Page 28 of Nightclub Surprise
“I’m sorry for not telling you guys earlier. I was waiting for the right time to tell you, but it’s a hard thing to figureout.”
August pulled me to his side, his arm wrapping around me as he kissed the side of my head. “You’re forgiven. I had a very strong idea Calum was my son, just so you know. I was waiting for you to bring it up—I didn’t want to seem rude, if I’d beenwrong.”
Relief flooded me with his touch and his words. “Thankyou.”
“I forgive you, too, Momma,” Calum said, leaning in to kiss my cheek. “And thanks for telling me. Now when I go back to school, I get to tell all my friends that it was my dad who saved us all. Man, I’m gonna bepopler.”
August put Calum down and went to the kitchen to grab a bottle of water, bringing it back and handing it to me. “Here, you need to replenish your water. I think you cried just about all of itout.”
Taking the bottle from his hand, I said, “Thank you. By the way you guys are taking this news, I can see all that crying was fornothing.”
“Yeah,” August agreed. He took a seat next to Calum, and I took the one on the other side of our son. “You know, I’ve had a nagging worry over those fires since the day I ran into you two. I thought it was weird, as there’ve been wildfires in California before, and I’ve never worried this much about them. Maybe the worry will go away now. Maybe I knew one day I’d have to save my little boy from one.” He shrugged. “Stranger things havehappened.”
“Wow,” I said as I looked at him. “A little psychic ability to add to your other superpowers.” Giving him a wink, I blew him akiss.
“And I’m all yours, baby.” He ran his hand over Calum’s head. “I’d like to sign his birth certificate and give him my last name. And I’ll start up a trust fund for him rightaway.”
“What’s a trust fund?” Calumasked.
“Oh, just this little thing that’ll help you out for the rest of your life. A bonus you get for being my son.” August laughed. “Man, that sounds so crazy coming out of my mouth. I have ason!”
“And I have a dad!” Calum added. “I always wanted a dad real bad. Everybody else has one. Well, ’cept for Kaylanna, who has two moms instead of a mom anddad.”
As we laughed, I saw the look August had in his hazel eyes. He had a family now. A real family. And it was then that I realized that I’d lost a lot of the control I’d had up to this point. Calum was his son, too, and I knew August well enough to know he was going to do right by the boy, no matterwhat.
Again, most women would probably be over the moon to finally be able to share this responsibility. But I’d been a single mother for years. I was the one who’d made every decision there’d ever been made concerning Calum. Now August would get to do that,too.
How would we be as co-parents? Would we see eye to eye on everything, or butt heads on everything? And what would that mean for ourrelationship?
When August got up again, he wiggled his finger at me. “Can I talk to you, Momma, inprivate?”
Calum went back to watching his cartoon as August took my hand, leading me to my bedroom. When he saw the state of my bed, he chuckled. The blankets were everywhere as I’d fisted them and tossed them around in my little fit of self-pity.
He didn’t say a word about the state of the room though. He just closed the door behind us, keeping me between him and the door. His hands moved gently over my cheeks, and then his lips found mine. My chest swelled with love and relief. Everything was going to beokay.
When his mouth left mine, he looked into my eyes. “I want you both to come home with me. I want you both to be with me as much as humanlypossible.”
And there it was—his first demand. And who was I to turn him down now? Now that he knew Calum was his, I had no right to deny him access to his son. I’d already done so for far toolong.
But I was anything but an irresponsible parent. “August, what happens if you and I don’t work out? What aboutCalum?”
Shaking his head as his finger traced a line across my jaw then down to my collarbone, he answered my question. “Tawny, not even married couples know what the future holds for them or their children. We shouldn’t worry about all the ‘what-ifs’—there are way too many of those. And I can assure you that no matter what happens between us, that boy is mine, and I’ll never turn my back on him, or you for that matter. You’re both a part of menow.”
Knowing he was right, I turned my attention away from the negative to focus on the positive. And the positive was standing right in front of me. I wasn’t about to let any ‘what-ifs’ take away from what wehad.
“I’ll come, but I should have my own bedroom. Just until I get Calum to stop getting in bed with me,” I agreed. “He seems excited and fine now, but this might get a little confusing tohim.”
“It’s not everything that I want, but it’s a start,” August said, then kissed me again. “At the very least, I’ll get to make love to you before you leave my room for the night. And I’ll get to wake up and see you every morning. You have no idea how much that excitesme.”
The way I felt his cock pulse inside his jeans let me know he wasn’tlying.
Then his lips trailed up my neck, and his words tickled my ear, “So, you kept your promise to me after all. No one has ever touched you but me. Baby, you have no idea how that makes mefeel.”
“I think it makes you feel pretty damn good,” I said as I jutted my hips out, letting his erection press against my cunt. If there wasn’t a little boy sitting in the next room, I would’ve already been halfway undressed bynow.
I didn’t even bother to ask if he’d kept his promise, knowing he’d been with other women. It didn’t matter. Not really. I knew he loved me, and doubted he’d ever loved anyoneelse.
“Let’s get Calum’s and your things packed up and get you home, where you belong.” August took my hand, leading me back out to our son. “Hey, Calum, you want to come see your new home,son?”
