February 14th, 2023 (Riley's POV)

"It's Valentine's Day, where is your new boy toy?" Maddie laughed as I came back into the kitchen. Emma was in the living room playing.

"Really?" I sighed, cocking my head.

"Yeah, don't you wanna have a little fun loving?" She asked, moving her body in what she thought was sexy moves.

"I don't know if that's such a good idea."

"What's wrong with him?" Maddie urged placing her hands on her hips.

"Nothing is wrong with him, per say." I shrugged.

"Then why won't you tell me who it is?"

"Because I-" I was cut off as a knock came from the door. I jumped up nervously, running to pull it open. Josh stood on the other side, holding a huge bouquet of Calla Lilies and two boxes of candy. He leaned forward and pecked me on the lips before handing me the bouquet.

"They are beautiful, thank you." I smiled. He filtered in past me to Emma before leaning down and handing her the smaller box of chocolates.

"One for my other lovely lady." He smiled. Emma thanked him before opening the box.

"Only two for now Emma." I smiled. I had forgotten about Maddie until she burst into the living room. I froze as her gaze fell on Josh.

"Maddie! How are you doing? I haven't seen you in forever." Josh laughed, obviously feeling the tension.

"Not forever, unfortunately." Maddie spat, crossing her arms over her chest.

"Maddie, do you want to help me find a vase for these?" I coughed, giving her a look. She frowned at me before following me back into the kitchen. I rounded the island and set the flowers down. I sighed and turned around.

"Say it."

"This is your mystery guy? What are you thinking?" She whispered angrily.

"He's Emma's father, he deserves something of a chance." My voice fell. I could feel the heat rising in my face. I was nervous discussing this with Josh only 20 feet away.

"Does he know? Did you tell him?"

"No, we just started things up again. I'm trying to figure out how to tell him. You can't exactly find a card for this type of situation."

"Riley, I love you and I don't want to see you get hurt again. You need to tell him before things go too far." Maddie sighed. Her motherly concern look crossed her face. I knew what she would say before she said it.

"I'll tell him, I just need time." I jumped as Emma came running into the room, Josh tailing her. She slid her box of chocolates on the counter as best she could.

"Did you find a vase?" Josh inquired as he slid his arm around my waist.

"Yes. I'll take care of it." I tried to smile but failed.

"Listen, its Valentine's Day and I have no plans. You two go have fun and I'll watch Emma," Madison offered. I could tell she didn't like the idea but she still offered.

"Thank you." I mouthed. I kissed Emma goodbye as Josh pulled me out of the house.

"I take it you didn't tell her we were back together," Josh smiled as we headed to his house.

"Madison has very strong opinions after all that went down." I replied matter of fact.

"Is that so? Well, hopefully we can turn her mind back around" He laughed. We reached his house in no time. I had never been to this one. When he married Paige they moved to a bigger place and he was forced to move again when they divorced. It was fairly small, but why does a single man need a huge place.

Josh led me into the house through the garage. I smiled as I heard the familiar scraping of nails on the hardwood. Driver came walking into the kitchen. It had been years since I had seen him. To be honest, I was surprised to see he was still alive. I knelt down to him as he slowly made his way to me and sniffed my hand for a few seconds before licking my face.

"He's going blind. It hurts to watch him get old." Josh sighed.

"Emma has been asking to get a dog for a while now. I'm working my way up to it." I laughed.

"Well, he never gets out of his bed so we can't be interrupted."

"Interrupted?" I raised an eyebrow. He leaned towards me, both of his hands sliding to cup my face. Slowly his lips met mine, their warmth radiating through my body. I grabbed his hands, sliding them down to my waist and then around to my back. As our lips remained attached to each other's, all of those old feelings began to build up and bubble in the pit of my stomach.

"Josh, I need you." I breathed as we pulled away from each other and watched as his eyes grew dark with lust. He picked me up, swinging my legs around his waist. Our lips tangled again as he carried me into his bedroom. He set me down and began vigorously stripping himself of his clothing. I bit my lip as I watched him shimmy out of his clothes, his muscles flexing. I followed suit slipping out of everything but my panties by the time he climbed over me.

"You're so beautiful." He murmured against the skin on my neck. Slowly he traced his tongue down my neck, between my breasts and past my belly button. I giggled as he tucked his fingers into the waistband of my panties and slowly tugged them down my legs. The goose bumps rose over my exposed flesh.

"No teasing today." I smiled down at him as he moved between my legs.

"Never baby." Josh whispered before nuzzling himself into my sex. His tongue dipped into my core eliciting a cry from me. My fingers slid into the hair tufted at the top of his head as he devoured my sex. The heat built up and quickly I knew the end was coming. My hips rose from the bed to meet his eager tongue as I craved for my wave of ecstasy.

"Oh! Josh!" I cried as my orgasm exploded inside of me. My legs shook as Josh gently blew on my overly sensitive sex.

"Nothing is hotter than watching you come." He growled as he licked me off of his lips.

"Just come here and fuck me." I shook my head, pulling his mouth back up to mine. Eagerly I watched as he stroked himself, preparing to enter me. He gave no warning before setting himself into me. A huff of breath fell from my lips as I adjusted to his size.

"Fuck, you feel so good." He cursed as the sweat built up on his forehead. I barely understood the next wave of profanities falling from his lips. All I could focus on was the feeling deep inside of me from being close to Josh again. Nothing compared to having his chest pressed against mine, his mouth on my neck, and the feeling of him inside of me.

"I love you so much." He whispered into my ear. His sex voice pushed me closer to the edge.

"I'm so close." I sighed back to him.

"Me too." He huffed. He pulled himself away from me, picking up his tempo. The empty room filled with our ragged breaths as we came together. Josh collapsed on the pillow next to me, pulling me into his chest.

"I love you too, Josh," I smiled as I kissed his chest and fell into a dreamless sleep.

January 16th, 2018

I sat back in my sister's recliner, resting my hands on my swollen belly. Victoria was flipping through the channels on her T.V. and stopped on some sort of late night talk show. She tossed the remote into the basket of clothes she was folding in front of me. The host went on with his banter as we mindlessly watched.

"When we return, Hollywood hunk Josh Hutcherson here to talk up his upcoming project 'Newlyweds'." My head snapped up at the mention of Josh. Out of the corner of my eye I could see Victoria glance my way.

"Do you want me to change it?" She asked apprehensively.

"No, let's watch it." My lips mumbled. I wasn't sure if this was the best idea but there was no turning back now.

"Ok." Victoria huffed, turning back to her laundry.

Quickly the show returned from commercial. Josh was introduced, walking on stage like he always has flashing that panty dropping smile. He sat and the small talk began. They rambled on about his new project that I had no interest in. It wasn't until Paige was mentioned that my stomach dropped.

"Speaking of babies, how about we address the rumors that your beautiful wife Paige is pregnant?" The interviewer laughed. Josh shook his head before answering.

"No, unfortunately she isn't pregnant. Now is just not the time for us but we do plan on having them in the future." I saw a glint of disappointment flash behind his eyes. What for I couldn't guess.

"That's no fun, we were hoping for some juicy details. It will happen for you."

"Hopefully yes." Josh laughed again. He was such a charmer.

"You see?" I choked out.

"See what?" Victoria questioned turning back to me.

"Josh is in a committed relationship. His life is at its peak and I can't be the one to have it all come crumbling down." I said looking down at my swollen feet.

"Riley, I still think he needs to know." She tried to reason with me.

"No. After watching this, it only confirms my reasoning." I pushed myself off of the couch and shuffled out of the room.