Page 171 of Beyond the Badge: Crew

“Grammy?”

“Crew…”

“How about Nanna?”

“Fuck you.”

He chuckled. “You’d be one hot GILF.”

She shoved his arm. “Gross.”

He grabbed her hand and pulled her into him. “C’mon, Granny, give me some.”

“Ew!” She broke free and jumped out of bed. “Shut up!”

He popped out of bed and stalked toward her. “Yank out your dentures and give me some head.”

“Crew!”

As he went to tackle her, she spun and hit a wall of hair, tripping over Murphy as the poor dog tried to scoot out of her way. She crash landed on the floor. Hard.

“Did you break a hip? Should I grab your walker, Grandma?” he asked, dropping to his knees at her side, then moving to straddle her waist. He clamped his hands around her wrists, pulled them over her head and pinned them to the floor. He went nose to nose with her, his gray eyes full of mischief. “Now I have you where I want you.”

“On the floor?”

“I’ll take you wherever I can get you.” His gravelly tone shot a shiver down her spine.

“You sound desperate.”

“Desperately in love with you.”

Her lungs seized and his gray eyes went wide.

She bit her bottom lip and he straightened, releasing her wrists.

Was he panicking? He looked as if he was panicking.

“Crew,” she whispered. “Are you… Is it true?”

“That’s not something I would joke about, Cami. It’s why I brought the whole vasectomy thing up.”

“I thought it was because you wanted us to be exclusive, not because you loved me.”

“Why would I want to be exclusive if I didn’t love you?”

She rolled her eyes. “But how is loving me tied directly to your vas deferens?”

“Very funny. And I explained that already.”

“Fine. You’re worried that I’ll change my mind down the road. That I’ll feel I’m missing out. And then I’ll leave you, leaving you broken-hearted and devastated. You will walk the Earth flagellating yourself as you mourn my loss for the rest of your life.”

“Jesus Christ. Let’s not go overboard,” he muttered. “The truth is, I don’t want to hold you back. Not ever.”

She reached up and stroked his bearded jawline. Since they were lobbing truth bombs… “And I love you for that.”

His nostrils flared at her admission. But he didn’t look happy about it, he looked even more worried. “I don’t want to ruin this.”

“You won’t.”

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