Page 46 of Baby Daddy
CHAPTER 22
Drake
Ahalf hour later, we were sitting around the coffee table in the living room of Dee’s modest cottage, devouring an extra-large pepperoni pizza. Her sister was there and, to my great surprise, so was Brock. Ty had also invited her best friend from school, Chandra.
Ty and Chandra retreated to the bedroom to play together while Dee and her sister retreated to the kitchen to get the cake ready. I caught some “guy time” with Brock, who I hadn’t seen or spoken to for a few days. We were both drinking beers.
“How’s it going?” I asked my best bud, whose arms had been all over Dee’s sister from the moment they’d arrived.
“Fucking unbelievable.” He polished off the last slice of pizza with a big bite. “Lulu’s as hot as they come. Man, she’s got the moves, and you wouldn’t believe her stamina. Every time I’ve been her, she’s given me a full-body workout.”
I listened as he went into more detail, wondering if Dee possessed the same talents. The one thing I knew about her after our day at The Pier was that she was a screamer. Brock continued. You’d think he’d never been laid.
“The girl’s insatiable. Last night, she came four times. And that was just in the first hour.”
“Wow,” I sputtered, not knowing what else to say.
“What’s going on with you and Dee?” he asked, sparing me from the details. “She seems like she’s really into you.”
“It’s complicated.” I took a swig of my beer. “Hey, would you have any time for me to come by your office this week?”
Brock the Rock quirked a brow. “You have some legal shit going on?”
It became apparent to me that Lulu hadn’t shared her sister’s situation with my best bud.
“Not really. More like some questions,” I replied, my voice unsteady. “I don’t want to get into it right now.”
“Sure, come by. Just call Stella. I’m sure she’ll jump at the opportunity to squeeze you in.”
Stella was his longtime super efficient sixty-something secretary, who had long harbored a crush on me. The double entendre of his words wasn’t lost on me. Despite my rising libido, which had nothing to do with Stella, I laughed and told him I would set up an appointment.
Before I could say more, a pair of loud, off-key voices singing “Happy Birthday” captured my attention. Turning my head in their direction, my gaze fixed on Dee and Lulu heading our way, big smiles scrawled across their faces. Walking carefully with her sister by her side, Dee was holding a large plate with a lit-up birthday cake.
“Yay!” yelled a joyous Ty, who came running into the living room with her friend Chandra. While Brock and I joined in, harmonizing with the last notes of the traditional song, Ty reached the coffee table as Dee set the cake down.
“Make a wish, cupcake, and then blow out the candles,” Dee said, wrapping her arms around her sweet daughter. I secretly longed to do the same…in fact, to wrap my arms around both of them.
My eyes stayed on the little girl as she thought for a moment and then extinguished all six candles and the one for good luck on a single breath. While I wondered what she’d wished for, we all applauded and cheered.
“Mommy, can I open my presents now?” she asked as Dee removed the candles.
“Sure,” replied Dee, reaching for a knife.
As Dee sliced the ice cream cake, Ty ran to the corner of the room where the presents were stacked and began to open them one by one.
First…an iPad from Lulu and Brock. Jeez. They were already buying things together.
“Oh my goodness,” exclaimed Dee as she served the first slice of cake to ecstatic Ty. “Lou, you shouldn’t have.”
“Every six-year-old needs an iPad,” replied her sister as Dee cut another slice, and Ty hurriedly tore open her next present after thanking her aunt and Brock, each with a big hug.
“That one’s from me,” said Dee, done with serving us each a slice of the cake. I dug in as I kept my eyes on Tyson.
“Yay! An Easy Bake Oven! Just what I wanted!”
A big smile beamed on Dee’s face as her elated little girl gave her a big hug.
“Can we bake something later?”