Page 33 of Falling for Lucifer
Lucifer chuckled deeply. “Oh, man. Tink is cursing? She’s big mad, bro. You definitely showed yo’ ass.”
“Call her Tink again, nigga. I’ll crack ya skull.” Hades looked highly irritable, but Lucifer simply waved him off and adjusted Etta in his arms.
“Now what, baby?” Lucifer asked Ellodie.
She shrugged, feeling the weight of what happened. “I don’t know. I’m sorry about my mother. She’s honestly the worst?—”
“Aye, what I tell you about shitty parents?” Hades asked Ellodie.
She sniffled before a small smile graced her face. “Fuck them up?”
Ellodie could tell Hades wasn’t the type to smile, but she swore she saw a ghost of a smile form on his lips. “Fuck themmothafuckas up. Want me to go handle that?”
Ellodie let out a soft giggle and shook her head quickly because she had a feeling Hades would have no issues going back in there and handling her mother.
Hades shrugged and looked at Harley. “I know yo’ ass is tired. Let’s go home so you can nap. I got my baby.”
Harley beamed up at him. The chance for an uninterrupted nap was the best thing a new mom could hear. Forgetting all about how he’d just acted, she looped her arm through his and pulled.
“Let’s plan a christening for both babies in a few months,” Harley called out as they walked toward their truck.
Ellodie waved her hand at them in agreement. She and Lucifer watched as they got into the car before she turned to look up at him. She sighed and then pressed her forehead into his chest as best she could with Ellodie between them.
“Why did I get stuck with the world’s worst mother?” Ellodie asked dramatically.
Lucifer kissed her head. “I got stuck with the world’s worst father, so we kind of fit together.”
She looked back up at him. “We do, don’t we?”
Lucifer’s lips twitched up into a half smile. “Is that why you walkin’ around claiming me as yo’ man?”
Her face heated. “My fake man.”
She said it, but they both knew she didn’t mean it.
“Oh yeah?” His brow rose in challenge.
She bit her lip. As much as she wanted to play this game with him, she wanted to test the waters even more. “What if I told you I wanted you to be my man for real?”
She felt exposed asking that. She had only ever been pursued by Wes. She never had to pursue anyone, and it felt too vulnerable for her comfort.
Lucifer leaned down to kiss her, squashing her insecurities with the touch of his lips. “What if I told you I been that?”
Ellodie felt warm all over. Her brows rose in surprise. “I don’t remember you asking me to be my man.”
“That what you want?” His voice was filled with amusement.
She bit her lip and looked at his chest. Shyly, she replied, “I never had that before. Might be nice.”
Lucifer lifted her chin with his finger. “Say less.”
They kissed again, and Ellodie felt tingles shoot through her body. Part of her wished she would have made things official right then and there with him, but the girly girl in her wantedto be asked properly. She knew until he made that happen, she would be on pins and needles, waiting in anticipation.
The way Lucifer sped home was criminal. He would be lucky if he made it there without a ticket. After meeting with Milton, the real estate agent who was selling the building next to Underworld Customs, all he wanted to do was get back to Ellodie and Etta, who had just gotten home from a checkup with Harley.
If Lucifer had it his way, Ellodie would never go back to her place. As crazy as it sounded, after knowing her such a short amount of time, he loved having her around.
She’d officially been at his place for over a month, and the house that once felt too big for him suddenly felt comfortable. Ellodie and Etta brought so much life into his space, and he knew the moment she decided to go back home, he would miss it.
