Page 25 of Cautious

Marcus holds the door to the office open for her. The minute she comes inside, Kellen takes her bags from her hands before she spots me and her whole face lights up.Jesus what this woman does to me.

“Hey, Bundy,” she calls as she walks my way. As soon as she’s in reach, I wrap my arm around her and pull her until she collides with my chest. She lets out a little squeak which turns to a moan as I cover her mouth with mine.

Ignoring the guys’ teasing and my own turbulent thoughts, I unapologetically kiss her stupid, before pulling away and reveling in the glazed look on her face.

“Hi,” I finally answer, making her smile.

She huffs. “You always have to go one better, don’t you?”

I wink and turn her toward the offices, nudging her in that direction, keeping my eyes on her ass as we follow the smell of Chinese food to the break room.

“Hey, assholes, save some for me,” I grumble when I see the guys fall upon the bags of food like starving animals.

“You snooze you lose, boss,” Arlo announces as he sits on a chair with a plate laden with noodles and crispy chicken.

“I was thanking my girl, which none of you assholes have done yet,” I point out. I realize my mistake as Marcus turns around with an evil grin and plants a kiss on a stunned Callie.

“Thank you, Callie,” he tells her, moving out of arm’s reach before I knock him out. Unfortunately, while my attention is on him, Felix manages to plant one on her too.

“Keep your lips off my girl,” I bellow, making everyone laugh, including Callie, but I’m serious. Nobody gets to taste her but me.

I turn to glare at her. “Oh, you think this is funny, huh?” I ask, watching her eyes widen as she backs away from me.

“Hey, it’s not my fault,” she yells, still laughing as I lunge for her.

The little shit runs and hides behind Kellen, who smirks at me.

“I didn’t get to say thank you yet,” he announces, so I punch the big fucker in the stomach. He moves away wheezing and laughing at the same time.

Laugh it up, asshole, you won’t find it so amusing when I rip your dick off.

“You didn’t have to hit him,” Callie scolds, but I ignore her, picking her up instead and sitting with her in my lap. I band my arms tightly around her and run my nose up and down her neck, smiling as my breath skates across her skin, making her shiver.

“Thanks for bringing us lunch, Callie,” I whisper into her ear, making her squirm. I grip her hips and hold her still as my dick begins to harden beneath her.

“You’re welcome. I was heading to the post office anyway. I had a new box of stuff to collect.”

“Hmm… anything interesting?” I ask, my hands sliding over her belly, a surprising pang residing in me.

Callie had gotten her period after the broken condom fiasco. I had expected to feel relieved, and to be fair, I was. Mostly. There was just this small part of me that kept picturing what it would be like to have a little girl with her strawberry-blonde locks and eyes the color of pennies.

“Well, I haven’t gone through the whole thing yet but there are a few products in there that look promising,” she whispers so nobody but me hears her.

“Here you go,” Marcus interrupts, stopping me from questioning her further when he holds out plates for us both.

“Thanks,” she tells him with a smile.

“So, not that I’m complaining, but what did we do to deserve this?” Kellen asks, tearing into an egg roll.

“Honestly? I just really wanted Chinese food, but I like a little bit of everything. I can’t eat that much food by myself, so I thought why not share it with my very own calendar boys?”

I poke her in the ribs for that, making her laugh. She doesn’t need to be ogling anyone but me.

“Well, you can bring us food anytime you like, C. In fact, I’ll even take my shirt off next time, so you get the full calendar effect.” Banner winks at her from the end of the table.

“If you take your shirt off, I’ll shoot you in the face,” I tell him in a calm voice, making the fucker laugh, but I’m not joking.

“All right, boys, play nicely. How’s Aiden doing guarding the rich and fancy?” she asks around a mouthful of lo mein.

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