To Trust and To Touch by Vivi Anne Hunt

Author:Vivi Anne Hunt [Hunt, Vivi Anne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2022-12-12T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

ALEX

Being back here with Sigh and Emma feels natural, so I relax on the sofa and listen to the princess prattle on and on about what she did, who with, and what she thought about the latest episodes of My Little Pony.

She makes funny faces, making me laugh. She’s still a riot.

“You should come here every day, you miss a lot. Daddy says you have a stinky boyfriend now, but it’s not fair. Daddy should be your boyfriend.”

I blink at her sudden and unexpected tangent.

Looking up at Sigh, I raise my eyebrows. He looks as though he’s going to die. “I just mentioned something, I didn’t say… you know, I just mentioned. Jesus. Em, don’t talk Alex’s ear off, all right?”

He looks ridiculously adorable, like I’ve caught him with his hand in the cookie jar. He said something about me having a boyfriend to Emma?

That’s fucking hilarious.

“But Daddy! He hasn’t been here. He doesn’t know what happened!”

“What happened?” I ask, bouncing Emma on my knee and weaving a simple braid in her hair. I had to learn from YouTube when she asked me to do it a week ago. Now, I can do it in my sleep.

“I have a new babysitter,” she sighs, “I don’t like him.”

I stop bouncing her. “Him?”

“Princess, he’s not a new babysitter. He just offered to watch you a couple of times, that’s all.”

I feel weird. Who the fuck is watching my princess?

Fuck, what did I just think?

As Sigh sets the table, I know I should offer to help, but Emma seems comfortable on my lap, so I let her monopolize me. To be honest, I’ve missed her. Back when the whole apartment fiasco happened, I was shocked when Sigh all but threw me out and shoved me into an apartment he found. But from his point of view, he must have felt bad for putting it off and wanted to give me my space.

Too bad my space didn’t come with a little princess. Talking to Emma always makes me feel good, like the world is right side up again. Like there are no monsters lurking in the corners. Like I’m a kid again. I love it.

“Dinner’s served, my lieges,” Sigh says, winking at me.

“Is it pizza, Daddy?” Emma asks, knowing full well it’s not. She’s so fucking smart. She just does whatever the fuck she wants and spins everyone on her little finger, and I think we all like it.

“No, princess, it’s spaghetti. You like it, remember?”

She lets out a deep sigh, jumps off my lap, sprints to the table, and plops her butt on the chair. “Ugh, can I just eat the noodles and lick the sauce, Daddy?”

“Em, you have to eat the meatballs, too.”

She lets out another big sigh.

I laugh and sit down next to her. “Well, I don’t know about you, but this looks amazing. Tell Daddy thanks for dinner, princess.”

“Thanks, Daddy,” she mumbles.

Sigh chuckles, wipes his hands, and joins us at the table. He looks tired, but happy. He looks at Emma with such devotion it almost hurts my heart.

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