Timber by R. Knight

Author:R. Knight [Knight, R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-01-12T18:30:00+00:00

After seeing Odin and Punisher out, I stay out of sight, but close enough that I was able to hear what was going on in case Mae needed me. That’s how I knew to step in with my phone to let Mae see what Smoke was talking about.

But hearing her gut-wrenching cries strikes me down to my core and I know everything that’s happened over the past few days has finally come to a head.

The sound Smoke makes over the laptop at hearing her cry has my chest tightening even further. He knows he’s fucked up, but at least he’s trying to make amends. Walking over to the laptop, I tilt it away from her so he can only see me.

“How about we talk later? I think everything just came to a head and she needs to process it all.”

He clears his throat. “Okay. I’m here if either of you needs me and I’d like to talk to her sometime, whether it’s on the phone or text.”

“I’ll let her know,” I reply before disconnecting. Closing the laptop, I pick her up, wrap both arms around Sunshine and hold her as she cries.

After a few minutes, her breathing evens out and I know she’s fallen asleep, but I keep holding her for a while longer. One, I love having her in my arms, and two, I don’t want to move her right away in case she wakes up again. I have a feeling the last two nights were the only nights since she was eight that she’s been able to sleep peacefully.

After twenty minutes, I get up and carry her up to our room. Pulling back the blankets, I lay her down.

Her shirt looks comfortable enough, but I’m not letting her sleep in blue jeans. Unlacing her boots, I carefully slip them off. Then I slowly slide off her blue jeans, which takes more work than I realized with them being what I’ve heard the ladies back at my club call ‘skinny jeans’. Even though I jostle her a couple of times, Mae sleeps right through it.

Stripping out of my clothes, I get ready for bed and slip under the covers. Pulling Mae close to me, a little sigh escapes her as she snuggles up next to me. I don’t know what I did to get lucky enough to have found Mae, but there’s no way in hell I’m gonna question it. Grinning, I kiss the top of her head and close my eyes.

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