Page 21 of Joy Ride

Except he didn’t have to wait even that long.Because she was right there, behind him.He caught a glimpse of her as he twirled Devra.

Walker set his boss’s wife down gently, before clearing his throat.

Behind him, someone only partially covered their laughter with a faux cough.But the flare of jealousy in Joy’s eyes wasn’t amusing to Walker.It was half-terrifying and half-arousing.Because if she didn’t want anyone else touching him, maybe that meant she wanted to keep him for herself.

Dane hovered over her shoulder, Arden still snuggled in the crook of his arm.Was he ever going to put the baby down again?Walker could understand if he didn’t.

Joy pasted on a smile that didn’t reach her eyes.“I can come back later if I’m interrupting.”

“No need.”Devra smiled up at Joy.“Walker was just thanking me for offering you a job, even though it’s really me who would thank you, if you’d accept it.I could desperately use some help.”

“A job?Really?Doing what?”Joy flashed a wary glance at Walker, wondering what he’d gotten her into.

“I’m opening a restaurant and I need servers.It’ll be ready to go in a couple months, but if you need more time with your baby, that’s fine.We can make it happen.”Devra inched closer, peering at the child Dane held with a wistful smile.

“I can start any time.Even sooner if you need help setting things up.”Joy stepped forward as ifshemight pick Devra up and spin her around this time.“Are you sure?I’ve never even had a job before.I could totally suck.”

Walker tried to school his dick not to perk up at that thought.Tried and failed.She sucked just fine.

“You’ll do great.”Devra beamed at her.“So is that a yes?Please?”

“Yes.God, yes.”Joy did rush toward Devra then before wrapping her in a hug.“Thank you.You have no idea what this means to me.”

“Actually, I do.”Devra nodded slowly.It wasn’t so long ago that she and Trevon had been living out of backpacks.“We’re more alike than you might imagine.I know you didn’t get to meet everyone last night so let me introduce you.This is my husband, Trevon.”

She led Joy to the tall black man who was always quick to smile and had a knack for putting people at ease.After they’d shook hands, she then turned to Quinn, who could seem much more imposing given his dense tattoos, confidence, and solid build.“This is Quinn.My other husband.”

Joy’s eyes went wide.To her credit, she didn’t show many other outward signs of her shock, but Walker and Dane knew her well enough to tell.She looked at him and he nodded.

Next Devra introduced her to Wren, Jordan, and Kason and then Kyra, Ollie, and Van.

When she’d made the circuit of the room Joy said, “So…you’re all in committed threesomes?”

“Lucky us, huh?”Kyra said with a wiggle of her brows.

“Yeah,” Joy said softly before glancing at Dane and then Walker.“Yeah, you are.Hell, I’d be happy if I could get a single guy to commit to me, never mind two studs like you ladies have.Fucking bitches, all of you.”

The whole room exploded in laughter.

And just like that, Walker knew…Joy belonged there too.

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