“I’m looking forward to getting to know you, Kye.”
With a smile, Katy turned and walked back to the table where her sister sat. The entire group left the restaurant a few seconds later, the kids wailing and complaining as they went.
Once Katy and her crew were gone, Michaela slapped him on the chest. “What the hell was that?” she asked.
“What do you mean?” Kye removed his arm from around her shoulders and placed the diaper bag he carried on top of the table before he took out a bottle of formula.
“You know exactly what I mean. Why would you accept Katy’s offer to go out for dinner tonight? If you couldn’t tell, I’m not comfortable being around her. She was the bane of my existence in high school. One year, I ended up with no friends because of her. She was a mean, spiteful bitch back then and I doubt she’s changed over the years. If anything, she could be worse. Plus, I saw the way she looked at you. That just pissed me off.”
Kye gave Michaela a heated look. “So you don’t like another woman checking me out?”
“Of course not,” she said softly.
He gave her a hard, fast kiss, then took Nevaeh out of her arms. “Good, because you’re the only woman I want groping me with her gaze.” Kye waggled his eyebrows at Michaela.
She shook her head and chuckled. “You are bad.”
“And you like it.” He took the bottle out of the portable warmer and fed Nevaeh.
“True. Even though I don’t like that we now have to go out with Katy, thanks for the other part you did. Pretending to be my husband, and that Nevaeh is our daughter.”
“Thanks aren’t necessary. I couldn’t help noticing you weren’t thrilled to see her. I was able to put two and two together after I heard her say you went to high school together.”
“Well, thanks, anyway.”
Michaela leaned in and kissed him softly, lingering a little longer over him than a short peck would entail. It had Kye fighting his mating urge. God, did he want her. Now that he’d found her, he couldn’t picture a future without her in his life. If only she weren’t mortal, she’d be his already.
He cleared his throat, forcing the instinct to mate aside. “So you really aren’t angry about us seeing Katy later, are you? I have a reason why I accepted her offer, and it’s not because she is going to pick up the bill. I figured at the restaurant I’d bring her down a peg or two.”
“No, not really, but I’m not looking forward to dinner as much as I was when it would’ve been just the two of us. And what exactly do you have planned to accomplish that feat?”
Kye smiled. “Easy. I’m going to show her what a loving and doting husband I am to you while I look down my nose at her. If she thinks I’d give her a second look she’s mistaken. She comes across as having a big ego. My not falling for her charms should be a blow to it.”
Michaela laughed. “Yeah, she does have one. Katy was on the cheerleading squad and was prom queen. You could say her ego is huge. She’d find it inconceivable that a man like you would be more interested in me than her.”
He pulled the nipple to the now empty bottle from between the baby’s lips and put her on his shoulder to burp. His gaze locked on Michaela’s and his voice dropped to a husky timbre with the desire he felt for her. “Remember, I already told you that you are the only woman for me. And I don’t really care if she thinks I should be attracted to her. All that matters is that you know she can try her best to come between us, but it won’t change how I feel about you.”
Kye audibly heard Michaela swallow. Her eyes seemed to grow heavy-looking, and he once again smelled the delicate scent of her arousal in the air around them. His cock jerked, throbbing in time with his accelerated heart rate. The way things were going, he’d end up with blue balls. It also pushed home the fact he’d have to screw up enough courage in the next day or so to tell Michaela his secret. The
With a smile, Katy turned and walked back to the table where her sister sat. The entire group left the restaurant a few seconds later, the kids wailing and complaining as they went.
Once Katy and her crew were gone, Michaela slapped him on the chest. “What the hell was that?” she asked.
“What do you mean?” Kye removed his arm from around her shoulders and placed the diaper bag he carried on top of the table before he took out a bottle of formula.
“You know exactly what I mean. Why would you accept Katy’s offer to go out for dinner tonight? If you couldn’t tell, I’m not comfortable being around her. She was the bane of my existence in high school. One year, I ended up with no friends because of her. She was a mean, spiteful bitch back then and I doubt she’s changed over the years. If anything, she could be worse. Plus, I saw the way she looked at you. That just pissed me off.”
Kye gave Michaela a heated look. “So you don’t like another woman checking me out?”
“Of course not,” she said softly.
He gave her a hard, fast kiss, then took Nevaeh out of her arms. “Good, because you’re the only woman I want groping me with her gaze.” Kye waggled his eyebrows at Michaela.
She shook her head and chuckled. “You are bad.”
“And you like it.” He took the bottle out of the portable warmer and fed Nevaeh.
“True. Even though I don’t like that we now have to go out with Katy, thanks for the other part you did. Pretending to be my husband, and that Nevaeh is our daughter.”
“Thanks aren’t necessary. I couldn’t help noticing you weren’t thrilled to see her. I was able to put two and two together after I heard her say you went to high school together.”
“Well, thanks, anyway.”
Michaela leaned in and kissed him softly, lingering a little longer over him than a short peck would entail. It had Kye fighting his mating urge. God, did he want her. Now that he’d found her, he couldn’t picture a future without her in his life. If only she weren’t mortal, she’d be his already.
He cleared his throat, forcing the instinct to mate aside. “So you really aren’t angry about us seeing Katy later, are you? I have a reason why I accepted her offer, and it’s not because she is going to pick up the bill. I figured at the restaurant I’d bring her down a peg or two.”
“No, not really, but I’m not looking forward to dinner as much as I was when it would’ve been just the two of us. And what exactly do you have planned to accomplish that feat?”
Kye smiled. “Easy. I’m going to show her what a loving and doting husband I am to you while I look down my nose at her. If she thinks I’d give her a second look she’s mistaken. She comes across as having a big ego. My not falling for her charms should be a blow to it.”
Michaela laughed. “Yeah, she does have one. Katy was on the cheerleading squad and was prom queen. You could say her ego is huge. She’d find it inconceivable that a man like you would be more interested in me than her.”
He pulled the nipple to the now empty bottle from between the baby’s lips and put her on his shoulder to burp. His gaze locked on Michaela’s and his voice dropped to a husky timbre with the desire he felt for her. “Remember, I already told you that you are the only woman for me. And I don’t really care if she thinks I should be attracted to her. All that matters is that you know she can try her best to come between us, but it won’t change how I feel about you.”
Kye audibly heard Michaela swallow. Her eyes seemed to grow heavy-looking, and he once again smelled the delicate scent of her arousal in the air around them. His cock jerked, throbbing in time with his accelerated heart rate. The way things were going, he’d end up with blue balls. It also pushed home the fact he’d have to screw up enough courage in the next day or so to tell Michaela his secret. The
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