Page 82 of Beyond the Badge: Nox

And the MC’s resident horn-dog.

If a woman was wearing pants, he’d do everything in his power to get down them. If she was wearing a skirt, he’d turn on the charm to get up it.

Hence his road name.

The man didn’t stick with a woman for more than the time it took to pull his jeans down, stick his dick in, shoot his load and pull his jeans back up.

For Romeo, that was a long-term relationship.

The man thought he was “all that” and a bag of fucking chips.

A bag of chips filled with mostly air.

She sighed as she slipped her feet into the flip flops she kept near the front door and headed out to greet her sons.

And those other two.

Tweedle-Do and Tweedle-Don’t.

She had her invisible flirt-resistant armor locked in place by the time she reached the testosterone-filled driveway.

“Hey, Ali-Cat,” Romeo purred with his deep brown eyes raking over her from head to toe.

She gave him the “palm” and a sharp, “No.”

Now she needed another shower.

He raised his eyebrows and donned a faux hurt expression. “Only sayin’hey.”

“Mmm hmm.Not interested, Romeo. Sniff elsewhere.”

“But you smell so damn good.”

Her eyes flicked to Devyn. Her oldest was grinning. She really didn’t want Romeo rubbing off on him. She wasn’t thrilled that he’d been on the back of Romeo’s bike, either.

She glanced at her father. Magnum knew all of that and masked his own expression.

She shook her head. “Boys, go in the house. I need to speak with Grumpa.”

Romeo snorted whenever she called Magnum that.

“But, Mom?—”

“No lip. Get inside like your momma told you,” Magnum grumbled at Keenan.

Her youngest’s face twisted and he dragged his feet all the way into the house.

“You, too,” Liyah told her oldest when he continued to stand next to a man he should not be emulating.

“See ya, Rome, Grumps.”

Romeo shot Devyn a huge grin and gave him a two-finger salute. “Got a prospect cut ready for you. Just don’t grow too much more or it won’t fit.”

“Devyn…”

“I’m going, Mom!” he yelled and jogged to the house.

Once both boys were inside and the door shut behind them, she turned to face Magnum. “Had to bring backup, didn’t you? Just in case my visitor was still here? I also noticed that you brought them back earlier than normal.”

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