Total pages in book: 76
Estimated words: 72028 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 360(@200wpm)___ 288(@250wpm)___ 240(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 72028 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 360(@200wpm)___ 288(@250wpm)___ 240(@300wpm)
“I think I proved how much I want you last night. I know when you walked in the kitchen this morning, you brought the sunshine with you. Maybe it’ll all go to hell, but damn, I want the ride either way.” He ran a thumb over her plump bottom lip. “Typhoon Daisy.”
Big emerald eyes stared at him. Protect me eyes. Love me eyes. “You’ll change your mind.”
“I don’t think so. Never felt this way in my life, and I’m going to trust it. So we know where I stand, and this is about you deciding what you’re willing to risk,” he replied.
“My father…”
He could put the fear to rest. “O’Donnell, you need to understand something here and now. You can’t scare me off. You can’t pay me to leave her alone. You can’t threaten me. Words won’t work and neither will fists. You won’t come between me and Daisy and if you try, well, there’s a nice place in Australia where we can hide. You’ll see her again in a couple of years.”
Liam looked like he was about to have a stroke.
“Nathan, that’s rude,” Daisy said primly.
But he understood her father in a way she didn’t. Her father saw him as a threat. When her dad calmed down and realized he would take care of her, they could have a good relationship. Until then, he would have to push the man. Her mum would be an entirely different story. “It’s also true. You made your choice when you slept with me last night. You thought you could sneak in my bed and slip back out again. Well, that isn’t how it’s going to work.”
Ian groaned, his head hitting his hand. “Fucking Aussies.”
“You listen and you listen good, boyo,” Liam began.
“Liam, what is going on?” The only person in the world whose authority Liam O’Donnell listened to walked in. Avery O’Donnell looked like she’d practically run here. She wore yoga pants and a T-shirt, her hair in a messy bun. “Daisy…” She stared at them for a moment. “Daisy, are you all right? Why are you sitting on Nathan’s lap?”
“Because he’s holding her bloody hostage, that’s why,” Liam declared. “We need to call Brody and Steph because their boy is running wild, and I won’t have him drag our sweet Daisy down.”
Avery’s eyes were wide. “I didn’t even know they talked. What is going on?”
He thought he was going to have to explain when Daisy suddenly draped an arm around his neck and her backside wiggled over his cock as she went all bouncy and bubbly.
His suddenly hard as a bloody rock cock.
“Mom, I went to the masquerade party last night at The Hideout even though Aidan told me I shouldn’t, and I met Nate and we had the best sex. I thought he wouldn’t know it was me, but apparently a small mask isn’t much of a disguise. I will admit by the end of the night, the mask was the only thing I was wearing, and that might have been my mistake. I should have worn a wig or something maybe. Anyway, now he says I’m his sub and I’m super happy, but I think Da is going to be difficult and I don’t understand it because he always says I need a keeper and here he is. Also, Nate thinks Da has scared away all the Doms at The Hideout so I didn’t have anyone to play with, but Da wouldn’t do that to me, right? Also, the cartel person sent someone to kill me but Nate saved me, and then Da pissed off Aunt Erin by saying Devi isn’t a good girl but she is. Devi is the best. I think Da needs some time. Oh, and Nate told Da if he tries to come between us he’ll kidnap me and take me to Australia, and I thought it was the sexiest thing I’ve ever heard.”
Avery stood there for a moment as though she needed time to process.
“Do you need some tea?” Erin asked.
“I think she needs some therapy,” Charlotte quipped. “Or some vodka.”
“I am so confused. Perhaps my family should regroup and find a quiet place to have this discussion,” Avery said.
Ian stood. “I’m sorry, Avery. That’s going to have to wait because our friends are here. Derek, thanks for coming. How bad is it?”
Derek Brighton was a handsome man who’d made his way to the high ranks of the Dallas Police Department. “Well, as I walked in MaeBe told me to let you know she found a bounty on Daisy’s head on the Dark Web. She’s running it down now. I think we need to talk about witness protection.”
Daisy went stiff again.
And Liam O’Donnell finally sat down.
Trouble, it seemed, might just be the thing to bring them all together.
Chapter Eight
Uncle Ian stood, closing his laptop with a long sigh. “So we agree we’ll put Daisy up at Sanctum and we’ll keep a guard with her twenty-four seven until we can figure this situation out.”