“Good morning,” Julius greeted. “Bonjour,” Aria smiled. Now that her language skills were out in the open she was happy to use them. “Are you two hungry?” Julius asked. “Yes!” Aria gave a characteristically enthusiastic answer that made Julius chuckle.
Caden snickered. Usually he hated when others messed up his hair but he didn’t mind if it was his dad. Julius circled an arm around Macey’s waist and kissed her temple again. He really wanted to kiss her like he had last night but thought it best to keep it PG in front of the kids. “
Julius hurried to his car forcing himself to leave his family. It was getting harder to leave them not knowing if he would be allowed to return. His place was precarious and subject to Macey’s whim. After last night it was clear she still desired him. Yet her reluctance only heightened how much
“It seems you all have too much time on your hands,” Julius announced glaring around the table. “So much so you have time to read the gossip columns.” Julius opened a magazine to the spread depicting him and Macey together before tossing it into the middle of the table. The Board membe
Macey stared at her computer screen lost in thought. Since revealing the truth about Julius the kids went back to their usual activities. Aria was busy coloring and naming the subjects accordingly in different languages while Caden played piano. Neither seemed particularly shaken by the earth-sha
“Well, I bought some games you might like to play,” Jude said taking out Trouble™, Bananagrams™, and Jenga™ setting them on the coffee table. “I really liked playing these when I was little. I also bought a kite if you want to fly it.” “How do you fly it?” Aria asked genuinely intrigue
Katherine sat in a cab chewing her nails as she waited across the street from the parking garage exit of the DaLair corporate office. She tried the front entrance first only to find security waiting to escort her out again. As much as she tried to protest and claim Julius kicking her out had only
As they drove across the Brooklyn Bridge Katherine suddenly became aware of their surroundings. She tapped the partition demanding, “Where are we going?” “I don’t know ma’am,” the driver shrugged. “I’m just following the car like you told me to.” Katherine huffed watching