"Now, I'm guessing you're a little bit curious as to why I don't drink."
I pinch my fingers together. "A tiny bit, but we just met, so I don't expect you to have to air out all your private matters just because you're my baby daddy."
"Baby daddy? Really?" He chuckles.
"What?"
"You think you're cute?"
"My parents say I am." I smirk
His thumb brushes over my cheek and then traces over my lips. "Red, red, red, what am I going to do with you?"
My chest heaves and my body goes haywire at his touch. "I dunno, what do you want to do?"
“God, Holly you’re a little temptress.” He pulls the sash from my robe and the red fabric puddles to my feet. “Do you have any idea how badly I want you?” His lips hover over mine and the smell of apples surround me as I beg for him to kiss me and take me to my room and make me his. “How hard you make me?”
“You could show me?”
“I’d love to show you, Holly.”
My eyes close, humming in delight at his words. Yes, show me, I beg wordlessly and push myself further into him.
“Holly?”
“Hmm?”
“Holly?”
“Yes?” I moan.
“You okay there?” Liam chuckles, placing his warm hand on my cheek.
My eyes fly open and the dirty daydream washes away. I can’t believe I let my mind run away like that. With Liam’s mouth still inches away from me. But how I wish it could have been real.
“Holly?”
“Yeah, I’m okay. Did you say something?”
“I said. You have no idea what you are asking me, especially the way you are dressed.” He slowly slides the sleeve of my robe off my shoulder. My erotic daydream suddenly coming very real. “In this very thin robe, knowing your naked underneath.”
I wet my lips and my heart beats faster. He pecks a kiss to the corner of my lips and smirks. “I would love to know what is going through that gorgeous mind of yours.”
"Mama, I'm uppppp," Matty bellows from his room, breaking up the crackling tension between us.
Liam's hand falls from my body and I step back. My heart is pounding in my chest.
“Let me go grab him,” I stutter. "He's going to be excited to see you."
"Can I come with you?"
"Of course."
We make our way to Matty’s room and find Matty, with one leg hitching over the bars of his crib. It’s time to get this little monkey a toddler bed.
I lift him in my arms and kiss his cheeks. “I have a surprise for you. Look who came to hang out with us today."
My little boy’s smile grows so big when he spots Liam standing behind me. "Liiiiuuum." He squeals and tries to jump from my arms.
"Hey bub.” Liam gathers Matty in his arms. “Did you have a good nap?"
"Uh-huh." He nods. “You come play?”
“I did. I even brought you something.” Matty's eyes light up and he grabs Liam's face.
“Me.”
“Yep. We can play while Mommy gets dressed.” He smirks, giving me another look over. "I mean, if you want to. Don't feel you have to on my account."
"Oh my god. You're terrible." I cross my arms over my body. "I can't believe you let me just carry on like this."
"I wasn't going to complain about the view." He wiggles his eyebrows. “I quite enjoy it.”
This man sends delicious shivers through my body. "I'll be right back." I dash out of the room.
“Your mommy is silly.” I hear Liam say as I make it to my bedroom door. He’s not quiet about his statement and I giggle.
“Silly.” Matty cheekily agrees.
“Very, and she’s a babe too.” Liam teases to Matty. I blush and roll my eyes. Geez.
“A baby?”
“No, a…”
“Liam,” I yell sternly as I poke my head of my bedroom door, finding the two of them gallivanting in the hallway. “No.”
Liam chuckles. “What?”
“Remember we talked about the sponge effect.”
“So, I can't call you a babe?”
“You can, but I don't need my son doing it as well.”
He laughs. “Got it.”
I dip back into my room to go find clothes.
“Don't repeat this but your mom is a babe,” Liam says loud enough for me to hear, and then Matty is sent into a storm of giggles.
It takes me forever to find the perfect casual outfit. Something that says sexy and shows some skin, while also staying casual, to not say I’m trying too hard to impress him in my own home. I’m sure I pull everything out of my closet before I settle for an off the shoulder sweatshirt that shows off my midriff and a pair of jeans. As I fix my hair in the mirror, my mind wanders back to what happened between me and Liam in the living room only moments ago. I do ponder what would have happened if Matty hadn’t woken when he did. Would he have followed the direction of my daydream if I let him? I think I really would have let him just so I could feel his fingers touch me….
“Are you leaving that room of yours anytime soon? We are getting anxious waiting out here for you,” Liam yells, and I curse myself for letting myself getting whisked away by the dirty thoughts.
“I’m coming,” I holler back. With one last fluff of my hair, I make my exit to join ‘my men.’
It's pouring down rain outside, so we spend the day huddled inside. Liam shows off all the spoils he bought for Matty. I’m not sure if Liam realizes how much Matty doesn’t care about his newly acquired toys, versus him just being with him. Matty’s face lights up like lightning when Liam is around,
