”
“You’re right. I should’ve asked.”
“Noah, what’s happening to us?”
“What do you mean?”
“Things are so different between us in the last month.”
“I don’t think that.”
“Then you haven’t been paying attention.”
“I think you’re letting these changes get to you.”
“It’s a lot to take in. I’ve had very little time to absorb it. But that’s not what I mean. I mean, you don’t seem the same towards me. Like I can’t do anything right.”
He sits on the bed and takes me into his arms, pressing my cheek against his chest.
“I’m sorry. This all came on so fast, but I want to be the best father I can. I missed so much of Rory’s life that I want to make it up to her any way I can.”
“You can’t do it all at once.”
“I know, but I want to.”
Noah rocks me, and I inhale his scent. I feel safe in his arms, but something is gnawing at me and it’s the fact that I now have to share him. I don’t want to be selfish, but I don’t get to spend a lot of time with him as it is.
Noah kisses the top of my head. “Are we good, Lexi?”
“Yes. I’m fine. I want you to bear with me. This is a lot for me too.”
He kisses the top of my head and lets me go, then heads back to his office.
I spend the rest of Sunday relaxing on the living room couch and reading. I’m tired from broken sleep and everything that’s taken place in the last forty-eight hours. Tomorrow I have JC to deal with, and I’m not sure how that’s going to go.
Even though Noah and I haven’t had sex since Saturday morning, he makes no attempt when we slip into bed. I find this unusual because typically, when we’re apart for any length of time, we have sex when we get back together. I shrug it off that he’s tired and fall asleep with his arms around me.
I wake up a little after three, and Noah is no longer next to me. I turned over and spread my arm out and feel around. He isn’t in bed at all and the bathroom door is open, so I know he isn’t in there. I listen closely and hear hushed tones coming from somewhere in the apartment.
Noah is on the phone with someone, and I’m curious to know who. I’m wide awake now and I quietly pad to his office. The door is closed most of the way and I lean against the wall near it and listen. What I hear, I do not like. A one-sided conversation but the words spoken are like Noah talking to a lover.
