James (Resisting Love #3)(11)
“What is?” he asks, his eyes still glued to his wife.
“Nikki is innocently playing with the kids, and you’re staring at her tits,” I say with a chuckle.
Kade narrows his eyes at me. “This is the last time you will speak of my wife’s delectable breasts.”
I burst out laughing.
“You better sort that shit out, James,” he says, his voice unusually stern. I run my hands through the back of my hair, knowing exactly what he is referring too. Something I made myself pretend never happened. Now that Sasha's back in my life, I need to go back and fix things.
I see Sasha walk out alone, looking a little lost.
“Well, then, I guess it’s fair if I just…” Kade trails off, his eyes blatantly on Sasha’s chest. I know he’s just goofing around, but I slap him on the back of the head anyway. When Sasha reaches my side, I pull her closer and tuck her under my arm. She stiffens as I hold her, but she doesn’t pull away.
“Is everything okay?” I whisper into her ear.
“Yes,” she replies, but doesn’t offer anything else. I see her scan the yard, her eyes widening as she takes in all the play equipment. “It looks like a playground out here,” she says in shock, her mouth open slightly.
“I know I went a little overboard, but…”
“You’re amazing, you know that?” she asks, cutting me off. Her compliment makes me exhale in relief. I want her to think that of me, to think I’m good enough to be a father to Jye.
“You were hungry, come on, let’s go and eat,” I say.
“Jye…”
“Kade and Nikki will watch him for a minute, don’t worry,” I assure her, nodding to Kade to make sure he keeps an eye.
“Okay.”
We serve our food and head to the table to eat. I stifle a grin as I watch her enjoy and relish every bite. She licks the bottom corner of her mouth and I feel myself getting hard. This woman has no idea what she does to me. But I can’t wait to show her.
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Chapter Six
Sasha
James has been spending as much time as possible with Jye and me over the last few weeks, only leaving a few times when Tatiana calls him. When he's away he makes sure to call Jye to say good night, which is sweet. He'd come over the night before, once again asking me out.
“Sasha, I want to take you out on a proper date,” he said.
“I don’t think so, James,” I told him, hating the way his eyes dulled with my response.
“We need to have a long talk, Sasha. You can’t keep avoiding it,” he had said softly.
I can try, I thought to myself.
We have so many unresolved issues, and going out on a date isn’t going to be in our favor. I know that. We do need to talk before we even think about going on any dates. I have no idea why his ex calls him so often, and he’s not my boyfriend, so I can’t demand any answers, although I desperately want them.
One good thing that happened this week, I was hired for the marketing job I applied for, so Jye now goes to my mother’s house three days a week while I’m at work.
I’m ironing my clothes when I get a call from Layla saying that we're all going out tonight. That actually sounds good, it’s been a long time since I'd gone out and had a good time with the girls. My mother comes over and picks up Jye, happy to keep him overnight. I take a long, scalding hot shower, and then slide on my favourite little black dress. It’s backless and slinky, clinging to all the right places. I decide on my new red platform heels, and a black clutch. My hair is blown out, with lots of volume and flicks out. I apply bright red lipstick and some false lashes and I’m good to go. I spray my signature perfume before shoving it in my bag.
My phone rings, letting me know the girls must be ready to go. We decided on catching a cab, but Chase being Chase got one of his employees to drive us all.
“Hey, Layla,” I answer.
“We’re waiting out front!” she says cheerfully.
“Coming,” I say. We both hang up. I quickly lock up and head out to the car, some massive looking black monstrosity. A man gets out and opens the door for me.
“Thank you,” I tell him.
“No problem,” he replies. He looks to be in his thirties and he's kind of cute. I sit in the car and smile at the greetings from Layla, Nikki and Nikki’s friend Simone.
“You look f*cking hot!” Nikki announces. I smile.
“No seriously,” Layla concurs.
“You all look gorgeous,” I tell them. Layla is wearing a long white strapless dress, and she looks like a princess. Nikki is wearing a mini dress in her favourite green, and her hair is tied up in a high ponytail. Simone is wearing a hot red dress and looks like a siren. We all clean up pretty well.
“Tee and Lexi are gonna meet us there,” Layla tells me when I ask where the two of them are. We all walk into Steele and sit at the bar, getting comfortable. I have a feeling we’re gonna be here for a while. Layla orders us our first round of drinks, and we all start chatting and catching up. Tee arrives with Lexi, and I run and hug them both, happy to see them.
“I’ve missed you guys,” I tell them.
“Missed you too, cuz,” Tee says. She’s wearing a short leather skirt, which flairs out at the waist, and a tight black top. She looks smoking hot. Her hair is now a deep purple, longer than before. She sticks her tongue out at me to show me her new Batman tongue ring, which I love. Lexi looks like a movie star, as always. She’s wearing a black see-through blouse and red shorts.