She moved through it on instinct, muscle memory taking over, even as her attention kept drifting back to the living room, to Wolf and Jane. She risked a glance.He was sitting on the couch now, Jane perched carefully in his arms as he let her grab onto his fingers, her tiny hands wrapping around them.
He didn’t look uncomfortable, or out of place.
Once dinner was ready, she asked Wolf if he could help her set the table.He complied, Jane still latched onto him.With that done, they ate dinner.It was not awkward as Jade initially thought it would be.
They sat across from each other, Jane between them in her chair, the small space filled with the soft clink of utensils and the occasional babble from Jane.
Wolf didn’t complain about the food.He ate what she made without comment, without complaint.And when Jane got fussy, he reached over without hesitation, distracting her with a low murmur that made her settle almost instantly.
Jade watched him and couldn’t help but try to reconcile this version of him with the one she’d seen at the clubhouse.She wasn’t sure which one was real.Maybe both.
After dinner, Wolf stood, gathering the plates.
“I’ll take care of this,” he said.
Jade blinked.“You don’t have to do that.”
“You did the cooking, let me take care of the dishes,” he pointed out.
The echo of her earlier words.
She hesitated, then nodded.“Okay.”
She picked Jane up instead, pressing a kiss to her hair.
“Bath time,” she murmured.
By the time Jade came back out, the dishes were done, and the lights were dimmed.Wolf stood near the kitchen, drying his hands on a towel.Something about the scene felt domestic, dangerously so.
Jade’s pulse picked up.Jane was asleep, everything else was still.It was just the two of them now.The air felt charged.Wolf looked at her, with the hunger that made her heart race. Jade took a step closer, then another.Her breath caught as the space between them disappeared.
“You still want this?”Wolf asked.She realized he was giving her a way out if she changed her mind.
Jade didn’t hesitate.“Absolutely,” she told him.
Chapter Eight
