Page 135 of Broken Daddy
A warm hand landed on her back as she lay cradled in Hayes’ arms. Hayes let out a low growl which was weird, then he cleared his throat.
“Sorry,” he said gruffly.
“There’s a lot of apologies going around,” Kent said, sounding amused.
Which was kind of odd.
“And no one needs to apologize to me. Devi, is there anything you need? Anything I can get for you?” Kent asked.
She forced herself to open her eyes and turning her head, she looked at him. “You’ve all been so nice. I don’t know how to repay you all.”
Kent smiled at her. “You already have.”
Huh?
“One day I’ll tell you what I mean. But you don’t repay family and you don’t need to apologize, either. Not for being a bit grumpy when you’re in pain. We all understand that.”
“But I’m never grumpy,” she explained.
“Then you’re overdue,” Kent replied.
Overdue to be grumpy? That didn’t seem to make much sense, but she decided he was probably tired.
“You should go get some sleep,” she advised him.
Kent smiled again. Huh, he was actually an extremely good-looking man. She guessed she never really looked at anyone else when Hayes was around.
She tended to just get very focused on him.
“I look that bad, huh?”
Devi’s mouth dropped in horror. “Oh no! That’s not what I meant. I’m sorry.”
“Kent,” Hayes growled.
“Hey, I was just teasing you. My turn to apologize. Family tease each other.”
She hated to disappoint this kind man. But she had to point something out. “We’re not family.”
“We will be. I consider everyone who works for me to be my family. But especially those that don’t have their own families.”
Dear Lord. She just had to keep disappointing him. “I don’t work for you.”
“No, you don’t.”
Huh? This was getting very confusing.
“Kent,” Hayes barked, making her jump slightly.
Ouch. God. Maybe she should have asked to stay on the IV drugs a bit longer.
“Yes?” Kent replied.
“Leave. Now.”
Her eyes widened as Kent whistled cheerfully as he left.
“You shouldn’t talk to him like that!” she told Hayes.
