Duh.
“Course he is. Bastard.”
“And Caleb, well, he always reminds me of an eagle. Loyal and protective.”
Aleki started muttering under his breath.
“But you, you’re my teddy bear. My best friend. You give the best cuddles. You make me laugh.”
“I don’t hear anything about being the most handsome and the best lover.”
She giggled. “That goes without saying.”
He puffed out his chest. “Damn straight.”
“I was lost without you,” she murmured.
“Me too, baby girl. Me too.”
35
“Wakey, wakey, baby girl,” Aleki sang. “It’s morning time.”
She cracked an eye open. It wasn’t morning. It was still dark. And why’d he have to sound so cheerful?
“Go away. Sleeping.” Like he should be doing.
Yesterday, she’d spent the morning in the playroom, creating more images to torture Caleb with. Poor Caleb. He’d never get the right answer since there was never a right answer.
Then she’d spent the afternoon with Caleb. They had a swimming lesson and then he’d placed her on the edge of the pool, spread her legs, and ate her out as a reward.
After dinner, Aleki had made her one of his special hot chocolates. It was basically chocolate melted with milk and poured into a glass. Then covered with whipped cream and chocolate sprinkles.
But the very special part was the two Tim-Tams he’d given her from his secret stash. Wolfe had complained about all that sugar, but she knew he was jealous as he’d watched her do the Tim-Tam slam. Aleki had taught her this years ago. You grabbed a Tim-Tam and took a small nibble at two diagonal corners. You had to eat enough of the cookie to see the chocolate center.
Then you put one end of the cookie in your hot drink, your mouth went around the other end and you sucked the drink up through the cookie.
Chocolatey goodness.
By that time, she’d barely been able to keep her eyes open. Aleki had carried her to bed. She’d been so tired that she’d fallen asleep as soon as he laid her down.
“Come back to bed,” she mumbled.
“Oh yeah? What will you give me if I come back to bed?” he teased.
“Two more hours of sleep and a blow job.”
He let out a shocked gasp. “A blow job as bribery? I’m shocked, young lady.”
She snorted. Yep, she’d won. She rolled onto her tummy, expecting him to climb back in when the covers were suddenly ripped off her.
“Bad girl, trying to bribe me.” A hand was placed on the small of her back and he peppered her ass with light smacks.
“Aleki! No! Stop! Damn it!”
She managed to wriggle her way free, sitting up and brushing her hair off her face as she frowned at him. “What are you doing?”
“Waking you up.” He grinned. “Time to get ready, we’ve got to go.”