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Jayda looked over at him and grinned wickedly. “What? Theidea of me licking Branwen’s clit until she screams has you hot and bothered?”

“Fuck.”

“Jesus Christ.”

“Jayda!” I snapped as the other men groaned. “Don’t.”

She held up both hands. “Sorry, boss.”

“God, I love having a hot lesbian working here,” Luther said, then took a deep pull from his cigarette.

I was tempted to lock Branwen in her room until they all left, but that would be late tonight, and Stevie would need her. I was going to have to drink more before she showed up out here. The fact that all of them were going to get off to Jayda’s head between her legs the next time they jerked one off made me livid.

Thirty-Six

Branwen

One would think that a four-year-old who had played nonstop on their own personal playground for four straight hours would sleep longer. But the excitement of waking up this morning to find she had a child’s fantasyland in the backyard had been too much.After a nap that had lasted only one hour and thirty minutes, she was up again, ready to return to the outdoors.

Jayda was coming out of the kitchen, carrying a tray of what looked like hot wings, some chips and dips, and meatball sliders.

“Do you need help?” I asked her, as it seemed she had her hands full.

“Well, there is another tray in the kitchen. It’s not this full,” she said, sounding reluctant.

I wasn’t her employer. There was no reason for her to make two trips when I was right here with perfectly good hands thatworked.

“I’ll get it,” I replied.

“If you’re sure,” she called out, but I was already headed inside the kitchen.

She’d been busy in here. There were several things happening. Cookies looked like they were in the works. What was going on? Why all this food?

Taking the tray back out to the hallway, she stood there, holding hers as she talked to Stevie about her playset and assured her that Maui was outside, waiting on her.

When she saw me, she nodded her head for me to follow. “These are going outside. I have some sunflower butter and jelly roll-ups for Stevie when she’s ready to eat. I wasn’t sure what she would eat from all this.”

“What is this for?” I asked her.

“Pregame day. Football is back. The guys have some friends over to watch it.”

I wondered if Stevie going out to play would be okay. The playset was far enough away and out of sight from the patio with the way it was placed, but if Linc and Luther had friends over, I wasn’t sure if we should be coming and going.

It had been different today.

Linc hadn’t come in my room last night when we returned, but simply said, “Good night,” and left after laying a sleeping Stevie in her bed.

This morning, I had been prepared for him to ignore me again, but he’d spoken to me. Granted, it was formal and polite. Nothing more. He acknowledged my existence, but he didn’t try and interact with me as more than Stevie’s mom. When he told her about his surprise outside, he asked me to come with them. While she played on it, he asked me if there was anything that could be dangerous on it or that I was uncomfortable with. It had been weird. I didn’t know what to think about it. When hewas acting like I didn’t exist, then I at least felt like there was something there under the surface. This had seemed…detached.

We reached the patio door, and Stevie rushed to open it and hold it. Jayda thanked her for being such a good helper, which made her beam. Following her out the door, I winked at Stevie, and she giggled like we had a secret.

A loud male curse and something about calling Oz was the first thing we were greeted with. I focused on Jayda for directions instead of the men gathered out here.

“Just put it over on the counter. I’ll handle the rest,” she told me.

Stevie rushed over to pick up Maui, who was at Luther’s feet. She bent down to pet him, then turned to look at Linc. Leaving Maui where he was, she walked over to Linc, glancing at the other men with uncertainty. Linc picked her up and placed her on his right knee. Nervously, I watched while Linc talked to her, and she nodded her head, causing the blonde curls to bounce.

“This is Stevie,” he told them.

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