Page 304 of Tempted By her Daddies

“No, this is an appetizer, a starter,” Roman explained.

All right. She reached over and grabbed a cracker. Roman kneeled on the floor next to the coffee table and cut off a piece of cheese, then placed it on her cracker.

“Try this. Delicious.”

She was aware that everyone was staring at her again. So she tried to hide behind Salem once more. She wasn’t sure what she was doing that was drawing all of their attention. If she knew, she’d stop.

She ate the cheese and cracker. Yum.

“Can I have more?” she asked Salem quietly as everyone picked up some food and ate it. “Or is that rude?”

“Of course you can,” Salem replied. “Would you like me to get it for you?”

She nodded. This time he grabbed a cracker with dip. And instead of holding it out for her to take, he held it up to her mouth. His free hand was cupped under her mouth to catch any stray pieces. Which she appreciated since her top was white. She didn’t want to get any stains on it.

“Ohh, look at that. Con, why aren’t you ever that romantic?” Erica asked. “You never feed me.”

“What?” Con asked with a full mouth again.

“You should be more like Salem,” Erica scolded.

Salem sighed.

“If you wanted Salem, you should be dating him,” Con huffed.

“You cannot have Salem. He’s mine and I’ll fight you to the death to keep him,” Tamsyn stated.

Erica gaped at her for a moment, then she grinned. “It’s all right, I don’t really want Salem.”

“Oh, good. I really didn’t want to have to fight you. It would have gotten messy and I don’t think you’d be much of a fighter.”

“Um,” Erica said.

“Again. We really need that chat, Bunny,” Alexei warned.

“I can do romantic things,” Con huffed.

Everyone stared at Con. The poor guy started to grow red. “Salem was a bedwetter until he was seven!”

Salem groaned.

“What?” she asked. “Why did he come out with that random piece of information?”

“Because he’s being a jerk,” Salem said.

“Do not speak of your brother’s bedwetting,” Salem’s mum called out from the doorway. “Or I will show everyone your baby photos. There’s that one in the bath . . .”

“Fine, fine!” Con said. “I’ll just come help you in the kitchen, Mum.”

“Aww, I like that photo of you in the bath,” Erica said, following him.

“I don’t understand. Why did she threaten to show a photo of him in the bath?” she asked.

“To embarrass him for embarrassing me,” Salem said. “It’s a family thing.”

“You don’t have any siblings, Tamsyn?” Jad asked.

“Ah, no.”

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