Total pages in book: 52
Estimated words: 47819 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 239(@200wpm)___ 191(@250wpm)___ 159(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 47819 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 239(@200wpm)___ 191(@250wpm)___ 159(@300wpm)
As to the talk about happily ever after, I wasn’t going to trust my heart to anything. I’ll just enjoy some more of what I’d got a taste of the night before thank you very much, and leave the pipe dreams to someone else who didn’t already know the score.
Chapter 10
DANE
I made myself busy so as not to go get her. I had some work I could go over to keep me occupied for a couple hours at least, and some phone calls that I’d been putting off while I was focused on her.
I pulled up the sheet I had on her ex in the middle of the day and went over it again. I wasn’t expecting any problems from that corner, they were divorced already after all, but you never know.
On paper he came across as a selfish egotistical prick, and experience has taught me that that type can be unpredictable. Things were about to move real fast between me and his ex family, and I needed to have all my ducks in a row.
As far as I can tell, he didn’t show much interest in his kid either, and I was more than ready and willing to step into his spot. I was going to regardless, but there is always more than one way to skin a cat.
Since the kid is his and he has rights, that meant I was going to have to live with him being a part of my woman’s life, the thing to do now was figure out how much.
From the report alone I knew that so far he hadn’t been doing right by them, but I’d only been on the scene one night and day. For them it might be too soon for me to move in and take shit over, so I had to decide how much time I was willing to give her to get used to my way of doing things.
I noticed that he made good money, had come from money, but his child was living in what amounted to a cottage, while he lived in the mansion she’d once called home with his new piece.
I wasn’t worried about what that was doing to my woman, I could give her that ten times over and not break a sweat, but it must be hard as fuck on his kid; asshole.
By three o’clock that afternoon I had mapped out a plan of action. I already had Ilene in the bag her ass wasn’t going anywhere. Now I’m going after the kid. By the time I was through, whatever face they had lost over his treatment of them, I was about to give them back.
I only needed a few more days to make sure that my parameters were set and that no assholes were lurking in the dark to take me out; and then I can be free to come and go to their place as I like. After that, it’s operation rebuild.
With my course set, I rested my head against the chair back and let my mind rest. I could see her each time I closed my eyes, the way her hair falls, or her ass moves when she walks, the way she smiles shyly because she’s not sure of her beauty.
It hurt like fuck that she’d been hurt, that someone had made her doubt her worth, but I had no doubt I could help her find her way back. My heart and my dick, which seemed to be working in tandem where she was concerned, both kicked a little.
I was so in love with her already it was sick. Now that I’d had her, and had put my stamp on her and staked my claim, I felt like I could relax my guard a little and enjoy the feeling of being in love for the first time.
My mother would have to be informed soon or there’d be hell to pay. I had no worries about her reaction to the news that she had a new daughter in law and granddaughter. She’d love little Alana and be holding out for more if I knew my mom.
Speaking of which, I wasn’t planning on waiting too long before I plant my kid in her, in fact last night I’d done my best to get started on that shit. The sooner I did that the better for all concerned, since I wasn’t too jazzed about the fact that she had given another man something that she hadn’t yet given me.
I know it’s a fucked up way to think but hey, that’s who the fuck I am. A couple sons should erase that bad taste in my mouth. I grinned at the thought. Fuck yeah; a couple little Nightingales running around the place would be nice.
I never even gave kids a thought before a couple days ago, always thought they weren’t in the cards for me. Now I can’t wait to hold my own son in my arms, our son.