Page 87 of Saving You

As Charlie draws, I think about all the times he’s kissed the top of Charlie’s head or ran his fingers through her hair. Every time he’s kissed me just because he was nearby. He makes us breakfast every morning and makes sure Charlie and I are properly bundled up before we go outside. Caleb shows his love through acts of service and physical touch.

I’m an emotional wreck as I holdback my tears. I’ve cried more being with him than I did during the entirety of my relationship with Derek. But these tears aren’t sad. They’re freeing tears because I know I’m safe. That Charlie is safe. I can show my feelings around Caleb, and it won’t feel like the world is crumbling around me because he’s right there to hold it all for me.

After breakfast, Caleb says, “So, I was thinking we could go to the aquarium today.”

“Yay!” Charlie cheers.

“That sounds amazing. Charlie, why don’t you head up and get cleaned up and changed, okay?”

She slides out of her chair and says, “Okay, Mommy,” before running upstairs.

As soon as she’s out of sight, Caleb lifts me out of my chair so that I’m straddling his lap. I giggle as he moves me. My arms instantly go around his neck, and I get settled in his lap. His arms wrap around me, and he grabs my ass, making sure I don’t fall.

“Morning, beautiful,” he says as he brings his lips to mine.

I grin back. “Morning, sexy.” I lean in and kiss him.

“I hope you don’t mind me planning this little family outing,” he says, and my grin gets wider. I’m glad he planned something for all of us to do together, and him calling it a family outing makes it so much better.

I shake my head, and his smile begins to drop, but my words bring it back. “Caleb, I’m glad you planned something. You wanting to do things with us will never upset me.”

Giving me another kiss and a slap on the ass, he says, “I’m glad. Now why don’t we go upstairs and change so we can take our girl to the aquarium.”

I shuffle off his lap and run up the stairs, Caleb right on my heels giving me love taps on my ass the entire way up, causing me to giggle.

I can’t pinpoint when it was exactly or how long it took him, but Caleb, at one point, started slowly moving my things from the guest room into his. When he does laundry, he does both of ours, and he started putting my things away in his closet.

I make my way into the closet and undo my robe, hanging it beside the door. I turn to grab a bra and panties. Out of the corner of my eye, I see Caleb leaning against the door frame, watching me.

“Can I help you?” I ask, amused.

“Nope. I’m just enjoying the view of my very sexy, very naked girlfriend.”

I chuckle as I put on my bra and panties.

“What’s the laugh for?” he asks, his voice sounding annoyed.

“Because I know that only half of that statement was true.”

I pull on a pair of jeans and a red, long-sleeved shirt. When I turn to him, he looks angry. I’ve never seen that look directed towards me before.

“Bailey, please don’t tell me I only meant half of what I said. I meant every word.” He stalks towards me, grabbing my hand as he places it over his very hard cock. “This is what you do to me. This is the reaction I have to you. If you don’t want to believe the words, believe this very physical proof.” He leans in close, his breath dusting over my ear, sending goosebumps across my skin. “Next time you think I don’t find you to be the sexiest thing I’ve ever seen, I’ll bend you over and fuck you so hard and long that your pussy will never forget just how much I crave you.”

He palms my ass and pulls me closer. “This ass is fucking sexy as hell. It gets me hard every time I see you dancing in the kitchen while you clean.”

He drops to his knees in front of me, pushing up my shirt. He kisses my stretch marks. “These show me your strength and sacrifice to grow our beautiful girl.”

Standing up, he grabs my breasts and says, “And don’t get me started on how much I love these. In fact, I plan on fucking these tonight just to prove to you how much I love them.”

He kisses me and steps back as if he didn’t just say life-altering things to me. He then hooks his thumbs into the waistband of his sweats and pushes them down his legs, his erection springing free. I stare at it, licking my lips, which causes a guttural groan to escape Caleb.

“Baby, if you keep doing that, we won’t be leaving here anytime soon, and we promised our girl a trip to the aquarium. So, get your sexy ass out of the closet while I get changed, so we can leave.”

I nod and quickly shuffle out. Caleb smacks my ass as I pass him.

In Charlie’s room, I find her wearing a shirt Caleb got for her for Christmas. It’s pink, and the front saysIce Princess. I smile at how she went straight for a shirt he got her.

“Baby girl, you ready?” I ask, leaning against her doorframe. She looks up at me while putting her socks on.

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