She was chewing her lip as she watched me crouch beside her.
“Maybe.”
“What’s going on?” She looked like she was blushing, only I hadn’t even said anything yet to do that. Then she squirmed a little in her chair.
“Caroline,” I leaned close to whisper in her ear, “are you horny right now?”
She gasped, pushing me back, but then she leaned closer to me.
“It was… it was really hot how you stood up for him. I… I really like how protective you are.”
Fuck me. Now I was fucking horny too. I wanted her right now, only that wasn’t possible, was it?
“Jesus, baby, you’re gonna kill me with this.”
She giggled. She fucking giggled, as she turned us both on, while we were stuck in a room with Rocket of all people.
“You’ll pay for this later, do you understand, little lady?”
Another giggle, and more squirming. How the fuck was I supposed to get through the rest of the day now?
“I’m going to fucking devour you later, do you hear me? I’m going to make you scream my name as you come all over my tongue.”
A soft gasp, and wide blinking eyes, were her response. She hadn’t wanted me to before, because she wanted to kiss, meaning I didn’t give her the full… experience. This time I was going downtown, because I also wanted to kiss, but my way.
“Can you two maybe get a room? I’m getting grossed out over here.”
I fixed a pissed off glare on the fucking eavesdropper, and he cursed.
“Fuck’s sake, VP. You’re in a public place, and I’m not the only one who can see and hear you.Hi, Leah.”
My blood practically fucking chilled in my veins, as I realised my daughter was in the fucking shop right now, and I was too busy fighting a hard-on, while I dirty talked my girlfriend.
“Fuck,” I whispered, standing up slowly, so I could adjust my jeans as I leaned down and pressed a kiss against Caroline’s head, “to be continued, little lady.”
Caroline
HARLEY’S DAUGHTER HAD WALKED in on us! I mean, it’s not like we were literally doing, you know,the thing, but it was still really intimate, and mortifying. Rocket was chuckling to himself, that sound growing louder as Harley flipped a discreet middle finger at him as he turned to greet his daughter, so I shot him a glare too. He widened his eyes, and faked biting his fingernails in terror. Idiot. I couldn’t help giggling though, because he was a huge guy pretending to be scared of little old me.
“Leah, what brings you here, kiddo?”
His daughter promptly burst into tears, and I gasped, while Rocket dumped his gear, and stepped out of his part of the shop. While she didn’t look exactly like her father, I could see similarities, but while she was so upset, what I mostly saw was an expression I hoped to never put on Harley’s face. I had no idea what had happened to her, but all three of us were already on the alert.
Harley held Leah against his chest as she sobbed.
“Talk to me, kiddo. Whatever’s wrong, we can fix it, yeah?”
“If someone hurt her, I’ll help you kill ’em, VP,” Rocket offered, and instead of a snarky response, I saw Harley shoot him a grateful glance. Watching him hold her, comforting his daughter, I felt another wave of what I was starting to recognise as love, as I watched him protecting the other woman in his life. How lucky she was to have a dad like him.
I popped into the small bathroom, and grabbed a handful of toilet paper, and returned, pressing it into Harley’s hand. He squeezed my fingers gently and thanked me silently.
“Okay, kiddo. That’s it. You have to talk to me now, because I’m imagining all kinds of shit here. Did someone hurt you?”
She shook her head, then paused and nodded, letting out another loud sob.
“They took it, dad!”
I grabbed one of the paper cups from the stack by the coffee machine, and half filled it with water, bringing it to Leah, as Harley moved her back, so he could see her.
