Page 57 of Forbidden Dreams
I shake my head. “You are such a liar.”
“No, I’m not,” Autumn bites back. “Just to show you, you get first drop-off.”
“Deal,” I agree. “Harmony and I will babysit.”
“Um,” Harmony says, “sure but?—”
“So can I stay here today?” Wyatt is done with the adult conversation on who is going to watch this child who isn’t even here yet. “I have no school today and tomorrow.”
“Good,” Charlie states, “I can teach you how to muck out the stalls, and then you can help me take a few for a walk.”
“I can do that.” He nods, and I laugh at him.
“Buddy,” I ask, and Wyatt looks at me, “do you even know what muck out the stalls means?”
“No,” he says, grabbing a piece of chicken, “but it’s okay.”
“I’ll video it and send it to you.” Charlie chuckles. “The first time is always fun.”
“I don’t want to—” Harmony tries, and Autumn shakes her head.
“If you feel bad, you can make me a pie. I’m loving strawberry these days.”
“I have a great recipe for pumpkin pie and key lime pie,” Harmony suggests, “and, of course, peach pie, but that’s boring.”
“I will take one of each,” Autumn teases, making Harmony laugh.
We finish lunch, and I push away from the table. “We have to head back home. I have to go to work, and Harmony needs to nap.”
“Okay,” Autumn says as Harmony shakes her head.
“I’m not leaving until we help clean up.” She gets up and starts taking the plates into the kitchen.
“You don’t have to do that,” Autumn declares. “I got this. You go home and relax.”
“I couldn’t,” Harmony says.
“Please,” Autumn shares, “it’ll make me feel better for eating all the muffins if I move around.”
She looks over at me, and I just look at her. “Go say goodbye to Wyatt.” I motion with my head to the table, where he’s talking to Charlie about how kids get into rodeos.
She walks over and squats down beside Wyatt, who gives her a hug. “I’ll call you later.”
“Okay, Mom,” he says as he turns to Charlie. “Now can we go?”
“Yeah, kid.” Charlie grins at him, then looks at a hesitant Harmony. “He’s safe here, and if he doesn’t settle, I’ll call you.”
“Okay,” Harmony agrees. She nods and then looks at me as I lead her out of the house. She doesn’t say anything in the truck on the way home, and when I pull up to the house, she grabs the handle of the truck, and I follow her up the steps to the front door. I wait until she’s in the middle of the entryway before I speak.
“I want to take you out on a date,” I suggest, and her head whips around to look at me. The shock of the idea is all over her face, which makes me angry since we’ve been sleeping together for the past couple of weeks. “But I know you won’t want to go out with me in public, so tomorrow we’ll have a date at home."
“Brady—” she says, but I stop her when I close the distance to her and take her mouth in a kiss. My tongue slides into her mouth, wanting to take the kiss even deeper than it is, but knowing that she has to get some rest.
“Get some rest. I’ll come and pick you up at around four thirty so we can have something to eat together before your shift.” I kiss her again before turning and walking out of the house instead of pulling her back up the steps and fucking her senseless.
CHAPTER 32
Harmony