Chapter 55
Against all of my protests Greyson had actually begun planning a birthday party for Jessy and the little girl was loving the idea. For some reason, Greyson felt like it would be a great idea to keep me in the dark, claiming that he also wanted to surprise me.
It wasn’t my birthday but apparently I was being celebrated too. But I had been able to keep up with the entire process thanks to Christie.
The entire week had been so stress free and happy for me and for a moment it scared me. I wasn’t used to everything just being perfect and staying perfect for me especially over long periods of time. It didn’t feel like that was my life.
But this week had been that exact thing for me, perfect.
And I knew I couldn’t question it. I knew that it was bound to crash, it wasn’t a forever thing and it was bound to come to an end soon, so I wasn’t going to question it at all.
“Mommy want omee.” Jessy called out to me.
“Okay babe. Go sit down and wait I’ll make you some oatmeal.” I instructed.
“Hey Freya, Master wants to see you.” Christie delivered from the doorway and I turned towards her, offering her a smile before nodding in acknowledgment.
“Alright.” I said, but remained in my spot, since I wanted to make Jessy her oats first.
“Go now. I’ll finish this for you.” She offered and I smiled
“Thank you. Jessy, stay here okay I’ll be right back.” I instructed but my daughter only continued to watch me with wide eyes.
I moved in the direction of his office and when I popped my head in after knocking and getting his permission to come in, it was to find him bent over a large cardboard paper seemingly drawing.
The door pushed open completely and Jessy strolled into the room with a wide smile on her face, the little minx did not even bother with acknowledging me instead she wait straight to the Alpha, who raised her and placed her in between his legs so she she could see what he was doing.
She let out a loud gasp the moment she got a closer look and her face lit up in excitement.
“Bunnies!”
“Yes! Do you like them?” He asked and she nodded her head rapidly and enthusiastically.
I only continued to watch them with a fond look on my face from my position by the doorway.
Finally the Alpha’s eyes raised to meet mine and he offered me a small smile, beckoning me to him with a crook of his fingers. I humored him and moved closer to him and as his scent filtered into my nose, I realized how much I had missed him in this last week that he had been so busy.
“Jessy, look at that.” The Alpha said, pointing towards the door and when she turned in that direction he pulled me closer and we shared a small kiss.
The kiss was barely enough, in fact it was merely a brush of our lips and it left me craving even more. It left me tingling in the right places, but Jessy’s eyes was back on us again and the confused look in her blue eyes made me giggle.
“Wha that Mastah?” She asked and I could see how much Greyson was trying to hold in his laughter.
“Nothing Jess. Why don’t you go get your bunny so I can make a life drawing of it?” He asked.
I was pretty sure Jessy did not fully understand the concept of a life drawing but the excited manner in which the mini version of myself nodded before scrambling out of his lap and running out of the room, one would believe she did.
“I’ve missed you.” He said, once we were alone.
“Me too.”
“Come on, you can take Jessy’s space just until she’s back.” He offered, patting his thigh and giving me a cheeky smile which made me laugh.
I humored him though and moved to settle between his thighs.
“I’m sorry I’ve been so busy. Between running the pack and planning for Jessy’s birthday, I’ve just been so occupied that I’ve had no time for anything else including you and I’m not happy about that.” He whispered into my ears and I melted in his arms.
“So I’m taking the day off and we’re going out.”
I whipped my head towards him and even if I tried I knew that I couldn’t hide the excitement on my face.
“Really? Where?” The smile that painted the Alpha’s face sent butterflies flying in my stomach.
“You’ll see. Go get ready and wear Jessy something cute. Meet me outside.” He urged, patting my butt when I did stand up. I gave him a dirty eye for it but he only laughed loudly in reaction.
I found Jessy coming up the stairway with her bunny in her hand.
“Come on Jess, we’re going out. Let’s go dress up.”
“But Mastah wants Bunny.” She said, switching between looking towards me and looking towards his door.
“Yes, bunny is coming with us.” That seemed to satisfy her because she took my outstretched hands and followed me back down the stairs with no complaints.
Once we were properly dressed, I moved us outside with Jessy’s extra bag in my hands, my daughter was bouncing by my side with excitement and it was infectious.
As we drove to our surprise destination, Greyson played different children rhymes and songs and I was surprised that Jessy knew quite a number of them.
“Who taught you these songs?” I asked finally.
“Mastah.” She responded before returning to her singing.
I looked to the man in question but he only wore a smirk on his face but offered no answer to me.
I knew that Jessy and Greyson were spending time in each other’s presence. Enough that his room now even had Jessy’s trademark. His walls were covered in drawings and coloring paints, plus almost every surface of his room was covered in papers that held her drawings. But I wasn’t aware of just how much time they were actually spending together.
I didn’t have time to dwell on that thought anymore because we were pulling to a stop. It looked familiar. But it wasn’t until the gates were pulled open that I recognized where we were.
We were back at the fields.
Only this time everything looked different.
It was more greens than the gold that had been prominent on the night of the festival. And the sun was shining beautifully over all the greens instead of the moonlight. Plus there were no people here at all just the three of us.
Greyson had a blanket in his hands that I had not been paying attention to know where he had gotten it from but when we were situated under a shade he laid out the blanket and urged myself and Jessy to sit.
“Where are you going?” I asked when he turned around to leave.
“You’ll see.” He said, throwing a wink my way.
I watched as he headed back in the direction of the gates and disappeared after it.
“Mommy look.” Jessy suddenly gasped by my side.
“It’s a butterfly babe. Think it would come to you if you hold out your hands?” I asked and Jessy nodded rapidly, holding out both of her hands.
Thankfully the butterfly did settle within her hands but only for a few seconds before it was flying around again, I didn’t want to deal with the sadness that would have come had that not happened.
Greyson was soon back with a large basket in his hands and when he started offloading it’s items onto the basket I couldn’t help but think when he had gotten all of these sorted out.
“When did you pack this?” I asked in surprise.
“While you were asleep.” He responded.
Tears stung at my eyes at the sweetness of the man before me but before it could fall off my cheeks, Greyson fingers was brushing it away.
“Hey, hey, I didn’t bring you here so you’d cry, I brought you here so you’ll be happy. So if I see those tears best believe we’ll be going back home.” He threatened playfully and I couldn’t help but laugh at his tone.
He laughed along with me and even Jessy began laughing, which made us laugh harder.
“Why are you laughing Jessy?” Greyson finally asked, but the little girl only looked at him in confusion before turning to me for help.All text © NôvelD(r)a'ma.Org.
“I think she just laughs along when two or more people are laughing so she isn’t left out, I don’t think she ever really gets the joke.” I responded and when our eyes remained on Jessy’s frame for too long, she stuck her tongue out at us both.
“Oh no Jess, you didn’t.” Greyson said dramatically and in a swift movement he was capturing Jessy in his arms and attacking her sides with tickles.
The soon to be four years old laughed loudly while she squirmed trying to get out of his hold.
“Say sorry.” Greyson said but the stubborn mini version of herself refused screaming ‘No!’ to the request.
Soon she gave in though.
“Sowy! Sowy!” She finally said and Greyson released her.
“See that wasn’t so hard, was it?” He said smirking at Jessy.
The little girl only stuck her tongue out at him again but this time before he could capture her she was running into the fields, laughing loudly as Greyson chased after her.
It brought me so much peace and joy to watch them.
I finished unpacking the basket while they ran around the fields and even helped myself to some food.
I watched as Greyson caught up with Jessy but he didn’t tickle her as expected instead he picked her up into his hands and they began whispering to each other.
When they both turned mischievous eyes to me, I just knew that I was about to become their next prey. They both stalked towards me but I remained silent.
“Well Mommy, it isn’t very fair of you to start eating without us don’t you think?” Greyson said.
“Yes mommy!” Said his little helper.
“You both were playing and I was starving!” I defended
“Let’s get her Jessy!” Greyson urged.
And of course my little traitor of a child, lunged towards me and they both began tickling my sides.
I wouldn’t change anything in my life at the moment, everything felt so beautiful and so perfect and for the first time I hoped that it would remain like that for a long time.