Total pages in book: 92
Estimated words: 85154 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 426(@200wpm)___ 341(@250wpm)___ 284(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 85154 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 426(@200wpm)___ 341(@250wpm)___ 284(@300wpm)
“See, all is right with the world,” I state, taking a sip of my coffee when the doorbell rings. Levi stands up and looks at me.
“Are you expecting someone?” he asks, and my heart speeds up a million miles a minute. The last time the bell rang on a Saturday afternoon it was a spot visit from Josephine. It was during nap time, so she caught Levi and me with our pants down, literally. I swear my face was as red as a tomato the whole time. I even told her that we usually don’t have sex during the day. At one point Levi put his hand around my shoulder and mumbled, “Stop talking.”
“Do you think?” I put my coffee down on the side table, trying not to freak out. “It’s her again?”
“She came two weeks ago,” Levi reminds me, walking calmly to the window, where the drapes are still closed.
“Don’t open the drapes,” I whisper. “She might see you.”
“How am I supposed to see who it is?” he asks. He’s about to look out when the bell rings again, this time followed by a knock on the door.
“Okay, it might actually be important.” I’m about to walk to the door when he puts his hand up.
“Where are you going?” he asks, stepping in front of me. “Your nipples have awoken.” His eyes look down to my chest. “And you are holding a child.”
“Oh, good call. You go take one for the team,” I tell him. “I’ll head out the back door.” He glares at me. “We’ll never forget you.”
“Just you wait,” he mumbles before turning to walk to the front door, the bell ringing again. “Whoever it is,” he huffs, “is going to hear it.”
“Idiot.” I shake my head and follow him to the front door, but not too close. Cici looks at me as Levi opens the front door. It’s even worse than Josephine. “Stefano?” I ask right before he walks into the room.
“I told him to calm himself down,” Addison says from behind him, “but you know him. Patience isn’t his virtue.”
All I can do is stand here with my mouth open, watching them walk into the room. “Jesus, did you guys just wake up?” He looks at me, then at Levi. “It’s almost ten.”
“It’s Saturday,” Levi replies, looking at Stefano, then at me.
“Why are you naked?” he asks Levi.
“I just got up. Was I supposed to wear a suit and tie?” he asks. “And why are you here so early?”
“Oh, so he didn’t tell you that we were coming?” Addison folds her arms over her chest right on top of her belly. “You had one job.”
“I—” He looks at me, then looks at Levi. “What is going on?”
“I have no idea what you mean.” I ignore looking at him. Levi and I have been together for the last, I don’t know, two months but we haven’t really told anyone. I mean, it’s not like the daycare doesn’t know we are together. Or that my work doesn’t know, it’s just that no one else knows, and by no one, I mean Stefano and then my extended family.
“Oh, shit,” Addison says, “I might need to sit down.”
“Um, sorry.” I hear a voice from the front door and a woman with long brown hair walks in. Her big blue eyes are shocked at the scene in front of her. Or maybe she is shocked that Levi is standing there half naked. “Should I wait outside?” Her eyes go back to Levi and I am really starting to get heated. In my head, I make a new rule that he has to wear a shirt in the morning.
“No, of course not,” Stefano says to her and I look at Addison, who shakes her head and mouths, “I’m sorry,” to me. “This is the reason we are in town,” he states, “this is Audrey. She’s Sofia’s cousin.”
She laughs. “That isn’t helpful at all,” she says.
“Okay, how about you guys come in,” I invite to them. “I’ll go get dressed and Levi can put on a shirt.” I look over at him. “Then we will join you.”
“I can take Cici,” Stefano offers. “Come to your uncle Stefano,” he urges, holding out his arms, and Cici just looks at him, then me.
“One, you aren’t her uncle,” Levi says, holding out his hand and Cici goes to him. “And two, stop scaring her.”
“I’m her godfather,” Stefano says.
“She’s not even baptized.” I laugh. “Go in the kitchen. We will be right back.”
I walk up the stairs and feel Levi at my back. The minute we are in the bedroom and he closes the door, I turn on him. “What the hell are we going to do?” I put my hands on my head.
“I’m going to get dressed,” he says calmly. “You are going to get dressed and then we are going to go downstairs and have breakfast.” He puts Cici in the middle of the bed with her bottle.