My Protector: The Bad Boy | Protector 1.3

Chapter 44

Chapter 44

       I slowly woke up and rolled to face Grayson's side of the bed, only to be confused to see that side empty. Grayson hated waking up early, especially when we were on a school break, which we were on right now.

       I sat up, rubbing my eyes as well. Then I smelled something. Was it....pancakes? And bacon?

       I got out of bed and walked out of the bedroom, seeing Grayson in the kitchen at the stove. He must have heard me walking in because he looked over at me. "Morning, Flower," he said as I walked over to him.

       I gave him a smile and a kiss. "Morning, Grayson. What's the special occasion?" 

       "What do you mean?" Grayson asked.

       "Well, you're cooking early in the morning," I said. "You rarely do that. The only times you did were when I was pregnant with Ryder."

       Grayson chuckled. "You're losing your mind, Flower. Look around the apartment."

       Confused, I did. It still looked the same besides the Christmas tree that we added for....Oh. 

       "Yeah, Merry Christmas to you, too," Grayson said with an eye roll, kissing my cheek before continuing his cooking.

       "I can't believe I forgot," I said. "I am losing my mind. But, I still don't know why you're making breakfast this early. You didn't last Christmas."

       "Well...." Grayson said slowly and I knew he was a bit reluctant to tell me the real reason.

       "Well, what?" I asked. "Grayson...."

       Grayson sighed. "I kind of invited people over to have breakfast with us and just visit."

       I furrowed my eyebrows. "That's it? Why would you be reluctant to....Who exactly did you invite?"

       "Devon and Belle," Grayson said.

       I raised my eyebrows. "Why would you invite them over?"

       "Because you really need to forgive Belle," Grayson said. "You two have been best friends for years and I don't want to be the reason why you broke off the friendship."

       "Grayson, you're not the reason," I said. "She got mad at me for always being around you, even though you technically are my best friend. Not to mention you're my boyfriend and Ryder's father. Besides, she's always around Devon and I'm pretty sure she would choose him over me, but I'm okay with that. She loves him."

       "Yeah, but it's been almost a year since you two stopped talking," Grayson said. "Even your feud with the whole Ben thing didn't last a year. I want you two to make up and be friends again."

       I sighed. Grayson was right. My and Belle's last feud was a lot worse than this one, but I chose to forgive her for basically saying it was my fault her brother went to prison and for isolating me from the school. And I also forgave Thalia, even though she thought I was ruining her life by dating Grayson.

       I forgave people too easily.

       "Well, thank you for trying to fix things between me and Belle," I said. "You're sweet."

       "Sweet enough for a kiss?" Grayson asked with a smile. 

       I rolled my eyes and kissed his cheek, much to his protests. I then started getting dishes out for breakfast before I heard Ryder cry from his crib in our bedroom. I put the plates onto the counter beside the stove before going into the room to get Ryder.