Loving Jake by Lisa Lanay

Author:Lisa Lanay [Lanay, Lisa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-05-11T16:00:00+00:00

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“Boy, am I beat. Kimberly flopped down on the Ferrari’s passenger seat and sighed. “I don’t think I took that many pictures for the entire catalog I just finished,” she added with a smile in his direction.

“Yeah, it’s been a long day.” He turned on the ignition, and pulled away from the curb.

Kimberly glanced at him from the corner of her eye, unable to understand his sullen mood. Perhaps her family overwhelmed him? Maybe the chaos of all the kids running around overwhelmed him? Her nieces and nephews were a rather rambunctious group when all together. If you weren’t accustomed to being around children, they certainly could be an intimidating bunch.

She tried to recall if Jake had ever mentioned having any relatives outside of his brother and grandfather. There was none that she could remember. Which meant that Jake probably had never been around small children. Particularly small children who loved to climb all over their aunts and uncles’ backs, or roll around on the ground tickling each other.

She should have realized how overwhelming her family could be to an outsider, it never occurred to her until now. Kimberly took another glimpse of Jake’s profile as they sailed along the freeway, his expression serious, and unchanged.

“Jake,” she began cautiously when they were almost home. “I’m sorry if the kids were a bit much today, they seemed to be in rare form this afternoon. I only now realized that you’re probably not used to being around so many children and I forgot how troublesome they can appear at times. They really are good kids though,” she added with a slight upward tilt of her lips. She absently twirled a long black curl between her forefinger and thumb, as she waited for his reaction.

Jake looked in his rear-view mirror before he changed car lanes, in preparation to exit at the ramp to Sunnyvale. He maneuvered the Ferrari off the highway, and down the winding ramp, and she continued to wait for his response. He braked slowly for the stoplight at the bottom of the ramp.

“They’re all great kids,” he finally said. Within seconds the light turned green, and he turned left without looking at her.

“Yeah, I think so too.” She was relieved to find that her nieces and nephews were not to blame for his somber mood. Although, that meant something else was to blame, and she worried over what it could be.

“Carly’s daughters are quiet, but I think George’s daughter more than makes up for them,” Jake commented, with the first smile in her direction since getting into the car. Stopped at another traffic light, his hands rested lazily on the steering wheel.

“George’s daughter, Maggie, is a talker that’s for sure.” A smile quickly formed on her lips. “Sometimes I think Carly and Damien’s girls are still adjusting to being part of the family. Lindsay and Samantha have gone through a lot for being only five and six years old. Carly’s the only mother they’ve really known. Damien’s first wife took

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