"Fuck" Jax whispers pulling away from me as he pulls me down to stand on my feet. "I'm going to put on some clothes." He whispers rubbing my back before he disappears off to the bedroom leaving me with my mom. He knows that I need to have this conversation with her before he talks with her. She hates his guts, and we both know she always will.

"Really? I walk in and this is the first thing I see?" She asks as I hold my arms across my chest concealing my fear of this conversation.

"Mom what do you want me to say? That I love that man? Mom I'm sorry but I do, and we're really trying to do things right this time, I mean it all. We're dating again, and trying our hardest to learn what we didn't the first time around, and who knows, maybe when we're ready to have sex again we will. But until then if I want to kiss him and we're happy then why be mad?" I ask as she glares at me.

"Maybe because he's the reason you fell apart for five years! Or that my grand babies only saw their dad when he found it convenient!" She shouts as my anger rises. She's lying her ass off.

"Mom how could you say something like that about our kids? I fell apart yes, but him leaving wasn't the sole reason that happened. I was broken before that, and guess what? Afterwards too, the only difference was he wasn't there. He saw our kids everyday that he was gone and you know that. We'd met somewhere for him to see them for at least thirty minutes a day so they didn't know that anything was wrong and he's always had them every other weekend. Don't you say shit about what he does because you don't know. He went through stuff too mom, he wasn't okay, and I didn't know that he was going through stuff when I was and for the better of us, I really feel like being apart is the only way our relationship would have been saved!" I exclaim as she shakes her head no.

"You deserve more than that piece of shit RJ! You deserve a real man! One that would have been better for you!" She shouts as I sigh.

"No mom. You don't tell me who I love. Because it's him, and you can hate me, hate him, whatever makes you happy, but he's my husband." I tell her as she shakes her head no.

"That's not the plan RJ! You were getting a divorce!" She tells me. "Why does that matter so much to you?!" I ask as she immediately blows up.

"Because I don't want that negative thing around my grandkids! A gym? A gym? How is that going to pay for their college tuition? Or maybe their cars or weddings? Huh? Or what about the fact that they need to eat? Really RJ, a gym owner?" She asks as I fume. She doesn't have a clue about what he used to do, and how much we have saved. Jax makes double what I do owning that gym.

"Would you like to see our tax return? Because the kids college funds are payed, in full. Each with over a hundred thousand dollars to use for their damn education. Our taxes? Payed. Car payments? Payed off. Bills? Payed. Would you like to see my bank account balance? Huh? Because Jax puts money in it every single month! He makes double what I do, and he invests in stocks and we're more than okay!" I shout as she glares.

"You would be more financially stable if this was Jacob!" She shouts at the end. That name, I haven't heard that name in years. How could she bring that up?

"I don't want Jacob! I'm so happy that Jax came into my life because I enjoy having sex with my husband, not faking it to make him feel good. I enjoy being with him, laughing, spending my time with him. I don't feel worthless and useless when I'm with him! I feel like the most important thing to him now! And I know it hasn't always been that way but it's working for us now and I fucking hate that you're helicopter parenting over me when I'm a grown woman mom! I'm old enough to make my own decisions, good or bad in your opinion and what if it's bad? Who's hurt besides me? The kids will still have a dad because we both know he's not leaving them, and this time, I know he's not leaving me. Not after what happened with us both." I spit out to her as she folds her arms across her chest. I look over my shoulder and see Jax standing by the edge of the doorway smiling as he winks at me.

"Good God, I love you." He tells me as he looks back at my mom and winks at her too. She rolls her eyes as he comes to me and kisses my head. Now dressed in a tee and athletic shorts to match my sports bra, tank top and athletic shorts.

He stands beside me fully ready to talk with my mom with me before I hear "Mama!!" Being yelled from upstairs by Lance.

"Go. I'll be okay." Jax whispers as I stare at him and ask with my eyes if he's sure. He nods as he pushes me off by tapping my butt, right in front of my mom. She glares at him when I walk past her and to the stairs before I stop and turn around to her, "Oh mom, it was good to see you too. You know since you haven't returned my calls, only the ones about the kids." I spit out before I walk up the stairs leaving her with Jax.

"Why the fuck do you hate me so damn much?" I immediately ask Rylee's mom as she rolls her eyes.

"I'm not here to speak with you. Only to take my grandkids for the weekend." She spits out as I laugh. "Funny, because they aren't going anywhere with you evil woman." I tell her as she jerks her head around. I know I've hit a soft spot, she loves those grandkids more than anything in the world.

"I hate your guts." She spits out as I nod. "I know that. Why?" I ask as she sighs and turns away.

"Why?!" I ask again as she looks back and points to me. "This. You. Tattoos and big arms? What are you? Godzilla want to be? You think those muscles make you a suitable husband when you leave my daughter and I know you've cheated on her?" She asks as I laugh.

"My body? Really? I have you know your daughter fucking loves my body, and when I'm fucking my wife, she's moaning out how much she loves me while rubbing my tattoos and biceps. I've never, ever, fucked anyone but Rylee in the past eight years. Not since she's been with me, and I never will. Good pussy means you don't have to search for it in other places, especially not when I love that woman with my whole heart. You don't have to know why we didn't work the first time but you will respect our decisions in our house or you will not see a child of ours again. I don't want to take that from you but I will." I tell her as she glares at me.

"She should have married Jacob" she spits out as I laugh. "Before or after he hit her?" I ask as she pales.

"What?" She asks as I nod. "Before or after he hit her on the face for breaking up with him? Before or after he cheated? Or maybe it was the fact that he left her on the street to walk home? That's what you want for your daughter?" I ask as she pales.

"Before you assume anything and make an ass out of yourself know the truth. I beat him to a damn pulp for hurting her, I never have cheated on her once, I don't find any woman attractive but my Ry, and I'll be damned if she's walking home on the street when my rings on that finger and she's mine. She's not leaving this house without me checking the tires on that car to make sure she's safe with my kids. I bet she didn't even tell you she hasn't pumped her own gas in weeks, I've made myself into the man I know she needs. A man that takes care of her, opens her car door, and a man that knows what she's worth. Worth way more than what I put her through, and I've apologized to her, more than I can count and I've promised her, over and over again that if she'd give me a chance, she's never regret it again. I've done just that, I'm not leaving her, you can hate me but I don't fucking care because at the end of the day she's the only one that matters to me in that aspect besides my kids. Hate me, I don't fucking care, but know the truth before you do." I rattle out to her before my anger gets the best of me. I walk down the hallway and stop when I see Ry standing there with the kids beside her. She heard it all.

"Kids go run into grandma." She tells them as they run in. "Did you?" I ask as she immediately nods and comes to me.

I don't have a minute to talk before she's kissing my lips with everything in her. She pushes her tongue into my mouth and grabs my chin as I hold her face. She pulls away before it's heated and immediately rubs my lip with the pad of her thumb.

"Did you mean all that?" She asks as I nod immediately. "I love you Ry." I whisper as she smiles.

"I love you too." She whispers back finally saying those words again making my whole day as I kiss her lips. I grab her head and make her moan while sucking her tongue and rubbing her ass before she's pulling away with pink flushed cheeks and pushes her hair down.

"We'll finish this later tonight." She whispers pulling away as she rubs her hips and I nod immediately.

"Promise? Date nine?" I ask as she nods immediately smiling as she rubs her breasts across my chest.

"You better be ready Jaxton Rutledge." She whispers making me smile as she kisses me again softly.

"Ask him" I ask grinding my erection into her stomach as she laughs and kisses my neck. "Tonight, I promise." She whispers kissing my lips.

And then she's off walking back into the kitchen before I fist the air smiling.

I got my girl back.