Page 79 of Luci’s Lullaby

She nods. “Yeah, I didn’t tell you?”

“Uh, no. You could’ve stayed last night.”

“I haven’t decided to stay tonight, but I did bring clothes.” She grins shyly.

“I say we call in delivery and get our veg on.”

“You mean, do nothing all weekend?” She sits up.

“What’s the kids call it? Netflix and chill?” She slaps her hand over her mouth, stifling her laugh. “What?”

“I’m pretty sure that means have sex and chill.” She giggles.

“No way, are you sure?”

“Not really, but I say we watch Netflix and relax,” she says with a glint in her eyes. A lightness fills my chest, sending a shiver down my back. “Are you cold?”

I shake my head. “No, we haven’t been up long. I think it was reflexes.”

She leans over with her hand in the air and flicks a piece of my hair where it’s standing on end. “I could tell by the bedhead.”

“Luci has bedhead too.”

“I see that; it’s good to know y’all are finally sleeping.” She smiles at me sweetly.

“It only took us three and a half months.”

“She’s almost four months?” She frowns.

“She starts her shots Monday. I think we’re running behind on everything.”

She wrinkles her nose. “Two weeks, not a big deal.”

We sit on opposite ends of the sofa while Luci sleeps, loving on her and talking. When she wakes, we find food for all of us. Charlee is sitting at the counter with Luci in her arms as we eat.

“Do you know how happy I am you had Lo Mein in the refrigerator?” She slurps a noodle down.

“I’m getting a good feeling about it.”

She picks up another one between her fingers, dropping it in her mouth. “So good.”

I chuckle. “It looks that way.” Luci squirms a little and Charlee gives her bottle back.

“What are we gonna do about dinner?”

She shrugs, her eyes cutting to the noodles. “I don’t know. I could live on this stuff, but I think we should do something different.” She looks over at her food again.

“Here, let me.”

She sinks her teeth into her bottom lip as I pick one up. I hang it in the air over her head. Her eyes are on mine as she sticks her tongue out and twirls the noodle around it and sucks it in.

Not going to lie, it’s sexy as fuck. At one point over the last few months, I thought the attraction was because I was lonely. It’s obvious now it’s so much more.

“Good?” I ask as she licks her lips.

She grins. “Mhmm, but it’s probably gonna be all over my face by the time we’re through.”

“No worries, we’ll clean you up as soon as you’re done.”