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We’ve only been together like this a few times now.
But every time we’re together, I want more.
More of Ivy.
More of this closeness.
More of what I’m feeling when I’m with her.
“So what’s the verdict?” Her breath ghosts over my skin.
“Verdict?” This woman has turned my brain to mush.
“On the ice cream. Which is your favorite?”
I bark out a laugh. “I’ll take any flavor as long as I get to eat it off of you.”
ChapterFifteen
MASON
“Daddy! Daddy!”
Footsteps and clacking claws come down the hallway. Pulling the covers over my head, I’m ready for that ball of energy.
The door to my room bangs open.
“Daddy! Wake up!”
As soon as the bed shifts, I fly up. Willow’s happy shrieks fill the room.
“You scared me!”
“I did?” I grab her, tickling her sides. “Were you trying to scare me?”
“I wanted to wake you up!”
“And why’s that?”
Willow pushes her hair out of her face before grabbing my face in her hands. “Because it’s Daddy and Willow day!”
“Are you excited?” Grabbing her in my arms, I walk out toward the kitchen. Daisy is running happy circles around me.
“Yes. Ivy helped me pick out my outfit yesterday.”
“She did, did she?”
I drop Willow in the chair and grab everything to make her breakfast.
Make is a strong word. Pouring cereal into a bowl isn’t hard work.
“I wanted to have a special outfit for today so she helped me.”
I turn my back so Willow doesn’t see my smile. I love the relationship these two have. Yet, at the same time, it makes me sad. Because I know it’s temporary. As much as I wish it weren’t, I know it is.
Ivy will be leaving us in what feels like a few short weeks. And the sooner I wrap my head around that, the better.
Willow too.
