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"Anyway, dropped Emmy’s off with her, but she was on the phone when I cao catch up e finish our little lunch date" She turns back to her food, takes a few bites before closing up what’s left, and walking over to the fridge in my office to save the rest
I toss the empty containers from my meal in the trashcan and pull her into les and wraps her arainst et the word out before her lips crush against h kiss that shows et here I answer every ether, and it doesn’t take long before her kiss starts to turn ive her a minute Her eyes are still closed and her breath coainst my face She takes a few beats before her lips curl into a beautiful smile It feels like I’ve been handed the whole world in ivesThere’s nothing fake or forced about it When she opens her eyes, the blinding joy that is like a blazing fire inside her, spills out I give her a smile in return, and let the rest of the stress and worry from the day just pour off of ainst my shoulder and shifts so she’s more comfortable in my lap I keep one arm around her back to support her body but take her s her silky skin with s ell today"
I nod
"He took it about as hard as I thought he would but in the end you’re right He needed to know, and I feel so hs and the sound wraps around me I close oing to be okay I know this isn’t so that he’ll just snap and be over, but he has Melissa and Cohen to help hih it" She leans up, pulls her hands free, and frames my face Her thumbs rub the stubble of s heraway "And I have you"
She sht there I can see it She’s le, last one of those things that has been hurting her go Like a sea of balloons being released into the sky, you can alo
"Always"
If possible, her ser before she lays her head back down and pushes her arether, and a peace like I haven’t known in a long ti around us, I just enjoy thiswalks by my office door, and I turn ives me a look that confir to need a little while before he can ht He stands there for a few minutes and keeps his eyes on Dee’s back I can’t tell what’s running through his mind, but then he silently looks back up and offers ot his approval, acceptance, and happiness that Dee is in good hands That right there is the look of the man who has accepted responsibility for Dee as if she were his own blood relation, letting go and allowing me to take over that honor
Chapter 26
After lunch with Beck, I spend some time with E to Maddox’s last grunt filled, one-word response, phone call, she is happily being ‘fluffed like a fucking bird’ I start laughing so hard that I almost drop the phone when he tells me that Sway has already tried to sit on his lap twice Those guys can play all they want, but they secretly love the attention that Sway is not shy about throwing at theet Sway a man Not just any man, but we need so Certified, grade-A, hunksouys had and drops her jaw
"You aren’t seriously thinking about playing ht?"
"Why not? It shouldn’t be that hard to find hiht now, there would be afor companionship!"
Emmy snorts "Yeah,You can’t pick hi’s List… That’s just dirty"
"Okay then, Ms I Know Everything, where would you like to find him a man?" I cross my arh trouble withup someone else’s" She turns her attention back to the co me off
Whatever I turn around from the front desk and take in their lobby I was shocked when Greg toldThe lobby is pretty dark, but still welco Emmy’s desk is the center of attention when you walk in the door, literally, the first thing you can see Then of course, there is the Corps Security logo in huge black letters behind her head The walls are a dark gray, and on either side of Eray coffee table with various piles of crapsome red accents around the place to at least , will you catch her’ gloomy
I walk over to the left of her desk, pick up the es
"Eot to take an important call in the conference room, so hold all the other calls, and when Coop coet in here" Beck’s voice draws ives me a brief kiss "You okay up here for a second? We’re just right down the hall"
I smile up at him and reach out to rub the frown fro the benefits of getting into the piic"