what I don’t understand. You’ve been here for almost a month with no contact, and suddenly he’s here every day.”
“He knows something is going on with me, but I won’t tell him what it is. It’s put him into full-blown big brother role, which for Rory is taking protectiveness to the nth degree.” Kiesha winced. “While I never had any siblings, I’m learning through Alex that a male shifter in protective mode was no little thing. It has the power to drive any self-respecting, independently thinking, mature woman positively batty. Do you think he’d let up off of you if he had something else to do?”
“He has other things to do. The man owns a construction company, for God’s sake.
You’d think he has enough to do without bothering me all the time. I can’t even work in my own home because he’s always underfoot. I didn’t see this much of him when we lived in the same house.”
Kiesha pounced on her statement, eyes gleaming with excitement. “He owns a construction company? You think you could get him to do some finishing work for me at the store? The contractor I hired went to another project he’d committed to prior to his accepting my bid. I knew it was a possibility, but I was hoping we’d be done by now so that it wouldn’t be an issue.”
34 Zena Wynn
“All you can do is ask. I’m sure he won’t turn you down, if for no other reason than that it gives him the opportunity to check you out,” Shannon said ironically.
Mary Elizabeth came back to the table with her lips swollen and a glow on her face.
Neither Kiesha nor Shannon mentioned the scent of arousal that lingered around her. She heaved a sigh of relief and motioned to the coffee cups in front of them. “Oh, good, you already got coffee. Sorry, I got…detained. The food will be out in a few minutes. What did I miss?”
Kiesha rolled her eyes. “We were discussing overprotective men of the shifter variety.” Shannon nodded in agreement.
“Are we referring to your brother? Or are you complaining about the way Alex has been hovering since you became pregnant?”
“Don’t even get me started about Alex,” Kiesha said with a groan. “The man makes me crazy. He’s a doctor. There’s no telling how many babies he’s delivered over the course of his career. You’d think this child I’m carrying was the first baby in all of creation with the way he’s been carrying on.”
Shannon laughed. “It may not be the first child of all creation, but it is his first. From what you told me, he’s been waiting a long time for you and this baby. Cut the man some slack. At least you’re still leaving the house and going to work every day. Some women can’t even do that much.”
Kiesha narrowed her eyes. “If you only knew what a battle that was. I had to put my foot down. He wasn’t against my working, but he wanted to have one of the wolves in the pack follow me around when he couldn’t be with me.”
“How did you convince him otherwise?” Mary Elizabeth asked. “Hugh threatened me with the very same thing. I need all of the pointers on dealing with stubborn males I can get.”
Kiesha’s smile was smug. “I told him if he did so it would make me extremely unhappy.
It would place unnecessary stress on me, and stress wasn’t good for the baby.”
“You played the baby card,” Shannon said, feeling a bit envious of the loving relationships her two friends had found, despite their complaining.
Mary Elizabeth laughed. “You better use it sparingly. Only pull it out for the big arguments, the ones you feel yourself losing. Lord knows, I lose more than my fair share of arguments with Hugh. Almost makes me wish I had a baby card of my own to play.” Kiesha winked at them. “Don’t worry. I only use it in times of extreme emergency. The rest of the time, I play the sex card. It’s amazing what an alpha male will agree to when he’s sated and relaxed after a good round of sex.”
“Hear! Hear!” Mary Elizabeth
“He knows something is going on with me, but I won’t tell him what it is. It’s put him into full-blown big brother role, which for Rory is taking protectiveness to the nth degree.” Kiesha winced. “While I never had any siblings, I’m learning through Alex that a male shifter in protective mode was no little thing. It has the power to drive any self-respecting, independently thinking, mature woman positively batty. Do you think he’d let up off of you if he had something else to do?”
“He has other things to do. The man owns a construction company, for God’s sake.
You’d think he has enough to do without bothering me all the time. I can’t even work in my own home because he’s always underfoot. I didn’t see this much of him when we lived in the same house.”
Kiesha pounced on her statement, eyes gleaming with excitement. “He owns a construction company? You think you could get him to do some finishing work for me at the store? The contractor I hired went to another project he’d committed to prior to his accepting my bid. I knew it was a possibility, but I was hoping we’d be done by now so that it wouldn’t be an issue.”
34 Zena Wynn
“All you can do is ask. I’m sure he won’t turn you down, if for no other reason than that it gives him the opportunity to check you out,” Shannon said ironically.
Mary Elizabeth came back to the table with her lips swollen and a glow on her face.
Neither Kiesha nor Shannon mentioned the scent of arousal that lingered around her. She heaved a sigh of relief and motioned to the coffee cups in front of them. “Oh, good, you already got coffee. Sorry, I got…detained. The food will be out in a few minutes. What did I miss?”
Kiesha rolled her eyes. “We were discussing overprotective men of the shifter variety.” Shannon nodded in agreement.
“Are we referring to your brother? Or are you complaining about the way Alex has been hovering since you became pregnant?”
“Don’t even get me started about Alex,” Kiesha said with a groan. “The man makes me crazy. He’s a doctor. There’s no telling how many babies he’s delivered over the course of his career. You’d think this child I’m carrying was the first baby in all of creation with the way he’s been carrying on.”
Shannon laughed. “It may not be the first child of all creation, but it is his first. From what you told me, he’s been waiting a long time for you and this baby. Cut the man some slack. At least you’re still leaving the house and going to work every day. Some women can’t even do that much.”
Kiesha narrowed her eyes. “If you only knew what a battle that was. I had to put my foot down. He wasn’t against my working, but he wanted to have one of the wolves in the pack follow me around when he couldn’t be with me.”
“How did you convince him otherwise?” Mary Elizabeth asked. “Hugh threatened me with the very same thing. I need all of the pointers on dealing with stubborn males I can get.”
Kiesha’s smile was smug. “I told him if he did so it would make me extremely unhappy.
It would place unnecessary stress on me, and stress wasn’t good for the baby.”
“You played the baby card,” Shannon said, feeling a bit envious of the loving relationships her two friends had found, despite their complaining.
Mary Elizabeth laughed. “You better use it sparingly. Only pull it out for the big arguments, the ones you feel yourself losing. Lord knows, I lose more than my fair share of arguments with Hugh. Almost makes me wish I had a baby card of my own to play.” Kiesha winked at them. “Don’t worry. I only use it in times of extreme emergency. The rest of the time, I play the sex card. It’s amazing what an alpha male will agree to when he’s sated and relaxed after a good round of sex.”
“Hear! Hear!” Mary Elizabeth
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