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Chapter Forty-Four

P-Nut

Joey’s eventual acceptance of my kidnapping the ATF agent proved to me she was in it for the long haul. There was no doubt in my mind that she’d make it through the thick and the thin. I needed to make her feel the same way about me, but had no idea how to prove myself to her.

“Yours is better,” I said.

Her fork clanked against her plate. “It is not.”

“Damned sure is.”

“This place is the best Italian in San Diego.”

“According to the reviews. How many of those people have eaten your lasagna?”

“None.”

“Precisely.”

She lifted her fork to her mouth and took a bite. After swallowing, she smiled a shy smile. “Thank you.”

“For what?”

“Everything. For bringing me here.”

“You shouldn’t have to cook every night.”

“I like to cook for you.”

“And, from time to time, I like to take you out so you don’t have to.”

“From time to time, I’ll accept the invitation.” She took a drink of wine. “This wine is making me loopy.”

“That’s what wine does.”

She leaned forward, glanced over each shoulder, and then met my gaze. “I want to suck your dick,” she whispered.

I let out a light laugh. “You’re drunk.”

“Drunk and horny.”

“Well, there’s not going to be any dick sucking in here, and it’s pretty tough on the sled, so you’ll just have to wait.”

She rested her chin against the palm of her hand and gazed into my eyes for a long moment. “I’ll suck your dick in the street.”

“In the street?”

“Yep.”

I took a drink of my beer and studied her. She was adorable. Not because she was willing to perform oral sex on the hot asphalt, but because everything about her, when assembled, defined perfection.

She was flawless.

“I might take you up on that one of these days, but right now we need to finish our meal.”

She sat up and let out a sigh. “Okay. But the offer stands. Now, and always.”

“I’ll keep that in mind.”