“He just needs to miss me a little I think.” Annie cocked her head. “Something you’ll need to learn, Dani, is when these men get out of line, or start to take you for granted, you need to dish out some lady justice. Keep ’em on a tight leash.”
“Shut the hell up, Annie,” Austin said with mock irritation.
I giggled. “If I run into issues with this one, I’ll call you.”
“You will not,” Austin said. “You will never have her phone number.”
“We’ll see,” Annie said. “Let’s get downstairs. I’m ready to get my drink on.”
“You’re comin’ home with us tonight, right?” Austin asked.
“If you don’t mind.”
“We don’t mind,” I said, quickly and climbed off Austin’s lap.
Annie and Austin stood, and Austin grabbed my hand. “We’ll meet you down there, Annie.” She nodded and left the room and Austin pulled me into his arms. “You okay?”
I looped my hands around his neck and smiled. “I will be. I’m sorry I thought the worst.”
“I promise, I’ll never cheat, baby. If I fuck up so badly you stop loving me and giving me you, then we’ll break up, but I won’t ever cheat.”
“I love you.”
“Love you too, babe.” He leaned down and kissed me, and it quickly turned heated. Austin laid me down on the bed and, as was his go-to, he slipped his hand under my shirt and pulled down the cup of my bra. His fingers rolled my nipple and I whimpered as I deepened the kiss. I felt a buzzing from his pocket and he broke the kiss with a curse. Rolling onto his back, he answered his phone. “What? Yeah. Okay.” He hung up.
I sat up and fixed my bra and shirt.
“Sorry, baby. We’ll resume this later,” he said and slid off the mattress, pulling me with him.
“Everything okay?”
Austin nodded. “Bullet’s here.”
“Oh,” I said. “Drama?”
He chuckled. “One thing you’ll learn about Annie, there’s always drama. Come on, let’s go have some fun.”
I checked my appearance in the mirror and then followed him downstairs. A tiny body collided with my legs from behind and I glanced down to see Lily hugging me.
“Dani, Dani, Dani.”
I hunkered down beside her and grinned. “Well, hello pretty girl. How are you?”
Lily jumped up and down. “Daddy said I could stay up and have a cupcake.”
“Oh, my goodness! That’s so exciting. May I join you for the cupcake?”
She nodded.
“But you have to eat your dinner first, right?”
She nodded again, but her little nose went up in a wrinkle.
I giggled. “Good girl.”
I stood again and she slipped her hand in mine as we continued into the great room. We walked in to find a standoff of sorts with Austin, Hawk, Mack, and a tall blond man who was having it out with Annie, however, I didn’t miss his devotion to her. He stayed connected to her, kept himself between her and the other men, and they may have been arguing, but I could see a spark of mischief in her expression, which made me think she was very happy to see her man.
“Daddy!” Lily called.
