Page 191 of Broken Daddy
Knowing her luck, she’d likely slip and hurt herself even more.
Shoot.
“I’m coming in then.” The door opened and an attractive, dark-haired man stepped into the bathroom. His blue gaze took her in as she held the mop while standing in the middle of a puddle of soapy water.
To her shock, he grinned. “Oh, you’re in so much trouble, pretty girl.”
What?
Stepping forward, he didn’t seem to have any problem walking on the slippery floor.
“I’m going to pick you up, okay?” he said in a firm voice.
“I can walk.”
“Not happening. Hayes told me that you’re clumsy. I don’t want you falling over and hurting yourself.”
“He told you that I’m clumsy? Sheesh. Did he tell you anything else embarrassing about me?”
“If he did, I’m not telling. I’m picking you up now.”
His voice left no room for argument.
“Um. Okay.”
“I’m Zeke, by the way.”
“Devi.”
“I know.” He lifted her into his arms. Yum, he smelled like mint.
Probably not something you should notice.
He carried her out of the bedroom to where a gorgeous woman sat in a wheelchair in the middle of the room.
Her eyebrows went up. “What happened? Why does she have a mop?”
“Spilled a bucket of water in the bathroom,” Zeke said.
“Oh and she was trying to mop it up?”
“Hmm, looked more like we startled her and she knocked it over.” Zeke set her down on the sofa. “Is that right, Devi?”
“I’m so sorry. I’m a mess.” She let the mop go and tried to fix her hair.
“Well, no one cares about that,” the woman said, waving her hand through the air. “Least of all us. I’m Eden.”
“Hi,” she said quietly. “I’m Devi.”
Zeke crouched in front of her. “Surprised that Hayes is letting you clean the bathroom when you’re barely out of the hospital and have an arm in a sling.”
“Letting me?” she repeated.
“Letting you,” Zeke said firmly. “As in gives you permission. If I know Hayes, which I do, he has not given you permission to clean the bathroom.”
“I really don’t think I need permission to clean a bathroom,” she muttered.
“It’s not the cleaning the bathroom part,” Eden told her. “It’s the fact that you did it while injured. And you waited until he left to try. These guys are hugely overprotective and I’m pretty sure Hayes might be the worst of all of them.”
