CEO Daddy (Crescent Cove 6.50)

“Is this your first time through a drive-thru?” she asked.

“Why, just because I asked where the silverware was?”

“You have a burger and fries. You don’t get silverware, Mr. Silver Spoon.” She reached over to wipe salt off my chin. “I like when you don’t shave,” she added, licking the salt off her fingertip.

“Like glasses, check. Like scruff, check. Like to make me uncomfortable when there’s a baby sitting nearby, check.” I glanced over my shoulder at Lily, whose face was covered with vanilla ice cream. I couldn’t keep from laughing. “You enjoying that cone, Lily Patch?”

Hannah looked back too and laughed with me. “Lily Patch is such a cute nickname for her.”

“It was Billy’s. He always joked he found her in the cabbage patch. She was the red-headed doll, although now she’s getting more brown. Aren’t you?”

Lily tossed the remnants of the cone on the floor.

Hannah sighed, unbuckling herself. “I’ll just—”

“No, I’ve got her. Eat your lunch. The baby is hungry even if you aren’t.” I unclicked my seat belt, stopping when I realized Hannah was staring. “What?”

“You really want this baby.” She cleared her throat. “Our baby.”

I didn’t have to think. “Yes, I do. And I really want you too.” I gripped her hand. “Not as an incubator. Because you’re Hannah Jacobs, and I haven’t been able to take my eyes off of you since I saw you scribbling secrets in a diary.”

Her cheeks pinkened. “It’s more of a business planner now.”

“Did you tell it about us having sex?”

“It? You realized it’s a bound book?

“Yes. Did you?”

She licked her lips, nice and slow. “Maybe. Maybe not.”

I shook my head. “You have an evil side, and I’m not sure what it says about me that I find it sexy.”

She gave me a rare full smile. “Me either.”

We finished our lunches and got back on the road. I had a surprise destination, one I didn’t clue Hannah in on.

“Where are we going?”

“You’ll see.” I tossed her a grin.

“Are you kidnapping me?”

“Maybe. I wouldn’t mind tying you up and having my way with you. Probably not with the baby present though.”

“Asher Wainwright, you’re a kinky sort. I never would’ve guessed.”

My grin widened. “Imagine that.”

I pulled into the parking lot of Tattoo You and Hannah whipped her head toward me. “I’m not getting a tattoo. I don’t like needles. Especially big needles. No, I hate them all.”

“We aren’t here for you.”

“Then?” Her gaze dropped to my chest, although it obviously wasn’t visible through my shirt. “You don’t have that much real estate left to get inked, at least on your torso. Which still doesn’t fit with any of the rest of you.”

“See what happens when you have a crazy buddy who encourages you to do wild stuff?” I flicked my thumb along the corner of her mouth. “Or your crazy boyfriend?”

Saying it made my pulse pound in my ears so I quickly unbuckled and got out of the car. “You and Lily can stay here. I’m just going in for a quick consultation with my regular guy. He doesn’t know if he can get the outline started today or not.”