“Hi!” She smiled widely at him as she finished her last bite. She was sitting on the kitchen counter, waiting for Evette to return from the bathroom.
“Um, you’ve got a bit of butter here . . . and here . . .”
She tried to wipe at her mouth as he told her and he shook his head. “Wait, let me.” He grabbed a cloth and wet it before gently cleaning her up.
“Thanks,” she said as he wiped her hands clean.
“Not a problem, darling girl. I wanted to let you know that I’ve made a doctor’s appointment for you for the end of the week. I couldn’t get in any earlier.”
“I don’t want to go,” she said immediately.
He frowned. “You need to go. You haven’t been getting your period and it’s not healthy.” He leaned his hands on the counter, pressing into her without touching her. “And I want you to go.”
“Isn’t it my body?”
“It is,” he confirmed. “But you are also ours. If I wasn’t well, wouldn’t you want me to see a doctor?”
She sighed. “Don’t go using logic on me.”
He smiled and kissed her forehead.
“Oh, sorry! Uh, this is awkward.”
Roman shot back as Mark spoke. She glared over at the other man, even though it wasn’t really his fault. Although why he kept coming into the kitchen, she didn’t know.
“Mark, what are you doing here?”
“Just been meeting with Salem,” he said. “I’m about to take off. Wanted to say goodbye. See you, Tamsyn.”
“Bye.”
“I’ll see you out,” Roman said, looking surprisingly stern and unhappy. “Stay here, darling girl.”
“You got it!”
Roman returned about five minutes later. “He shouldn’t have been wandering around on his own.”
“He seems harmless enough. Although he’s probably wondering why I’m letting both you and Salem kiss me.”
“Let him wonder. There’s no law against it.”
“Whoa.” She fanned herself. “Roman the rebel. I like it.”
He rolled his eyes at her, but he was grinning.
“Next thing you know, you’ll be riding a motorbike without a helmet.”
Roman shook his head. “Now, that would just be dangerous and foolish. No chance of me doing that.”
No, not her Roman. He was too careful.
With himself and most definitely with her. So she guessed she could go to the doctor.
For him.
Because she would do anything for him.
“Have you found anything on O’Connor?”Salem asked Roman as he walked into his office.