Page 5 of Broken Daddy
Once the drinks were ready, she took them over to Sondra and Mr. Tragic Eyes.
“Have a nice day,” she said with a wide smile without looking at him.
Had he thought she was undressing him with her eyes? Or was Aaron just messing with her head?
Do not go bright red.
Do not.
“Thanks Devon,” Sondra said.
She sighed. Okay, now she was getting annoyed. How hard was it to remember her name?
“Devi,” Mr. Tragic Eyes said.
Sondra glanced up from her phone, looking between them. There was a small frown line between her eyebrows.
“Right. Devi. That’s what I said. I have to go to the beauty salon today. I’ve got an appointment. It will take a couple of hours. I’m sure you can safely leave me there and go do something else if you like.”
Devi should leave. This wasn’t a conversation for her ears. Unfortunately, she was also super nosy. So she found herself standing there, listening.
So he really was a bodyguard?
“That’s not the way this works,” he said. “I have to stay with you.”
“Please tell me you’re not coming into the treatment room while I get a Brazilian. I think that’s taking things too far.”
Devi let out a small squeak. She couldn’t help it. Just the idea of him watching Sondra get her vagina waxed . . . well, she felt both amused and jealous.
Jealous? Really?
That was ridiculous.
Both of them turned and looked at her. She gazed around frantically as though searching for something to save her. Finally, she saw some dirty dishes on another table and rushed over to grab them.
But she failed to see the leg of a chair sticking out and her foot hooked around it. She slammed to the floor on her hands and knees.
Ouch.
Tears filled her eyes.
More due to shock and embarrassment than actual pain.
“Devi, what are you doing? Get the hell up!” Aaron snapped at her from across the café.
Kind and caring as always.
“Devi,” a deep voice said from above her. “Are you injured?”
She closed her eyes.
That didn’t happen. She was dreaming. That was all. Well, it was a nightmare now.
“Devi?”
She felt him move. And then his hand went under her chin.
No, no, no.
