Roxanne's Redemption (15 page)

Roxanne moaned low in her throat as he
rubbed
and t
eased
her nipple
s
.
Pleasure shot from her nipple
s
to her clit
,
making
her whimper in need. The other hand left her waist
and quickly unbuttoned her jeans. He
found her clit
with his thumb
,
and then
pumped two fingers inside her
.
She rode his fingers, moaning and whimpering
as
he began rubbing her clit.
She broke the kiss
and moaned
as
her orgasm
washed
through her.
She couldn’t wait any longer, she wanted, no needed to feel his cock filling her. Dropping her hands to his
jeans
,
Roxanne
fumbled with
shaky hands to
unzip and unbutton
them
.
His zipper
opened the same time the
doorbell
rang,
bringing them out of their lust-induce
d
state
.

“I'm coming,
”
she yelled as
she stifled
a
giggle that almost escape
d
and
reluctantly moved her hands from Sebastian’s
jeans.

She looked at Sebastian as
t
he
y
started
to
straighten their clothes. Right before she hopped off the counter, Sebastian leaned in and whispered, “We’ll finish this later
.
”

She
couldn’t stop
her pussy from getting drenched, but she didn't want to
.
It
scared her
knowing that
she wanted
Sebastian in her life, when she’d made her up her mind before moving here that she didn't want another man in her life
.
But Sebastian made her want and need him, in a way that would
have
him
running far away
if he knew.

Roxanne made sure her breathing was level before she opened the door.

“Come in
,
” she said
,
smiling
at Lexi and Zach.

Zac
h was Lexi’s four
-
year
-
old son.
He was tall for his age
and
lean but
the
boy
could
eat.
He returned her smile and ran
to her
.

“Auntie Roxanne.”

Roxanne picked him up
,
twirling
him around
and
laughing
as
he
giggle
d
and squealed.
She
set him back on th
e floor with a kiss to his fore
head.

There was a choked gasp behind her
,
she
turned and
caught
the expressions running across Sebastian'
s face
;
s
hock
,
anger
and resentment.
She
looked at Lexi, then back at him. What was going on? She turned back to
Lexi.
Her
face was ashen and her eyes were wide
.

What was Lexi afraid of?
Roxanne crossed her arms over her chest and pursed her lips as she watched them
.
Q
uestions she wasn’t sure she wanted the answers to ran through her head.

Was Sebastian Zach’s father? If he
was
, what was going to happen between him and her?
Did
he still have feelings for Lexi? Wh
y
did she go and fall for
someone whose heart
was
already taken?

Roxanne froze. Was she really in love with Sebastian? She forced the thought away, because she really wasn’t ready
for the
answer
to
that question
as yet
.

“Not in front of my son,” Lexi said pulling Roxanne back to the present.

Sebastian nodded and walked back to the kitchen
.
Lexi took Zach to the living room. After a few seconds, Roxanne heard the
television
turn on
,
and then
she saw
Lexi
heading
her way.

“You can come if you like,” Lexi said then she smiled
though it
looked
shaky
to Roxanne.

Roxanne followed behind her
.
Sebastian was watching the door,
his body tense and eyes hard
. “How could you—”
he started to say then stopped when
Lexi’s body went rigid and she
looked at him
.
All trace of fear had left her face as her eyes turned hard and she clenched and unclenched her fists at her side
.

“Don't you dare judge me?
You
have no idea about what ha
ppened, so don't you dare do it,
”
she said coldly.

“Why don't you tell me then
?
H
ow you could be so heartless to keep a child from his father,” Sebastian challenged.

Lexi laughed bitterly.

“
I’m heartless
?
Michael
—
”
she flinched when she said the name
.
Roxanne knew
that
if she saw it, then Sebastian did too.

“
Michael
told
me that he was going to marry his high school sweetheart and move to
Texas,
a
fter I told him I loved him
,
like
I did
every night after he made love to me. Oh and let’s not forget
he
was still inside me.
And
the
worst part
,
Michael
was going to leave without
telling me.
N
ow
you tell me out
of the two of us
,
who is heartless
?
”

A
tear escape
d
and Roxanne knew
Lexi had no idea that she was crying.

By the time Lexi was finish
ed
Sebastian
seemed
to be fighting hard to keep his breakfast in
,
since
his complexion had turned green.
“I'm sorry, but I still don't understand why you didn't tell him or find a relative of his
and tell them about the baby?”

“I didn't tell him because I don't want to be the reason his marriage didn't work
out.
A
nd when we were together, we never really talk
ed
about our families so I didn't even
know
if he had any relative
s
in California
. What are you to him?”

“I'm his brother
.
I'm really sorry for how he treated you and for assuming the worst about you. Can I ask you something?”

Lexi nodded.

“Do you hate him
?
Michael
,
I mean
.”

More tears spilled. “I've tried. I really have, but Zachary looks just like him and
hating him
feels like I'm trying to hate my son and that I will never do
,
no matter what his father did to me in the past.”

Sebastian nodded. “I would like to get to know him, if you don't mind.”

“I don't mind
,
Sebastian.
Besides
I won't keep my son away from
his
only
blood
relatives
.
I might not hate you
r
brother but I may never forgive him
.
However,
that doesn't mean that I would willing
ly
deprive my son of meeting his uncles.
I’d love to stay and talk to you some more
,
Sebastian, but I'm running late so
it’ll have to be
another time.
Thanks again
,
Roxanne.
I’
ll leave his ca
r seat for you before I go,
”
she said before leaving the kitchen.

“Be good for Auntie Roxanne, I’ll call you tonight. Come and give
M
ommy a kiss
,
” Roxanne heard Lexi
say,
and then
about half a
minute
later she heard her car dr
i
ve away.

“I can't believe my own brother did that to
a woman
,” Sebastian said after a long moment of silence.

Roxanne nodded, but said nothing for a while. “What did she mean by his
only
blood
relative
s
?” Sebastian asked.

Her eyes widen
ed
. “Do you want to meet him?” Roxanne asked instead of answering
hi
s question
.
It was
n
’
t her story to tell and if he wanted to know,
he’d
just have to ask Lexi.

His eyes narrowed, but he didn't push. Thank
God
! “Yes, I’d like to meet him, please.”

Roxanne nodded then went to the living room, where she found Zach watching
a
cartoon. “Zach
,
”
she said. W
hen he looked at her she continued
,
“I have a friend
who
wants to meet you
. Is
that
all right?
”

“That man?” he asked.

Roxanne smiled and nodded. He seemed to be torn between watching the cartoon and meeting Sebastian. Roxanne almost laugh
ed
when he looked longingly at the
television
before
nodd
ing
.

“Come on then kiddo, let’s go.” She held his hand as they walked back to the kitchen, hoping Sebastian had enough time to change his
horrified
expression to something
pleasant
.

“Sebastian, this is Zachary, but everyone calls him Zach and Zach
,
this is Sebastian,” Roxanne announced when she
reached
the kitchen. She breathed a sigh of relief when Sebastian smiled and Zach returned it.

Chapter F
if
teen

“Are you coming with us?” Roxanne asked.

Sebastian tried to focus on what she was saying, but it was hard
.
A
ll he could think about was
what Lexi
had gone through
and the fact that Michael d
id
n't know he ha
d
a son
. How was he going to tell him? How
would
he react when he
knew
? He shook his
head
.
He
wasn’t ready to deal with any of those questions
,
until he got use
d
to the idea that his nephew didn't have any living relative
besides his uncles and father left
. How did
she
manage
to raise a baby alone?
She
probably wasn’t
alone, because
her friends would
ha
ve helped
her
.
T
hat
he was
sure of.