An Aces Christmas by Nicole Jacquelyn

Author:Nicole Jacquelyn [Jacquelyn, Nicole]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, Fiction
Publisher: Nicole Jacquelyn
Published: 2020-11-15T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 7

Brenna

Present

“Hey, handsome,” I called over my shoulder as Dragon walked past the bathroom door. “Everything okay?”

“All good, baby,” he replied, backing up to stand in the doorway. “It all went smooth.”

“How’s he look?” I asked, setting down my makeup brush.

“Pretty much the same as when you saw him last month, I’d imagine,” Dragon replied, bracing his arms against the frame. “Better dressed, now.”

“Funny,” I said flatly.

“He’s good,” Dragon said, giving me a small smile. “Had that wide-eyed look that all of us have when we get out. Like he’s waiting for them to come chasin’ him, tellin’ him they made a mistake.”

“They made a mistake putting him in there in the first place,” I muttered, scooping my makeup and brushes off the counter and into the little basket where I stored them.

“Doesn’t matter now,” Dragon replied calmly. “He went in, did his time, and now it’s over.”

I scoffed. I’d been in this life as long as he had—longer, if we were technical about it—and we both knew that for our grandson, it would never be over. He could move past it, the strong ones did, but he would always be missing the years of his life that he spent behind bars. He’d always remember what it was like in there. The loneliness. The fear that he’d never admit to.

“What time are we supposed to be at Trix’s?” Dragon asked.

“Seven,” I said, glancing at the watch on my wrist. When the doctor had told me that my blood pressure was too high and I needed to get more exercise, the kids had bought me a fancy watch that connected to my phone and measured my heart rate. It was sweet of them, but I didn’t like the bulky thing. I was only wearing it because we’d be seeing the kids later.

“I better hop in the shower, then,” Dragon said, starting to strip right there in the hallway. “You grab me some clothes?”

“You realize I’m in here, right?” I asked in exasperation, watching as he pulled his shirt over his head.

“Looks like you already showered,” he replied, jerking his chin toward the towel wrapped around me as he unbuckled his belt. “Too bad.”

I rolled my eyes, but couldn’t hold back a grin when he was naked.

“Should’ve been here about fifteen minutes sooner,” I told him, moving past him into the hallway.

“Shoulda waited for me,” he countered, reaching under the towel to pinch my ass.

“Then we’d be late,” I called as I went into our room to grab him some clothes.

I was pretty sure the only reason he’d asked me to pick them for him was because he was trying to get me out of the bathroom. It wasn’t as if he had a variety to choose from. For as long as I’d known the man, he’d worn the same thing. Jeans in various states of disrepair, white t-shirts that I bought in a multipack wrapped in plastic, and in the colder months, either a quilted flannel or a hoodie—dark colors only.

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