Page 33 of Bossy Baby

“I’ll hug you until you come to expect it,” Hayley decided. “Even crave it.”

“I already crave it,” Mac whispered.

Hayley beamed up at him. “Only one thing would make it better.”

Mac’s hands had been on Hayley’s shoulder, but now he picked them up. “Am I not doing it right?”

“Of course you are,” Hayley reassured him, although he would have preferred to be hugged back.

“I think you might be fibbing,” Mac said. “Let’s try it again.”

“Okay.” Heck, he would hug Mac all night long if that made the big guy happy. Laying his cheek against Mac’s chest, right over his heart, Hayley closed his eyes and squeezed.

This time Mac must have been prepared. He slid his arms around Hayley until he was embracing him back. He didn’t squeeze like Hayley was doing, but there was definite pressure.

Hayley lifted his head again. “See? Almost perfect.”

Mac lifted a thick eyebrow at him. “Almost?”

Nodding, Hayley lifted up to his tiptoes. “You should kiss me now.”

“I should?” Mac asked, but he was smiling.

“For sure,” Hayley said. “This is the perfect moment. A kiss would seal it.”

“My bossy boy,” Mac murmured.

As long as Mac kept saying my boy, Hayley didn’t care what other words were in the sentence. And Hayley knew he had a bossy side. In his family, being the youngest, he’d had to do something so he wasn’t always picked on.

Mac lowered his head. “The perfect moment.”

Hayley nodded excitedly.

Mac’s gaze was on his lips. Was he going to do it? Would he finally kiss Hayley? The waiting was killing him.

“Well, I wouldn’t want to ruin the perfect moment,” Mac told him.

He lowered his head slowly, as if Hayley might change his mind. Like that would ever happen. Hayley grasped the back of Mac’s neck as he strained to reach Mac’s lips.

“I’ve wanted to do this for a very long time,” Mac said against his lips.

“Me too,” Hayley admitted. So long. Too long. But he also didn’t want to rush the moment either.

Mac’s lips twitched. “You have to stay still. You are about to vibrate out of my arms.”

Mac was teasing him now? Oh, that was not nice. Okay, waiting time was over. Hayley tightened the hand on the back of Mac’s neck and yanked him down. At the same time, he pushed up and laid his lips on Mac’s.

The world must have stopped spinning.

Just the slight touch of their lips and Hayley knew he would never want to kiss anyone else ever again.

Mac growled before he took complete control, even lifting Hayley off his feet.

Hayley opened for Mac’s tongue. As the kiss deepened, Hayley hoped it never ended. Mac tasted like danger and passion. Hot. Erotic.

Ripping his mouth away, Mac panted, staring at Hayley.

In a daze, Hayley merely stared back.

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