“I know that, Fea. Go get him anyway. We can practice more coding today.”
Deep breath in and out. Men rarely make sense. “Max, babies don’t code.”
“This one will. Well, not until he learns fine motor skills, but I can see it in his eyes. He’s a born computer geek, like me. So go get my little buddy. If something happens that I need to leave early, I’ll arrange for someone to come watch him here.”
Watch him here? “Dash is a baby. This is a bakery.”
“You’re awfully cute when you’re confused.”
“Hey, Beautiful.”
An arm comes around my shoulders, and my entire body locks up.
Pea Green
Max
I barely stop my fist from reaching across the table and smashing into Canyon’s face. He’s touching Fiona with a smile on his face. That smile is going to be toothless and bloody in two seconds.
How dare he touch my woman?
Wait, did he say, ‘hey, beautiful’?
Is this some kind of game with them? I don’t care if they’ve been friends for over a decade. It’s going to stop right away.
Even if I have to break his arm to do it…
The arm that’s currently on my woman as she’s cringing away.
“Hey, Canyon.” Fiona smiles up at him as her body relaxes.
“I’m looking forward to our date.”
WHAT DID HE JUST SAY?
NO.
NO.
NO.
Nonna said Fiona wasn’t dating anyone. That…that she was waiting for me just as much as I was waiting for her.
“Me too.” She turns and smiles up at Canyon.
A vortex pulls my heart in, crushing my soul like a can in a vacuum.
“Max, have you met my boyfriend, Canyon?”
Fiona expects me to speak when the lump of rage and pain filling my throat only keeps growing. “I’ve known Canyon for years.” And feel a totally unreasonable wish to have killed him accidentally one of the times we sparred together. “Have you two been dating a long time?”
Canyon looks at Fiona with a raised eyebrow.
“It’s…um...We just recently started dating.” She turns back to look at me. “You know how it is with new relationships, right?”
No. No, I obviously don’t, because I completely missed the fact that you were dating someone while I was badly trying to woo you.
Ten minutes ago, I was picturing us married, adopting Dash.
