Forever

Chapter 3. Baby Boy

Taylor's POV:

It has been four days since Joe went to shoot his movie. He told me that the filming got delayed because of bad weather. And I was stuck in L.A doing press and giving interviews after the Miss Americana documentary.

I just flew back to London today on my private jet and was met with an empty house. I wished he was here to welcome me through the door. I missed him so much.

"Did you arrive back to London safely?" Liz, Joe's mother asked me on the phone. I just got out of the shower was in the middle of blow-drying my hair when she called.

"Yeah, just got back two hours ago. How's everyone?" I put the phone on speaker and started to comb through my hair.

"Good. Tom has fever, but he's feeling better after taking antibiotics. And Pat is the usual." She casually spoke. I unconsciously nodded my head even though she couldn't see me.

"Tell them that I said Hi. And come over as soon as Tom recovers. I miss everyone. " I honestly told her.

"Yeah we miss you guys too. I was thinking about visiting when Joe comes back from his shooting. We can have a full family gathering that way. I haven't talked to your mum in a while, is she in London?" She said.

"No she is in Nashville right now. But she is going to visit in a few days...A whole gathering sounds fun." My heart twisted as soon as she said Joe's name. He had that kind of effect on me.

"Is everything going well with you two?" She carefully asked. I immediately stopped combing my hair and thought about what to say to her. "I know I shouldn't be prodding but Joe's been rather quiet lately. He never tells me anything." She added.

I felt bad because she was his mother and she worried about him just as much as if not more than me. "Yeah everything is going well. We have been talking things out. The whole... Incident left us a bit shaken but we're trying..." I said what was needed. I could picture her nodding her head and pressing her lips together in understandable expression.

"I'm glad you guys are talking about it. It is good to address what is bothering you. Suppressed emotions can result in many mental diseases." She said. She was a psychiatrist so I couldn't argue with that.

I recalled Joe's face as he rejected the offer to bed me a few days ago. He didn't explain the reason and I was getting increasingly worried about that. But I couldn't ask his mother that because it was something extremely private.

"Yeah I'm glad we're on the same page." Not fully but still...

"Me too darling. Call me whenever you want to talk about something okay? I'll be here." She said in her motherly tone. We bid each other goodbye and I sat there for a while thinking about how Joe and I were going to cope with all of this without losing our minds. We still haven't discussed anything because we were too afraid. I know he still hasn't forgiven himself for drugging me and whenever I try to bring it up, he shuts me down and distracts me with his kisses.

I'm going to confront him about all of the pending things head on when he returns back this time. Leaving unresolved conflicts was never a good idea in a relationship and I knew that by experience...

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"How's this one?" I asked confidently. I was already head over heels in love with this piece.

I decided to go lingerie shopping with Selena today cause she was in town. And Joe was coming back tonight which made this the perfect opportunity to spice things up. If Joe wasn't going to have sex with me then I just might have to tempt him into this trap.

"It's fire!" Selena remarked. It was a black one piece lace lingerie that had small beads around the edges of the breast cups. It lifted my boobs just perfectly and hugged my body in all the right places. "If Joe resists this then it means he has become gay," She said making me laugh out loud.