Page 35 of Could Be Worse
“Thank you for that delicious dinner.” I pinned Sadie against the back door and smothered her with kisses. “I’ve been thinking about you all day. Nearly smashed my finger a dozen times, while distracted by thoughts of all the ways I want to fuck you.”
She giggled and wiggled against me. “Shh, the girls might hear you. Or see us.” She tried to pull away, but I held her firmly in place. “Bryce, please.”
“It turns me on when you beg.” I attacked her neck.
“You’re an asshole.”
I laughed. “You’ve turned me into a needy man, Sunshine.”
“But the girls.” She melted against me, and I could feel her heart beating fast. “I should leave.”
I reared back to see her face. “What? I thought you were spending the night with me.”
“I never said that.”
“You nodded yes when I asked you this morning.” I released her and stepped back. “What’s going on, Sadie? It can’t be the girls. They’re getting ready for bed.” I’d just finished watching a show with them, got in some snuggles and spent time with them, while Sadie cleaned up in the kitchen.
It hadn’t been easy to keep my hands off her for the past two hours. I’d been dying to get my lips on her. Each time our eyes had locked, a wave of warmth spread through me and traveled down into my cock.
“We’re moving too fast.”
Fuck, she was pushing me away. “Please stay until I tuck the girls into bed.”
“Why?”
“So we can talk about this. I’ll be out in five minutes.”
“Don’t rush through their routine. I’ll wait.” She left the kitchen, and I followed her to the living room.
“You’ll be here when I return.”
“Yes.”
As I stared at her, it felt like I was going to blow chunks and spray the floor with the delicious roasted chicken she’d made for us. If she was gone when I finished with the girls, it would hurt, but at least I’d know she wasn’t the right woman for me.
I turned on my heels and went to the girls’ bedroom. Perched on their beds, they flashed smiles when I entered.
“What are we reading tonight, sweethearts?”
Cat wrinkled her brow. “Are you sad, Daddy?”
“No, of course not.” I forced a smile and tried to appear okay, but I wasn’t. I really liked Sadie and wanted to see where things might lead with us.
Tori climbed out of bed and hugged my legs. “I love you, Daddy.”
“Love you too.” I scooped her up and gave her a squeeze. “I love both of you very much. You know that, right?”
“Mhm” They nodded.
“And you know I will always be here for you, right?”
“Yes,” they replied in unison. Their sweet voices made my throat constrict and my stomach tighten. Cat and Tori were my entire world and always would be. I couldn’t let another woman turn our happy, secure home upside down.
“Good. What book did you pick?” I tucked Tori back into bed, then noticed how there weren’t any toys on the floor. The room was spotless, right down to the base of the lamp—no fingerprints. I wasn’t sure how I felt with their prints gone. Unhappy? Pleased?
What else had Sadie done in my home?
“Are you really okay, Daddy?” Cat raised her brows and studied me, her eyes full of concern. The last thing I wanted to do was make my girls worried right before they went to sleep.