Total pages in book: 58
Estimated words: 56278 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 281(@200wpm)___ 225(@250wpm)___ 188(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 56278 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 281(@200wpm)___ 225(@250wpm)___ 188(@300wpm)
“Did he settle on an alias yet?” Chris asked.
I inclined my head and did my best to conceal any smugness. “Blue.”
Quin huffed. “Your nickname for him.”
I threw him a glance. “You jealous?”
“Jesus fucking Christ, you two,” Chris grated out. “Can you fucking not? He’s headin’ in. Be cool. I think I’m gonna go.”
I furrowed my brow.
“Why?” Quin asked.
“Because this is startin’ to look like a full-blown Three Men and a Baby situation.” He tugged on Quin’s arm too. “Come on, Quin. You already made lunch plans with the kid. Let’s not crowd him.”
Chris had a point. Quinlan protested but let Chris drag him out of here, bitching that he didn’t even get to take a picture, to which Chris said, “Are you fucking kiddin’ me?”
I coughed to hide a chuckle.
Their voices faded until they were behind closed doors, and that was when Kayden walked through the entrance.
Deep breath.
He lit up when he saw me, but I could detect he was nervous.
“Good morning, trainee.” I grinned. “Are you ready for the first day of the rest of your life?”
He exhaled a chuckle, and I pulled him in for a quick kiss and a hug. We tried to be discreet at work, but I just needed something to tide me over until tonight.
He smirked a little and smoothed a hand down my shirt. “That day started when you hunted me down on the tundra.”
Just like that, I went from planning on telling him those three words tonight over dinner, to…right fucking now.
I cupped his face in my hands, and I kissed him harder.
“For me too,” I murmured. I rested my forehead to his. “I was going to tell you tonight, but now I…” I let out a breath and smiled. “I want you to begin your training today, knowing that I love you with all my heart.”
His eyes widened. He hadn’t seen that confession coming. “Holy crap. Really?”
I nodded and kissed his forehead. “More than I can describe.”
He blew out an unsteady breath and smiled. Fuck me if his cheeks didn’t look a little redder.
Gorgeous.
He swallowed hard and fiddled with my top button. “I’ve sort of sensed you getting closer to saying it, especially when we go to bed together.”
I wasn’t surprised. I couldn’t get enough of him. He breathed life into me.
Next, he reached up and kissed me chastely, and he grinned. “I, of course, love you ten times more.”
Christ, I was whipped. Merely hearing him say that made me want to give him the world. Aside from the part where he was utterly wrong.
“Impossible,” I replied. “I think I know best. Daddies always know best.”
His lips parted, and the brattiness ignited in his eyes. I had a second or two to act before we’d both discover how voices carried and echoed in this lobby. So I promptly slapped a hand over his mouth and cocked a brow.
“Don’t you dare, little one.” I gripped his jaw next and smooched his pouty lips. “We can fight it out at home later—see who loves the other one the most—but right now, you’re gonna be a good boy and report to Operator Payne.”
He smashed his lips together, challenge, affection, and determination swimming in his eyes.
“Yes, Sir,” he whispered. “But tonight when we get home, it’s on.”
“It’s so on,” I whispered back.