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Mace takes a moment longer before nodding. “Right.” He glances down at my son. “If anything changes. Just call.”
“I will.” When it comes to Kale, I’ll do what it takes to make sure he’s healthy.
I don’t want to be pissed about him getting sick. Bride being around him and potentially sick shouldn’t have happened. Not with him being so young. I’m sure I’ll be getting a call from Noelle tomorrow apologizing, but there’s no reason for it. It’s just the type of woman she is.
Mace leaves, closing the door behind him. I crossthe short distance and lock up for the night before turning to deal with Jacqueline.
“I need to put Kale down in his crib. Take your shoes off and chill while I do that. After I get him down, we’ll talk,” I tell her and head for the hallway. I wasn’t gonna give her a chance to argue with me.
In my son’s room, I get him changed and set up in his crib. He just lay there staring up at the mobile hanging above him. I don’t know where Jade and Rosemary found it, but it was motorcycles just dangling there. I thought it was pretty cool.
While he laid in his crib, I got the humidifier hooked up. I hadn’t had to pull it out yet, but it was something that the women bought for a precaution. It’s one of those Vick ones that comes with the menthol pads and whatnot that is supposed to really help. I didn’t care if it stunk so long as it worked. I also took some of the cream out of a jar and put it on the bottoms of Kale’s feet.
It wasn’t time for him to have a bottle, so I’ll have to wait until he’s ready for that. For now, though, my boy seems content, and I can go out there and deal with Jacqueline.
How I intend to do that, I don’t know. I figure she’s going to want to know why I’m not letting her go back over to her house first.
I close the door just a bit and go into my room,grab the monitor, and head back to the living room. I find her curled into the corner of my couch. Her dress barely covered her legs. My cock jerked at the sight of her, wanting nothing more than to have her wrap herself around me while I slammed inside her.
Instead of doing what my cock wants me to do, I cross the room and flop down on the couch opposite of where she’s sitting.
“Is he okay?”
Her question surprises me. I wasn’t expecting her to ask. Earlier, I’d placed Kale in her arms to go check the house out, and I hadn’t thought about it. Then, coming back, seeing her holding him while rocking in the recliner, it almost felt right to see her with him.
“He’s good,” I tell her, waving the baby monitor and clearing my throat. “We gotta talk.”
“Someone was in my house, weren’t they?” she whispers, dropping her gaze from mine.
“Don’t know for certain. If they were, they got out of there before I went in. But someone had definitely cut the power to your place,” I explain to her and watch her lift her head, eyes wide.
“What?” she breathes.
“Someone had deliberately cut the power to your place,” I tell her again and further explain, “Tonight you’re staying here. Tomorrow, in the daylight, I’ll go over there and get a better look at everything.”
“I should go stay at my brother’s,” she murmurs.
“No.” I shut her down even thinking of leaving. “You’re staying here.”
“I don’t want to intrude,” she protests. “I can . . .”
Leaning toward her, I get into her space. “You’re staying here, and that’s final.”
CHAPTER 9
JACQUELINE
Waking up to the sun shining on my face, the night before immediately floods my mind. I spent the night in Wolf’s house. In his bed.
Shooting up to a sitting position, I glance around the space. The pillow next to me was cool to the touch. There wasn’t a dent or anything letting on that Wolf had been in the bed next to me.
Last night, after he put his foot down, he guided me to his room, gave me a shirt to wear, and left the room. Didn’t say another word to me. I didn’t even go after him to tell him yet again I could go to my brother’s. Honestly, I didn’t want to. I’d gone to Wolf, and he was nice enough to let me stay with him.
A part of me is disappointed to find myself alonein his bed. I’d been nervous when I’d climbed into the king-size bed, thinking he’d be joining me, but he didn’t.
Throwing the covers back, I take in the room. It’s simple white walls and dark furniture, not that it’s more than a dresser, nightstand, and bed. Even as spacious as the room was, it wasn’t filled as it could be. He didn’t have a lot of things in here.
I use his attached bathroom. I had to use my finger to brush my teeth because I surely wasn’t going to go out there without brushing them, and I wasn’t using his toothbrush. Looking at myself in the mirror, I want nothing more than to find a hole to hide in. I hadn’t washed my face last night, and my makeup was all smeared. There’s no way I was going out of this bathroom without cleaning my face now. I have total raccoon eyes. I also need to run a brush through my hair.
