Chapter 207

“I don’t even know what gifts I should have, so maybe that can await my mother waking up. Baby, it’s late. Can we please sleep before I pass out and wake up in a tornado because you get carried away with being able to move things with your mind?” Colton tugs me back to him, despite my slight protest, and I fall against his chest and nestle in the crook of his arm. Relenting when his warm touch reminds me of how good it is to be held by him, and I exhale noisily. Huffing because I just found I have a new toy, and ‘daddy’ Colton is telling me to put it away and go to bed. “We still have so much to figure out and do. We have all the time in the world and a minimum of two days before my mom might wake up. Can we concentrate on us, and this, for now, and sleep? God, I need sleep. In case I didn’t mention, I haven’t slept all that much since you left, and when I did, I dreamed about you and woke up feeling like shit. One good night with you in my bed might be the difference between a good da