Page 16 of Affinity

Sitting down, I chugged half a bottle of water as images of last night’s dreams came back to me. My hands roaming Abbi’s creamy skin. My mouth on every inch of her body. Her pretty pink lips wrapped around my cock.

I wasn’t sure if it was a dream or flashbacks from our night in Vegas. If it was a flashback, I needed to convince her that we should give in to our desires, so my house didn’t turn into a battle zone. It would become an all-out war if I went for an entire year without sex. The last time I’d done that, I’d been married to Poppy.

A knock on the front door brought me out of my musings, and I momentarily forgot about my unfaithful ex-wife. As I opened the door, little arms wrapped around my waist and squeezed me tight. Wrapping my arm around him, I hugged Mason back.

Mason had to be the sweetest kid in the world, and I loved that he had Luke in his life. That little boy deserved to have a father who loved him.

“We brought breakfast.” He held up the bag and waved it around.

Rubbing my hand over his dark head of hair, I smiled down at him. “Thank you, buddy. Why don’t you take it out back to the table while I say hi to your mom?”

Mason ran off with a big smile on his face. His blue eyes, just like his moms, shining. Damn, he was cute.

“I’m not going to start now, but we are going to talk,” Alex said as she wrapped her arms around me, giving me the biggest hug that I didn’t know I needed until that moment. I squeezed her back just as tightly.

“Thanks. I promise I’ll talk to you. I need someone to talk to about all of this. The only thing I ask is that you not speak of it toanyone.”

Alex took a step back. Her eyes narrowed at me.

“Of course, you can tell Luke, just let him know that it stays between us. It’s serious. If it gets out, I’ll lose my job, and my career might be over.”

“You drop that bomb and then expect me to wait,” she groaned. “You’re killing me here, Jenner.”

Wrapping my arm around her shoulder, I guided her out to the backyard and over to the table. “We need to wait for Mason to be distracted.”

Sitting down beside her son, she looked across at me with furrowed brows. “Is it that bad?”

“You might not think it’s appropriate for him to hear, and it’s not something I’m supposed to talk about.”

Her left brow lifted. “I’m intrigued.”

“What did you bring for us to eat?” I asked, changing the subject.

“You know, now that you’re married again, you need to have food in your house.” Alex cracked a smile, letting me know she was joking.

“I know and I will, and for all I know I might have food here, but—”

“How do you not know?” she shot back as she pulled out two breakfast burritos, and some sort of sandwich for Mason.

“I fell asleep early yesterday and didn’t wake up until this morning, so I don’t know if Abbi made the grocery order or not. That’s why I asked you to bring food because I’m starving.” Unwrapping my burrito, I took a bite and groaned. “Thank you for this.” I held up my burrito.

Alex set two orange juices and a chocolate milk on the table before she bumped her burrito against mine. “Not a problem unless you don’t start talking.”

Setting down my food, I scrubbed my face with my hands. “I will, but let’s eat first, and then maybe someone would like to go swimming.”

“Me, me!” Mason jumped in his seat. I knew he was listening. “Can we go swimming now?”

Alex laughed. “You know you have to eat your breakfast and then put on sunscreen so you don’t get burned.”

Mason harrumphed but went back to eating his breakfast.

“Um . . . ” Alex nodded toward the house. “I think your wife just spotted us.”

Turning around in my seat, I watched as Abbi walked outside with her head held high. When her hand landed on my shoulder and she leaned down, placing a kiss on my cheek, I tensed up.

“Good morning, honey.”

Honey?

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