Cocky Roomie_ A Bad Boy Romance Novel(60)
I ignore all the calls that come from her. She can show me how mad she is when I get her naked tonight. Oh man, is this gonna be some sweet fuckin’ this evenin’! Probably gonna have claw marks on me for days.
FOUR YEARS LATER
“Drew honey, give me a hand with this chili. Just turn it over a bunch while I say hello to my favorite person in the whole world!”
I gently kiss my daughter’s soft baby hair before I hand Emma over to her grandmother. “I don’t know, Nancy. This is a big responsibility,” I tease, picking up the ladle she set down.
Cooing into Emma’s ear and bouncing her, Nancy receives a kiss on own cheek from my husband. “Jake, this little girl makes me forgive you for being late today, but just barely.”
“I know, I’m sorry. We were busy.”
He winks at me and I shake my head behind her back, telling him silently to stop being so damned obvious. She doesn’t need to know we’re late because Emma took an unexpected nap and my horny man took advantage of it by stealing me out into the hallway for a good hard fucking. That led to another shower. And that led to us arriving after everyone else, and me forgetting the potatoes he made.
“What’s this?!” Jason calls out as he finds me with the chili. “Mom! You never let me touch that! How come Drew gets to?! You only ever ask me to carry it!”
“Give me a grandchild, Jason Cocker and that chili is all yours,” she wickedly smiles. “Huh, Emma, don’t you need a cousin from your Uncle Jason, huh?”
“I’m workin’ on it, Mom.” Jason rolls his eyes and greets me with a kiss on my cheek. “Hey sis.”
“Hi Jason.”
He bear hugs Jake. “Good to see you. Jax is out back.”
“What about Justin?”
“Still in New Hampshire, kissing babies.” Jason touches Emma’s head with love as her big eyes soak him in. “Like this little beauty right here.” He kisses her forehead as Nancy holds her out a little so he can. Emma’s arms go crazy flailing. She’s only fourteen months and full of energy. Jason asks the room, “Does this mean I should go into politics? She loves me!”
He runs out to his wife who’s calling his name. Jake comes over and puts his arms around me from behind. He lays his head on me to watch me slowly turn the chili.
“Hi sexy.”
“Jaxson’s waiting for you, baby.”
“Let him wait,” he whispers in my ear. I touch his arm that’s wrapped around my middle, and smile.
“Well, what the hell?!” Jeremy shouts as he comes up from the back patio. “Come out and say hello to everyone!”
Jake yells his surprise and runs over to pick his younger brother up. “You’re back early!”
“Nah!” Jeremy laughs, looking at Nancy.
Jake and I both look at her, reading her sneaky face. “Mom!”
“Jake, I wanted it to be a surprise, now don’t you look at me like that.”
“Give me back my daughter, you liar.” He rushes over and dramatically removes Emma from Nancy’s arms as she objects profusely. “Hello baby love, you want to be with your Daddy, don’t you?” Of course Emma grins like crazy at him. “See? She wants to be with me, Mom, sorry.”
“You’re just rude!” Nancy cries out. “Give me back that baby! I wanted Jeremy’s coming home to be a surprise so I said the wrong date. You do that to me all the time!”
My momma runs in. “Did I hear Emma is here?!”
“Hi Momma,” I smile. “Good to see you, too.”
She rolls her eyes and grabs my daughter from Jake’s arms. “Jake, give me this little preciousness. Just for a little while, because I’m beating your father at cribbage, Drew!”
“Well, that’s a first,” I sarcastically say. She always beats him.
“Oh stop! Well, Emma, aren’t you the most beautiful little girl in the whole world?” Emma smiles at my momma a little shyly. She doesn’t get to see them as much since they still live in Dublin. “She’s bigger, Jake, isn’t she?”
“Well, of course she’s bigger,” Nancy answers for him, still chomping at the bit to hold Emma again. “Let me see her!”
“Now honey,” Michael Cocker laughs, walking inside. “You’ve got another one outside waiting for you to dote all over him.”
Nancy glowers at them all like it’s a conspiracy, then gives up and hurriedly checks the chili before rushing outside, calling behind her, “Tell Jeremy and Jason to bring that chili out in two more minutes!”
Jeremy walks to me with his arms out. “Drew!”