Page 76 of Romeo

That was because he hadn’t checked his damn phone during the meeting. Even if he saw it, he never responded immediately to any female. If he did, they might think he was waiting to hear from them. He wasn’t. Usually. “So, you just show the fuck up without knowin’ if I’d be here?” Or busy with some other female?

The crease in her forehead deepened. “I didn’t know it would be a problem.”

The problem’s name was Magnum. Romeo’s eyes sliced to the far back corner of Dick’s and the door that led to the basement.

Fucking fuck.

“If it’s not a good time?—”

He firmly grabbed her elbow and used it to hustle her toward the kitchen. He did not want to deal with more of Magnum’s paranoid bullshit.

Hell, right now he didn’t want to deal with the man at all. What Romeo did with Maddie wasn’t the sergeant at arms’ goddamn business.

It was no one’s beside the two people involved.

“Why you here?” he growled after shoving her through the swinging door into the kitchen.

“I can leave,” she snapped back. “Jesus, I didn’t think you’d be such a bitch about me showing up at apublicbar.”

Hold up.She was fucking copping an attitude withhim? “Ain’t any public bar and you know that shit.”

“I still don’t see the problem.”

Of course she didn’t. Should he warn her about Magnum sticking his nose where it didn’t belong and potentially contacting her psycho stepfather? If he did, he might lose out on the most likely reason for her showing up tonight. He considered his options. “You ever talk to Magnum?”

Her forehead scrunched up again. “Why would I talk to him?”

That was all he needed to hear. “Just wasn’t sure if he checked in with you.”

“No reason for him to do so.”

Romeo agreed. He hoped like fuck that Magnum wouldn’t recognize Maddie’s cage.

“Are we going to your place?”

“We sure ain’t in the kitchen to make fuckin’ tacos.”

“Well, itisTaco Tuesday.”

His feet stuttered to a stop. Then he shook his head and kept moving. He’d feel safer once they were behind closed doors. In his crib. With all the locks securely set.

Not even two minutes later, he was turning all of those same locks and finally breathing in relief.

He turned to check out the woman who had hunted him down. Not that she had to search hard. “You come back for a second helpin’?”

“A second helping?”

She knew exactly what he meant. But if not, he’d help her out. “Yeah, of this…” He grabbed his dick and shook it.

She rolled her brown eyes. “Classy.”

“You want classy, you’re in the wrong fuckin’ place, woman.”

“Oh, thanks for clarifying. Now, do you want to unlock the door so I can find someone with some class?”

When she approached, pretending she wanted to leave,he grabbed her hand and pulled her into him. “Nope. Came lookin’ for me for a reason. Tell me what that is.”

She turned her eyes up to him. “What do you think?”

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