Total pages in book: 77
Estimated words: 72647 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 363(@200wpm)___ 291(@250wpm)___ 242(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 72647 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 363(@200wpm)___ 291(@250wpm)___ 242(@300wpm)
Rand’s eyes lit up. “That’s so cool.”
Slater grinned. “We should practice. Let’s get the guys together.”
The boys ran off.
Devi shook her head. “Great. Now they think their parents are supervillains.”
Brianna sighed and sat down. “Well, it’s better than knowing. I found out way too early what was going on. Of course I also kind of grew up surrounded by sex positive stuff. That’s what happens when your mom’s known for a series called Soldiers and Doms. I’m thinking about writing Amish romance. It could be my rebellion.”
“Nope. Your mom would simply read it and tell you how proud she is of you,” Daisy said with a sigh. The Dean-Miles clan wasn’t big on shame of any kind. “And my da would say why can’t you be more like Brianna. Look, she’s writing books about love without a penis in sight. Just a man and a woman and a cornfield like God intended.”
“Well, the rest of us have spent all our lives hearing Uncle Li say”—Devi went into a fairly serviceable Irish accent—“Thank the heavens my Daisy would never do that.”
Daisy frowned. “It wasn’t like I encouraged him.”
“You didn’t exactly fess up either because let me tell you every time he said it, you had done it,” Brianna countered. “So now you have to deal with the fact that your father knows you’re as imperfect as the rest of us. The question is, was it worth it.”
“Was he worth it?” Devi countered. “That’s the real heart of the matter. You’ve been with Nate for over a week now. Are you getting bored? Because you get bored easily.”
Bored? With the hottest man she’d ever met? With the sweetest guy in the world? It was more like she was obsessed with the man. She thought about him all day and dreamed about him at night. It was weirdly exciting to do normal things with Nate. And having the moms around wasn’t as awkward as she’d thought it would be. They had meals together and watched movies, and the moms pretended they didn’t notice how often she dragged Nate into a privacy room. The things they’d done in the princess castle… “No. I’m not bored. We’ve been together pretty much twenty-four seven for over a week and I miss him. I wonder what he’s doing.”
“He’s sitting in the other room watching a bank of security cameras,” Brianna pointed out.
“Yes. He’s too far away.” She knew the fire would fade. They’d pretty much gone at it three times a day. The sex was phenomenal, but it was the soft times in between that made her know she was in love with him. Real love. Real, never-look-at-another-man-again love.
“I never thought I would see the day when Daisy O’Donnell got that look on her face for a man,” Devi said with wonder.
“I knew it would happen eventually.” Brianna stretched and hid a yawn. “I like him. He’s nice to her and her friends. I wholeheartedly approve and look forward to your wedding if we all survive.”
“Why wouldn’t we?” Daisy asked. Everyone was treating this like some horrific, dangerous thing. Like a ball of violence rolling inevitably her way. It was one dude who deserved every bit of prison time the law could throw at him. “Da is handling it.”
She had all the faith in the world when it came to her father saving her. He would never allow anything bad to happen if he could fix it. It was what her da did. He fixed things.
“Yeah, well, my father is worried your father is currently starting a cartel war, and we might all get caught in the middle of it,” Brianna confessed.
“Da will be very careful.” Of that Daisy was sure. Uncle Adam was on the dramatic side. It was why her short stint at Miles-Dean, Weston, and Murdoch hadn’t worked out. A girl hit one little delete button and it was like the world ended. It hadn’t been the world. It had been a kind of mean-girl AI assistant, and Aunt Chelsea had sent her a cookie bouquet. Not that it had saved her job.
“I’m not so sure about that. You are your father’s precious baby girl. He’s got to be panicking,” Brianna said. “He’ll do a lot to protect you. I mean he and your brother apparently scared off all the Doms at The Hideout for years. I can’t believe we didn’t catch that.”
“I knew something was up. I mean when we walk into a bar all eyes go straight to Daisy’s chest, and that’s the women, too.” Devi cupped her own boobs, looking down at them. “I wish you’d grown more. Damn my athletic build. I have my mom’s boobs.”
“You have fashion model boobs,” Bri countered. “You can actually wear the clothes you design.”
Daisy was confident in her boobs. Nate liked her boobs. He talked about them all the time.