You can make out the side of my face and my shoulder and the sheet fans out just below my shoulder blades.
“Babe,” I question with my brows drawn.
“I told you I had a picture of you. I’ve never stopped thinking about you, Tam.” He brushes his fingers across my cheek. “I wanted you as close to my heart as I could get you. I needed to fill the hole losing you left.”
“Bradley,” I say in almost a whisper. “You meant what you said yesterday didn’t you?”
“What, that I want a son? As soon as you’re ready, yup,” he says wiggling his brows at me.
“No silly, you told Ellie you love her and her mommy very, very much,” I say coyly.
Brad sits up and cups my face. “I fell in love with you the very first time I laid eyes on you. I’ve been in love with you ever since. Yes Tamara, I love you.”
I take his hand in mine and squeeze it. I give him the most serious look I can muster. “Bradley, my big country giant, I’m going to make you work a whole lot harder than that to get those words out of my mouth.” I burst out laughing when he groans.
“At least I know what I’m dealing with, because I really want that son,” he chuckles.
“You have a one track mind, geese.”
He throws his head back and laughs. Wrapping an arm around my shoulders he pulls me back down with him. He kisses the top of my head.
“Can I ask you something else?”
“Anything.”
“Have you been with a lot of women since me?”
“You really want me to answer that?”
I look up at him and he looks amused. I sigh and shrug. “I guess not. But how did other women take it to see me resting on your chest?”
“Darlin’, I wasn’t with many women. The one relationship I tried to have,” he sighs heavily. “This tat started a lot of shit. She was jealous anyway I think, but seeing the tat caused a lot of trouble. She was never right for me in the first place. To be honest the tat broke us up. She gave me an ultimatum to have it covered or removed and give her a more solid commitment or she was leaving. I had her shit packed for her and shipped to her place.”
“Remind me not to give you ultimatums,” I tease.
“Baby, anything you ask for I’ll give you. You don’t have to worry about that.”
“Did you love her?”
“Who?”
“The girl you were in the relationship with.”
“Tiffany, no I never loved her. I felt so lost for so long. She was a friend for a while before we dated. It started out as innocent flirting and a few dates. Then she wanted to get more serious so she showed up at a road game after a win and we made things physical. It was about a month after that that she actually saw the tattoo.
“I wasn’t really hiding it. I just knew her and knew it would cause a problem. One night she forced her way into sleeping over and she saw it when I came out the shower. She went nuts at first.
“I hadn’t known that she saw the picture beforehand when looking through some of my things. She said I was still seeing you and that’s why I was so distant. She called me cold, said I had to be to have another woman on my chest while I was in her. I guess she was right. But I warned her in the beginning that she was not getting all of me, because I knew I belonged to someone else. She pushed anyway.”
“You do know I’m not inking your face anywhere on my body,” I snort.
“Oh yeah,” he chuckles and starts tickling me, “how about here…or here…or maybe here.”
“Brad stop,” I gasp for air as I laugh.
Like clockwork the door bursts open and Brielle comes bouncing in the room. I bite back my laughter and curse under my breath. I didn’t realize we were lying here so long. I am still butt naked. Brad only has on his boxers, which he must have put on when I was in the bathroom.
“Daddy,” Brielle squeals. She bounces up on the bed and launches herself at him wrapping her arms around his neck.
He gives me a wink to let me know he will keep her distracted. I edge to the side of
“Babe,” I question with my brows drawn.
“I told you I had a picture of you. I’ve never stopped thinking about you, Tam.” He brushes his fingers across my cheek. “I wanted you as close to my heart as I could get you. I needed to fill the hole losing you left.”
“Bradley,” I say in almost a whisper. “You meant what you said yesterday didn’t you?”
“What, that I want a son? As soon as you’re ready, yup,” he says wiggling his brows at me.
“No silly, you told Ellie you love her and her mommy very, very much,” I say coyly.
Brad sits up and cups my face. “I fell in love with you the very first time I laid eyes on you. I’ve been in love with you ever since. Yes Tamara, I love you.”
I take his hand in mine and squeeze it. I give him the most serious look I can muster. “Bradley, my big country giant, I’m going to make you work a whole lot harder than that to get those words out of my mouth.” I burst out laughing when he groans.
“At least I know what I’m dealing with, because I really want that son,” he chuckles.
“You have a one track mind, geese.”
He throws his head back and laughs. Wrapping an arm around my shoulders he pulls me back down with him. He kisses the top of my head.
“Can I ask you something else?”
“Anything.”
“Have you been with a lot of women since me?”
“You really want me to answer that?”
I look up at him and he looks amused. I sigh and shrug. “I guess not. But how did other women take it to see me resting on your chest?”
“Darlin’, I wasn’t with many women. The one relationship I tried to have,” he sighs heavily. “This tat started a lot of shit. She was jealous anyway I think, but seeing the tat caused a lot of trouble. She was never right for me in the first place. To be honest the tat broke us up. She gave me an ultimatum to have it covered or removed and give her a more solid commitment or she was leaving. I had her shit packed for her and shipped to her place.”
“Remind me not to give you ultimatums,” I tease.
“Baby, anything you ask for I’ll give you. You don’t have to worry about that.”
“Did you love her?”
“Who?”
“The girl you were in the relationship with.”
“Tiffany, no I never loved her. I felt so lost for so long. She was a friend for a while before we dated. It started out as innocent flirting and a few dates. Then she wanted to get more serious so she showed up at a road game after a win and we made things physical. It was about a month after that that she actually saw the tattoo.
“I wasn’t really hiding it. I just knew her and knew it would cause a problem. One night she forced her way into sleeping over and she saw it when I came out the shower. She went nuts at first.
“I hadn’t known that she saw the picture beforehand when looking through some of my things. She said I was still seeing you and that’s why I was so distant. She called me cold, said I had to be to have another woman on my chest while I was in her. I guess she was right. But I warned her in the beginning that she was not getting all of me, because I knew I belonged to someone else. She pushed anyway.”
“You do know I’m not inking your face anywhere on my body,” I snort.
“Oh yeah,” he chuckles and starts tickling me, “how about here…or here…or maybe here.”
“Brad stop,” I gasp for air as I laugh.
Like clockwork the door bursts open and Brielle comes bouncing in the room. I bite back my laughter and curse under my breath. I didn’t realize we were lying here so long. I am still butt naked. Brad only has on his boxers, which he must have put on when I was in the bathroom.
“Daddy,” Brielle squeals. She bounces up on the bed and launches herself at him wrapping her arms around his neck.
He gives me a wink to let me know he will keep her distracted. I edge to the side of
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