Page 107 of The Irresistible One
She was shaking her head, smiling. “I can’t believe he listened to you. I’m his sister. He’s supposed to be loyal to me.”
I nuzzled my nose against hers. “He didn’t want to blow the surprise.”
She flicked her bottom lip with her teeth. “Admittedly, it’s the best surprise.”
“He even offered to watch Ellie.”
“Of course he did. My brother is an amazing guy.” She gripped my collar. “We need to back up for a second. I’m still flabbergasted that you called him and set this up.” She was gazing at me. “And that you took into consideration how I would feel about a weekend away from my daughter and you did everything possible to ease me.”
“Listen to me.” My hands moved to her ass. “I know Abbi comes first in your world. I will never challenge that. The same way Ellie comes first in mine. But my promise to you is that I will do everything in my power to protect your little girl. If that means sending my jet to Florida to pick up your brother, then that’s what I’ll do every time.”
“He’s not taking his jet?” She was trying to hold back her chuckle.
“That bastard said it’s on me—and you can bet your ass I brought up the commission he had made off the yacht sale and threw that in his face more than once.”
“Oh, you two are going to have quite the friendship.” She laughed. “So, the real question is, are you going to allow Hayden to watch Ellie?”
“I thought about it.”
“And?”
“And I checked with Lindsey to see what she thought about it.” I squeezed her cheeks. “Don’t get in your head about that—I run things by Lindsey out of respect, the same way she does with me. We have that kind of understanding because we need to keep things as healthy as possible between us for Ellie.”
“I honestly love that, and it’s so important.” She pulled her hands forward and spread her fingers over my beard. “I hope, one day, I get to meet Lindsey. And I hope when that happens, she’ll get to meet Abbi too.”
“She would really enjoy that.”
Her ass was starting to feel way too fucking good, so I moved her to my side and slipped my arm around her shoulders, pressing my lips to the top of her head.
“You know what’s funny? I can never convince my brother to come here. He always makes me go there. I suppose that’s because he knows I want to see the rest of the fam, and it’s much easier for me to go east than for all of them to come west. But still, it doesn’t sound like it took much to get him to agree.”
My eyes closed. “That’s because he wants us together.”
“I know.” Her finger hooked my belt buckle. “He loves to see me happy, and he knows how capable you are of that. And that you’re a good guy.”
“Me? A good guy?”
As she tilted her head up, my lips fell from her hair.
“Well, you’re a little rough at times, but only during the moments when I beg for it.”
“Sophie …” Her stare turned feral, and I felt it right in my cock. “You’re playing with fucking fire.”
“How so?” She ended her question with a grin that made me ache.
“It’s been far too long since my mouth has been on your body. When we have conversations like this—and some of theones we’ve recently had on the phone—I’m reminded of just how long it’s been.”
“You can change that.”
“Not on date one, remember?” I groaned, knowing it was the right promise, but wishing I hadn’t made it.
“You said we would spend the night apart, and I confirmed I wouldn’t sleep with you. But there are plenty of things we can do besides climbing into each other’s bed and having sex.”
I turned her until she faced me. “What are you saying?”
She took her time scanning to the right and then to the left. “You like an audience, don’t you?”
My growl answered her question, one she had already known the answer to.
