Page 145 of Beyond the Badge: Nox

“Not liking this.”

“You’ve registered your formal complaint, so now can I get back to my evening plans?”

“You ain’t knockin’ boots with him later, right? Not with the boys here.”

She grimaced. “Can we have thisdiscussionoutside?”

“You wanna have it outside? Gonna have it outside. But we’re gonna fuckin’ have it.” He spun on his boot heel and strode toward the door.

She made sure the door was closed behind them after following him outside.

As soon as they hit the driveway, he spun on her. “You ain’t doin’ him with my grandsons here, are you?”

When the hell did he become the morality police? Coming from Magnum that was laughable. “No, I’ll just wait for when they’re staying over at your house.”

She lifted a hand before the man exploded. She knew she shouldn’t poke the grumpy grizzly but her annoyance was back in full force.

Apparently so was his, when he boomed, “You already made that fuckin’ mistake once.”

“Keep your voice down,” she hissed. “The neighborhood doesn’t need to know our business. And Mark was not a mistake! Jason was.”

“Him, too.”

“You better not be telling Devyn that me marrying his father was a mistake. You aren’t, are you?” When her father didn’t answer, she leaned in, locked eyes with him and demanded, “Are you?”

She waited for him to look away because if he did, she’d have her answer. Thankfully, he didn’t. “Ain’t sayin’ shit.”

“Good. Please don’t. You never met him and have no right to judge.”

“He was a pig. All I gotta know.”

She sighed. “And you’re pig-headed.”

“Ain’t gonna argue that.”

Liyah shrugged. “Because you can’t.”

“If you’re lonely, Romeo’s interested,” Magnum suggested.

She rolled her eyes. “As you well know, Romeo is interested in anyone with tits and at least one hole to fuck.”

Magnum’s head snapped back. “Better than a fuckin’ pig!”

“I don’t know, is he?” Liyah raised her eyebrows at him. “You’d rather me hook my wagon to a man who can’t keep his dick in his pants? Do you want a man like that helping raise my children?Yourgrandchildren?”

A muscle jumped in her father’s cheek.

“I didn’t think so. Now, I’m sure Cait’s wondering where you are.” She raised up on her toes and pressed a kiss to his smooth cheek. “Thank you for stopping by and thank you for caring. I love you, Dad, but you don’t have a say in who I see.”

“Don’t like it.”

“I know.”

With a grunt, he shook his head and started toward his Harley.

She made sure her tone was sugary sweet when she called out, “Have a nice night, Dad. I’ll let the boys know you said goodbye and that you love them and can’t wait to see them again soon. Oh, and give my love to Cait.”

Magnum grunted again.

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