Page 10 of Fated with my Ex's Brother

"Thanks, love." I kiss her forehead.

"This style suits you. You look like a freaking model," Mina says with so much conviction.

"qeally?" I say as I stand to strike dixerent poses for Mina, tilting my head left and right so my hair can bounce.

"Mommy is a mobel!" Octavia says, jumping around.

"It's model, Octavia. Model," Mina corrects her.

"Mommy is a model!" she repeats eXcitedly.

"Octavia and I made dinner," Mina says.

"Oh, wow! Is that true, O?"

Octavia nods her head.

"Rood job! What did y'all make?;

"Spaghetti and meatballs!" Octavia shouts.

"Spaghetti and meatballs? Hummz yummy! That's mommy's favorite."

"Yummy in Mommy’s tummy!" Octavia laughs as she repeats the rhyming words dancing around the living room.

Mina goes into the kitchen, and I follow her.

"So tell me, how was your self-care date? Meet anyone fancy?" She wiggles her brows playfully.

I chuckle, 8ashing my freshly manicured Gngers in front of her.

She gasps, "These are lovely." She takes my Gngers into her hand to eXamine them properly. "Now I want to get mine done.;

nowing she’s busy eXamining my nails, I casually insert that I met a guy. She drops my hands instantly and looks at me.

"What did you just say?" She asks impatiently.

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I thought she wouldn't hear me.

"Well, I said I may or may not have secured a date for neXt Saturday," I say, smiling sheepishly.

Mina sFueaks and jumps up eXcitedly. "See why you need to go out more often. Stop wasting this beauty indoors. I'm so eXcited! What's his name? Where did you meet? How did it happen? Tell me everything," she says, restless from eXcitement.

"I'll tell you, but please, let’s eat while we talk. I have to get home early to tuck Octavia to bed and do some laundry," I say.

"Aiit!" she says, smiling as she walks to the pot. "I'm listening."

I tell her everything about Packson0 his nervousness, what he said, his eXcitement, everything. I relay it all to Mina. She is thrilled about this date, and I know she will remind me about the date every day.

We sit down to eat our meal, chatting about random stux. Octavia joins our discussion sometimes, feeling like an adult when she speaks. It is so cute.

About an hour later, gisting and playing with Mina, Octavia and I pack our things into the car and head home.

Once we reach the house, I send Octavia ox to brush her teeth before she goes to bed. She comes back a few minutes later, showing them ox.

"Lovely!" I say to her, giving her a Fuick kiss on the lips.

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