Page 53 of No Regrets

“Yeah.”

“Kaden, there was nothing you could do about it. The grandmother was illegal, the granddaughter was a citizen. Baby, I don’t know much about law but the government pretty much made their mind up about that.”

He rested his chin on her cleavage. “The little girl attacked Judge Parker.”

“Oh, no. He didn’t hold her in contempt, did he?”

Shaking his head, Kaden chuckled. “You were right about him. He told the social workers to get the whiny child out of his courtroom. Then she ran past everyone and started pounding her fists into his legs saying, ‘I hate you, you’re just like them.’”

Brianna knew he was having trouble dealing with the loss of the case. As far as she knew, Kaden had never lost a case before, and dammit if this had to be his first one. He was truly a great guy, both inside the courtroom and at home with his family. One of the many reasons she loved him.

Shiloh’s wails broke the silence as Brianna and Kaden’s eyes connected. She rolled her eyes and stepped the side. “She’ll want to see her ‘da-dy,’ not me.”

He grinned. “She loves her mommy too.”

He stood, pecking the top of her head before heading for the hall to get his daughter. Shortly after he left, he returned with their sweet little girl tucked into his side. She wrapped her arm around his neck, sucking on her thumb as she watched Brianna closely.

“Hey, sweetheart,” Brianna said rubbing her back. “Are you hungry?”

“Ball,” Shiloh replied gaining a chuckle from Kaden.

“You’re just like your daddy, you know? Play, play, play, play, play.” Brianna chuckled, kissed her daughter’s cheek, and went to get breakfast started.

“Da-dy. Ball.” Shiloh repeated before turning her body in his arms.

“You know, why don’t you and Mommy play with the ball, and let Daddy fix breakfast?” Kaden glanced over at Brianna who stopped and stared at him. “Mommy has one hell of an arm.”

“Hell,” Shiloh repeated making Brianna’s eyes widen.

“No. No. That’s a bad word.” Kaden grinned even as he tried correcting his daughter. “Mommy will spank both you and me if you say that one.”

He handed her over to Brianna, kissing his wife as he did. “You are such a sucker.”

“What?” he asked as he went to the fridge, pulling eggs, bacon, and sausage out, then went to the necessary cabinets to gain the kitchen utensils to cook them.

She situated Shiloh before her grabbing the ball and rolling it to her, while keeping in Kaden’s sight. “Our child has you wrapped around her small little fingers.

He grinned, as he turned on the stove and began to cook. “So does her mommy.”

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Later that day, Judge Parker called, announcing his acceptance of the motion for getting the grandmother back in the country. The trial was set for later in the summer after everything from their wedding died down.

“Hey,” Kaden said, coming up behind Brianna while she poured laundry detergent in the washing machine. Shiloh was down for her afternoon nap, and Kaden would have loved nothing more than to spend this free time with his wife.

“Hey.” She mixed the powder in the laundry and stirred it around until suds filled the washer, then grabbed the load of towels she was doing and stuffed them inside.

He watched the precision and determination she had as she stuffed them in there being careful not to over fill the capacity of the washer. The longer he stood there the hotter he got. Brianna was a sexy woman dressed in jeans that had seen better days, sporting holes in the knees and his shirt that was black and silver with the Chinese symbol on the front—he knew his libido would shoot through the roof.

“You’re hot, you know that?” he stayed in the doorway one hand propped up on the doorframe. “You’re making me hot just watching you.”

“You say I make you hot by just breathing.” She giggled a soft feminine sound that shot straight to his groin. “Get control of your libido, stud.”

“Why?” He watched as she pushed the top down and turned. She leaned back against the washer, then hoisted herself upon it.

“Because it’s all you think about.” She smiled swinging her legs off the side.

Kaden stepped closer to her, taking long strides until he stood between her legs. She spread them wider to accommodate him. He slid his hands up her thighs until they rested on each side of her butt.

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