Royalty (RiffRaff Records Book 1) by L.P. Maxa

Author:L.P. Maxa [Maxa, L.P.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781944262761
Publisher: Boroughs Publishing Group
Published: 2017-05-19T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-four

Payton

Last night, after we got home from dinner, Mason drank the largest glass of whiskey I’d ever seen, and then passed out in bed. It was the first night since we’d started having sex that we hadn’t. He didn’t even stir when Katie woke up before dawn. I knew what that old man said would fuck with Mace’s head. And it had. It couldn’t have been worse timing either. After that talk we had about our relationship, some stranger basically calls me Mason’s wife? Yeah. I pretty much expected the alcohol-induced coma.

I wanted to be irritated at him. But I just couldn’t muster the emotion. He’d lost his parents a little over a month ago. He was doing the best he could, and under these circumstances? I thought he was doing okay.

“Morning, beautiful.” He walked into the kitchen where I was sitting at the island, sipping a steaming cup of coffee. He paused to kiss the top of my head, then bent to do the same thing to the snoozing baby in my arms.

“Morning,” I murmured. He poured himself a cup and then joined me. “You okay?”

He furrowed his brow. “Yeah, why wouldn’t I be?”

If he wasn’t going to bring up dinner, then neither was I. What was the point? He was leaving in less than a week. I didn’t want to fight with him, argue, discuss. None of it. “No reason.”

“What do you want to do today?”

And just like that, we brushed it under the rug.

***

Mason and I were lying on the floor in the living room. Katie had fallen asleep during her tummy time and none of us had bothered to move yet. The sun had set hours ago. We’d spent the day lying around the house and being lazy. I’d done some yoga and Mason had watched. Then he’d put Katie in her crib and made me stay in downward dog for a while. Suffice to say, we defiled the hell out of my yoga mat.

I couldn’t get enough of him. I wanted him all the time. I’d never had that reaction to anyone before. I’d had boyfriends, and I’d had plenty of sex. But the way I wanted Mason, the way I felt about him. It was something different. I couldn’t deny him, ever. Every time I thought about him leaving for six weeks, my eyes filled with tears. I didn’t want to tell him I was sad, that I was scared. I didn’t want to put any doubts or fears into his already overcrowded mind. So I kept my emotions at bay so that every once in a while, I’d be allowed a glimpse of his.

“You want to just sleep on the floor tonight? I’m too tired to move.” I turned and looked over at him.

He smiled, climbing to his feet. “Come on, I’ll carry my girls to bed.”

I watched as he carefully picked up Katie, making sure not to wake her. “I really like it when you call us that.”

“Call y’all what?” When the baby started to fuss he started swaying with her the way she liked.

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