“Look Mum, Dads just been onto me, he’s been ringing your old number and leaving messages but you haven’t called him back and he’s getting pissed off.”
“Is he now? Well I didn’t even know my old phone was still working, I assumed he would have stopped paying the bill and had it cut off by now. What does he want?”
“He’s accepted a thirty day settlement on the house and wants you to go round and take anything of yours you still have there and to go through some paperwork with him, I know you’re not on the mortgage but the agreement is still in place with the solicitors that states you get half of the profits and he wants to talk to you about that, can you ring him and sort something out because he’s driving me fucking mad at work, keep asking if I’ve seen you or spoke to you?”
“Language Ryder. Yeah alright, no worries, I’ll give him a call. Are you still coming over tomorrow night?”
“Yeah, yeah I’ll be there. Mum?”
“Yes Ryde.”
“Is it okay if I bring someone with me?”
“Of course baby, what’s her name?”
“How’d you know it’s a her Mum? It could be a bloke; I might want to come out at your gathering and introduce everyone to my new man.”
“Well that’s fine too baby, what’s his name?”
“Her names Layla Mum. And FYI I’m not gay, but I do love you lots, I will see you tomorrow, ring Dad, love you, bye.”
“Back atcha bubby, love you lots like jelly tots.”
Gabe taps to end the call and folds his arm across his chest as he leans in the doorway, shaking his head. “No fucking way Lauren, you are not going round there.”
I wipe myself. Thinking about how far we’ve come in nine short weeks. I flush the toilet and hold my hands up as I squeeze past him and head to the sink. He lets me past but follows behind me and sits on the edge of the bath.
“Dya hear what I said Lauren, there’s no fucking way that you are to be alone in that man’s company.”
I dry my hands and sit on the edge of the tub next to him. “I heard you first time, what makes you think I want to be alone in his company? If I go round there, I will go when he’s not home and take Ryder with me.”
“No. If you go round there, you will go when he’s not home and I will go with you. Are we clear on that?”
“I don’t think you going to my old home is a good idea, what if you’re there and he comes home?”
“What if I’m not there and he comes home?”
“He’s much calmer about things now Gabe, you saw how he was at the hospital.” As soon as I say the words I regret them. Shit, why did I mention that?
“I fucking saw alright, I saw him kiss you, I saw you let him kiss you and do fuck all to stop him.”
“Really, we’re gonna go over all this again, I explained to you what happened. Are we really gonna argue about my ex and let him spoil our day?”
I stand up and go to walk into the bedroom but he grabs my hand and pulls me between his legs as he remains seated on the edge of the bath.
“Lauren, look, I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have said that, about the kiss I mean, but I’m serious about the rest; I do not want you near that man, you understand me?”
I roll my eyes, knowing that it will piss him off. “Yes Gabe, understood, loud and clear.”
“Good, now get naked and get on the bed, I need to be inside you, and do it without rolling your eyes.”
I head backwards out of the bathroom and roll my eyes continuously as I walk. It actually makes me feel sick, but I’m a defiant cow so I keep doing it regardless. Then he jumps up and chases me and I scream like a little girl until he pushes me back on the bed and shuts me up with his mouth on mine.
CHAPTER 22
I wake on Saturday morning to the sensation of my nipple being sucked; I look down at my favourite site in the whole wide world. Gabe’s beautiful laughing eyes looking up at me; I feel his smile against my naked flesh and it makes me shudder. He shagged me senseless last night but as he crawls between my legs and kisses up my body I can feel that he is more than ready to go again and more importantly, so am I, I rake my fingers through his hair; how did I get so lucky? He really is the stuff of fantasies, and I know it’s not just me being biased, I’ve seen the way other women react around him, the affect he has on them, but he loves me, he wants to marry me. I have his babies tucked away safely in my womb, a part of me and a part of him, all mixed up together and growing inside me, and like the freaky weirdo that he is, he’s over the fucking moon about it!