Chapter 57
“Howdy, I brought you these flowers. I remembered you telling me you love daisies and as I was driving down the mad to your house the field was full of them. They made me think of you and I couldn’t help but stop and grab them for you. They’re pretty but they don’t compare to you at all, darlin‘
Torg read the passage and then b
“You
then burst into
into laughter. “No man talks like this and has a cock bigger than two inches.”
u should read the book and learn something.”
“How to be a simp?”
“Considering you haven’t kept a woman in your life in years and the last one before me was a cheating bitch you gave you a disease, I Think maybe you should reevaluate your position on what romantic gestures should be in a relationship because right now,” she ripped her book from his hand, “if you wish to stick to your baseball analogy from earlier, you’re not batting a thousand. You’re actually three balls, two strikes, bottom of the ninth with two outs, bases loaded, and you are facing the pitcher who struck you out every time you’ve been at bat in this game.”
“Do you want to see my bat?”
“I want you to take that,” she pointed at the vibrator, “and go fuck yourselfTM
“You are being very mean to me. Most people would be shot.”
“Hmm,” she tapped her chin with her fingernails. “If I get shot, I’d end up in the hospital for a good stint. You would need to do all of Ant’s tunning around. You’d have to deal with the dog alone. You’d be stuck dealing with Antero’s fussy eating habits when he suddenly decides he no longer likes bread. You can deal with Genevra complaining the pizza wasn’t near as good as the one in Italy or how the wine I opened didn’t breathe the right way. All of it you can deal with while I lay recuperating in the hospital bed. I know the twins would bring me chocolate and books to read while I get better.” She thing the sheets back and got out of the bed.
“Where are you going?”
“To get your gun so you can shoot me. I want a vacation Feels like it might be the only way to get one away from you.”
He stared at her for a moment and then he threw his head back and laughed loudly. “My love, if 1 shout you, I may as well shoot myself. I realize L don’t want to live without you. You’re too important to me. Come back to bed. We will share your chocolate, and I will read your story to you. After, if I do a decent job reading the story, I will use this and give you a bit more pleasure before we turn the lights out.”
“Yeah, I don’t think that’s going to work.”
“Why not?”
“I’m still mad at you, you giant doofus. Tell me something, Torq. When you were in relationships in the past, everything you said went and you didn’t ask any woman for their opinion or weigh in, right?”
“Yes. I am Torquato Lozano. I am the man in the relationship and
“No wonder she fucking cheated.” Alcee rubbed her forehead frustratedly.
“Excuse me?”
“She cheated because you were treating her like her thoughts and opinions don’t matter.”
“They didn’t” He patted the bed with the toy in his hand, “however, they were not important to me. You are important to me. Your thoughts and opinions do matter to me Alcee. They matter a lot. I recognize I fucked up today. I do. This is new for me. Part of me though is also trying to navigate with Antero and to make sure the world knows you are both mine. I want to protect you, both of you. It meant I needed to make statements today. It needed to happen. Your father needed to be put in his place and I’m not sorry an ounce about how it went down. I do regret not giving you a bit more of a head’s up, but it wouldn’t have changed the outcome. As for the dog, the pizza, the unexpected guests and eating your chocolate, well, I’m sorry for all of this too. The dog.” He sighed, “I really like her. She’s beautiful and Antero, Aker, you should have seen him with her. There was a connection there and yes, maybe there is part of me wanting to buy a bit of his affection because I’ve missed out on so much but having a dog feels like this is a home and we’re a family.”
She folded her arms. “You really are shitty with apologies.”
“I know. I’ve never made them before. You’re the first person I’ve ever said sorry to.”
She couldn’t help the way her lips curved at his words. “Why am I not surprised?”
“Come back to bed. I’ll try again. Maybe I won’t fuck it up this time.”
She sat back on the bed and reached for her chocolate and gave an impatient shriek at the empty package. “Mother fucker!“”
“You are a mother,” he grinned unashamed of the moniker. “Before you stab me with your dildo, though, he reached into his nightstand and pulled out a little paper bag.
“What is that?” she kneeled closer to him and looked into the bag he held open.
Inside the bag was what she knew was e
expensive chocolate from Europe and he shook it at her. He patted his chest, “come snuggle, we’ll share my chocolate now and read your book. I want to know whether this cowboy says darlin‘ or yeehaw when he comes.”
She rolled her eyes but as he wagged the bag of chocolate slse shook her head. “I must be the weakest won
woman on the planet.”
“Nope. The strongest one I ever met. You need to be to put up with my ballshit, but I promise life will never be dull.”
Somehow as she settled against his chest and unwrapped a piece of chocolate, she knew he wasn’t lying.
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Michele Clemente
I’d love to see her go away for 2 days, maybe to a spe with the twins, and Have Torg to deal with the actual household consequences of his actions! E
