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“Texas,” she mimicked.
I ignored the monkeys watching us with amused smirks.
“Maya, please come and eat in here while I finish up. I like knowing where you’re at when you’re here.”
Her eyes warmed before she nodded.
I winked at her before she left, then turned my gaze to my employee. “Mon, get back to work.”
She rolled her eyes. “Fine, but I thought you should know I’m half in love with her. She brought Hex and me coffees and food. You make sure you keep her.”
Shaking my head, I grinned. “Planning to.”
“Aww,” she cooed, and then moved off shouting, “Hex, our boy really is growing up.”
“Shut the fuck up,” I yelled.
Maya appeared again with a coffee and bag in hand. She gave me a sweet smile and went to the couch, but before she sat, I called, “Babe, come here.”
She put her items on the desk next to the couch and turned to me. “What?”
“Come here.”
Her brows dipped in confusion, but she walked my way and stopped, looking down at Elizabeth’s job. Vines ran up and down the side of her calf.
“That looks amazing,” she told Elizabeth.
“Thanks. It hurts like a bitch, though.”
Maya winced. “Sorry to hear that.”
“Babe.”
She lifted her gaze to me. “Yes?”
I tipped my chin at her. She moved around the table and got close. “Kiss me,” I ordered.
“Texas,” she snapped low, glancing quickly at Elizabeth, then back.
Elizabeth grinned. “Don’t mind me.”
I wouldn’t, and hopefully, Maya didn’t either. “Hurry up, babe. I gotta get this done.”
She glared. “Then get it done.”
“Maya.”
She let out a frustrated breath, leaned in, and brushed her lips against mine. Then quickly made her way back to the couch where she sat down and kept her scowl on me. I knew what that glare was about. She’d be worried about doing it in front of a customer. But this was the long haul for us, and my woman would eventually understand that nothing else mattered but us. When I saw her, I wanted her taste back on me.
“All right, Elizabeth. You ready?”
“No. Yes.” She closed her eyes and leaned her head back. My gun buzzed to life, and I finished what I had to do while my woman sat in the room, watching, eating, and drinking. Christ, I loved having her here.
It was after Elizabeth left and I was cleaning everything down that Maya told me about her afternoon trip with Easton. I dropped the spray and wipe, walked over to her, and sat before I pulled her onto my lap.
I folded my arms around her and asked, “You sure this is what you want? No one talked you into it?”
She shook her head. “Easton told me I didn’t have to do this if I didn’t want to.”
