And he’s got just the equipment I want to take a turn with.
My cheeks flush bright red and he smirks, even as he lifts my hand and turns it over, tenderly kissing my palm while I breathlessly stare at him.
“I’ll stop. For now. But just know that I intend to do everything and be everything for you, princess. If you’re not on board, let me know.”
But I sit there blissfully silent just wondering how the hell I got this lucky.
I’m not crazy enough to take that luck for granted either. I’m on board with whatever he wants. And if this is just a one-time thing, well, I’ll deal with my broken heart later. For now, I want to see what it’s like to be with a god among men.
Chapter 7
Mark
The guys smileat Lily as we walk in and I glare at them, annoyed beyond belief. I sit her in one of the booths and carefully hand her a menu.
“Here, princess. You take your time and pick something out. Whatever it is, I’ll bring it to you.”Because if one of those other assholes tries to get near her I just might rip their damn arms off and beat them to death with them.
Nobody’s touching my woman but me. Or there will be hell to pay.
I turn back to the kitchen and growl at the barricade of dumbasses standing around staring at her.
“Don’t you guys have something better to do than stare at a pretty girl?”
Chris grins at me. “Nope. I’m not busy at all. I like to look at pretty girls.”
Growling under my breath, I glare at his pretty face and try to decide if it’s worth it to break his nose. We might have to redo all the food if there’s a spray of blood on it.
Pointing a finger at him, I grunt. “Do not make me rearrange your face, buddy. Stay the hell away from her.”
“She seems nice,” Elias says, wiping down the counters even as he checks out Lily.
“Her name is Lily and she’s mine. Don’t make me prove it. Stay away.”
“What are you going to do? Piss a circle around her?”
Shooting Chris another smoldering glare, I grumble under my breath when he laughs at me.
“Relax. Nobody’s going to mess with your girl. None of us would ever touch another man’s woman. We’ve all seen what happens with that.”
Leave it to Liam to touch on just what’s got me worried and diffuse it. The guy’s a great manager.
“Hey, how about we keep the kids tonight so you can go out with your girl?”
“What do you mean?”
“Bring Casey over to my place and we’ll throw a surprise slumber party for all the kids. It’s been a while since all the kids got to see each other. I’m sure they’ll have a ball and you can enjoy an adult night out for once.”
“I’d appreciate that, man.” Liam is amazing with the kids. I’ve got no qualms about leaving my kid with him.
“You can return the favor sometime.”
“Right. Well, let me go see what Lily wants to try and I’ll ask her. She wasn’t feeling too well last night.”
Liam’s brow scrunches. “Is she sick?”
“Ummm. I don’t want to tell you something she told me in confidence. But you can’t catch it so don’t worry about it.”
“Oh my god,” Chris grunts, wide-eyed. “Does she have cancer?”
