Total pages in book: 189
Estimated words: 181808 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 909(@200wpm)___ 727(@250wpm)___ 606(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 181808 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 909(@200wpm)___ 727(@250wpm)___ 606(@300wpm)
Seeing her hand tighten on the book she was holding, Moon prepared himself to be bopped with the picture book.
He held back his grin when she started reading again, then took out his cell phone and started scrolling through the news. Occasionally, he would glance over and see Jace was still wide awake. It was almost midnight before he noticed Jace’s eyelids begin to droop.
“You should put him to bed. He’s almost out,” Moon suggested in a firm voice.
“There’s only one page left of the story.”
“Put him to bed, Larissa. We both have to work in the morning.”
Throwing him a dirty look, she got out of the bed.
He waited until she was in front of the bed before he set her off again by saying, “Put Jace to bed in the nursey, Larissa.”
She stopped in her tracks. “Since when?” she argued. “You’re the one who wants him to sleep in here at night.”
“Tonight, I think we have a little business to settle. Take him to the nursey.”
“Okay, I will.”
The firecracker had agreed too quickly to fool him. She might be smarter, but he was wiser.
“Oh, and Larissa,” he softly called out before she could get through the door. “Don’t be too long. You don’t want me to come looking for you.”
CHAPTER SEVENTY-ONE
“Seriously?”
Coming to an abrupt stop in the bedroom doorway after putting Jace down, Larissa gaped at Moon. The big doofus had removed his sweatpants and was sitting naked in the middle of the bed.
She shut the bedroom door and tried to think of disgusting creatures, like snails, snakes, and spiders, to keep from gawking at Moon.
Why? she mentally cried out. Why does he have the power to melt my body into molten lava?
It’s just not fair! she whined.
“Come to Papa.” He grinned wickedly.
Balefully, she pretended uninterest while her reproductive parts were yelling at her to get her some.
She walked to the side of the bed, then flipped the blanket over to cover his hardened cock. “Mama not in the mood.” Reaching for a pillow, she shoved it under her arm. “I can’t believe you think I’m going to sleep with you tonight. From what you said, I already have your vote. I need to save my strength for Friday. I’m going to be very busy ... Why don’t you go see if Ms. Kissy Face has room for you in her bed?” Proud of herself for keeping her voice low and even, she gave him a dismissive glance.
“But I don’t want to fuck Saffron; I want to fuck you.”
Unable to help herself, she turned around to give him an obscene gesture. “Just in case you don’t read sign language”—she disdainfully turned back to the door—“allow me to translate for you—go fuck yourself.”
She would sleep on the floor before she would sleep with that big—
“Don’t you want to know who I kissed, since I’m being so honest tonight?”
She spun around, snapping her fingers at him. “I don’t give a fig who you kissed. Kiss her a thousand times and see if I care—”
“It was Chastity.”
Drawing a blank, she frowned at him. Did she know anyone named Chastity? She didn’t think so ...
“The saleswomen at the baby boutique.”
“You didn’t!” Her hand clenched the pillow.
“I did.”
Outrage filled her. The woman’s seductive demeanor came back to her in a rush. Unconsciously, she took a step back toward the bed.
“At the store?”
“Nope.” Moon’s eyes moved to her feet. “I went to her apartment.”
Larissa was surprised she didn’t feel hurt. No, she was too furious to be hurt.
“Did. You. Have. Sex.” With each word, she took a step closer to the bed. “With. Her?”
“No.” His grin widened. “But I did get to first base.”
One second, she was standing beside the bed, and the next, she was hitting him with the pillow.
“I’m never going to be able to go to that store again! I’ll have to drive to Lexington!”
She was whaling on him with the pillow when she heard his laughter.
“You’re laughing at me?”
“Yes.” He started laughing harder. “You do know that pillow is ultra soft, right?”
Losing what sanity she was hanging on to, she clenched the pillow with both hands and flew at him. Squeezing her eyes closed, she tried to smother the cheating prick.
“What are you trying to do?”
Her eyes popped open. “Smothering you!”
Moon snatched the pillow away and threw it across the room.
She didn’t let it deter her from getting even. But when she swung her fist at his mouth, she found it grasped in Moon’s hand. Failing at the first attempt, she swung her other fist, only to have it caught, too.
“I hope your lips rot off,” she spat out vindictively.
Since both her hands were trapped, she was left with no recourse. She lowered her head and bit him on the shoulder.
His laughter strangled in his throat.
“Damn, woman, you get vicious when you’re roused. I like it.”