Page 54 of Adoring Delaney

“No.”

His answer shocked me. I’ve never known my dad to keep secrets from my mom. If she even got a whiff, he was trying to surprise her with something she’d badger the fuck out of him until he spilled. She should’ve been an interrogator, she was that good.

“Not mine to tell, son.”

“Thanks. Let me get Laney through tonight and this weekend we’re headed up to Virginia Beach so I can meet with Logan. He’s coming around to pick up the rest of the crap he’s taking.”

“No shit. You’re taking her up.”

Damn, the shock in my dad’s voice reminded me what an ass I’d been.

“She wants to see it and I promised no more pushing her away. So we’re going up. Haven’t told her yet, but we’re gonna have dinner with my old team.”

“You’re doing good, kid. Proud of you.”

“Thanks. Now if we’re done, I have a two-hour workout I need to complete in an hour thirty.”

My dad’s smile was big, the green of his eyes danced, and he shook his head. “There’s so much I could say about that comment, but all of them would be at Delaney’s expense and I just can’t think of my niece that way.”

“Well, you better stop thinking about her as your niece, because she is not your blood and if you start telling people your daughter-in-law is your niece, they might think we’re a little backwoods.”

My dad chuckled and backed out of my office calling as he went, “See you tomorrow.”

“Later, Dad.”

When Delaney picked me up she was still irritated. Though her anger had been downgraded to mild instead of nuclear which was an improvement. The closer we got to home the more on edge she became.

“How was your day?” I asked after I finished telling her about mine.

The first thing she’d asked about when I got in the truck was how her dad was. It’d taken me a few minutes to convince her Jasper was fine, he was better than fine actually. He’d given me plenty of lighthearted shit about his daughter being stubborn and that it was amazing to watch her run me in circles.

I disagreed, she wasn’t running me in circles, I was simply doing whatever I needed to do to hammer out all the waves I’d created.

“My day was fine. I went home and cleaned up then went to the grocery store since you invited my parents over and I had nothing to feed them. By the way, my car was gone when I got back this morning.”

I’d known that. Todd had called to tell me they’d picked it up and it would be ready tomorrow. I told him to take his time, we were in no hurry. I liked that Delaney had to take me to work, and I liked knowing she was driving my truck. And we were leaving tomorrow for the weekend, and with her garage still packed full of shit and me not wanting to take on the herculean task of cleaning it out so she could park her car in there, I felt better knowing it would safely remain at Todd’s shop until we returned.

“We can pick it up Monday,” I told her.

“But I have stuff to do tomorrow.”

“So?”

“So? I’ll need a car. I guess I can ask my mom to borrow hers tonight.”

“Laney, you have a car to drive. You can take my truck,” I reminded her.

“What if you need it?”

“I’ll be at work all day. I don’t need it. We’ll do the same thing we did today. You drive me to work and keep the truck.”

“If you’re sure.”

“I’m sure.”

She turned down her street and I gritted my teeth to stop myself from telling her to drive faster. She was babying my truck and I knew it wasn’t for my benefit. She’d always driven slowly. Following her back from Myrtle Beach had been torture.

Why I allowed her to drive us home was beyond me. I could’ve shaved ten minutes off the drive. But when she’d pulled up looking sexy as all get out behind the wheel of my big ass truck with a light-up-my-life smile, I didn’t hesitate. I got in the passenger seat and told her to drive. I was rewarded with an even bigger smile that made my cock twitch and if we’d been in a different place in our new relationship, I would’ve made her pull over so I could fuck her.

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