Page 78 of Heartbreak Hero

She groaned and pulled the sheet up, covering her eyes.

He laughed loudly, he couldn’t help it.

“I meant for food. Your mind went to the gutter,” he teased her.

She huffed, giggled, and then lowered the sheet to her neck.

“I am starving.”

“Then let’s have breakfast together before we go question the perp.”

Her eyes widened. “Really? You’ll take me?”

“King gave his approval,” he grunted and shifted over to sit on the side of the bed.

“But you don’t want me to go?” She scooted over with the sheet wrapped around her naked form and sat beside him.

“Hell no. I don’t want you anywhere near that fucker.” He swallowed and shot her a quick glance to find her smiling. “What?”

She shook her head and dropped the sheet. Her breasts were displayed, and he looked his fill. She stood and bent over to pull on her panties.

He sat there stupefied, unable to look away from her curves until she was covered in her shirt and the sweat pants from last night.

“Coming?” She gave him a come-hither look over one shoulder, and he jumped up.

You bet your sweet ass he was coming. He wasn’t going to let her out of his sight. Now that she’d forgiven him for god only knows what, he was going to stick to her like glue.

He caught her hand and linked their fingers and pulled her back to him.

She eyed him, but came closer. She liked to play games, but he didn’t. She’d kept him at bay via anger, but now that she had given him the green light, he wasn’t going to let her slip away.

She was his.

Plain and not so simple. She might not know that yet, but she soon would.

They stepped out into the hallway, and she turned to him.

“Hey…I’m going to shower and change first,” she announced and stopped at the door to the room she shared with Ana and Carla.

“Me too,” he said gruffly. Loathed to leave her, but she made sense.

He sighed when she disappeared into the room and closed the door. Hauling ass back to his room, Levi showered and changed in record time.

He was back and leaning against the hall directly across from her room door when she emerged ten minutes after that. She had pulled on tight faded blue jeans, a pink sweater that matched the pink on her lips, and a pair of white sneakers.

She was hands down fucking hot. Absolutely gorgeous, and his pulse hummed just being near her.

He slid his arm possessively around her shoulders and kept her by his side as they entered the kitchen.

They drew several pairs of eyes, but Levi ignored them.

Sara, on the other hand, darted away from him, grabbed a plate from the stack on the counter, and hurried over to dish up a serving of eggs, bacon, and potatoes at the stove.

He lifted a plate and followed, waiting behind her, blocking the view of her ass from the rest of the room. He couldn’t be sure, but he thought he saw West take a look.

When Sara turned around, she handed him the plateful of food and took the empty one from him and started dishing up more.

She was serving his food. It was such a little thing, but he couldn’t stop the small puff of pride.

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