She nods, keeping her grin large. “Well, I figured she’s kinda your BFF, so I had to suck it up and get to know her. Turns out she’s a hoot. Crappy choice in men, though. And what about Benny and Tom? God, I love them!”
“How?”
“Facebook.” She smiles, pleased with herself. “They added me and sent me a private message. I swear I’ve not laughed that hard in ages. Tom really knows how to throw in a good mom joke.”
I shake my head, unable to control the laughter building inside. What’s happening in the universe? I can’t contain my happiness, throwing her back into my arms and pressing my mouth to hers.
I don’t care that the world is watching because they will only see one thing—I love Morgan Bentley and nobody else.
“I love you,” I tell her, keeping my gaze fixated on her bright blue eyes.
“I love you, too,” she beams. “And I don’t love anal fisting, just so you know.”
The both of us laugh in each other’s arms.
Finally, karma got her shit together.
Better late than never, I say.
Chapter Twenty-Seven
“And then he says to me, ‘I’m sorry, I didn’t think this would bother you.’” Kate throws her hands into the air in frustration. “Of course it bothers me, you want to shove your fist up another girl’s ass!”
Morgan’s and Charlie’s faces say it all. Squirming uncomfortably on the sofa as Kate gives us a recap of last week’s showdown with Mr. Nympho back in the city. I shake my head in disgust, walking away from the conversation and joining Lex in the backyard with the girls.
“Can you believe that story?” I ask him, sitting on the porch step.
He puts away his cell and laughs. “I don’t want to know. Charlie thinks I need to know everything about everyone but I’ve learned to zone out. She’s best friends with my sister Adriana, and Kate’s my employee. What part of that sounds like I want to know about their sex lives?”
I agree, nodding. “Yep, especially since your sister is married to Charlie’s ex.”
Lex grits his teeth, biting down to remain calm. “Don’t even go there.”
“C’mon, you have the patience of a goddamn saint, Lex.”
“Perhaps, or maybe ignorance is bliss,” he says. “He makes my sister happy and treats her son like his own. I just choose to ignore everything else for the sake of my family. But don’t think that memories easily erase. Always be one step ahead of the game.”
“I understand you one hundred percent.”
Morgan and Wyatt began finalizing their divorce. I did my best to support her and allow her time to adjust with life. The transition for Michael wasn’t easy, but Wyatt and Morgan knew that they had to finally make the change in order to move on with their lives. It turns out that his secret affair, Jodi, was knocked up. Change was imminent anyway.
“You know,” I say. “I never expected my life to be here. On those rare moments that I imagined settling down, my vision of the right woman was completely opposite to Morgan.”
Ava runs up to us, complaining that Amelia pushed her over and ruined her hair. I’ve learned that Ava is great at making you believe she’s hurt. There are tears and then there are her fake tears.
These fake tears say it all.
“Ava,” Lex scolds her gently. “We talked about this. If you push Amelia first, she’ll probably push you back.”
“But Daddy!” she cries. “It’s my turn on the trampoline.”
“Ava, the trampoline is big enough to fit an entire zoo. Go play nice and if you’re back here again, you can go inside and play by yourself.”
“But my hair, Daddy.”
I tell her to sit down in front of me, asking her to hand me her hair tie. Lex watches on in amusement as I redo her hair into a fishtail braid.
“Wow,” he laughs. “Impressive. So you put that piece under there?”