20. Uncertainty
“Mommy, can I have that ice cream now?” Hazel asked ever so sweetly at her and that alone made her inside sigh in delight. She wanted to hold her little sunshine tight in her embrace and inhale her baby scent for as long as she could. But Bree knows she couldn’t, so she settled by giving her a quick peck on her cheek while she told her that she can her chocolate ice cream.
Hazel’s little squeal didn’t go unnoticed by Gage who had just gotten off the phone and he smiled at her. But Bree could tell there was something else that was bothering his mind when his smile seemed a bit on the edge.
Bree had been working along with Jojo for almost three weeks now and in those three weeks, she had been staying at Gage. By now she knew his expression, she had been good at reading people. Bree even knew about her ex’s affairs she just didn’t know how to act on it and eventually made a fool of herself.
But with Gage, Bree put her hand on his and urged him to talk to her once they were sitting, relaxing while having coffee after tucking Hazel into bed.
“Family dinner this weekend, I have the skipped last one and I need to come to this one.”
“And you don’t want to?”
“I’m busy,”
“You don’t want to,” Bree emphasized, smiling, giving him the conclusion, then resting her head on the side of his shoulder.
“Argh… I really don’t want to.” He drank his coffee and then put the cup down on the coffee table. Gage moved to wrap his arm around Bree’s shoulder, the man sighed as he felt more relaxed than ever just by having her in his arm.
“You’re a grown man Gage, tell them the reason.” Bree sipped her coffee and then put her cup down. She placed her hand on his stomach and scooted closer to his side.
“It’s not that simple, and mom told me she’s setting me up with a woman from her club. They’d do this sometimes, saying I work too hard and needed to date.”
Bree couldn’t help herself but laugh softly. “Do they not know that you own a strip joint? you’re definitely not lacking in the women’s department.” she knows he made money by renting and selling estates and he was doing well for himself. Jojo and herself manage his administration and paperwork and between buying, selling, renovations, and checking out a new venture, the man was swamped with work.
“No they don’t, but my brother knows. He umm… met Jade once when we were dating.”
“Oh…” Bree’s mind went straight to suspecting that his brother was a judgmental prick and that he and Jade were at a stage where they were serious enough that she was introduced to his brother. There was jealousy under her feelings, but she kept it well hidden.
“It was no big deal, Marvin is just a bit too protective thinking all girls there are golddiggers.”
“Oh…”
“Don’t, don’t go there baby.” He tilted her head and kissed her. “My brother just had this golddigger aura, the man is like catnip for them. He’s just reflecting his experience on me.”Content protected by Nôv/el(D)rama.Org.
“Oh…”
Gage finally laughed and pulled her to straddle him. “Don’t you have anything witty to say to me tonight, aside from a couple of ohs?”
Bree gave up on thinking, besides the jealousy towards Jade, and her shitty situation she decided to take the easy way out and put her arms around his shoulder and kissed him deeper while grinding on his lap. “Do you want to have sex?”
Gage groaned, “You should never ask this question, I would never say no to sexy times with you.” He chuckled and move his arms to her ass cheeks and squeezes them while he moans in their kisses.
His bedroom was a short walk away from the living room and they were getting naked moments after she heard a click on his bedroom door.
Bree liked his body, he was tall and heavy with man meat, and he had muscles but not too buff. His chest is dusted with some dark hair that feels so good every time she feels the friction against her body.
The single mom never dated older men, hell, she doesn’t date much. Bree had only been with one guy before she married Everett. Between her and her ex, there was a couple of years of difference. But with Gage, she was eleven years younger than him, though she felt ten times older after her ordeal with her ex, still she felt so inexperienced in life in general.
“Hey, where did you go?” he asked when Bree clearly appeared to be miles away from their intimacy.
“Thinking of you, of us…” Bree pulled him down for a kiss and let her body melt under him. She liked being squished by his body, the man was built to perfection and she secretly couldn’t get enough of him.
Bree had never been this satisfied with having sex, she never felt sexy. But with Gage, the man adored her body as if she was the only woman for him and Bree engulfed herself in his affection. Whenever she could.
She moaned softly as he entered her, she writhed as he thrusts in and out of her. And Bree was in ecstasy when she climaxed when he kept on stroking her insides vigorously. The man groaned and kissed her hard as he reached his orgasm and pumped his cum into the condom while Bree clenched his cock as she comes down from her high.
“You’re so good, baby, I can’t get enough of you.” Gage nuzzled to the crook of her neck, inhaling her scent while his dick burrowed deep between her legs milking his cum to the last drop.
*****
The next day was her day off. She stayed at Gage’s with Hazel while he went to work. Then hours later, while she was making lunch for Hazel there was someone punching in the code for the alarm. Bree thought Gage was back for lunch, but then a male voice called out for Gage.
“Gage, are you home? is your car being repaired?” the man must’ve seen Bree’s old car in the driveway.
“Uh, hello?” Bree greeted the man, she didn’t believe the man was a stranger. He lives in a gated community, Gage told her so, and Bree thought Gage would not give out his alarm code to anyone. He must be family or perhaps a very close friend of Gage.
“Well, hello there…” the guy greeted her back. He looked familiar, he had the same facial structure as Gage. Bree finally assumed the stranger was his brother and instantly she wished she was at work to avoid the awkwardness of the situation.
“Mommy?” Hazel decided to announce her existence behind Bree.
“Oh, hello, and who might you be?” at least the stranger was trying to be friendly to Hazel.
“I’m Bree and this is Hazel, you must be Gage’s brother?” Bree held out her hand, deciding to be polite regardless if the guy was going to throw her out of his brother’s house or not.
“Hello Bree, hello Hazel, I’m Marvin Gage’s brother.”
Bree sighed, thankfully Gage mentioned his brother’s name last night or it’ll be hella awkward staying in a man’s home without at least knowing anything about the man and his family.
“Would you like to join us for lunch? I can call Gage and tell him you’re here.”
“Sure, if he’s not too busy. I swear the man doesn’t even have time for family dinner. But maybe now I know why.”
Bree blushed not wanting to blurt out more than Gage might want to reveal to his family. They’d only been together for less than a month, and yet, she was already taking residence in his house. Bree was the true golddigger image that his brother warned Gage about.
“Mommy is Gage’s girlfriend.” Hazel decided to blurt out the information that Bree was trying to give Marvin without sounding too pretentious.
“Oh…” the younger brother smirked but didn’t say anything further, which then made Bree feel unease. She just hoped that Gage will pick up his phone when she calls.
“Hazel, honey, why don’t you play with your dolls while I’ll set up lunch?”
“Yes, mommy.”
Bree kissed the top of her head and let her wander off to the living room, then she didn’t waste time calling Gage in front of his brother who was helping himself get a bottle of beer from the fridge.
“Hey, Gage, I hope I’m not interrupting. But Marvin is here looking for you?”
“Shit, nosy bastard, okay give me twenty minutes I’m finishing off on a meeting.” Gage didn’t sound angry, more annoyed and Bree was a bit relieved.
“He’s on his way.”
“Wow, that was fast. Even faster than the last woman he had staying here.” The man smirked and Bree didn’t know what to say to him. Instead, she continued to make lunch for everyone, she was definitely not hungry and she hated that Gage didn’t warn her about Marvin or the other woman he shared his home with.
Bree thought she was special, Gage certainly made her feel special. Now Bree’s mind went wild with all the possibilities, and she silently was glad that she insisted on keeping on working at Babes. She still has her salary, but now on top of it all, she needs to make sure she has money to move out of Gage’s house when things turn bad.
She was naive to think they wouldn’t but now she knows better. Bree was tired. People can be so judgemental and Bree hated that she was one of those people who do care what other people think about her.