Page 38 of Rough Ride

May disagreed. “So, he freaks out when he thinks Danny, my brother who thinks he’s a big bad Dom like Evan, is coming onto you. I think someone is hot for his partner.”

Her heart gave a little jerk. “Oh, I don’t know about that.”

“Apparently, our Delicious Dom is hung up on someone,” May said to Dee. “This is fantastic.”

“Delicious Dom?”

May shrugged. “They say that because everyone’s had a taste.”

Dee snorted. “Well, everyone but the women in this room. But I think that’s going to change soon.”

Crysta could feel her face getting hotter by the second. “I think I would know if he hit on me. Something tells me when Eli hits on a woman, she knows. And before you say anything, I do not count kissing as hitting on me.”

“See. You just proved my case,” May said.

Crysta glanced at Dee, who was trying hard not to laugh. “Listen, we argued. Both times. Some men just do stuff like that to prove a point. I’m not sure he’s that attracted to me.”

“Oh, no, he is,” May said nodding. “Listen, if I went that way, I’d do you.”

Dee laughed and patted Crysta on the shoulder. “You look shell-shocked, but just know, May does this with people she likes.”

May was not the least bit disturbed by the comment. “You should see what I do with people I don’t like.”

“I really wouldn’t want to see that. Bloodshed isn’t my thing.”

May smiled and opened her mouth, but Micah’s shout stopped her.

“Woman, I want to eat.”

“If he calls me woman one more time, I’m going beat him over the head with one of his stupid boots,” Dee muttered. The idea that the little slip of a woman in front of her would be able to hit Micah Ross and actually hurt him was funny.

“You’d have to stand on a chair,” May said.

Dee shot her a nasty look.

May laughed. “Let’s go.”

Crysta moved to hand the baby back to Dee, but she said, “If you want to keep holding her, we’re taking her outside with us, so go ahead. Micah set up the bassinet out there so she could come with us.”

“Just make sure I don’t steal her.”

Dee laughed. “You used to teach?”

She nodded as they walked down the hall. “Yeah. High school and some community college classes. I was part of a program that offered work skills.”

“What do you mean? Like shop?”

“In a way. I got them ready for food services though.”

“You’re skilled at cooking?” May asked.

“I kick ass at cooking,” she said.

“May is the supervisor for Dupree’s in Honolulu. We’ll need to take you there for lunch. Can you go tomorrow?”

“I don’t see why not. I have nothing really planned.”

“Great. And tomorrow night you need to hit Rough ‘n Ready,” May said.

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