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“One pepperoni and one Hawaiian.”
“Let me guess, the Hawaiian is for you,” he teases me.
“Of course,” I chuckle. “And get whatever you like.”
“I’ll have the same as Vincent.”
“Like father, like son,” I whisper as I walk down the hallway to change into something comfortable.
In the safety of my bedroom, I take a moment to calm my racing heart because the organ hasn’t stopped fluttering since Alek went all alpha on my butt.
I grab a pair of leggings and an oversized t-shirt and change into the comfy clothes.
When I walk back into the living room, it’s in time to see Alek rolling up the sleeves of his dress shirt. My eyes lock on the tattoos covering his skin, and then I see the scars on the back of his right hand and left forearm.
I remember tending to his wounds with the little supplies we had and how I prayed day and night he wouldn’t get an infection.
“Everleigh?” Alek says to get my attention. When my eyes dart to his face, he asks, “You okay?”
I nod, and pointing at the keypad for the alarm, I remind him, “You were going to show me how everything works?”
“Right.”
Alek walks me through the house, showing me where all the cameras and panic buttons are. He also demonstrates how to activate and deactivate the alarm, then he programs Peter’s number into my phone.
“And your number,” I say before he can hand the device back to me.
The corner of his mouth lifts, and I watch as he keys in the numbers under ‘the love of my life.’
With a chuckle escaping me, I shake my head. “You couldn’t resist, could you?”
“Nope.” He glances at Vincent, then he says, “The pizza should be here soon.” Then his eyes lock with mine. “Let’s sit in the kitchen so we can talk.”
“Okay.” I go straight for the coffee machine. “Do you want coffee?”
Alek shakes his head. “Come sit,moya malen'kaya lyubov'.”
We take a seat at the little nook, and I feel a nervous fluttering in my stomach.
Alek looks confident as hell as he asks, “Will you have dinner with me tomorrow night?”
A smile spreads over my face, and I decide to tease him. “I don’t have a babysitter.”
“Let me rephrase my question.” With a dangerously attractive look, he asks, “Will you and Vincent have dinner with me tomorrow night?”
“We’d love to.”
“Good. I’ll have a dress delivered for you. Please wear it.”
My eyebrow lifts. “Okay, and what should Vincent wear.”
“There will be a little suit for him.” He tilts his head. “Which reminds me. I’ll take Vincent to the store to get the right size suit.”
He’ll take Vincent. Alone?
Alek must see the panic on my face because he says, “Vincent will be safe with me, Everleigh. I’ll never do anything to hurt him.”
“I’m just not used to letting him out of my sight. This will be a first.”
