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Giggles could be heard across the room and I saw several Doms and Daddies looking her way, but she still only had eyes for Harper… and maybe me. I had to admit to getting a few sidelong glances from the cheerful little, but I wasn’t sure what she thought of dating two guys or having a Daddy and a Dom or having the grumpy sunshine trope acted out in front of her.
Evan liked to read and I’d been inundated with links to weird books lately.
He was going to end up making me pretend to be happy just to get him to stop sending the book recommendations. I was starting to think he’d never read anything nonfiction or at least anything sci-fi in his entire life.
Was it even a book if facts and real events or aliens weren’t involved?
But since it looked like I was going to live through a bad rom-com scene no matter what I wanted, I decided to play along. Giving the cutie a wink that had her eyes going wide, I waited until Harper started sitting up to lean over and give him a very PG-rated kiss.
Then I raised one eyebrow and waited as our friends practically giggled.
Her eyes somehow went even wider, and then she started laughing so much she nearly fell off the couch.
Harper glared at me but didn’t put much effort in it. “You could’ve warned me.”
I scoffed. “That would’ve defeated the purpose of surprising peekaboo girl.”
The little in question was still giggling and had finally drawn the attention of the guy she’d been sitting with. He looked over at her and said something but I couldn’t figure out what. Nothing about his behavior said he was frustrated or angry, but other than that, I didn’t have anything to go on.
“It would be much easier to read his lips if he turned just a bit more. I probably shouldn’t tell him to turn around in his seat, though.” Harper was being serious, which was why it was so funny.
College professors were just as weird as their students.
“You’re the one getting decked this time if he turns out to be rabid.” I’d already taken one for the team and that was plenty. Besides, I hadn’t done anything this time but kiss my own husband.
“I’m sure it won’t come to that.” Happy Daddy’s eternal optimism was going to get him in trouble one day.
Even the guys were trying not to snicker.
“You keep telling yourself that.” I loved the nut, but sometimes he wasn’t nearly cautious enough about life.
Marrying me was a good example.
He frowned at the peanut gallery that was now coughing and looking randomly around the room as they tried to look inconspicuous. The cutie seemed to know they were being ridiculous and started giggling again. It made the guy beside her sigh and he finally turned around in his seat to give us all an odd stare.
He wasn’t jealous.
He wasn’t angry.
He wasn’t even flirting.
He was kind of blank.
So what were they?
“Is he straight?”
Evan’s question had me asking one of my own. “Is he a Daddy?”
The peanut gallery all made very skeptical sounds, so I knew I wasn’t the only one who didn’t know what category to place him in.
“Hmm…” We watched curiously as the guy in question grabbed what seemed to be her diaper bag as he stood and she bounced up to follow his lead, her poofy pink dress twirling around her. He said something else to her but I couldn’t figure out what. “Unexpected.”
The agreeing noises that my statement earned had faded by the time they walked over, but we were all confused. Peekaboo girl was skipping and nearly bouncing her way across the room but her companion was… bored, maybe.
Blank definitely.
At least I wouldn’t get decked again?
