Page 4 of I've Found Her Part 2: I’ll Never Lose Her Again

“Oh I don’t know. He’s so god dam grumpy. But so god dam hot! Sometimes I think I catch him looking at me like he wants to devourer me. But most of the time he looks grumpy and disappointed in me. I’m not sure where I stand. I’m all for making the first move if he’s into me, but I don’t want to make a fool of myself.”

“He’s so into you Chloe, I can’t believe you don’t see it. But you like him though yeah?”

“Like him? Understatement of the century Bella. Every time I see him, I want to rip his clothes off, cover him in Nutella and lick it off!!” Bella laughs out loud.

“You and Nutella. I don’t get why you like it so much.”

“It’s the best, that and cookie dough ice cream. Yeah, I want to cover Josh in Nutella, lick it off and then ride him while eating cookie dough ice cream. Nutella, ice cream and Josh. Heaven!” We both giggle until my belly and face hurt from laughing so much.

“Promise me you won’t tell Damien though. He will be so angry with me. I will tell him when the time is right.”

“Oh course.” We finish our drinks and pay the bill.

“Oh-oh, the boys are here, and they don’t look impressed.” I turn and see Damien marching in with his usual scowl and Josh looking half angry half amused.

Josh

I am sat in the car outside the restaurant waiting for Chloe when there’s a tap at my window. Its Damien. “Hey, I could have brought Bella home too you know.”

“I know, I just wanted to take her out somewhere and I was going past anyway. Have they been in there all afternoon?”

“Yep, 4 and a half hours.” Damien gets in the car. We catch up with work for 10 minutes or so until someone entering the restaurant catches our attention. “Is that Mr Graves?”

“Sure is. What the hell is he up to?” The restaurant is getting busy now and there are people blocking our view of the girls through the window. “Maybe we should go in?”

“Not so fast, Bella’s been going on at me enough for spying on her. I have an idea.” Damien gets out his phone.

“I put the ‘Find my kids’ app on Bella’s Phone. She knows it has a tracker on there, but what she doesn’t know about is this little feature.” Damien’s turn up the volume on the side of his phone and the speakers start to play. There’s talking, it’s Bella and Chloe. “Oh Damien, what did you do.” I chuckle. The app turns Bella’s phone microphone on and Damien can listen to her surroundings without her being notified. We can hear them talking and they sound ok, but we can’t quite make out what they are saying. Damien connects his phone to the car, we then hear Chloe’s voice crystal clear. “Every time I see him, I want to rip his clothes off, cover him in Nutella and lick it off!!” Jealousy runs through me. Who is she talking about!? She sounds drunk. “Maybe we should just go inside and get them.”

“No!” I say firmly, grabbing his arm to stop him from reaching the phone. I need to know who the hell she is talking about. “It’s the best, that and cookie dough ice cream. Yeah, I want to cover Josh in Nutella, lick it off and then ride him while eating cookie dough ice cream. Nutella, ice cream and Josh. Heaven!” Did she just say Josh? I look at Damien and he has an amused smirk on his face. She definitely said Josh. Bella then speaks and Damien’s amused expression turns to anger. I missed what she said fully as I was running Chloe’s words through my head. All I caught was, something about not telling Damien as he will be angry. Too late for that, he’s out of the car and storming into the restaurant.

Chapter 3

Josh

“Stop treating me like a child. You’re not my dad. Never had one, never needed one.” We’ve never had a conversation about our parents. I gathered Chloe’s parents weren’t in the picture as she has hasn’t ever spoken of them, only ever of her grandma. She makes me so mad. Stop treating her like a like a child she says. Chloe has never looked more like one than at this moment. Slumped in the car seat, sulking with her arms crossed. I’d love nothing more than to spank her bottom right now. Teach her a lesson for making me crazy. “I’m only looking out for you Clo. You’ve just been through a traumatic experience. Alcohol is not a good idea.”

“Well, I happen to think it’s just what I need, Thank you! Plus, we were celebrating.” She’s so stubborn, and so drunk. As I drive back to Damien’s Chloe falls asleep. I wonder what they were celebrating? and what she couldn’t tell Damien? I’m sure I will find out soon enough.

We arrive at the house and Chloe is still asleep. I try and wake her but she’s not for moving. I consider what to do for the best. I can’t really leave her here all night. I’d have to stay with her, and I don’t fancy that. Then again if I carry her in, she might go mental at me again for holding her. I decide to take the risk. I take a deep breath and carry her in. She will just have to deal with it.

Chloe doesn’t wake up until we reach her bedroom. I place her on the bed waiting the backlash. Chloe’s eyes dart open and she gets up off the bed. “Josh, oh Josh come here.” She drapes her arms around me stumbling a little. “I think you should get into bed Clo and try and get some sleep.” “Goooood….. Idea! Lets go to bed.” She looks at me trying to give me a wink, but ends up just blinking at me slowly with her mouth open. She cracks me up. Chloe begins to undress. I look away. Well, I might take a sneaky peak, I am a man after all. She is now completely naked. “Come on Josh, get undressed, lets go to bed.” Chloe is lay in bed holding up the covers for me to get in.

“I don’t think that’s a good idea Clo. You get some rest and I will come and check on you in a bit.” “Please Josh just come lie with me till I fall asleep?” Why can I not say no to this woman? Against my better judgment I take the covers and put them over her, then I lay on top of them next to her. I can not risk being so close to her with nothing in between us. I would never take advantage of Chloe when she has had a drink. Plus when we do have our first time together, I want Chloe to remember every second. And there will be a first time, and many more times after that. I am sure of it now, after hearing her speak about me with Bella today. Chloe snuggles up to me and falls asleep. She smells amazing. I put my face in her hair and inhale. I close my eyes and think of Nutella and cookie dough ice cream growing as hard as a rock.

I wake up and the room is pitch black. Its mid-night. Which means I have been asleep for 6 hours. I can’t remember the last time slept that long, especially not all in one go. Chloe is still asleep. I watch her for a few minutes. I can just make out her face with the moonlight coming in from the window. It’s taking all my strength not to kiss her.

I decide to go to the gym and workout. I need to clear my head. Damien’s already in there letting off some steam. He’s got music blaring and he’s going full throttle on the treadmill. He slows it down when he sees me enter. “Hey mate how’s it going?” I know there’s something on his mind.

“Great. It’s been a hell of a night.”

“Oh yeah?”

“Since I last saw you, I’ve gone from Damien the boyfriend to Damien the husband and daddy to be.” He rakes his hand through his hair, looking a bit panicked. I laugh. “Well congratulations, you don’t do anything by halves do you!” I slap him on the back and pull him in for a hug. He’s so tense.

“Tell me what’s on your mind?” Damien pulls out of my hug and looks me seriously in the eyes.

“How do I do it Josh? How do I protect Bella……..and a baby?” I laugh again. He’s got it so bad. At first I thought he was mental, worrying so much over Bella. Her safety has become his obsession. But I’m starting to get it. I’m feeling it with Chloe. It’s like this primal instinct takes over your body and there’s nothing you can do to stop it. Every part of you from your brain to your c**k wants to worship and protect every part of her. “You’ve a whole team of trained protectors. They’ll be perfectly fine. How do you think other dads do it.”

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