Cat giggled and kissed him on the cheek.
“I love you guys and behave,” he told them.
“We always behave with Savvy,” Drake said solemnly.
“Call me if anything happens,” Rory said to Savvy.
“I will. I’ll be on alert. They’ll be safe, I promise.”
He nodded. Rory really wanted to pull her into a hug again, but it wouldn’t be appropriate, especially in front of the kids. Besides, he didn’t know whether he really wanted to feel the blazing inferno that coursed through him, especially when he was headed toward the courthouse.
As he passed by, he caught her scent. It was intoxicating and explosive all at the same time. Rory hurried out the door before he could turn around, tell Amy to watch the kids, throw Savvy over his shoulder, and carry her upstairs to his bedroom.
7
Savvy
“Are you okay?” Cat asked.
“Yeah, why?” Savvy said.
“Because you kept looking toward the wood line while we were playing outside today,” Drake answered.
“Sorry if I was distracted, guys. I guess I was expecting a herd of unicorns and fairies to come charging out of the forest and offer to grant us three wishes.”
“There aren’t any unicorn shifters around here, silly,” Cat said.
Drake was quiet for a second and said, “Is that three wishes each, or one wish for each of us because there are three of us.”
Savvy said, “I don’t know. What do you think?”
“I think we should get three wishes each,” Cat said. “I know what I would wish for.”
“What’s that?”
“A horse. I also want a motorcycle like Daddy’s,” she said.
“Those are great wishes,” Savvy said.
“Me, too,” Drake chimed in. “Plus, all the cake I can eat.”
“With ice cream.”
“That sounds like a tummy ache,” Savvy laughed.
“What would you wish for?” Cat asked.
A picture of naked Rory, holding her close to him while he kissed her, popped into her mind.
“I don’t know,” Savvy replied. “I haven’t really thought about it.”
Rory had to work late so the rest of them ate dinner together and played games until it was bedtime. Then, Savvy went out onto the back deck with some sweet iced tea and a book.
“You are falling in love with him, aren’t you?” Cassia asked.
“Of course not. I hardly know him,” Savvy said. “I see him a few minutes in the morning, and an hour or so at night.”
“You know that he’s a good man and how much he adores those kids.”