Page 54 of Nanny For Biker Wolf Daddy

“I can’t help it. You’re broadcasting all over the place. I’m surprised that Rory hasn’t heard you practically begging for him to come in,” Cassia said. “You’re asking for a broken heart. What’s worse…”

“I know. The kids will be hurt if Rory and I do end up in a relationship and it doesn’t work out.”

“Precisely,” she said.

“So, Miss Doom and Gloom, how exactly do I stop wanting him? How do I stop falling in love with him?”

“Stay away from him, for starters. I know that you have to be around him sometimes, but get a book from the library and bring it here to read instead of staying down there. You have a beautiful suite that is bigger than what you had in Wyoming.”

“You’re right.” Savvy sighed.

“I know I am. But the question is, are you going to listen to my good advice or are you going to annoy me like normal?”

Pressing her lips together in a hard line, Savvy said, “I’ll try.”

“As Yoda said, there is no try. Do or do not.”

“You’re quoting a Muppet to me?”

Cassia buzzed Savvy’s ear and then said, “He is not a Muppet. He is a Jedi knight who has great wisdom.”

“Remind me to buy a flyswatter on my next day off.”

“You wouldn’t. You need me too much,” she said.

Savvy tried to read, but she couldn’t. All she could think about was Rory. “I don’t remember being this hung up on Gabe.”

“He wasn’t forbidden fruit. Plus, he had always been around. Rory is new.”

“I guess.

Finally, Savvy gave up on the book. Surprisingly, she was able to go to sleep pretty quickly.

Drake and Cat were full of energy as soon as they jumped out of bed the next morning.

“You’re going to have your hands full today.” Cassia laughed.

“What does that mean? What is she going to have a handful of?” Drake asked as he pulled his shirt over his head inside out and backward.

“I don’t know how you managed to do that since I know that Amy wouldn’t have put the shirt in your drawer that way.”

He shrugged his shoulders and asked again what Savvy’s hands would be full of.

“Crazy wolf pups,” Savvy declared, tickling him.

“We’re not crazy.” Drake giggled.

Savvy was surprised to see Hollie and Owen at the dining room table. Normally, everyone ate at the much smaller, cozier, breakfast table in the mornings, but today, breakfast was served in the dining room since there were two extra people.

Rory came in, kissed his mother’s cheek and shook his father’s hand. “You guys are here early.”

“We wanted to take the kids with us for the day,” Hollie said.

Owen said, “We thought that they might like to go with us to Carlsbad Caverns.”

“That sounds like fun,” Cat said, “Can we go, Daddy?”

“Of course,” Rory said.

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