- Alex... You must really...
Eames would have liked to tell Goren that she didn't want to spend the evening with Serge Newton, and would rather spend it with her son, and him.
But she had to go.
If she didn't go, she risked alienating the parents of the other baseball players, especially since they got along so well with Newton.
And she didn't want to take the risk that, through her fault, Nathan would find himself excluded from his team.
So she'd go.
But she'd make it clear to Newton that he shouldn't get his hopes up, and she'd stand in his way if he tried anything.
- If I could do otherwise... But it's for Nathan.
For Nathan.
Was it really for their sons that Eames was doing this.
Goren had his doubts.
Besides, he had to do everything he could to make her change her mind, and above all, to keep her close to him.
And he had a pretty good idea of how.
Gently, he put his hand on Eames's wrist and drew her to him, wrapping his arm around her waist.
- Alex... He brought his hand to her cheek, brushed against it. Stay with me.
Stay with him...
But she was dying to.
Couldn't he see that as soon as she was in his arms, she lost all notions.
And the caress of his long fingers on her cheek turned her upside down.
My God...
If only he could kiss her.
But with Nathan right next door, wide awake, waiting for his friend Scooty to arrive, it was unlikely that Goren would dare kiss her.
And above all, she'd better pull herself together, or she'd be the one kissing him, and asking for more than a kiss.
- Bobby... Eames put his hand on her arm, tried to pull her away, but he firmed the pressure, preventing her from pulling away, but more importantly, from escaping from him. Please...
Please...
No and no.
Goren wouldn't let Eames get out of his arm, if it was to join that worm Newton.
- No... I don't want you to go with Newton.
No...
Goren didn't want her to go with Newton.
Had she heard correctly.
Or was Goren imposing his law on her.
As if she were his property.
No, he wouldn't dare.
And yet...
Her brown eyes, shining with anger and possession, told him it was true.
Name of God...
Could Goren be jealous.
And if he was, Eames was strangely titillated.
So much so, that she wanted him to make love to her right away.
But they couldn't.
But who knows, when he returned...
Eames brought her hands up to Goren's face, who blushed violently at the gesture, lowered his face to hers, and brought her lips close to his forehead, brushing against it.
- You're cute when you're jealous.
Pardon.
He'd heard her right.
He was cute when he was jealous...
But he wasn't.
He wasn't jealous.
Goren trusted Eames completely.
It was the other oddball he didn't trust.
And not wanting her to belong to another man didn't make him jealous.
- I'm not...
Eames placed his fingers on Goren's lips, caressed them, silencing him.
- If you promise to be good...
Promise to be good...
But it was her promise to make.
Not his.
What did she think he could do with two kids around...
Go bang another girl.
When even the idea of touching another girl disgusted him.
- If you're good... Tonight when I get back...
With Eames's big hazel eyes shining with that little flame he knew so well, and that little pout on his lips, Goren understood Eames's allusion, and turned totally scarlet.
So Eames was telling him that, if he was good, when he returned tonight, they could make love.
But maybe he was imagining things.
And yet…
He knew Eames's face too well, when she wanted to make love, and at this moment, it was this face she had.
And so he couldn't go wrong.
The idea that Eames would want them to make love when he returned inflamed him.
And if it hadn't been for his son in the next room, wide awake, he would have made love to her right away.
But he couldn't.
So he was going to get a little head start, so he could make it through the evening.
Goren wrapped his other arm around Eames' waist, pulled her against him, pressed his powerful torso against her small breasts, lowered his face to hers, brought his lips to hers.
- Alex... I...
Eames's heart was beating so fast.
Goren was going to kiss her.
And this was the first time he'd risked doing it with their sons right next to each other, wide awake.
Eames closed her eyes, waiting impatiently for Goren's lips to touch hers.
She felt Goren's breath brush her lips, and she flushed with excitement.
- Daddy…
At the sound of Nathan's voice, Goren and Eames stepped aside, their faces flushed.
- Uh… Nathan looked at his mother and father. You were about to kiss...
At his words, his parents looked away, embarrassed, as if taken at fault.
From his parents' reaction, Nathan understood that he had interrupted a very important interlude between his parents.
Yes, his parents were about to kiss.
And not just anywhere, on the lips.
So did this mean they were finally a family.
If that were possible, he'd be the happiest boy in the world.
He'd been longing for his parents to get back together.
- Ding...Dong...
At the sound of the doorbell, all eyes turned to the door.
Nathan was the only one to react, and went to the door, which he opened to reveal his friend Scooty, who was accompanied by his father.
Good God...
If only something could have happened to Scooty's father.
But Nathan pulled himself together.
It wasn't right to wish people ill.
But still...
There were people who deserved it.
And Scooty's father was one of those people.
- Nath...
Scooty rushed over to Nathan, happy to spend the evening with him and sleep at his place.
Scooty had been afraid that his father would decide that he wouldn't be staying at his friend's, since he'd be sleeping at Nathan's mother's apartment, not his father's, but his father had told him that the program wouldn't change.
But Scooty hadn't liked the evil smile on his father's lips.
He knew his dad was up to something, and he really hoped it wasn't at the expense of Nathan's mom.
Nathan was his only friend, and he didn't want to lose him.
- Alex... We can go now.
At Scooty's father's voice, Goren felt a violent jealousy rise up inside him.
No, he didn't want Eames to go with this man, and especially, he didn't want her to be alone with him.
In addition, if Nathan hadn't interrupted them, he could have had a kiss from Eames.
At least, to show her how much he wanted her.
And also, it would have helped her wait for him to return.
But his son had spoiled everything.
- Bobby... Eames put his little hand on Goren's arm and he snapped out of his thoughts, coming face to face with two large hazel eyes shining with extreme gentleness. Take my bed tonight... I'll sleep on the sofa.
At this hint, hidden from the ears of the main man, who never missed a beat of their interlude, Goren nodded.
Of course he'd take the bed.
He'd be waiting for her there with bated breath.
And when she came home, he'd devour her whole.
- See you tomorrow, kids... Eames turned to his son and Scooty, and then back to Goren. See you tomorrow, Bobby.
Eames moved his little fingers away from Goren's arm, but Goren caught them in his hand on the fly, preventing him from leaving.
- Alex... I don't...
Eames smiled tenderly.
Yes, she already knew what he wanted to tell her, and that he'd had no trouble telling her, when they were both together.
He didn't want her to go with Newton, and he wanted her to stay with him.
She'd understood him perfectly well.
Maybe she should try to reassure him.
- I won't be late... I promise.
So on her last words, Goren reluctantly let go of Eames' little hand, to see her off with that worm Newton.