Page 64 of The Omega's Surprise Baby
Man, I want to be that guy.
And:
I hope this doesn’t turn into another scandal.
I kind of agreed with that last statement. Another scandal was the last thing Kade needed.
* * *
Originally, I’d told Kade to wait in the living room as I tucked Mary in bed, but my little girl wasn’t having any of that. “I want a song,” she demanded.
“You want me to sing?” I raised an eyebrow at her because we both knew I was pretty horrible at it.
“No! Kade!”
Oh.Yeah. That made more sense. I glanced back at the hallway. “He’s downstairs, sweetheart. But I’m sure he’ll sing for you tomorrow if you ask him to.”
“No! Now!”
I sighed at the first signs of a temper tantrum waiting to happen. She didn’t have those as often now as she used to, but when she did, they could get horrible.
“Last time, he didn’t sing,” she added.
Ah. He’d broken a promise. I didn’t realize. “I’ll go down and ask him,” I said. “But you’re not allowed to throw a fit if he doesn’t want to sing to you tonight.”
Her eyes narrowed for the tiniest of moments, but then she said, “Okay.”
Oh, she was going to give me so much trouble when she got older. But I didn’t worry about that now. Instead, I went downstairs and found Kade in the living room.
He sat on the couch, the cat in his lap.
Involuntarily, both my eyebrows shot up. “How did you do that?”
“What?”
“The cat.”
He blinked. “I don’t know. He jumped on me.”
I had to laugh at the confusion in his voice. “I’ve never seen Sauron try to snuggle with anyone.”
“I don’t think he’s trying to snuggle with me. I think he’s establishing dominance.”
I snorted. “I guess that might be it.” Sauron did still look every bit as aloof as he always did. “Actually I wanted to ask you to come up and help me,” I changed the topic. “Mary wants a good night song from you. Apparently you promised to sing for her last time and never did?”
“Oops. I might have forgotten.” He stood from the couch—to an audible hiss from Sauron who jumped off him. “Sorry, kitty.”
Sauron stalked off, his butt raised high in defiance.
Kade shook his head. “That cat… Anyway, yes.” He looked at me. “I guess I can sing her a song.” He scratched his head. “I don’t really know many lullabies.”
“Trust me, whatever you sing will be fine. She really likes you.”And she’s not the only one.
Kade smiled. I almost lost track of my thoughts for a moment. He wassopretty when he smiled. I’d seen him do that before of course, but it still got me every time. “Okay, then,” he said and went to the stairs ahead of me while I was still spacing out. “I can think of something.”
A huge grin broke out on Mary’s face when her eyes fell on Kade.
I stood in the door while Kade sat on the edge of her bed.
