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“Hey! You guys! Are you hungry?” Steve called from the patio.
Aiden cupped his hands around his mouth and yelled, “Be right there!” and they started toward the house.
Dakota asked, “Should we offer to make lunch?”
“For everyone?”
“Well, yeah. It’d be kind of rude to just make our own.”
He shrugged. “We had several ‘fend for yourself’ nights when I was growing up and my mom was working.”
“I get the impression Steven wouldn’t go for that.”
They approached the patio where their host was mingling with his guests while still throwing the ball for his and Whitney’s dogs.
“Yeah, you’re probably right.”
Dakota walked up to where Steve and Whitney stood. Both continued to seem stiff and uncomfortable around each other.
“Can we make lunch?”
Steven raised one eyebrow at Aiden with a smirk. “We?”
“Well, I’m not going to stand by and let her do it alone,” Aiden groused indignantly.
Steve considered them for a minute. “You don’t mind?”
“No, of course not, that’s why I offered,” Dakota replied. “What would you like us to make?”
“I was just planning on sandwiches and salad…”
“We’ll do the prep and then people can make their own.”
“That’d be great. The ingredients are in the pantry and refrigerator.”
“We’re on it.”
Steven looked at Aiden suspiciously, like he was trying to decipher something when he said, “Thanks. I appreciate it.”
They walked into the kitchen and Dakota immediately washed her hands and got to work, pulling salad ingredients from the refrigerator while instructing him to get the bread from the pantry.
He came out holding a bag of sub buns. “These?”
She looked over at him. “Perfect. Slice them down the middle, then in half.”
“In half? What if people are hungry—like I am?”
“Then you can make two. That way, if you don’t eat as much—like me—it’s not being wasted.”
That made sense.
“Okay.”
“And wash your hands.”
The side of his mouth hitched. “Yes, ma’am.”
Was it wrong that her bossiness made his cock stir? Not that he wanted her to be bossy in bed. On the contrary, it would make it that much sweeter when she submitted to him. But he liked her confidence—it was sexy as fuck.
