Page 93 of Little Bits of Daddy (Montana Daddies)

Although he’d be upset with her if he ever found out she was keeping this from him and her butt would likely pay the price. But right now, she wasn’t going to worry about that. There wasstill a week until they left. That was enough time to get over her concerns.

There was no way that she was going to lose Duke in a crowd or get mugged on the underground, or get sucked through the airplane toilet.

She knew all her worries were silly. That she would be fine. She’d have the time of her life. But exhaustion had a way of messing with your brain. Shifting around on the sofa, she tried to get comfortable. She lay on her back while Hatter settled over her legs. She had her favorite unicorn pajamas on, along with herAlice in Wonderlandslippers.

“Hey, Sunny, I’m heading into work.”

She glanced over as Sav walked in. He wasn’t the sort of guy you’d want to meet in a dark alley. With his long, dark-blond hair and tattoo-covered body, he looked like your worst nightmare.

But underneath all that was a man who cared deeply about the people closest to him. He just didn’t let many people close.

“Okay, see you later.”

He stilled, then turned to glance down at her, studying her.

Uh-oh. Did she have something on her? What was it? She patted her face. She hadn’t eaten breakfast yet, so she couldn’t have food on her face.

“What is it?” she asked.

“You okay?”

“Of course. Why wouldn’t I be?”

Nothing to see here. Move along.

“You been sleeping?”

Shit. Did she look that bad? She knew she should have put some foundation on. But she didn’t think he’d notice, and she’d planned to apply some before Duke was due home to mask the dark marks under her eyes.

“Yes.”

Sav’s eyes narrowed. “Did you just lie to me?”

She shook her head, then moaned slightly as it pounded, the room spinning. Yeah, she didn’t think she’d gotten more than an hour of sleep last night.

Crap.

“No.”

“Sunny, stop. What’s going on?”

She sat up, the room spinning. She moaned again, raising one hand to the side of her head.

Yuck. That made her feel ill.

“What was Duke thinking, leaving you like this?” Sav growled. “Did you sleep at all last night?”

“He doesn’t know. I pretended to be asleep when he left this morning and I lay really still all night, so I didn’t wake him up.”

Sav sat on the coffee table and rested his forearms on his thighs. “Sunny, he’s not going to be happy when he finds out.”

“It was just one sleepless night.” Or three or four.

“If you were mine, you’d be in big trouble for all these lies.”

She winced at those words. “You’re going to tell him?”

“Honey, course I am.”

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