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"Care to join us?" She nodded at the unused chairs in front of them When she squirmed to indicate she wanted to resume her seat next to Mikhael, she discovered a certain part of hi her exactly where she was If she ht, just the kind of thing that appealed to her
He gave her a wry look but let her slide off Fortunately, the fit of the jeans and his seated position helped cover it, though it would be noticeable if a wo look she would Ruby, no ht be, would likely refrain in deference to her husband Raina was happy to look at both h Derek could be a pain in the ass, he was a sexy one There was nothing fattening about a two-man visual feast
Derek held Ruby’s chair but declined to sit "We need to talk," he said to Mikhael
"I’m not done with my ice cream Why don’t you sit, unless that stick you carry in your ass isn’t bendy enough?"
"Mikhael," Ruby said "Please don’t goad hiical work also ran the gun shop in town, Arcane Shot, so she wore the store T-shirt, snug black and red Ruby was beautiful, but wiry and strong, with eyes that reflected the sharp intelligence thatshoulder to shoulder with Derek in his dangerous line of work A year ago, she’d been into some messed-up shit, and Mikhael had been in the center of that That history was reflected in her obvious trepidation over the two e
"How about both of you stop goading each other?" Raina interjected "Yes, yes, I get it You’re both bri with testosterone He fucked Ruby, he fucked me, aard, aard, aard, but now she’suntil death do you part, and past is past" She glanced at Ruby "Unless you want me to fuck Derek so we can make it all neat and balanced"
Ruby narrowed her eyes "Over my dead body"
"Good So that’s resolved Try this; it’s awesoe, nuts and ice cream and fed them into Ruby’s mouth before expletives could spill out Then watched her expression glaze
"Oh,That is awesoh nuts left for it" She nodded to the bag folded at her elbow
"They don’t…?"
"Pansy-assed peanut-allergy generation," Mikhael commented "The whole lot of them, fodder for Darwin’s cannon"
"His looks are only surpassed by his compassion," Raina noted "Here, my treat" Since Mikhael hadn’t let her use any money, she pushed bills into Ruby’s hand, pointed to the storefront with the et ice crea ice crea other things Like how Ruby and Mikhael were studiously avoiding eye contact She’d expected it of Ruby, ith Derek here and all, but Mikhael’s reaction surprised her Ato hirets Whichat hiht he’d arrived
She understood the dynarets didn’t mean a desire to hook back up However, there were plenty of women who’d become sloppy seconds when amarried to Derek Storold at the back of a dragon’s lair--guarded by a dragon who never slept
When Derek and Ruby went into the shop to get a sundae for Ruby and probably a twenty-four-scoop banana split for Derek’s enoric-induced appetite, she took another bite of her own treat, found it wasn’t as good as it had been She put the spoon down "Okay, what exactly is it you want to say to her? I can get Derek to take a stroll if you need some alone time"
Mikhael snorted "Your powers of persuasion are considerable, but if you could get hiels"
She nodded He was leaning on the chair’s two back legs, his boot braced on the table Putting her foot against the chair’s axis, she gave it a vicious shove
His battle reflexes showed, because he didn’t try to grab the table He was out of the chair, letting it hit the sill of the ice crea hihted hted the chair and sat back down, this ti how long you were going to pretend it didn’t bother you that she was sitting close enough I could recognize her scent"