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“My girl’s kicking ass,” Brett said. “Now, it’s up to you, Ford, to shelter that money from the tax gods, so it doesn’t all go to Uncle Sam.”I laughed.James had become one of my largest clients. As her earnings increased, so did the workload.“You know I’m on it,” I told him.“For what she’s paying you, you’d better be.” He clinked his glass against mine.“Listen,” I said to him, “if you two start having some kids, it’ll make things a lot easier on me. I can set up—”“You’re preaching to the choir, my man.” Brett took a drink of his scotch. “I’ve told her this countless times. I’m ready. I’m just waiting on her.”James was young. At the peak of her career.I understood why she wanted to wait.“Maybe, during your next meeting, you can talk to her about pulling the goalie,” Brett said. “Tell her it’s for tax purposes.”I chuckled. “Now, that’s a topic I’m staying far away from.”“I know a topic I’m going to harp on tonight,” Declan said.I groaned and nursed my drink. “If it’s Hannah,
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“Dude, I saw the same thing last week,” Jenner said, his eyes now on me. “When she stopped by the office with Everly and I came in to talk to you. The way she was looking at you”—he sighed—“man, there’s no question in my mind. That girl has feelings, and they’re strong.”She had feelings.I could sense that the night in my kitchen.The way she had tried to take care of me over FaceTime.But what the hell am I supposed to do?Put myself first and Everly second?“There’s more,” Brett said.“More?” I wrapped my hand around my empty glass, squeezing it in my palm. “How could there be more?”Brett rested his arms on the table, folding his hands together. “When you gave her the ultimatum, she knew better than to choose you.”“What do you mean?” I asked.“With your track record, she’d lose you to Everly. I’m sure she figured that out. Did she go in through the back door? Maybe. If I were in her shoes, that’s what I would have done. But does it matter? Hell no. Because while she’s been fallin
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“She’s with my parents.”Sydney’s hand went to her chest, as though she could finally breathe. “I just had a heart attack.”I smiled.“Don’t laugh at me, Ford. I did.” She fanned her face with her purse. “All I could picture was that little muffin all alone in your house and—I can’t.”“It’s all good. Don’t worry.”She glanced toward the ground.Since she was no longer looking at me, I took my time, taking her in. The dress was one I hadn’t seen her wear before, fitting her the same as the night we had met at the bar. The top hugged her tits, revealing a sexy amount of cleavage, the sides showing those achingly beautiful curves. The bottom landed far above her knees, her gorgeous, long, lean legs ending in a pair of sky-high heels.I wasn’t just hard.I was fucking throbbing.“Except I think I just lost years of my life.” She patted her chest, like she was pushing air back into her lungs. “Anyway, I’m sorry I’m coming home so late. Gabby and I were at a bar, and”—she shrugged—“I don’t
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With her head still tilted back, she was unaware that I’d closed the distance between us until my mouth surrounded the same finger she had just sucked.“Ah!” she gasped the second I dipped to her knuckle, licking the remainder of the sweetness she had left behind. “Ford …”My tongue swirled around her skin, and once it was clean, I pulled her finger out and went in for the cupcake, taking a bite. “Delicious.” I chewed, swallowed. “But not as delicious as you.”She smiled, glancing away. “What are you doing to me?”“What I should have done a long time ago.”My hands gripped her sides, and I was overtaken by the coconut—a scent that now drove me fucking mad.“But, Ford, you’re going to regret this again.” Her eyes were on me, her voice a whisper.Her back was against the island. She was unable to move. That was exactly where I wanted her—caged in by me.“The only thing I’ll regret is not telling you how much I want you.”She sucked in a huge breath. “Don’t.” She paused. “Don’t do this t
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There was so much emotion in her eyes. Not the kind that dripped, but the kind that stirred, that swirled. And she stayed silent while she gazed at me.“Ford …” Her head dropped, her chest rising and falling so fast.My breathing matched as I waited.Every tick, every fucking beat excruciating.When she finally glanced up again, there was a new kind of emotion in her stare.One I was positive I recognized.Her arms wrapped around my shoulders, her hands diving into my hair. “I would pick her over and over again. Everly means everything to me.” She took a breath. “But I want you both, and the truth is, I always have.”I couldn’t wait.My lips slammed against hers, and I held our faces together.My tongue couldn’t wait either, slowly sliding into her mouth, tasting her.That flavor.That heat.It wasn’t enough.I needed more.I reached behind her back, lowering the zipper until it hit the counter and I couldn’t go any farther. The space was enough to slip off the tiny straps from her ar
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She was dripping.Clenching.“Fuck, Sydney.”I repositioned her, moving her ass to the lip of the counter, and I held those perfect fucking cheeks while I thrust in. With her knees bent, I had full access.I could pound.I could twist.I could reach the deepest part of her.And I was—a section of her body that was the tightest.That made her moan the loudest.I stayed in, grinding my hips, circling within her.She was holding our bodies together, her arms around my shoulders, her mouth on mine. I could taste her groans; I could feel them vibrating against my tongue.“Ford …” She swallowed and gasped in more air. “I’m so close.”I reached down and rubbed my thumb over her clit.It was already drenched from my tongue, and now, it was hard as her body began to build.“Ohhh.” Her nails stabbed me, her hips moving with me. “Yes!”As she tightened, her pussy started to suck my cock, like it was trying to pull the cum out of me.“Fuck,” I hissed, doing everything I could to hold off my orgas
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She cleared her throat. “But now, I’m flat, in darkness, buried under the blanket—and much better.” She paused. “Tell me the details. Was there talking or just humping?”“We started with talking, which then led to humping.”“And?”“The guilt was gone. He wants this.” I sucked in a breath. “He wants us.”Gabby sighed. “Thank fuck. I was starting to worry about that man and his ability to see what was right in front of him.”“He saw.” I remembered the words he had said. The way they hit me. The way they made me question. The way they settled every bit of apprehension I’d been feeling. “It just took him time to admit to himself that I’m what he wants. He knew all along, like I knew I wanted him, but coming to terms with that isn’t easy, not when you have a child to protect.”“You’re the queen of understanding, you know that?”The sun was just starting to rise in the sky, a sight that made me smile. “I don’t know about that. I just get the dynamics of family because kids are all I know.”
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“Even though I no longer work for their family, I will be in their lives forever. I love those kids. Nothing will ever change that.” I gazed into his eyes, trying to read them—something I’d never really been able to do with Ford. “Regardless of what happens between us, I will always be here for Everly. I know that’s one of the things that worries you, and I’m telling you, you don’t have to worry.”His eyes closed for the briefest of seconds, like he was processing this news. “What about your job? Do you still want to be her nanny?”“Of course.” I took a breath. “Absolutely.”“You think you’ll be able to do both?” His hand lowered to my neck, tilting my face up a bit more to meet him. “Date me and nanny her?”My stomach fluttered at the thought.That was what I’d wanted since my interview.What I’d thought about every night when I crawled into the other side of Gabby’s bed, trying to tire my mind enough to fall asleep, and now, as I slept above the garage.It was what I thought of ever
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