My princess to the Black Widow Mafia

Chapter 39. Aces birthday

Caleb POV
I woke up without Aria sleeping next to me I knew she probably woke up extra early to make Ace his favorite breakfast for his birthday. I got out of bed grabbing a pair of sweatpants from my closet to put on.

I went downstairs I could smell waffles and cookies she was spoiling Ace with all his favorite foods. She was busy rolling the cookie dough into circles to bake them in the oven.

I walked up behind her wrapping my arms around her waist kissing her cheek. "H-hi d-daddy" she smiled up at me "good morning princess" I kissed her lips and nose playfully.

"Don't make him too many sweets princess he's going to be too hyper then" I grabbed a couple of chocolate chips from the bowl she had them in to put in the cookie dough.

"I k-know d-daddy" she kissed my lips once more letting me feed her some of the chocolate chips I took from her. I sat down at the kitchen counter watching her make the cookies for Ace.

A small blush formed on her cheeks I could tell I was making her nervous. I continued looking at her to see how long it would take her to notice I was teasing her.

"D-daddy" she complained looking away from me. I smiled to myself "yes princess" I replied acting like I didn't know what I was doing. She stayed quiet trying to concentrate on making the cookies.

"Y-your m-making m-me n-nervous d-daddy" she finally said "am I princess?" I asked her teasingly. "Y-ye-yes" she stuttered nervously. I couldn't help but laugh at her nervousness "y-you d-did t-that o-on p-purpose!"

She threw flour in my face now laughing at me "t-that's w-what y-you g-get f-for b-being m-mean t-to m-me" she mocked me. I got up from my seat smiling at her to distract her from what I was doing.

I walked slowly towards her before she could run away from me I threw flour back into her face just like she did to me. "Now were even" I said laughing at her again. She grabbed another handful of flour again "don't do it princess it isn't going to end well for you" I warned her.

She smudged my face with more flour ignoring my warning. She was laughing while running to the other end of the kitchen counter away from me. "Mommy" Ace called for her.

She turned around looking at him giving me the perfect opportunity to get her back. "C-come h-here A-Ace" I sneaked up behind her smudging her face with the flour making her groan.

She was about to turn around to try and get me back but I picked her up from behind. She began to scram to get out of my arms while me and Ace laughed at her.

"You guys have flour all over your faces" Ace said while giggling at us. "I-it's y-your d-dads f-fault. H-he's b-being s-so m-mean t-to m-me" she huffed still trying to get out of my arms.

I heard the front door open I knew it was Layla and Aaron who came. "L-let m-me g-go y-you b-big g-giant m-meanie" she argued making me laugh at the way she always called me a "big giant meanie" whenever she was mad at me.

"You guys are a mess" Aaron said looking at us. "T-tell h-him t-to l-let m-me g-go A-Aaron h-he's b-being s-so m-mean t-to m-me" she told Aaron thrashing her feet around to get me to let her go.

"You know Aaron isn't going to help you princess I told you it wasn't going to end well for you" I told her wiping some of the flour off her cheek so I could kiss her. "Let mommy go dad I want my birthday cookies" Ace said convincingly.

"Your lucky Ace wants his cookies because I wouldn't be letting you go any time soon" I whispered to her kissing her clean cheek once again before letting her go.

She huffed at me walking away from me so she could wash her face and put Aces cookies to bake. "Come here Ace" I picked up Ace "happy birthday Ace" he smiled at me "thanks dad" he kissed my cheek letting me do the same after him.

"Go sit while mommy finishes your birthday cookies I'm gonna go wash my face and change" he nodded his head going to sit at the kitchen counter.

I went upstairs to my bedroom quickly washing off the flour from off my face and getting dressed in some fresh clean clothes. Once I finished I went back down stairs this time Zane, Emma, Lydia, Earl, Sammy and all their kids were down stairs giving Ace gifts and wishing him happy birthday.

I walked over to Aria noticing she was struggling with taking out the cookies from the oven. "Princess use the oven mittens your going to burn yourself using that small towel."

"E-Emma w-was p-playing w-with t-them I d-didn't w-want t-to b-bother h-her" she explained. I turned to look at Emma who was playing with the mittens for absolutely no reason.

"It's fine princess let daddy do it" I took the small towel from her taking out the trays of fresh baked cookies from the oven. "T-thank y-you d-daddy" she kissed my hands sweetly making me smile at her.

"Your welcome princess I'm gonna go get Aces presents from the car that we bought him. Be careful it's still really hot." "I k-know d-daddy" I kissed her head before leaving. I grabbed the car keys from the counter so I could unlock the car.

I grabbed all the presents from inside the trunk once i got all his presents out I closed the trunk and locked the car again before I went back inside the house. "Ac-..." I began to say when I heard Aria scream.

I slammed the door shut running in the kitchen to see what was going on she was holding her arm out crying in pain. I put down the gifts for Ace on the kitchen counter so I could see why she was crying.

I walked to the other side of the counter where Aria was standing when I noticed the hot trays of cookies all over the floor in front of her. "Let me help you Aria" Emma said to her in a panicked voice.

"N-no g-get a-away f-from m-me" Aria yelled at her with tears streaming down her cheeks. She tried to grab Arias hand still not noticing me standing there because of how panicked she was "get away from her!" I yelled making Emma flinch.

Aria ran towards me crying even more now "what did you do to her?" I asked Emma angrily knowing it was her fault. "It isn't her fault Caleb" Lydia defended Emma. "Stop trying to defend her nonna she hurt her on purpose and she knows it" I defended Aria.

"I'm sorry I didn't mean to hurt her" Emma said. I ignored Emma's apology because I didn't believe anything she was saying. I looked down at Arias arm her skin was turning dark red from the hot trays that burned her.

To be continued...