Total pages in book: 24
Estimated words: 22739 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 114(@200wpm)___ 91(@250wpm)___ 76(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 22739 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 114(@200wpm)___ 91(@250wpm)___ 76(@300wpm)
Westin slaps him on his back and nods politely to me as we leave.
“Those are your friends?” I ask as we walk on.
He shakes his head. “It’s my crew. My family.” He looks at me and smiles. “Our family.”
I can’t help but smile back.
It’s crazy how all of my stuff is on the other side of the country, but this small mountain town is starting to feel like home.
And I’m slowly starting to realize…
That I don’t want to leave.
Chapter Nine
Blake
Kimberly greets us with a smile when we walk into Carl’s diner.
“I heard that our fearless chief was walking around town with a hot brunette on his arm, but I didn’t believe it,” she says with a grin as she looks Lily over.
I squeeze Lily’s arm a little tighter, happy to be showing her off.
“I’m Kimberly, waitress extraordinaire and stunningly beautiful mate of our dear Westin. Welcome to the crew and to the restaurant.”
“Thank you,” Lily says with a blush in her cheeks.
Kimberly gives us the best seat in the house, which is a rundown faded yellow booth that should have been replaced decades ago.
“Do you take all your dates to this beautiful place?” she asks as she looks around with an amused grin.
“Just the ones I’m falling in love with,” I answer and her cheeks get a little darker.
I’d rather take her to a fancy five-star restaurant with the finest food and best champagne in the world, but there’s nothing like that in Blackcloud Point. And besides, once she tries Carl’s cooking, she won’t be complaining. The ugliest restaurants that have been around forever always have the best food.
I should be looking around for traces of our dragon friend—actually, I shouldn’t have even let my girl leave my house—but I keep getting distracted with her sparkling brown eyes and soft curves that are making my fingers tingle with the need to explore.
I was worried about the guys getting distracted by their girls, but I never thought it would be me who was unable to pay attention to any possible dangers.
“What do you guys want?” Kimberly says as she arrives at our booth. Her baby bump is just starting to show. “Some shitty waffles or the even shittier omelet?”
Lily looks at me and I just shrug. “Don’t listen to her. The food is not that bad.”
“Oh, yes it is,” Kimberly snaps back. “It’s horrible. It’s criminally bad. Carl should be in solitary confinement in the basement of a jail for the rest of his life for serving this mush.”
“Really?” Lily asks, staring up at her in horror.
Kimberly takes pity on her and laughs. “It’s not so bad actually. Best place in town.”
“It’s the only place in town,” I correct.
“Exactly.”
Lily orders some eggs and toast and I order the Hungry Man’s Breakfast, my usual.
We spend breakfast talking and falling in love. She’s amazing. Smart, funny, and very sharp. I can see how she rose so fast through the ranks of the FBI.
After we’ve eaten and Kimberly refills our coffees, Lily leans in close. “Did you really kill Aylwin and Reginald?”
I trust her now completely. “They attacked us so we defended ourselves and took their lives.”
“And Sperling?”
“He escaped.”
She looks nervous. “Do you have any idea how dangerous he is?”
“He wanted to hurt you,” I say. “That’s as dangerous as they come according to me.”
“If you see him again, I want you to call me right away.”
My eyes narrow on her. “If you see him again, I want you to call me right away.”
There’s no way I want my girl anywhere near that guy. It won’t happen.
“Anyway, he’s probably on the other side of the planet by now,” she says as she takes a sip of her coffee. “Let’s talk about happy stuff. For the first time in a long time, I don’t want to think about work.”
“Happy stuff, huh?” I ask as I pour some milk into my coffee. “Okay. How many kids do you want to have?”
Her eyes widen. “How many do you want?”
“At least ten.”
“Ten?” she says with a gasp. “I was thinking one.”
“Let’s meet in the middle. Five.”
She shakes her head, but I can tell she’s interested. “Five, eh? Then we’d better get started.”
I couldn’t agree more.
We’re making out in the parking lot and then she’s taking my hand and pulling me to my pickup truck.
“I just want to stay all day in bed with you,” she says as she ignores her ringing phone. “I haven’t taken a day off in years. He can figure it out himself.”
I kiss her hard on the lips and wrap my big arms around her, holding her possessively as my bear rumbles. “Then let’s go home.”
I can’t take my eyes off her as she gets into the truck. I love watching her. Every curve, every movement, it’s all just eye candy to me.
When we’re riding on the two-lane expressway, Lily’s hands start to explore my body and gets a little bolder as she looks up at me with mischievous eyes.