Page 26 of Bossy Baby

“I wasn’t sure if you were a vegetarian or vegan,” Mac said. “I figured the vegetable soup would be good for you though.”

“I eat meat,” Hayley told him. “Oh.” He immediately flushed.Crap.“I mean—”

Mac chuckled and shook his head. “I know what you mean, boy.”

He loved being called boy by Mac. It would be better to be called Mac’s boy.

“What time is it?” Hayley was pretty rested so days could have passed for all he knew.

“Late.”

“Oh.” That didn’t tell him much.

“So soup or more cuddles?”

Hayley hummed. Both sounded good. “Cuddles, then soup, then more cuddles?” he asked. He even batted his eyelashes. That wasn’t too demanding, was it?

“That’s a great idea.” Mac relaxed back onto the couch.

“What were you reading?”

“It’s actually a pretty interesting book. There is a ranch in Utah that has some interesting activities going on. There was an investigation. Supernatural or aliens—there are a lot of theories.”

“Aliens?” Was Mac a geek?

“It’s possible. There’s a big universe out there.”

“Please tell me you own all theStar Warsmovies,” Hayley teased. Mac was totally a geek.

Mac cleared his throat.

“Oh my God! You do! Can we watch them?”

There was a long pause. “You really want to watch them or are you just being mean?”

Hayley peered up. Mac had his head turned, though. “I really want to watch them. I am a totalStar Warsgeek. Hell, I loveStar Trekjust as much. Don’t tell my brother Jayme, though. He thinks you can only be part of one or the other fandom.”

Mac nodded seriously. “I’ll keep your secret. For a price.”

“What price?” Hayley questioned.

“You have to watch theStar Warsmovies in the order I want to watch them.”

Hayley was totally going to fall in love with Mac. It was going to happen. Mac was perfect. “Deal.”

Mac reached over and grabbed the remote.

Hayley still had the blanket wrapped around his waist. He tried to pull it up higher, but he was sitting on it. He huffed.

“What’s wrong?”

“I’m trying to get comfortable,” Hayley said. He squirmed around.

Mac groaned.

Hayley froze and looked at him.

“Sorry.” Mac blushed again.

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