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“And what about me? Where is my energy going to come from?”
“You’ll survive.”My wrist vibrated and I glanced at my smartwatch, noticing it was the reminder notification I had set to pick Rylee up.“We have to go so we’re not late getting to the school,”I signed.
With the way my heart refused to slow down each time he looked at me and my body’s reaction, Ryland and I being alone was a bad idea. Especially when all I heard in my head was Marlee’s encouragement for me to get the dick to see if I still felt the same after.
“We’ll finish this later,”he signed with a cocky grin before motioning for me to follow him to leave. I pressed my thighs together tightly. My mind skipped and jumped with the idea of us together, no matter that Ryland and I were a horrible idea.
But I was going to let it happen, loving and regretting every single minute.
Chapter 13
Ryland
From the living room, I stared at Somee helping Rylee with her homework. Her smile was relaxed and easy while she engaged with my sister. She didn’t push too hard nor did she coddle her. Even when Rylee couldn’t figure something out and got frustrated, Somee had a way of encouraging her but also making sure Rylee did the work.
Nothing about Somee helping Rylee with her homework should have appealed to me but the visual was sexy. It also had my thoughts going places they had no business.
Somee with our children in that same scenario.
I almost fucking laughed at myself because what the hell? The thought caught me off guard. My own children shouldn’t even cross my mind. It was probably in my DNA to mess that up just like Felicia.
Regardless, I wanted a family. I had never been the type to swear off commitment, but in the past couple years I also didn’t shy away from running through as many women as possible simply because they were accessible.
The crazy part was that none of them held space in my mind beyond the physical. Not one had me thinking about themcarrying my last name or my children. Somee could have both and my dick hadn’t been anywhere near her.
“Mr. Parks, I’m going to head out. Dinner is done and warming in the oven.” I pulled my eyes from Somee long enough to hand my attention to Joy. I had been so caught up in watching them at the table that I hadn’t noticed Joy leave the kitchen and make her way to the living room.
“’Preciate that.”
She nodded with a smug grin before she glanced at the table. My gaze moved that way also. Somee was in the process of a high five with Rylee, making me assume she had gotten something right with one of her math problems. “You have a beautiful family. Rylee is adorable and Somee is good with her. The three of you work well together.”
I chuckled and brushed a hand over my head. “I think it’s more about them.”
She smiled. “And Ithinkyou know better than that. I’ll be here at six to have breakfast ready by seven. If you have any requests, note them in the app. Rylee has requested French toast.”
I grinned. “I’m cool with that. I see she’s getting comfortable with the idea of having you here.”
“It’s what you pay me for, right?”
“Yeah it is. I’ll see you in the morning.”
Joy nodded and headed back to the kitchen to collect her things. She stopped at the table to say goodbye to Rylee and Somee before she left. I decided I had enough of the space between us, so I got up and joined them at the table when I entered the kitchen.
Rylee was so focused on the assignment that she didn’t pay me any mind when I filled the chair next to her. I peeked over her shoulder to see what she was working on. I frowned when Inoticed her doing a worksheet connecting French words to the picture they described.
“She’s learning French?”I signed.
“It’s language. She had to learn ASL, so French is not that much of a stretch. But what we teach at Harrington is written French and Spanish. The younger kids learn with worksheets like Rylee has for homework. I’m glad to know she can still learn a foreign language at Chandler.”
“Yeah, I know, but she’s six and learning French.”
Somee shrugged and nodded.“Chandler officially starts teaching foreign language with Pre-K3, but at Harrington we started with the toddlers.”
“Damn, she’s going to be smarter than me before she reaches middle school.”
Somee laughed as her hands started moving.“With the amount of resources at that school, she’ll probably be smarter than both of us.”
“I’m finished. Can you see if I got them all right?”Rylee signed, dropping her pencil on the table and shoving the worksheet toward Somee.
