Page 97 of Luci’s Lullaby

The blonde locks her arms around my waist. “Come on, baby. Let’s go fuck. Oh! Hiiii, you wanna do a threesome?”

Charlee comes barreling toward us and I cringe, thinking she’s going to kill us both. She takes the blonde by the arm and walks her out the door.

“Get a hold of yourself and have a little self-respect. Not every man wants a woman to act this way. Now, leave before you wake the baby up.” She takes the blonde all the way to the curb. “Alden, call her a ride.”

“Yes, ma’am.” I’m already on the phone.

Charlee stands on the curb with the blonde until her ride gets here. Luckily, the one that dropped her off was right around the corner and he just turned around.

Charlee stalks back toward the house, and bile rises in my throat.

“Is this going to happen every night?” She crosses her arms, waiting for me to answer.

“I didn’t…” I hold my hands in the air.

She walks past me and turns with a smirk. “I know, I watched the entire thing from the couch. I just wanted to see how you were gonna handle it.”

“You did what? You left me to fend off that man-eater?”

She backs down the hall, smiling. “I sure did. What’cha gonna do about it.”

I take a step toward her. “You realize this means war.”

“Do I look worried?” She curls her fingers in a ‘bring it’ motion.

“You better run.” I take another step in her direction.

“Huh? What did you say?” She cups her hand around her ear. I take another step, and she whirls around. “Ya gotta catch me first.”

I chase her down the hall and into the bedroom, tackling her on the bed. We wrestle as I tickle her, laughing as we roll. We each try to get the upper hand, but we’re out of breath.

She’s straddling me and we’re locked in a gaze, panting when Luci whimpers. We freeze, hoping we’ve dodged a bullet and start to snicker when she snivels.

“You’re gonna wake the baby,” Charlee whispers.

My breath hitches as I stare up at her. “I missed you.”

“Yeah, yeah. I could tell with ol’ skank-asaurus in there wanting a threesome.” She waggles her brows.

“For the record, she followed me home.”

“If I had a dollar for every time I heard that excuse.” She pokes me.

I laugh and things get scandalous. Meaning, things begin to rise. “Good talk, you need to let me up.”

“Seems as though you’re already getting up.” She bites her lip, turning it from pink to crimson. I sweep my thumb over it as she releases it.

“Charlee, I missed you tonight.”

“I have no doubt you did amazing though, even without us.” She slides from my lap, and I’m immediately cold.

I grab her hand, holding her there. “Don’t go.”

“Never.” She lays her hand on my chest and stays as we talk until early morning.

“We need to get into bed.”

She sighs into my neck. “I’m so comfortable though.”