𝐂𝐎𝐖𝐁𝐎𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐊𝐄 𝐌𝐄 • 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐲, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐝

꧁ 15 ꧂

꧁☘︎︎𖢻☘︎︎꧂

𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐲

I pride myself on being a good person.

A sweet, unbothered, sensitive person.

But I am pissed.

Seriously? Billy the fucking Kid didn't want to have sex with me? The man who is titled a womaniser in his job?

Is it an issue with me? No. It couldn't be me, he was happy enough to tease me and undress me!

Normally I'd be blaming myself. Oh, I didn't look sexy enough or I had something in my teeth. But this?

The worst part is that I haven't spoken to him since the event 5 days ago and he now looks so good as he plays with his little sister in the meadow behind the ranch, shirtless after swimming in the lake with her.

Trixie, Megan and Alla are all still in the lake.

I prop myself up on my elbows, clear my throat and ask Charlotte the question on my mind.

"I get that Annie's so young and she's attached to Billy but... it's almost excessive, no?"

Charlotte sighs and sits up, pushing her sunglasses on top of her head. "Yeah."

She looks around to make sure the little ones aren't coming over.

"We... loved our dad. Loved him. He died before mom even knew she was pregnant with Annie. She never knew him, never knew his love. And Billy was just... destroyed when dad went. He threw himself into his work so hard it almost killed him." She took a deep breath.

"But he also threw himself into mom and Annie. He'd have panic attacks whenever he had to be away from mama because he just convinced himself something would happen to her or the baby or any of us, really."

I frown. "He would've been... twenty?"

Charlotte nods. "Twenty. He was practically a child."

She continues.

"When Annie was born he never left the house unless it was for our benefit." She takes in another shaky breath. "And, Annie... Annie doesn't really understand that Billy isn't her dad. He's the only male person that's consistently in her life. She loves him so much."

I blink a few times before reaching over and taking her hand. I don't say anything. What can I say? She's just told me such a sad and complex story.

Charlotte just smiles at me. "It's fine. We have Billy. As long as we have Billy, we'll be okay."

I nod slowly, looking over at the gorgeous man again. "He's amazing."

"He really likes you." Char quietly murmurs.

I smile.

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