Ailyn didn’t speak, together they watched segments of Eva as a baby. Her first smile, laugh, breast feeding. Baptism. He appreciated Ailyn giving him the gift of shared memories as he watched his daughter roll over for the first time, say dada before mama, and take her first steps. The tape moved forward to her first Christmas, first birthday, trips with Ailyn’s family, Easter egg hunts and his daughter in a pretty purple dress.
After the first video ended, he got up and put the second one in himself. “You are a wonderful parent.” She set the bar high, he only hoped he could catch up or at least get graded on the curve.
“Parenting is a bit of a science. There’s really no handbook, you sort of feel it out and set boundaries.” He listened to her advice, kissed her hair and tucked her into his body as they watched their daughter get her first taste of dancing.
“She began as a toddler?” He chuckled at the cubby baby in her tutu with glitter in her hair.
“Yep. Every time she head music or watched a kids show with dancing, she mimicked their steps. Rianna had already settled out this way, so I joined her and finished school here. We took care of Eva between the two of us and Cordero, who visited every time there was a break from school, and then in between training and fighting. Gaining some freedom from my mother worked out well, gave her a reason to come visit all the time. When she saw Eva take to dancing, my mom said it’d be good for her to meet other girls her age since she never went to preschool. I enrolled her in dance for toddlers and later on in gymnastics. Rianna paid for her classes for years while I was in school and funds were a bit tight. Then I picked up the tab. One thing I know for sure is, our girl lives and breathes to dance. Tumbling comes in at a close second and now she’s aiming to get onto the competitive cheer squad not to mention dreaming of being in the Olympics for gymnastics. She gets her drive from you, ya know. Her temper from both of us but her athleticism, that’s all definitely your genes right there.”
Seth thought to get an edge into the conversation until she opened her mouth again.
“Oh—be prepared to watch or hear about Swan Lake Barbie, Barbie Pink Shoes, Barbie and the Twelve Princesses, and Barbie in the Nutcracker. To this day, she dances out the movies with Barbie. I will feel blessed when she outgrows her favorite character.”
Seth chuckled. “She takes after you with all your frilly girly stuff. I’m not too sure her drive comes just from me. You are pretty driven too.” He kissed her head. “Thank you for this.” He settled in to absorb every aspect of Eva he could. “Darlin’, I’m beyond touched with how you used the name we picked when we stared at the constellations in the back of my truck after the movies ended all those years ago.”
“One of my best memories of us is from that night at the drive-in. I can’t remember what played though, I was too consumed with you.”
“Great date night. Let me put my photographic memory to the test.”
“Oh, I remember. Wasn’t it The Breakfast Club and then Hellraiser? I remember we went on popular ‘80s night. Ugh, yeah because he had those pins in head and face.” Ailyn’s body shuddered against him.
“You never could stand anything scary or Arachnophobia. I bet you got pregnant that night, we didn’t do anything but watch scary movies on Halloween of that year, how many times did we do it?”
“Who in their right mind wants to watch a movie about so many spiders?” She shuddered, wound back and punched his arm in mock horror.
“You don’t remember do you? It was one of those all-nighters, when you don’t sleep, you make love and only take a few minutes to recoup, just to repeat the performance to see if you can set a record. We broke almost a dozen condoms that night.” Seth chuckled as the DVD stopped.
“Proud of yourself there, killer? And yes I remember how many times you and I—how could any girl forget that many orgasms or how sore she was forty-eight hours later. That was a night of insanity, like working out at a gym nonstop for days in Bootcamp hell.”
“Yeah. We should have another night like that.”
She rolled her eyes at his comment. “I have more videos.”
“I can’t promise not to make you that sore again, but I do promise to be here to help soothe it.” He winked and rose from the bed and picked over the discs. “Hey, what’s this one from 2004?” He held up the blank disc.
“Oh, I don’t know. Put it in.”
Seth popped it in and leaped on the bed. Ailyn’s startled face was worth the stern look that followed. “What?”
“You want to break the bed so you can buy a new one. I remember how devious you were back then.” She settled into his arms as her college theater production from her junior year of college played.
“Oh my God. We are so not watching this.” Ailyn attempted to remove the DVD, only he stopped her before she could clear the bed.
“Un-uh. I want to see how cute you were pregnant.” He chuckled. She was too adorable as she hid in against his chest in utter embarrassment. He didn’t have to wait long to see her singing, beautifully in Spanish. “Damn. I forgot you had pipes, darlin’.”
“Thank you. Theater was my minor. I thought maybe I’d be a drama teacher but that didn’t happen, no available slots.”
“There’s no drama center you could teach at on the side?” Seth eased her robe off her shoulder before touching his lips to her bare skin for a soft kiss. She sighed and picked her head up from his chest.
“I wouldn’t have the time. We carpool to Eva’s extracurricular classes, between those, recitals, and any tournaments coming up, I don’t have time to teach outside of the private school we met at.”
“We would’ve met, you know. Maybe not this month, but we would have in the inevitable future. When Dire became a stepfather we all became a group of surrogate uncles who support Ashland at her cheer tournaments, much to her horror. I secretly think she loves the extra attention though.”
“I wondered about that.” Ailyn danced her fingers along his, trailing her fingers to his chest. “I love how you’re built. All vigorous strength wrapped in corded muscle.” She pressed a kiss on his navel, then swept her tongue down the visible vein of his Adonis belt. “I could marvel at this for days. In fact, this particular place on a guy makes a girl lose her thoughts.”
“You should, I won’t protest.” Seth peeled the terry cloth robe from her body as his wanton sex on a stick woman, slid between his legs, peeled his boxers down and traced the length of his cock with her tongue.
He let out a tortured groan as she drew him down her throat and wrapped her slender hand around his girth, teasing him with deliberate slowness. “Plant your pussy on my face, darlin’. I need me a taste of your sweetness.” He popped her ass and lifted her body over his. One taste and he was lost in all things Ailyn, a nirvana only she had the power to transcend him to. Perfect lips housed his cock in a decadent mouth, alternating in a give and take sequence as she rocked her pelvis over his face, gifting him with her honeyed pussy. In her game of deprivation, she rose, pulling her mouth off him, leaving him growling into her pussy. He followed up with smarting slaps to her ass, until she dutifully returned, sucking him to the back of her throat. Her sweet voice vibrated music around his dick with moans of pleasure while he tongue fucked her.
“Ailyn.”
A slight scrape of teeth over his erection caused his dick to lurch in her mouth. She dutifully sat back down on his face. Her pretty pink clit beckoned to be teased. When he nipped, her cunt creamed and she shattered over his mouth. He ran his hands over her trembling hips and the dip of her lower back as she worked his head, pulling hard, releasing and sucking again. With a groan, he shot into her mouth. Ailyn stroked him a few good measures, to tease his sensitive spot. Only after he jerked away did he see her mischievous smile. “Fuck, darlin’.”
Chapter Nine
“There’s juice and milk in the fridge if you want something quick to drink. Bagels are on the counter.” Ailyn sashayed out of the bathroom wrapped in a towel, rifled through her dra
wer and sat on the bed. Seth’s mouth watered and his dick twitched as she worked on a sheer black set of thigh highs with a white polka dot border, then dropped the towel and slipped on a pair of matching panties and bra.
“Darlin’.” Seth whistled low and reached over to run his hand down her leg. Ailyn cracked her palm over the top of his hand. The sting made him back off momentarily. He dogged her steps, waiting for the perfect opportunity to cup her sexy ass in his hands.
“Hands off, mister. We don’t have time. This is my second shower this morning. Go get something to eat or drink so I can get dressed.” Hands on her hips, she nodded her head toward to door for him to leave.
“I promise to behave.” Hands tucked into his pockets, he gave her a devilish grin.
“Shoo. I’ll be down in a few minutes.” Ailyn turned her back on him and disappeared into her walk-in closet.
“I’m going, bossy, but we have to do something about you ordering me around so much. I can’t have you getting used to out-bossing me in front of my men when you meet them again.”
“Your men are smart. I bet they know the woman rules the roost.” What a cute maniacal laugh she had. However, listening to hangers scraping along the metal bar hurt his ears like nails raking across a chalkboard. He chose that moment to make his way downstairs to the kitchen.
In the fridge, he picked up the orange juice and the tub of cream cheese for the fresh bagels.
“I hope you get a glass for that. Tio Cord gets in trouble for drinking out of the carton.”
Seth shut the fridge door, and turned, coming face to face with his pixie-cute daughter who sat at the table with a bowl of Cheerios and a banana.
“Good morning, Eva.”
“Morning, Papi.” She grinned and shoved a spoonful of cereal in her mouth. He stood transfixed watching her eat her food, thankful he threw on a shirt before coming downstairs.
“Mama likes her coffee when she comes down. It’s easy just go pop one of those single cups into the machine.” She pointed with the spoon to the other end of the cabinet.
“Thanks, doll face.” He set down the juice and walked over to the single cup coffee maker contraption and just stared, trying to figure how to work the machine.
“Here, let me show you how.” Eva hopped down from her chair and danced over to him, grabbed a cup, opened the hatch and dropped it in. “Now put her cup on here and hit the button. See. Easy.”
“Pretty and smart just like your mama.” He turned to watch her dance back over to the table to finish her food.
“How did you know who I was?” He took a sip out of the carton since he didn’t know where the cups were.
“You look just like my computer said you would.”
Did the general public, let alone kids, have access to programs like that? “Really?”
“Yep, Ashland has this cool program. I was bored one night so we scanned the picture of you and Mama into the computer and made it generate you both to look old.”
He chuckled as she drank her milk from the bowl, tucked the banana in her bag and brought the bowl and spoon to the sink. Apparently Ailyn wasn’t the only one good at withholding information.
“Wanna see something cool?”
“Sure.” Why did he feel like she was setting him up? He took another swig of OJ before slathering up a bagel for Ailyn while watching their daughter climb up on the island and perform some kind of side flip without falling off.
“Cool. But are you supposed to do that in here?”
“Eveleen Izabelle, you know there’s no tumbling allowed except for in your space downstairs. Where is your tia?”
“Mama, I was just showing Papi my new trick.” When Ailyn gave her a look to shrivel a man’s balls to nothing, their daughter sighed and mumbled, “Yes, ma’am.”
“The next time she asks to show you something cool just make sure you ask if it’s worth getting in trouble for.” Ailyn kissed his cheek and snatched the bagel from him.
“Eva, where is Ri?”
“Out on the porch with a client on the phone. That’s why we stopped here on the way to school, emergency call.”
“Thank you.” Ailyn turned to Seth. “My sister is a psychologist. Sometimes there are emergencies where she has to drop what she’s doing to see to their needs. I have to get Eva to school and then get myself to work. Do you have plans tonight?”
“I have to work tonight, but I can stop by before I head in.”
“Great you can come back for dinner and we can talk about the next step.” She licked a glob of cream cheese from the side of her mouth left after taking a big bite.
“Mama, he should just move in. He’s gone like Dire is every other day of the week anyways.”
Seth liked the way his kid thought. He crossed his arms and nodded in agreement.
“Eva, don’t put your papi on the spot. Moving in with someone is a huge step. We can’t expect him to change his lifestyle. He may have other obligations with his roommates.”
“Eva, if you could excuse your mom and me for a minute.” He grabbed her elbow and steered her to a closet that turned out to be the laundry room, and sealed them inside. “What are you saying?”
“Nothing—well we don’t really have a name or a label for what we’re doing. Moving in is one major step. I don’t want you to feel pressured, or have to reorganize your entire life because you just found out you’re a father. I thought you’d need—want time to adjust.”
“You always did think too damn much, darlin’. I’ve missed ten years with not just Eva but with you, so if our girl wants me around here on my days off, I’ll be here to catch up on the times I’ve missed.”
“Okay. If you really want to and feel you need to live here with us, but you have to tone down the public displays of affection, I’ve never had men or any of that in front of her.”
“I’ll keep it mostly PG, okay? Why don’t you let me drop you both off, and pick you up tonight before work?”
“Eva has her class, you sure you want to go?” Ailyn edged around him to escape the hidey spot.
“Yes. Now where do you think you’re going?” Seth snaked an arm around her before dropping a possessive kiss on her lips. “Working on keeping it un-PG right here. You taste delicious,” he murmured into her mouth.
“Work.” Pressing her small hands on his chest to push him away gave him ample opportunity to cage her in his embrace.
“Ailyn, just so we’re crystal clear, we are a couple.” He sneak attacked with another searing kiss, driving his tongue into her mouth until she was breathless. “Now, we can go.”
Ailyn twisted the knob behind her back and scooted out of the room. Seth let her go without crowding her. They walked into the entry room to find Eva dancing circles around her tia whose face lit up with exasperation in trying to quell the rambunctious child.
“Morning. I’m sorry to dash on you. Wanted to say hi, and get my goodbye kiss.” She reached down to Eva enough to press a kiss on her head, then turned to Ailyn. “Don’t forget you owe us a make-up margarita night.” Rianna took a breath and launched herself in his arms for a hug attack. “Welcome to the family, I’m Ri.”
He thought therapists were reserved in nature. Ailyn’s touchy feely family differed vastly from his family who lacked the physical side of affection, aside from his mother and her hugs. Words of encouragement were just usually passed along. “Nice to finally meet you. I’m sure we’ll have more time to know each other later on. I have to get these pretty girls to their jobs.”
“Hey, I don’t have a job, I’m only ten.”
“Hmm. Seems to me school is like a job, you still have to work hard and follow boss’s orders, right?”
“I guess.” Eva shrugged, grabbed her lunch bag and pulled the door open. “I can’t be late, I have a date with the jungle gym at recess. If I’m late, I don’t get to have recess.” She hopped out of the house enacting an invisible hop scotch down the sidewalk.
He’d never seen such boundless energy bef
ore. “She always this hyper?”
“Yes. Why do you think she’s in so many sports, gotta wear her down so she’ll sleep.” Ailyn laughed and followed their daughter to his truck.
The sexiest skirt he’d ever seen flared around her knees as she walked. His mouth watered to drag down those thigh highs hidden underneath and play. He watched his girls get settled in as he made his way around the truck to the driver’s side and slid in. “Everyone buckled?” The telltale click met his ears from the backseat.
He adjusted the radio to the local rock music station and won a wide grin from his daughter. Ailyn crossed her leg and peered out the window as he started the ignition. She sure made behaving hard to do with her sexy attire. He willed his dick to behave as he drove them to their individual destinations.
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“I feel a bit violated,” Seth murmured to Ailyn and took a seat next to her on the open bench. Eva had long since disappeared with her advanced tumbling class. Brazen hawkish gazes devoured him from top to bottom. The women were not shameful or shy of their intense appraisal.
“You wanted to come,” Ailyn teased. Popping open her laptop, she got to work on grading homework, ignoring the attention lavished on her man.
“I’m out of my element here. Whatever you do don’t introduce me to anyone. I’m half afraid doing so will give them the idea they can touch.”
“You’re like chocolate only better, wearing such a simple T-shirt with all the glory hanging out for them to drool over. Hide your muscles next time.” She ran her hand down his chest, and turned her attention back to her blinking screen.
“Are you showing me off, darling?” He plucked her laptop from her grasp and held it over his head.
“Give my lappy back now,” Ailyn hissed as she delivered one of her no nonsense glares and reached for her work
“Hey, aren’t you Mr. July?” A petite woman stood over them with her hand on his arm.
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