Just as I was pulling up in the driveway, I saw Alexia pulling up in a town car right behind me. I parked in my normal spot before I got out to get Alaia. I pulled her out of her car seat and turned just as Alexia was walking up to us. She smiled broadly at me before I wrapped my free arm around her and kissed her quickly.
“Hey baby.” I said as I let her go.
“Hey.” She said before she turned to Alaia. “Hello Ms. Laia.”
“Hi Alex.” Alaia mumbled as she laid her head on my shoulder.
“How was your flight?” I asked as I turned and started walking towards the house.
“It was good, just long.”
We walked in the house and I put down Alaia who immediately took off upstairs to her room. She was probably going to get a bunch her toys. As soon as she was out of sight, Alexia grabbed me by my shirt and kissed me deeply while wrapping her arms around my neck.
“Damn, what was that for?” I asked once we pulled away. I wrapped my arms around her waist.
“I missed you and I couldn’t kiss you like I wanted to in front of Alaia.” She replied with a smirk.
I laughed.
“Well, that was a kiss I can really appreciate.”
“Once she goes to bed tonight, I’ll really show you how much I missed you.”
She winked at me before she stepped out of our embrace and turned to walk towards the kitchen. I licked my lips as I watched her.
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Later that night, we were all in the living watching a movie. By now Alaia had fallen asleep in my lap and Alexia was sitting beside me. She had her head on my shoulder while her arm was wrapped around my torso.
“Babe, I was thinking…” She said randomly.
I sighed. I knew she was about drop something on me that I probably wouldn’t necessarily like.
“About what?”
“About us.” She stated softly.
“What about us?” I asked with my eyebrows raised.
She sighed before she sat up and turned to me.
“We’ve been together for a minute and think it’s time we went to the next level in our relationship.” She said while looking down in her lap.
I furrowed my eyebrows together. I know she wasn’t about to bring up marriage…
“You’re being real vague right now Alexia. What are you talking about?”
“I see you want me to spell it out for you.” She mumbled before she took a deep breath and looked up at me. “I think we should move in together.”
“Whoa…” I mumbled lowly.
“I’m practically here every day and night anyway. A lot of my stuff is here. I love you and you say you love me. I mean, why not?”
“I have a daughter to think about. I have to think about how she’s going to view this.” I replied.
“Blake, she’s not going to view anything any differently than she does now. Whenever she’s here I’m here anyway.”
I blew out a breath as I ran my hand across my face. We sat there silently as I thought about it. Everything she was saying was true. She had so much of her things here that she had taken over a part of my closet and Alaia was used to seeing her around but was I ready for her to move in after only a 6 month relationship?
