Once Written, Twice Shy (The Broken Men Chronicles) by Carey Decevito Read Free Book Online

ready for my son.
    I had brought us a small plate of cookies and three
glasses of milk when I finished, and joined them.  Alissa looked like she was
having about as much fun as Jasper was what with the giggling I had heard.
     
    When the movie ended, I turned to find Jasper
sound asleep with his head on Alissa’s lap and her fingers playing with his
hair.
    “You look like you’re enjoying that,” I said.  She
grinned and nodded.  I picked him up and turned to face her.  “Let me get him
settled then we can talk.”
    I brought him downstairs where his bed lay ready, set
him down and pulled the blankets up to his chin, grabbing the stuffed puppy my
mother had given him the day he was born.  It was the only thing he could never
part with and my heart clenched as he clutched it to his chest.
    “Night night, Daddy,” he said in his sleepy little
voice.
    I bent down, kissed his forehead.  “Goodnight,
son.”
    I returned to my room to find Alissa still sitting
in the same spot I had left her in, with the TV turned off.
    “I’m sorry,” I said.
    She shook her head.  “Don’t,” she said.  “Don’t do
that.”
    “ Don’t do what?”  I stood at the side of
the bed and watched her face.
    “Don’t apologize for being you.  You’re a dad and
you have obligations, routines, all sorts of special things you do with
Jasper.”
    “It’s not that,” I sat down next to her, pulling
her into my side for a cuddle.
    She lifted her head off my shoulder and looked at
me.  “I really don’t mind, Jasper’s a fun kid,” she said and laughed at my are
you for real expression.  “Why so shocked?  I love kids.”
    “It’s just the fact that this was so spur of the
moment.  I never planned on having you two meet this way or for Julie to have
said those things to you,” I said.
    “I’m fine.  I’m a big girl, Paxton,” she said.  “So…what
to do tomorrow, Daddy?”  I laughed but didn’t give her an answer.  “I have an
idea,” she said before I could come up with anything.
    “Really.”  I turned my body to face her.  “Do tell.”
    Her eyes shone with excitement.  “I say we let
Jasper decide what we do,” she said as I nuzzled the side of her neck then
kissed it.
    She straddled my lap, my hands rubbed over her
bare legs as our eyes connected.
    I captured her lips in a chaste kiss.  “You don’t
know what you’re in for, Allie.”
    She giggled.  “He’s a three-year-old, not a group
of monsters.  And about Julie...”
    “What about her?” I asked.
    “Let her talk.  It doesn’t mean I’ll listen.”
    I smiled and pulled her in for a kiss.  “You’ve
got it, babe.”
    ***
    We were in the middle of a nice make out session
but as I got handy , Alissa pulled away, her breathing heavy.  She
blushed.  “I don’t think I can do it with your son in the other room.”
    I grabbed her face and gave her a soft peck.  “I
understand.”
    We got ready for bed.
    My lips found the skin on the back of her shoulder
as we said goodnight in the spooning position.  I smiled when I felt her shiver
of delight against my bare chest.  I did it again.  She whimpered.
    I trailed my fingers down the side of her arm.  “I
love the feel of your skin,” I whispered against the back of her neck.  I
groaned with her act of retaliation which was in the form of thrusting her butt
into my crotch.  Her shoulders shook with silent laughs.  “Let’s get one thing
straight, I have no problems taking you with my son in the house.”
    She rolled onto her back and I kissed her before
nipping at her bottom lip.  She let out a soft moan.  I nestled myself between
her legs and kissed her harder, wrapping her legs around my waist.
    “Pax,” she said against my lips.
    I kissed her quick and backed off.  “I know,
sweetie, can’t blame a guy for tryin’.  I just needed a little more to hold me
over.”  I winked at her and rolled onto my back, pulling a snickering Alissa
with me to cradle her