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Chapter 40: CHECK

Author: Liz Gray
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ANDREA’S POV

I spent an unholy amount of time in the shower.

I scrubbed and scrubbed, harder than I think I’d ever scrubbed in my life. I wanted the scent of Kade off me. I wanted to stop feeling the print of his hands on my skin and the weight of his body on mine.

I stood under the sprays till the hot water ran out and freezing droplets ran over my skin.

“Mommy!” Luca banged against the bathroom door. “I have to pee.”

I sighed, turning off the tap.

“Hold on, hon!” I called back out.

I stepped out of the shower and grabbed a towel.

When I had wrapped it around myself, I opened the bathroom door, letting Luca in.

“Can you help me unbuckle my belt?” he asked innocently.

I smiled, leaning down. “Sure.”

As I unhooked his belt buckle, he sniffed my hair and giggled. “You smell like daddy—and Aunty Nora.”

I stiffened, resisting the urge to run back into the shower and scrub till my skin bled.

I cleared my throat. “I thought you didn’t like the idea of a new daddy,” I asked Luca.

He shrugged
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Andrea, stop jumping to conclusions. Both you and Kade need to stop this and talk to each other. The matter bond is still there. Plus he’s the father of your children.
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