our time together had been. At least, in bed.
Eadie’s eyes glow as she rubs her hands together. “Oh, this is going to be good. Tell me everything.”
I open my mouth just as the doorbell above the entrance door rings and a gush of wind blows into the cafe, followed by excited kids’ chatter, and three men. The baby babbles a happy “Mama,” when a blonde gets up from her chair on the other side of the cafe with a cheerful “There’s my baby girl,” and a “Hey, handsome,” at the guy who’s holding the baby.
The scene is so serene, so normal yet perfect, I try to tune out the rest before it gets too much. No need to torture myself.
Instead, I cross and uncross my legs, and try to force my brain back to my conversation with Eadie and how I’m going to tell her what happened. I mean, how do I even summarize everything that went down?
“Hey, Uncle Noah, isn’t that the girl you kissed this morning?”
My insides freeze at the combination of Uncle Noah, girl, and kiss.
Because, what the hell?
The “ew” that follows and several people chuckling doesn’t make it any better.
“Holy shit.” Eadie gapes at me as I stop breathing.
Should I turn and confirm my suspicion or pretend I didn’t hear anything? I can’t decide which one would be worse.
My face, neck, and ears feel like they’re on fire, and I have the urge to hide under the table.
Someone clears their throat. A little too close for my comfort.
I fidget and squirm in my seat before facing the inevitable, plastering on a big smile as I look up at Noah.
“Oh, hey there.”
He smirks at me. “Hey.”
Yeah, not awkward at all.
And damn it, why does he have to look so good? He’s wearing sweatpants and a hoodie, with that dang hat on his head again. The sight shouldn’t have a bout of lust shoot straight between my legs. But of course, it does.
He’s still the only guy who does it for me like this.
Thanks so much, universe.
All these years I spent without him I thought it was a figment of my imagination, or I wrote it off as teenager hormones, but nope. It’s definitely him my lady parts love to pieces.
He rubs the back of his neck. “Sorry about the boys.”
A giggle pops out of my mouth, and the urge to hide comes back. The embarrassment just keeps piling up.
I wave my hand in front of me. “Kids.”
Oh goodness, what is going on with me today? And where is that black hole that swallows people who make total asses of themselves?
We stare at each other until Eadie kicks me under the table.
I flinch and Noah frowns.
“You remember Eadie, right?” I point toward her and shoot her a look she doesn’t see as she’s occupied gazing at my Noah.
Whoa.
My Noah?
Definitely not mine.
No, nope.
“Wow, Eadie. Long time no see.”
“You could say that.” She gets up and they do a half hug.
Why didn’t I get a hug?
Oh man, my inner goddess is in a mood today. Funny too after all those orgasms last night. You’d think she’d be blissfully happy, sleeping it off somewhere in a corner.
Before she can grumble any more, Noah turns my way and presses his soft lips to my forehead, lingering long enough for me to inhale his intoxicating fresh scent.
He’s gone too soon for my liking, just as the two boys come running over to us.
The smaller one hides halfway behind Noah while the older one stops right in front of me. “Hi.”
“Hi.” I smile at him, which he returns.
“What’s your name? I’m Alex, and this is my little brother, Mason.” He jabs his thumb behind him. “And this is our uncle Noah. We just went swimming all morning, it was really fun. They have a water slide there, and a really cool play area. Mason and I are really good swimmers. We haven’t been able to go swimming as often as we used to since our parents stopped being married, but our mom said maybe we can take more lessons again soon. Are you Uncle Noah’s girlfriend?”
Noah chuckles and pulls him back in front of his body. “Whoa, buddy. That was a lot of information you just threw at Chloe.”
He wrinkles his nose as he turns his head to look at Noah. “Her name is Chloe?” He wrinkles his nose and looks back at me. “My girlfriend from last year was Chloe too. We played together on the playground.”
I want to squeeze him. How adorable.