Page 38 of Axe
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
Axe
“Fuck!” I whispered harshly.
Putting together baby furniture was fucking hard and the damn directions didn’t make a lick of sense.
I tossed the stupid tiny Allen wrench that came with the fucking thing down into the bag of miscellaneous screws. Lil man beside me giggled at the clinking sound made from the collision. With a heavy sigh, I threw my arm around him and tucked his little body under my arm.
“Again,” he squealed as he clapped his hands with absolutely no sort of rhythm.
He looked up at me with a huge smile on his face like it was the most entertaining thing ever. I couldn’t help but laugh at how cute that damn kid was. Never before had I envisioned myself having kids, but being around this little guy suddenly had me thinking that maybe they weren’t so bad.
What is happening to me?
Here I am in the middle of the fucking night, putting together a crib for a baby that isn’t even mine, that belongs to a woman that isn’t even mine.
I had a strong urge to reach down and make sure my balls were still there.
“Fix,” Neiryn said, pulling me back to reality as he pointed to the half-built crib. Again, I had to laugh. I nodded at him, doing the best I could to keep us both quiet.
“You gonna help me, Lil man?” I asked, picking up the instructions and placing them on his lap.
I knew it was a bad idea but it wasn’t like I was getting any help from that stupid fucking piece of paper anyway. He wasted no time balling his fists up in the middle of the paper and then waved it in the air.
“Help,” he giggled.
I took in a deep breath, preparing myself to go back in. I was fucking determined to finish this damn thing. As I reached over to grab what I was hoping was the next piece I needed, something caught my eye in the doorway.
My eyes slowly roamed over bare feet, up perfectly shapely legs, over short, loose sleeping bottoms that were a light shade of pink. The drawstring of the shorts was tied into a perfect bow. My eyes lingered on the small sliver of exposed skin that was peeking out between her shorts and shirt.
I could have sworn that my breath caught for just a moment as I stared at her creamy skin, wishing more than anything I could run my fingers over it.
Forcing myself to keep going, my eyes roamed over her loose shirt, finding her arms folded over her chest and plumping up those nice tits.
As I scanned her face and met her eyes, I saw a flash of something soft. I was pretty sure it was the same thing I had seen on her face when she caught me laying with the boy on the couch a week ago. Right after the fear fled her eyes, that was.
There was something about the way that she was looking at me that should have made me uncomfortable. I should have some kind of panic shoot through my veins that had my feet caring me as fast as possible for the hills.
However, the only thing I felt was some sort of weird warmth spreading throughout me.
“Hi,” I said, my voice sounding strangely raw. And for some reason, a smile fucking spread across my face.
“Hi,” she mimicked, as she cocked her brow at me.
She was sexy as hell when she got a little sassy.
“Sorry if we woke you. I blame this guy, it was all his idea,” I said, ruffling Neiryn’s hair.
Her head shook as a small smile teased her lips. She lowered herself to sit on the floor next to me but kept her body facing in my direction. Her knee was almost touching mine and I could feel the electricity crackling in the vacant space between us. I had a strong urge to pull her onto my lap just to have her closer to me.
“What is all this?” she asked as she picked up a piece of wood.
I felt Lil man settling down next to me, his head lowered and he rested it on my leg. I reached down and rubbed his back as his eyes started to get heavy.
“Sweep,” he said as his eyes fluttered closed.
“I had one of the brother’s old ladies order a bunch of stuff for you guys,” I said like she didn’t know that the shit-ton of boxes downstairs weren’t meant for her. “I made sure she got a crib. I should have stayed and put it together today. Anyway, I figured it would be better for him to have an actual bed to sleep in. Maybe it will make him feel more secure.” I cleared my throat. I was thoroughly thrown off by all the emotions that I was feeling at that moment.
