“How is Bo? I haven’t heard you talk about him much.”
“He’s good. We text back and forth almost every day.”
They text every day? What do they talk about? I’ve never been a jealous man, but I am when it comes to Nora.
“Is that right?”
Jack takes his chess board out of the room, leaving me alone with Nora.
“Yup.” She stands up, looks around for any kids, and when she sees the coast is clear, she wraps her arms around my waist and kisses the side of my neck. “It’s almost eight o’clock,” she whispers.
“What do you guys talk about?”
She shrugs and kisses my jaw and then my lips. “Nothing and everything.”
I run my hands up her spine and settle them at her lower back. “Do you ever talk to him on the phone? Or is it just texts?”
“Just texts. Are you jealous?”
“No,” I scoff, shaking my head. “What do I have to be jealous of? You and he are just friends.”
“Right.” Her hands skim down my sides and toy with the edge of my shirt. “And you have nothing to be jealous of.”
“I’m not jealous.”
“Well, if you were, you shouldn’t be. Not only am I not attracted to him, but Bo is happily married with his own perfect little family.”
“You could’ve told me that earlier.”
She smiles against my skin. “Sorry.”
“Are you gonna be my new mom?” Emma’s sweet voice has Nora taking a giant step back.
She laughs awkwardly and looks to me for help.
“Were they kissing again?” Jack says, walking into the kitchen. He grabs a bottle o
f water from the refrigerator and takes a drink.
Emma gasps. Her eyes get as big as saucers. “You kissed my daddy?”
Uh-oh. This is either going to go really well, or not well at all.
Nora looks terrified to address Emma, so I squat down to my daughter’s level.
“Emma, sweetheart, you like Nora, right?” I say nonchalantly, trying to convey that it’s not a big deal.
But it is a big deal. Nora is mine in every sense of the word, and I need my kids to be okay with it.
Emma nods. “Do you wike Nowa, too?”
“I do.”
“Is she your girlfwend?”
I tuck a stray curl behind Emma’s ear. “Would that be okay with you if she is?”
“Uh-huh. Is she gonna be my new mommy?”