Comfort Zone

Chapter 23

"It was nice to meet you guys. I'm glad my baby is in good hands." April said while hugging Josh.

"I'm happy you're trusting me to take care of her. I promise I won't let you down." Joshua replied, a smile on his face.

"Not only you, Papa. I take care of Mara too." Luca wrapped his arms around Amara's leg.

"I meant 'we.'" Joshua corrected.

"Hmm." Luca cut his eye at his father.

Everyone laughed at Luca's sassiness. The atmosphere being much calmer since Anthony apologized to Josh.

"Your father and I are going to walk to that little bar we saw a few blocks from here. You can stay here." April smirked at Amara discreetly.

"Are you sure you guys don't want me to drive you there? I can, if you want." Amara suggested, dwelling as if it was rude to let her parents walk when she was the one who drove them all the way to Joshua's house.

"We'll be fine, honey. I promise. Now gimme some sugar so we can go." April pulled Amara into her, pressing a wet kiss on her cheek making Amara groan. Anthony, then, kissed Amara's forehead before walking out the door with his wife in tow.

"Alright bud, time for bed." Josh picked Luca up, carrying him upstairs.

"Nooo! Papa, I want to stay up with you and Mara." Luca whined.

"Nope, it's already past your bedtime. You're lucky I let you stay up this late." He set Luca down to grab his towel when Luca took off out of the room, running down the stairs.

Joshua ran after him, skipping steps and intercepting him when Luca tried to make a getaway through Josh's legs.

"Did you really think that would work?" Joshua laughed, slightly out of breath.

"You just don't want me to be great." Luca rolled his eyes making Amara and Joshua burst into laughter.

"Where...did...you hear that?!" Amara asked laughing in between her words.

"Kayla." Luca simply answered.

"Oh my god. That's hilarious." Amara started wheezing from laughing so hard.

"You can be great in your bed. Lets go." Josh carried Luca back upstairs, still hearing Amara wheezing in laughter. He let Luca take his bath before tucking him into bed. Luca almost immediately began to doze off. After making sure he was fully asleep, Josh went back downstairs and sat on the couch next to Amara.

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"I'm proud of you for handling the situation with my dad so well. He can be a real jackass sometimes." Amara wrapped her arms around Joshua's neck.

"I understand where he was coming from when he was asking g those questions. He's just being protective over you. Hell if you were my daughter, I'd be protective as hell." He responded, wrapping his arms around her waist, pulling her onto his lap so she was straddling him.

"Oh really?" Amara asked kissing his jaw.

"Yeah, I mean look at you. You're fucking beautiful. You're ambitious, smart, humble, level-headed. Your body is amazing. You know how to get a guy going. I'd have to keep you away from the bad ass little boys." Joshua said, laughing at his last statement.