Roxanne's Redemption (16 page)

“Where are you going?” Sebastian asked.

“
I’m going food shopping
with Zach.”

He nodded. “Sure, but I’ll have to go home for a shower and a change of clothes. How about I drive?”

She hesitated for a little while. “I suppose. Let me take a shower and I’ll be down after I get dress
ed
.”

She
headed
for the stairs and
few
minutes later
h
e heard the
shower
turn on
.
Y
ou would
ha
ve th
ought
that since he
was
still re
covering
from
shock
,
h
is
dick would stay still
until he sort
ed
things out in his head.
But no,
the damn thing jump
ed
to attention like it
had seen
its
favorite
candy
.

Not that he could blame his cock for responding to the image he conjured of Roxanne naked and wet under the shower. His cock grew harder
.
He had to distract himself somehow and he knew how, for his sake he hoped
God
forgave
him
for using his nephew as a distraction.

“How old are
you,
Zach?”

“Four. How old are you?”

If doing twenty questions is my payback for using my nephew as a distraction for not having any control over my anatomy, I will gladly take it.

“I'm thirty-four. What do you like to do
for fun,
Zach?”

His face lit up and immediately Sebasti
an thought he was in for it now.
Though
h
e
didn't mind
;
as long as he got to know his nephew it was fine.

* * * *

Roxanne stepped out of the shower and dried off
, and then
padded to her room with the towel wrapped firmly around her body. The phone rang as she got near to the bed; she picked it up on the second ring.

“Hello.”

“It’s
Lexi.
I wanted to know if I could talk to Sebastian, please.”

“Sure, give me a minute.”

She wanted so bad to find a robe so she was better protected from Sebastian, but she couldn’t
waste any time looking for
it
. Besides, Sebastian wouldn’t make any moves on her with a four
-
year
-
old present.
That she was sure of
.

She was half way down the stairs when she heard Zach
gigg
ling
.
S
he smiled. When she reached the kitchen
she saw Sebastian
tickling Zach.

He would make a great father
,
she thought
before she quickly shoved
it
away.

“Sebastian, phone
.”

He looked up
,
desire
sparkling
in his
eyes
as he took in her attire
.
She
gulped
,
clutch
ing
the towel
as she
g
a
ve
him the phone. He took it, making his finger linger a little too long on her
s
for her peace of mind.
She was about to head back up
stairs when Sebastian stopped her.

“Wait for it
.
”

He
put the phone to his ear
.
“Hello.”

Roxanne watched his face and whatever Lexi said to him made
him look torn,
she wanted to go to him and give a hug
and
a kiss
.

She knew she was being inquisitive, but she could
n’t
help it
.
I
f she knew Lexi—and she did
—s
he
was probably asking
Sebastian
not to tell
Michael
about
Zach
. It was probably hard for Sebastian to know that his brother ha
d
a son he
didn’t
know about and not tell him. If she was in Lexi’s shoes, she would
ha
ve done the same thing
.
N
o one wanted
to be the reason for
the
failed marriage
of someone else
.
A
nd no matter how angry Lexi was at
Michael she
wouldn’t make his life
miserable, if
he was happy in Texas.

“It will be hard—” she heard Sebastian say then he sighed and continued
.
“But I understand and
,
even though I don't approve
,
I promise I will not tell Michael about Zach and I’ll make
the others
promise too.”

He was listening again to whatever Lexi was saying, but after a while he asked, “What did you mean earlier, when you said my brothers and I are the only
blood
relative
s
Zach ha
s
?”

He
was silen
t
as he waited for Lexi’s answer.
“I already asked her and she changed the subject.”

Roxanne eyes widen
ed
. Why was Lexi telling him to ask her? Was it still hurting her
,
when she thought about how her family
abandoned
her, when she had
needed them the most?

“Okay.”

He
stretched the phone toward her
.
“
She
wants to talk to you.”

She took the phone suddenly fee
l
ing like she was walking on pins and needles. “Yes.”

“Can you tell him about my family, please
?”

She squeezed her eyes close
d
and sighed. “
Sure
.
”

Roxanne
knew if Lexi talked about it she would cry even if she didn't mean to, but that’s who she was
and
no matter how
Lexi
tried to hate the people who hurt her in the past
,
she couldn’t
.
Nevertheless
Roxanne
, Ava and Kira
would
always love
Lexi
even if she decide
d
to
turn
into
a bitter harpy over night.

“Thank you
.
I’ll call later to talk to Zach, I'm about to board the plane
, bye
.”

Roxanne
looked pointedly at Zach then
at
Sebastian
then
said,
“I’ll tell you about it later.”

Sebastian nodded and she left, wanting to go back to the safety of her room to stop the need Sebastian was stirring inside her with his eyes. Inside the safety of her bedroom, she
took off
the towel
,
rubbed lotion onto her skin
and
began dressing.
Few minutes later she head
ed
back downstairs after combing her hair.

Once downstairs, she went to the kitchen
,
wondering
if Sebastian and Zach
were
still there.
The kitchen was empty.
S
he was about to c
all them when she heard laughter
coming from the living room so she went there. N
either
of them
knew she was there
until
she
talked.

“I'm ready now.”

“Where are we going, Auntie
Roxanne?
” Zach
asked
.

“I'm going
food shopping
. Do you want to come?”

“If I come w
ill I get to ride in the cart?”

“
Sure
.”

“Ok, I’ll come. Is he coming too?”

“You mean Sebastian?”

He nodded.

“Yes, but he’ll be the one pushing the cart.”

Zach
laugh
ed
as he
nodded.

“I already put his car seat
in the back of my car and
if you’re
ready
we can
go.”
Sebastian
picked up Zach in his arms, turned the
television
off and went out the front door. Roxanne followed behind.

* * * *

“What do you want to eat
, Zach
?” Roxanne asked.

Their day had gone better than he’d
thought it would. After they’
d left her house they’d
gone
to his. He’d given them a tour. His house wasn’t
that big
, but Roxanne had told him it was
and it was beautiful
and
that had made his heart swell
. It had five bedrooms, five bathrooms, a huge kitchen and pantry, t
wo offices,
a pool, gym, game
room and a theatre.
He’d
left them in the living room and went to shower. He
ha
dn't
wanted them
to wait too
long
,
so
he showered and dressed quickly then returned downstairs half an hour later
.

They’d
left for the supermarket about three minutes after that. The supermarket wasn’t crowded like he
’d
thought it would be. When they got back to her hou
se it was around eight. She
put
away
the groceries
,
declin
ing
his help when he’d
offered
.

In the past whenever the woman Sebastian was dating began talking about children h
e would start
feeling
queasy and
get
ting
an insane urge to run. But picturing a house full
of
his and Roxanne’s children gave him an
instant erection
instead
and he became breathless at the thought of Roxanne’s stomach growing with his child
.

Truth
was
,
Sebastian wanted to marry Roxanne
,
but convincing her wouldn’t be easy. He didn't mind though
;
he loved a challenge
.
B
esides
,
at the end of the day
,
he would have her in his life forever and that
was
all that matter
ed
.

“Can we have pizza? Please
,
Auntie
Roxanne,
” Zach pleaded
.

She
smiled and nodded. She was
really
great with Zach
and
she would be great with any children she ha
d
in the future.
The only children he wanted growing in her womb
were
his and it would happen,
as soon as
he was able to convince her that a relationship with him wasn’t the worst thing in the world.

Chapter
Six
teen

Roxanne walked slowly up the stairs
as she thought
about earlier.