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“You’re making strong assumptions. I agreed to have a drink with you tonight, not find my way into your bed.”
“You seemed quite receptive to my mouth this afternoon.”
She scoffs, but the deepening blush reveals she’s enjoying the fictitious debate. “Put down your club, caveman. You don’t need to knock anyone over the head tonight. I’ll behave.”
“It’s not you I’m worried about,” I mutter. Whether she realizes it or not, she could walk out that door with just about any guy in this place tonight.
“What was that?” She leans forward, pushing her tits dangerously close to testing the confines of that top. Fuck she’s trying to kill me without even trying.
“I said I’m glad you decided to join me tonight.”
She leans back. “Me too. My boss has been increasingly demanding since I left town. I don’t know what to do besides what he asks.”
I buff out a smudge on the bar. “You could always look for a job here.”
“The job isn’t the problem. This one pays really well, and I can work anywhere in the US. Usually, Jason isn’t this much of an ass.”
“Just saying it’s an option.” I lean back and cross my arms over my chest. The way her eyes move over my biceps feels like a physical caress.
“I have to thank you,” she says so softly I just barely catch the words over the music. “You’ve been incredible with all of this. Taking in Ophelia and me, rearranging your schedule. Honestly, I expected a fight.”
“When we get to know each other better, you’ll learn I’m not a fighter, Mama. Not unless I have to be.”
“Whatever happens, and however this works out, I hope you know I’m grateful.”
The part she isn’t saying hangs in the air like another chandelier strung above the bar—she still doesn’t know if she’s staying and where that might leave us with custody. I don’t take her gratitude as a form of manipulation, though I hope she heeds my own warning. I only fight for things that mean something to me. That includes our daughter, but her as well.
Her fear blinds her to visions of the future, so she might not see it yet. But I do.
We might be more than a night of incredible sex and shared custody.
And I intend to find that out.
