Page 74 of Papa's Bébé

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Yeah, she was trying not to laugh at him.

The brat.

Matthieu cleared his throat. “If you tell anyone about this . . . I’ll spank you.”

Not exactly professional.

But he didn’t care.

He heard her gasp, but didn’t look at her. He wasn’t sure whether he didn’t want to see if she was looking horrified or excited.

Well. Here went nothing.

“Here, Chew Bok-Bok. Come here. That’s it. In you get.”

“Tell her that she’s a good girl,” Maya said. “They like when you do that.”

They liked it? Or Maya liked it?

Because he thought she definitely liked it when he called her a good girl.

“Good girl, Chew Bok-Bok,” he said. “You’re a good girl.”

He snuck a glance at Maya whose cheeks were flushed.

Yeah, she definitely liked that.

Who knewit would be so sexy watching a man get chickens into a coop?

But she was about to expire from heat. If she could fan herself without him seeing, she would.

He had three chickens in the coop. And it had only taken him about fifteen minutes. The pizza would arrive any moment and he still had one to go.

Unfortunately, it was the hardest one of them all.

Jabba the Cluck.

She was stubborn as a goat and twice as ornery. And she really didn’t want to leave the hedge.

“Come here, Jabba,” he said.

So far, she hadn’t heard him get angry or even frustrated. Which was kind of amazing. Because she was used to receiving both emotions from people.

Frequently.

And he had to be feeling frustrated. Jabba the Cluck would try the patience of a saint. She knew that.

Maya was certainly no saint and she’d definitely lost it a few times when that darn chicken just would not listen.

Matthieu had tried coaxing her, saying her name in a high-pitched voice that was just too funny. He had tried words.

Everything that had worked with the other three. But Jabba wasn’t buying it.

“Right, guess I’m going to have to pick you up.”

“No, don’t!” Maya cried, getting up. But it was too late. He had the chicken in his hands.

Jabba the Cluck let out an ungodly noise. A high-pitched scream that sounded like she was being murdered.

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