“We did not!”
“Did, too. Hell, the way you two would look at each other had me needing to reach for my vibrator.” Addison snickered.
“Girl, whatever. I did not need to know that.” This time it was Tachina’s turn to roll her eyes. She looked down the street. Kian made his way back toward their house. He wasof course speeding, as usual. “Most people wish they got along with their child’s father like I do.”
“That they do, and now that you allow him to hit it since he’s not with his girlfriend, he’s getting the best of both worlds.”
“Addison!”
“I’m just being honest. You know I will never lie to you,” Addison said.
Tachina’s shoulders drooped a little.
“Were we that obvious?” Tachina asked quietly.
“Yup. Everyone could see it. We all just been waiting for the two of you to realize it.” Addison tipped back her cup and finished off her drink. She set the empty cup down behind her on the porch. “You are obviously just now figuring it out, but has he?”
That hit a nerve. She covered her face for a moment. Embarrassed. Had she made a fool of herself? She dropped her hands and stared down the driveway where Kian now circled his way back to the sidewalk.
“I don’t even know if he truly wants me,” Tachina admitted.
“Girl.” Addison snorted. “He’s practically housebreaking you. Decorating his home with you. Scheduling playdates at his house. Men don’t keep women around they don’t want.”
“It’s not that,” Tachina argued half-heartedly. “We have just been trying to conceive another baby.”
“How many nights does it take to conceive? I know I don’t have kids, but I don’t think it takes weeks of getting dicked down to make a baby.” Leave it to Addison to be blunt but truthful.
Tachina thought of all the nights they had been spending together. Heat filled her at the thought of the climaxes the man gave her at night and then waking up in the warmth of his arms.
She had fallen into something without realizing it was happening. Every time she’d left his house, she’d already missed the weight of his arm around her, or the kiss at the base of her neck, or the feeling of his breath skating across her skin.
He made the world feel lighter. It truly seemed as if they were partners in every aspect of their son’s life now and each other’s.
“I guess this is definitely getting complicated,” Tachina admitted.
“You think?” Addison snorted again.
“And what’s making this even worse, is Sydney is trying to come back into the picture.” Tachina swallowed thickly. That was what truly bothered her. He had been with this woman for years. Could he just walk away from her?
“Oh, we talking about little Miss Righteous Blondie? Miss I’m Better Than You Because My Heels Were Made in Italy?”
“Don’t forget, because my perfume smells like a rich person’s ghost,” Tachina added.
“Right!” Addison shrieked laughing. “Like she dipped herself in generational wealth and condescension.”
“I couldn’t believe that woman had the nerve to show up at Kian’s birthday party,” Tachina said. The wind blew gently again, pushing her hair into her face. She pushed it behind her ear to keep her vision clear to watch Kian.
“You should have seen my face when I saw her, but honey, she didn’t show up for Kian,” Addison said. “That was a chess move. To send a reminder that she’s still around.”
That’s exactly what Tachina had thought.
“And what if he gets back with her?” Tachina mumbled. She couldn’t even believe she was saying this out loud. But this was Addison she was speaking with, so she could share her most deepest fears and be vulnerable.
Addison stared at her for long moment to force her to make eye contact again.
“Why would he? He’s already doing everything he didn’t want to do with her. He didn’t want to have babies with her.”
Oof…her friend’s brutal honesty hit again.