Weak in the Knees Ch. 05 - Sex Stories

Weak in the Knees Ch. 05

... fine.

"I'm okay, sweetie," Zach told her quietly and she brought her tiny hand up to rub his cheek gently. It hurt a little but he didn't want to react in case it scared her away. Once she seemed like she wouldn't startle, Zach scooped her up and went over to the couch to sit down with her where Diego could join them.

Diego sat gingerly next to Zach and Nadya immediately stepped into his lap and checked his face for damage. When he didn't seem to have any, she nodded to herself as if she had confirmed some suspicion she had and went back to her daddy. She eventually settled herself between them while one of her shows played on the TV. Zayne brought over an ice pack for Zach to put on his lip and eye with the hope the swelling would go down.

Within a week, there was news about Daniel being arrested for assault and Brielle filing for divorce. Worse than that, though, was an article that had reporters flooding to one of Zach's builds to try and catch him for commentary, as his Multiple Sclerosis diagnosis had been leaked. It made Zev force Zach to stay at home and hide for a bit so he could get the paparazzi away from the building site, but Zach was fuming over it, especially because he was still healing and his wounds had made Nadya more clingy.

There was talk about who leaked it, whether it could be someone violating HIPAA, but Zach was pretty sure that Daniel had done it, and they couldn't do much about it. It was a retaliation for going to the police and he had ...

... no avenues to make Daniel pay for that, though Brielle was furious.

"I will happily ruin him in the press," Brielle told Zach one night at dinner when they had everyone over. "The divorce is already filed so I can spin it like I'm the victim of his secret dickings."

Zach snorted. "Nah, it's fine. It would have likely come out eventually, I'm just angry he took away my choice in it."

"I'm angry he exists, at this point," Brinxton grumbled.

"Well now you don't ever have to call him your brother-in-law again," Zayne said with a gentle elbow to Brinxton's side.

"And we never have to hang out with him again," Zach added.

"Out with the old!" Elias said as he raised his glass and then glanced over at Diego before he said, "And in with the new!"

Diego looked apologetically mortified at Brielle and said, "Sorry honey, I don't swing that way. You'll have to find someone else for that position!"

Everyone laughed at that while Zach lightly slapped Elias on the arm in jest. Brielle gave an exaggerated pout but then laughed when she couldn't keep it up anymore. Then Brielle looked at Zach to take in his healing wounds and patted his cheek before looking over at Diego with a smile.

"Just take care of this one and it's all good," she replied.

"No promises. What if he likes it rough?" Diego asked exaggeratedly.

Brielle looked over Zach appraisingly and then shrugged. "As long as he's happy, I suppose. Though let those poor bruises and cuts heal first."

Zayne ...