Total pages in book: 102
Estimated words: 95393 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 477(@200wpm)___ 382(@250wpm)___ 318(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 95393 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 477(@200wpm)___ 382(@250wpm)___ 318(@300wpm)
Today is the big day. The day has finally arrived, and I open the door, expecting it to be the movers. It was the movers, but it was also most of the team, led by Christopher. “We are here to pack up things, and you can go to the house and wait for us to get there.”
“What?” I look from him to Cole. “But—”
“The only thing that needs to be done is the big furniture, so you can’t help anyway,” Cole says. “So go over to the house and wait for us there.”
“Are you sure?” The team nods their heads at me.
I’m waiting at the house for about two hours when I see the truck pull in. Opening the door for them, I see they filled the truck to the brim. Christopher gets out of his truck and comes to meet me. “Did you guys do everything in one shot?”
“We did,” he confirms, stepping in on the plastic floor covering. “It was like playing Tetris all over again.” His forehead is all sweaty.
He puts his arm around my waist and pulls me in for a kiss. “Hi, baby,” he says softly, bending to kiss me, pulling away from me when he hears voices coming closer to the door.
“The couch is first,” Cole states. “We tried to put the bedroom first, but it just didn’t work out.”
“That’s fine,” I say, walking ahead of them. In the two hours I’ve been here, I have already placed the pictures up on the walls. The new carpets I bought are out, waiting for the couch. It takes over five hours for everything to be where I want it to be. Christopher is the only one left, the rest of the guys headed out once all the heavy furniture was brought in. Brittany is going to be bringing the girls over in a bit.
“So how does it look?” I ask when he puts out the table lamp at the front door.
“It looks like your home,” he says, making me smile.
“It does, doesn’t it?” I cross my arms over my chest, basking in the feeling of peace.
He walks over to me and puts his hands on my hips. “Welcome home, Dakota,” he declares right before he kisses me, in my brand-new home.
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
christopher
“Are we going to take my car or yours?” I ask Dakota when I step into my garage and look at my pickup truck and my car.
“We can take mine,” she says. “Are you sure about this?” The nervousness in her voice is apparent.
“I’m more than sure about this.” I walk over to the pickup truck and start it. “It’s family skate day, and I want you and the girls there with me.” Today is the family skate day, and we’ve decided she’s going to come with me as my plus-one. Not as Koda and the kids, but as Christopher’s. She’s been nervous for the past couple of days since we decided to actually do it. Sort of let people know we are together but not flaunt it in their faces.
“I know,” she starts softly, “it’s just that—”
“Baby,” I reply softly, “it’s going to be fine.”
“Yeah, you keep saying that.” She laughs.
“You going to be by my side?” I ask.
“Absolutely.”
“You going to let me stay after the kids go to bed so we can make out on your couch?”
“Ummm, duh.” Her answer makes me laugh.
“Then we will be fine.” I hear her inhale. “Baby, it’s going to be fine. It’s you and me.”
“Yeah,” she says, not sounding convincing.
“I’ll be there soon.” I disconnect before I tell her I love her on the fucking phone. It’s been over a week since she’s moved into her place. Over a week since I’ve fucked her on her bedroom floor. On her couch. In the bathroom downstairs, in her mudroom before I left for the night. Basically, we’ve had sex everywhere but an actual bed. I’ve also been at her house for dinner every night if I’m not at work.
I pull up to her house, parking beside her SUV and making my way over to the front door. She opens it right away, and I can’t help but plaster a smile on my face. It’s infectious when I’m around her. “Hey, baby.” I look at her from top to bottom and see she’s wearing a pair of tights that look like they are leather with a white shirt with a team hoodie on.
I wrap my arm around her waist and pull her to me. “I missed you.” I kiss her lips softly and then hear the sound of the girls coming toward us. I loosen my arm around her waist but still keep her to me when the girls come in. We’ve started to show a little bit more affection in front of them. I always kiss her on the cheek when I arrive and they are there, and I hug her more so it’s not going to be a shocker when we announce that we are together. When that will be, I have no idea. I’m not pushing it onto them. If they figure it out before we tell them, that would be great.