Strictly Professional ✔️

Chapter 37

Juliana's P.O.V

"Me too" I said into his chest holding him tighter.

"Aw! Y'all are too cute! Now stop flirting in front of a six year old"
"So just today?" Derick asked still holding me.

"Just today and Derick if I hear about any of your... rendezvous from my daughter, know that you'll have hell to pay"

She walked to the door leaving both me and Derick shocked, she looked back smiling at the two of us.

"Have fun and thanks for today" with that she left, closing the doors behind her.

"She's scary" I said looking at him.
"She can be scarier, I don't know how Zack has kept up with her"
"How long have they been married for?"

He looked at the ceiling, thinking.

"Come on, you remember the time and date of a meeting you had three years ago but you can't remember when your own sister got married?"
"I think if it's been seven years?"

I was about to say something but a yelp came out instead, I looked down to see Cassie kick my legs.

Really hard.

I got out of Derick's arms and crouched down to her level.

"What's wrong sweety? Do you need something?"
"You're ugly, you shouldn't be uncle Rick's girlfriend! uncle Rick should marry a princess!"

I looked at her shocked.

Did I just get called ugly by a six year old?
Oh no one is going let me live that down.

I turned to Derick for help but apparently uncle Rick is still trying to breath without laughing.

He coughed and went ahead and picked Cassie up.

"Cassie, that's not a very nice thing to say, Julie is a great person once you get to know her"

I'll take that as a compliment and not like he had a double meaning to his words.

"I'm happy you want me to marry a princess but Julie is a princess to me, I don't need her to wear a crown or pretty dresses, even when she's tired she looks pretty to me, can you try to get to know her a bit? For me?"

My cold heart has melted into pudding and I'm about to die a happy death, someone play All Star by Smash mouth at my funeral, specifically when they lower my casket.

If Cassie wasn't here and in his arms, I would have jumped him and ate him whole.

But instead of all the scenarios above I just smiled at him but let's be honest a smile is not enough to describe the butterflies I feel in my stomach.

"You're so cheesy"
"I know you like it"

You have no idea how much I like it.

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"Hey Derick can I be honest with you?"
"Go ahead, I'm all ears"

We were currently at Cassie's favorite ice cream parlor and she was very immersed in her chocolate cookie ice cream.

I had mint with a chocolate cone and Derick had plain vanilla in a cup.

So accurate to his character.

In his words 'Vanilla is a very underrated flavor, it's really good, vanilla doesn't get enough love' and even Cassie thought his reasoning was stupid.

"I'm not really good with kids"
He stared at me for a second.
"Oh, you're serious, I mean that's fine but funnily I actually like kids"
"Never pegged you as the type that wanted kids"