she going to be okay?”
“She is going to be fine; your Mother hasn’t needed me for a long time honey.”
“What about you?”
He smiles, “I’m sure I’ll be just fine.”
“I hope so Daddy, for your sake.”
CHAPTER NINE
“Have you spoken to your Ma in the last two weeks?” Jaxson asks, leaning against the bench.
I shake my head. “Nope; she’s still refusing to speak to me.”
“Do you think she ever will?”
“I hope so; I don’t want to fight with her. “As much as I disliked the way she tried to control my life, I do miss having her around to talk to.
“How’s the old man going?”
“He’s great! He seems to be doing well in the apartment on his own; I don’t think we’ve ever spoken so much as we have recently.”
“Does he like Caden?”
“Surprisingly yes, they get along quite well.”
“And how is the psycho ex?” He asks, frowning.
I sigh. “Still claiming she’s pregnant. I don’t believe her and neither does Caden. He said as soon as the baby is born he wants a DNA test but she is fighting him. I honestly don’t even think there is a baby; I think she’s just trying to pin him down. She knows how Caden feels about family and so she’s using the ‘baby’ to get close to him again. He threw a pregnancy test at her the other day, and she wouldn’t pee on it. The bitch is lying.”
Jaxson clutches at his chest in mock horror. “Did you just say bitch?”
I snort, “Sorry, I’ve been around those bikers far too much lately.”
Jaxson laughs and cuffs my shoulder. “I think I like this dangerous side to you.”
“Nah, you just like the dangerous side that is Caden Williams!” I reply; he knows I’m only messing but plays along anyway.
“That too, the man is so damn hot! I would never get out of those pants.”
I flush, “No, even I have to agree with that.”
“Then why aren’t you in those pants?”
“He’s away, what can I do?”
Jaxson holds up his thumb and little finger to imitate a telephone. “Phone sex girl; and a lot of it.”
“I don’t know; I’m not too sure about it all. I think we’ll just wait; it’s not that much longer.”
“When does he get back?”
I stick my bottom lip out and pout in an exaggerated way. “In a week.”
“Poor baby, you have to mope around for another week.”
“It’s been eight days!”
“Awwww.”
“Shut up you ass,” I laugh.
I walk into the lounge and slump back on the chair staring at the phone. Caden has been away for work for the last eight days, and I still have another six to go. I miss him like crazy and I can’t wait to see him again. Being without him is killing me far more than I would have first imagined. I pick up the handset and dial the number to his room. He answers on the first ring.
“Hello?”
“It’s me,” I whisper.
I hear the smile in his voice as he responds. “Hey baby, how you doin’?”
“I’m okay, missing you though.”
“Yeah, I miss you too.”
“So what you been up to; besides missing me of course?”
Caden chuckles. “The usual…”
“Work?”
“Something like that.”
My conversation with Jaxson comes to mind and I decide to speak to Caden about it. I mean, it has been eight days…
“So, Jaxson and I were talking before…”
“And…”
“He said something about phone sex…”
“Phone sex hey? I’m up for that.”
Why I am not surprised?! “I don’t know how that works,” I admit quietly.
“I talk dirty in your ear and you stroke yourself until you come.”
My mouth drops open and I squeal down his ear, “Caden!”
“You asked!”
“I didn’t ask…”
“You wanted to know, admit it.”
I love and hate that he knows me so well. “Ok, I was a little curious. What do you do?”
“Exactly the same…”
Feeling brave, I decide to play with him a little. “Now that I have to see!”
“A fantasy of yours?” Although he doesn’t seem to react to what I’ve said, I can tell that I’m getting to him
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