I grab the gun from underneath my pillow and run out of the bedroom.
“I’m only armed with a baby.” Declan freezes with one hand in the air. I lower my gun with an annoyed sigh.
“I thought we were under attack.”
“Only from the terrible twos.” Declan places Aisling in her highchair. “She knocked the plate out of my hand.”
“It’s a casualty I can live with.”
“Not me. I was looking forward to that sausage.”
“Five-second rule?”
“Nah, I’ll just make more.” Declan just stands there staring at me.
“What are you looking at?” I demand defensively.
“I like your outfit.” I glance down at what I’m wearing. A T-shirt that barely covers my ass and a pair of underwear. The gun my accessory.
I should probably go change, but I’ve had so little entertainment the last few days.
“It’s comfortable.” I walk toward him, and his eyes widen like an ensnared K-9. “I’ll take some breakfast now that I’m up.” I place the gun on top of the cabinet, far out of reaching distance from Aisling. Lord only knows what damage she’d be capable of if she got her hands on it.
I make myself a cup of coffee and sit down at the small table in the kitchen.
Declan hasn’t moved a muscle.
“You aren’t going to change?” he asks.
“Do I need to?” I tuck one leg under the other.
“No, not on account of me.” His alight gaze slides down between my legs.
“Sausage?”I request.
His eyes jump up to mine. “I have every kind you want.”
“The breakfast kind is good for now,” I smirk devilishly as I sip my coffee.
“We can start there.”
“We can end there, too.”
“If that’s the case, don’t be such a fucking cock tease.” He turns around and lights the stovetop. Aisling bangs her hands on the highchair tray.“Lon Lon.” That’s the name she has bestowed me.
“Morning, munchkin.” I push a marshmallow-shaped rainbow from her dry cereal toward her, and she eats it happily. “Who’s being a cock tease?”
“You are. Parading around half naked talking about sausage.”Declan cleans up the mess on the floor. Lucky for us, Corelle rarely breaks.
“I have to get my kicks where I can.”
“Well, it’s not funny.”He slaps some more sausage into the pan.
“You’re extra testy this morning.”
“You’d be, too, if you hadn’t gotten laid in months.”
“Probably,” I agree. “There are other ways to take care of yourself.”
