Hot Single Dad by Claire Kingsley

Author:Claire Kingsley [Kingsley, Claire]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Published: 2017-08-21T16:00:00+00:00

At school drop-off, I invite Megan and Noah to come over for an impromptu playdate this afternoon. Caleb won’t be home until later, and Charlotte and Noah haven’t played together in a couple of weeks. She agrees, and after school they walk home with us.

The weather is gray and drizzly, so we set the kids up with some toys and games in the living room after they have a snack. Megan and I settle in at the dining table with steaming mugs of tea.

We chat a little about how the kids are doing in school and she tells me her older sister just announced she’s expecting a new baby.

“Now everyone is asking me when we’re having another one,” she says. “And we’re thinking about it. We didn’t really mean to wait so long after Noah, but it sort of happened that way. I just wish everyone would get off our backs.”

“Yeah, that must be frustrating,” I say.

“It is,” she says. “But that’s just my family for you.”

I nibble on my bottom lip and stare into my tea. Are we good enough friends that I can talk to her about this? I guess I won’t know unless I try. “So… can I talk to you about something?”

“Yeah, of course.” She leans forward and sets her mug on the table.

“Well, something kind of happened between me and Caleb,” I say.

She raises her eyebrows and her lips twitch in a smile. “Really? Something, like what?”

“Like, a lot of things,” I say. “Like, he kissed me. And took me on a date. And…”

“And?” she asks.

My cheeks warm. “And I might have kind of slept with him the other night.”

“Wow,” she says. “This is a good thing, right? You wanted to sleep with him?”

“Yeah,” I say with a little laugh. God, I must be bright red. “I did, and it’s a good thing. I’ve had this crazy crush on him since pretty much the moment I got here.”

“I figured you had a thing for him, but I didn’t want to pry,” she says.

“You could tell?”

“Sure,” she says. “The couple of times I’ve met him, I could tell there was something between you two. I figured if you wanted to talk about it, you’d bring it up.”

I shake my head. “And here I thought I was doing such a good job hiding my feelings.”

“I don’t think a stranger walking by would have noticed, but I’ve gotten to know you,” she says. “So, how did this happen? Did one of you finally work up the nerve to confess your infatuation?”

“Sort of,” I say, and I tell her about my crappy date—and how Caleb kissed me when I got home.

“Whoa,” she says, her voice a little awed. “I bet that freaked you out.”

“Kind of,” I say. “I was so overwhelmed with everything that had happened. It wasn’t until I was in bed that it really hit me. And then I thought maybe it hadn’t been what I thought. Maybe he was just relieved that I got home safely.”

“But obviously it was a lot more than that,” she says.

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