“Thank you,” she replies, but I can still see her apprehension,
“I’ll be back after my shower,” I say.
She frowns. “You're not joining me?”
I cock a brow. “We all know that’s not a good idea. Besides, I still need to drop off Aspen.”
She pouts, and it fucking slays me how easily she has me wrapped around her little finger and fuck, I wouldn’t have it any other way.
“You are trouble,” I say as I grab her hip and back her into the wall, my mouth claiming hers.
The clearing of a throat has me pulling away.
Caleb stands by the open door, freshly showered in a pair of tight boxer briefs, holding a tray with three steaming cups of tea. My eyes map out his happy trail that disappears beneath the waistband, his dick firm beneath the soft cotton.
“Is Aspen okay?” I ask, kissing Jessica again before stepping away and reaching for my mug.
“Yep, she had a shit,” he says, scrunching his nose. I laugh because, yeah, I swear she shits for England. The part of being a dog owner we rarely talk about is how much time we spend picking up their shit. “She ate her breakfast. She’s in the back garden now.”
She loves being outside, and that’s why this house is perfect for us.
“Perfect,” I reply, kissing him. “Our girl needs a minute.” I gesture towards the toilet.
I’m not bothered by watching our girl pee, but it’s only after a long fucking session when one of us coaxes her to use the toilet so as to not get a UTI does she manage to go with one of us present. The rest of the time she’ll get stage fright, as she calls it.
Caleb winks at Jessica. “Come drink your tea with us before you have your bath,” he says as I turn off the taps, and then close the door behind us.
I sit on the bed, and Caleb joins me, both of us leaning against the headboard as we drink our tea.
“This is nice,” I say, looking at Caleb. We don’t get to just sit and do this enough. Since moving, adopting Aspen, and getting the restaurant up and running, it’s been a nonstop hive of activity.
“It is,” he replies, reaching for my free hand, his thumb stroking over the back of my knuckles. He glances at the bedside table. “We still have plenty of time before Aspen needs to be dropped off and before we need to make our way to the restaurant.”
A few minutes later, the toilet flushes in the background, followed by Jessica washing her hands before she joins us back in the bedroom.
She smiles at us before crawling up the middle of the bed.
Fuck me, there’s something sexy about her on all fours, my dick strains in my boxers, as does Caleb’s.
“Now that I can get behind,” Caleb says, squeezing my hand once and letting go to allow her to sit between us.
He reaches for her tea and passes it to her. She takes a sip and lets out a satisfied sigh.
“You do make a lovely cup of tea,” she says.
His soft rumble of laughter fills the room. “Hmm, is that the only reason you’re with me?” he replies.
She shakes her head, her eyes flicking to his groin and then back up again. “Not the only thing, no.”
I smirk behind the rim of my mug, loving the easy banter between them.
Caleb places his mug down, his hand moving to her bare thigh, pushing the t-shirt up higher.
“Tell me more,” he says, his fingers dancing over the goosebumps on her skin.
“I like the way you take care of me and Noah. Even though you despise picking up after Aspen, you love her all the same.”
His lips twitch. “Yeah, well, don’t tell anyone,” he replies, his lips moving to her shoulder. “There’s not enough of me to go around, and I’m already quite taken with the both of you.”