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Chapter 7
Sunlight streaming through the now opened curtains had Teagan waking with a start. Eyes closed against the offending light, she breathed in the smells of coffee and bacon. Bacon? She had programmed her coffeepot to go off the same time every day but did not have a self-frying bacon skillet. Now, that was a fantastic idea. "I should market that. I'd be rich."
"Market what?" a deep voice said from the doorway, causing Teagan to shoot up and into a defense position. Luca. The events from the night before came back to her. Luca. Her car. Luca. Fuck. Luca.
"Luca," she whispered in his general direction.
"Yes, darlin', who were you expecting?" Taking a pull of his coffee, he smiled at her.
"That smells so good."
"I have a lot of it in the kitchen, along with bacon. Everyone loves bacon," he said confidently.
"It sure smells good. What time is it?"
"Just after eight. I came in a few minutes ago and opened your curtains."
"Eight? That is nuts! I never sleep past six thirty, I didn't think I was capable—"
"Why don't you call in to work and then come to the kitchen? You can shower after breakfast." He phrased it as a question, but Teagan got the notion that it was very much an order. Looking around for her phone, she remembered how it had died last night.
"Looking for this?" Luca handed the phone to her.
When she looked down at the screen, she saw a bunch of missed texts from her sisters, two missed calls from work and a fully charged battery.
"Thanks."
"See you in the kitchen in five." The call to work was quick. Teagan was reliable, so no one ever questioned her when she took a day off. Scanning the texts from her sisters, she bit back a chuckle.
OMG! You spent the night at Luca's? We need all the deets. Now!Ro was the first text. She assumed Luca must have told Octavius.
Immediately. Details. Let me live vicariously through you. How was the sex?Teagan rolled her eyes at Evie's addition to the conversation.
First, you two are a bunch of Nosey Nellies. Second, there was no sex. Third, Luca is waiting for me. He made me breakfast. Dinner tonight, at my place. I'll order takeout and catch you up. She had no intention on actually catching her sisters up. She needed to talk to them about her plan to help Evie escape but couldn't text that.
First, we are your identical triplets. We shared a womb. We have no secrets. Second, dinner sounds good, Ro responded.
"Teagan, breakfast is ready," Luca called from the other room. She quickly stuffed her phone in her yoga pants pocket and scurried into the kitchen, briefly wondering at her compliance.
"Wow!" Teagan exclaimed at the spread on the table. Bacon, scrambled eggs, fresh fruit and buttered toast were piled high onto two plates. Orange juice and mugs of coffee were at both seats.
"Shall we?" Luca motioned her to one seat and pulled her chair out.
"You know, I am quite capable of opening my own doors, pulling my own chairs out and the like."
"As I told you last night, I am quite aware of how capable you are, Teagan. In fact, your boss was bragging on you last night at the event. I do it because I want to. I do it because Daddies take care of their little girls. It is one way that I do that."
"Wait, you spoke to my boss about me?" Teagan had felt her cheeks heat with the mention of Daddies and sidestepped right over that topic.
"Yes. Lieutenant Downy bragged on you for a few minutes last night."
"You know, I'm not hungry after all. I think I will just go change my clothes and call an Uber; you've been enough help for one day. I hate to take up any more of your time." Her words were polite, but the tone held bite. Teagan pushed her chair back from the table and stood, intent to head into the bedroom and do just that.
"Sit down." The order, it was nothing else, came firmly from the man across from her.
"No." Teagan mustered up every bit of courage she had. Had she been looking at him, she might not have been so brave.
"Teagan Anne, you will sit down right now and eat your breakfast. A breakfast that I got up early and went to the store in the freezing cold and came back and prepared for you. You are scared; I get that. But I'm not going to allow you to push me away and run off like you are used to doing. Sit. Now."
