Page 30 of Tempting Tessa

“I understand that, it was definitely a shock for the both of us.” We continue to lie there on the couch and fall into a comfortable silence. “I love you and don’t ever forget it.” Jake says as he places a kiss to my temple.

“I love you too, Jake. Are you ready to go to bed? I’m exhausted.”

“Yep, we can head up.” He unwraps his arms from me so I can stand and I turn to help pull him up off the couch. He doesn’t let my hand go; he twines our fingers together bringing our clasped hands up to kiss mine before pulling me toward the stairs so we can head up to my room.

We head up and get ready for bed. I’m exhausted and just want to curl up in Jake’s arms and fall asleep. I get the best sleep when I’m in his arms. I climb in bed while he’s still in the bathroom and start to fall asleep almost immediately. I stir when I feel him slip in and curl around me, pulling me closer to him. He leans in and kisses my cheek and whispers, “I love you, sweet dreams, beautiful.” I love that he calls me that all the time. It makes me feel so loved. “Good night, babe,” I reply to him as I fall asleep.

I wake up the next morning to an empty bed. I then remember that it’s Monday morning and Jake had to go to work. I look at my alarm clock and see that it’s still early enough that he might just be downstairs getting something to eat, so I head down to see if he’s still here. What I find surprises me. I find him and Ty sitting at the table eating breakfast! It makes my heart melt seeing them together. They have formed such a great bond together and I just love seeing it develop. Jake has taken to having a child around him so well, you would almost think that Ty was his son and he’s always been around kids. It makes me think of what he would be like with a baby of his own.

“Good morning,” I finally say so that they know I’m down here.

“Good morning, babe, sleep well?” Jake asks me as he stands to come give me a kiss.

“Yes, did you?” I melt into him as he pulls me closer.

“I always sleep great when I have you in my arms.”

“How about you, Ty. Did you have a good night’s sleep? I missed you coming to cuddle with me this morning.”

“Yep!”

“Ty was coming out of his room when I was headed downstairs and he asked if he could come with me. I figured we would let you sleep a little longer, so he came down to help me make some breakfast. He’s a pretty good kitchen helper,” he says as he looks over at Ty, who has the biggest smile on his face.

“I got to crack the eggs!” Ty says excitingly.

“That sounds like fun!” I tell him.

“I need to get going soon to make it to the office on time. I have some meetings today but I should be done by late afternoon. What do you want to do for dinner tonight?”

“I’ll think of something. I need to go grocery shopping today anyway so I can get stuff for dinner. I’ll plan to have dinner ready between 5:30 and 6 if that works for you?”

“Yep, that works great. I’ll probably stop over at my house after work to grab some more clean clothes and a few other things to bring over here and then I will be yours for the rest of the night.”

“Sounds good, babe, have a good day at work,” I tell him as I reach up to kiss him.

“Thanks, you too. Have a good coffee date with Caroline. We should plan to get together with them later this week or this weekend if they are not busy.”

“We always do! And I’m sure we can come up with something to do, even if it’s just getting together at one of our houses to hang out and grill.”

“You two plan it and tell me when and where and I’ll be there.”

Jake leans down and gives me another kiss goodbye and then says bye to Ty. “See you guys later. Ty, you take care of your mom today for me, ok, buddy?”

“Ok, I will!” he says back to Jake.

“Bye, baby, see you tonight.” He winks at me and walks out to his truck.

Ty has finished his breakfast and has gone to play with some toys.

“Why don’t you go get dressed while I take a shower, then we can get a jumpstart on our errands that we need to run today before we meet up with Caroline and the boys for our coffee play date.”

“Ok, Momma,” he replies to me as I pull him in for a hug.

I go get ready and we head out to get our errands done. We meet Caroline at a local indoor play place that is amazing. They have all this indoor play equipment for the kids to play on and big comfy couches and chairs for the parents to sit on and enjoy a cup of coffee while their kids are playing. It’s our favorite place to bring the kids when we need a break. I catch Caroline up on our shocking news from yesterday and she’s just as shocked as we were. We also make plans for later in the week and for the weekend. We don’t usually go more than a couple days without seeing each other and we talk or text every day.

The rest of the week flies by and before we know it the weekend has arrived. Caroline, Luke, and their boys are coming over to my house tonight for dinner and to just hang out. I’m in the kitchen getting some of the food prepped when I hear my phone beep with a text message.

Jake: Hey babe, I’m running late today. Had a meeting go late and then an inspector spring some issues on me late that I need to take care of. I will be there as soon as I can.

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