Page 42 of Treasure and Tarot

“Thanks. It’s all good. C’mere, Abby.” He opened his arms up.

She climbed up on the bed, then launched into his arms.

“Oof.”

Oops. Her leg must have hit Colton.

“Gentle, baby girl. Papa Colton has an owwie leg, remember?”

Her face fell. “Poor poor Papa!”

“Thanks, sweetie. Good morning. Iago, you want to go grab a coffee or something, we’re good.”

“Okay, Boss. See you later, Abby!” And he shut the door and fled.

“Bye bye.” Abby curled into his arms with a sigh. “Daddy, my tummy needs eggs and coffee.”

Colton blinked. “Coffee.”

“C. H. O. C. C. I. E. M. I. L. K,” he spelled out.

“Ah.” Colton grinned. “I could use some of that too. I love eggs, Abby.”

“Me too!” Abby beamed at him. “And…bacons?”

“If your Daddy says so, sure.” Colton raised an eyebrow at him. They were doing a lot of facial expression talking. “Do you want to eat in here with us, or go sit in the big room with all the guys?”

“I—” She looked confused, like she couldn’t quite figure out what the right answer was.

“How about we eat in here for brekkie, baby girl, with Papa Colton, and then today we can see everyone for lunch or dinner. You liked that last night.”

“Okay!” She nodded, relaxing. She worried like he did, about doing the right thing, making the correct decisions.

Colton nodded easily. “Well, you two tell me what to order and I will. Then I’ll hop over to Xavi’s to get us coffee.”

“You hop wif you leg?” She tilted her head, blinking at Colton.

Colton’s warm laugh sounded so good. “Well, that’s more of a hobble. I was using hop to mean I would go fast.”

“Daddy, call Xavi and say bring me coffee? Poor Papa.”

“How about I go get it, sweetie?” He did adore her, even if he wanted to stay in bed.

“Okay.”

Colton blinked, mouthing, “You okay with that?”

He guessed maybe he shouldn’t be. Maybe he should just stop. “Let me call down and order.”

Xavi answered the phone. “Hey. You okay? Iago’s in here and I told him you’d be ordering. He’ll be up with three coffees.”

“I’m fine. You rock. Thanks, man.”

“You’re welcome. And he’s adorbs, you know?”

“I do.” He chuckled. Xavi would never hook up with another omega, but he admired. “Xan thought so too.”

“Ooh, really. We’ll have to gossip. Did you spend the night together?”

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