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options to try, Noah snatched the phone from my hand and asked if he could join her at the school and
drive Parker home. No one knows what happened between them during the three hours it took Noah to
drop Parker home. Noah says it's not anyone's concern but his and Parker's. After that day, Parker
started slowly changing. Twice a week since then Noah has picked him up and they do god knows
what for three hours; neither one has shared. At one point Noah told Parker his entire story, which
shocked me since I'm the only other person who knows, but he said he needed Parker to understand
that he wasn't the one who'd had bad shit happen to him, and that staying pissed off all the time wasn't
going to change anything. We still haven't told our kids the whole story. Noah figures we'll know
when the time is right; he doesn't want the story tainting their childhood, wanting them to be carefree
for as long as possible.
Naomi is now Noah's number one fan and believes he's God's gift to us all for how drastically
he's made those she loves most into better people.
After softly conversing with Noah for only their ears to hear, Parker makes his slow meander to
the garage, where he and Violet spend all their time working on old cars. The only reason they accept
each other into their space is because they spend the whole time without conversing, only music and
the clinking of tools to be heard.
Noah watches Parker, jaw grinding, Tell Vi she has ten more minutes before I drag her ass out
here!
Parker doesn't respond or acknowledge that he heard, but we know he did; he follows any orders
Noah gives him.
Noah looks to me, In about five minutes, I'm going in there. I don't like them spending so much
alone time together; Violet's maturing too fast.
I step closer to him so I can warp my arms around his waist, I thought you trusted him?
He scowls down at me like the answer should be obvious.
I shrug and raise my brows to let him know I'm not following. This has never been an issue in the
past. The two have spent time alone together from the beginning, even when Parker was going through
his pissed off at the world stage.
Our daughters have their mother's smile. Do you have any idea how much stress that causes me?
Especially now that they are getting older?
I beam up at him, still feeling the effects of his compliments.
See? That right there, he pecks my lips, gets me every single time.
His words only make my smile bigger.
Noah brings his mouth to my ear and a hand to squeeze my ass, Stop, unless you want me to take
you back to our room.
I do want him to; however, our kids' birthday party doesn't seem like an appropriate time.
One thing out of a trillion that I love about Noah is he wants me just as much now as he did when
I was twenty-two. The first time we made love after my c-section, I was embarrassed for him to see
all the loose, wrinkled skin and stretch marks that carrying triplets did to my belly, and that to this day
are still mostly there. Noah acted as though he didn't even notice a change, kissing along it as though it
was still flat and smooth, giving my deflated breasts just as much attention as always. It's truly like he
doesn't even see a change, or maybe it's just that it doesn't matter to him.
Parker would never touch her, she's like a kid sister to him, I remind Noah, trying to get his
focus away from the garage. Noah will forever be over protective when it come to me and his
daughters, despite not a single threat having come our way.
Noah snorts, Yeah, until she's not a kid anymore. He kisses the three scars on my neck,
something he does at least once a day, I need a beer.
I laugh at him and he brings his mouth to mine. For a moment I forget that we're having a birthday
party and all our friends and family are here.
Noah breaks apart, resting his forehead to mine, his heart rate spiked and visible on his pulsating
veins, You need to stop tempting me.
Stop kissing me then.
Not possible.
I love it when he gets mushy.
My brothers arrive, along with my dad, Jill, and a bunch of our kids' friends. It's the exact
distraction I need to keep me from molesting my husband in front of everyone.
We greet them and ask how my brothers' skateboarding shop is doing, which to no surprise is
still doing well. They ask if Arianna will be here and are bummed that she can't make it this year,
both loving to playfully flirt with her. Once Seth started noticing girls, the two of them became the
biggest flirts. They still are, having no desire to settle down.
Arianna's still an employee at Cole Private Bank and Trust. She figured out not long after she
started there that she's a natural at drawing in new clients and has brought in accounts from some of
the wealthiest people in the United States, making her an asset to the bank.
At least once a year she comes to visit us, always bringing Charlie with her as her personal body
guard. She's never explained why she needs her own guard, just that Ben demands it.
We don't hear much from Ben. He's one of those people that will always remain a mystery, and I
think he prefers it that way. He sends each kid a check for a thousand dollars every year on their
birthday, so they think he's the coolest guy ever.
I think I need to have a talk with that kid about limits, Noah growls.
I turn to see what he's focused on.
Violet and Parker are heading over to the party. Noah scowls at how close they are walking,
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