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"Let's talk about it et away from all this"

"That, Mr Easton," I say with a slight kiss to his lips, "is the best thing I've heard you offertime"

Chapter 8

Zach

I barely h the rest of the workday

Not that the e was all that stressful We had been expecting soal departo as well as the prevailing and current state law But fuck if the day didn't drag by after seeing Moira in her feet my dick out so she could ride it I had to spend hts to avoid a constant hard-on throughout the day

Lila didn't seem all that surprised when I left at five PM on the dot For once, she didn't try to hold otten to during the day I thought that was either very nice of her because she felt guilty I got called away fro--or she orking soured out s seem so discombobulated in my life that I can't help but expect the very worst fro Moira's insight that it's probably nothing and worry about s

Like how fast I can wolf down et home and pack the kids off to bed I realized today just how boring our sex life had becoator, showed up practically naked under her coat at my office She took the tie, and it ht and I' it In fact, so ht just claim her ass when it's all said and done

I' I'll s and the kids already sitting at the table waiting to be fed Instead, it's silent, aroma free, and e the small bouquet of daisies I picked up on the way ho room back toward the family room

When I walk in, I a is Moira's intern, Josh, sitting on the floor with the kids We had not le to reuely hitshis doctoral thesis I can't reht that she would not have been able to handle this job without him

I quickly take him in

Even though he's sitting on the floor with Jai opposite of his are stretched out He's young, maybethrough it and very tanned He's sporting a full beard, which seeuy, but that's not what's setting my hackles up

It's that he's on the floor, playing with reat time

Cannon is hanging on his back, his little ar to crawl up his front They're all laughing and giggling, and my stomach cramps

"Hey," is all I think to say as I set the flowers on the armrest of the couch I crouch down and hold my arms out to the kids "Daddy's home"

My heart alazes at nition, and Jaime eyes me shyly I almost stand up and walk back out of my own house when finally, someone comes to their senses Jaime releases her hold on Josh's shirt to run to me I scoop her up, take care not to squeeze her to death, and almost sob in relief when her arms come around my neck as she screams, "Dada"

Oh, thank fuck At least one kid likes me still

But then Cannon's got his ar, and I shift Jaime over to one hip while I bend over and pick higing his Northwestern t-shirt down a bit, and givessmile

Perfect white teeth too

"Hey," he says as he sticks his hand out for me to shake "I'm Josh"

I give a quick shrug of etic look--not sorry at all--and say, "Sorry hands full I'm Zach Good to meet you"

"Yeah, yeah," Josh says as he stuffs his hands in his jeans pocket "U up a call I was just watching the kids for her"

"Bet you didn't think that was part of the job description," I say dryly as I stare him down

"Oh, I don't reat--easy kids I have a ton of nieces and nephews, so it's all good"

I nod and look down the hall, desperately willing Moira to come out of her office We converted a spare bedrooot the job with Senpace

"She got an eency call from her boss," Josh explains with a nod of his head toward her office