Page 68 of Hungry Hearts

I’ve never been accosted by a little one before, and I’m not gonna lie, I like it. I like it a lot. Ruby is a fireball of energy.

“You came to my party.”

“Sorry I’m late, Princess.”

“You’re not late. It’s still my birthday. Come bounce with me.” She puts her little pudgy, sticky hand in mine and pulls me through the living room and kitchen.

I nod at the couple, who must be Maia’s sister and brother-in-law, Juliana and Nate, and make eye contact with Flynn as Ruby brings me outside.

“You sure I’m not too big for this, Princess?”

“Mommy said you’d jump when you got here.”

“She did, did she? Why don’t you invite her to jump with us?”

“Okay.” She scrambles away and runs back into the house. “Mommy, come jump with us!” I hear her yell, and seconds later, she comes barreling outside again and beelines it into the jumpy house.

I toe off my shoes and follow her in, jumping around the pink and purple castle like I’m a kid again. And because I can, I get some air and do a front somersault in the air, landing on my feet.

Ruby’s giggles fill the space and she demands I do it again. The second flip isn’t as good and I land on my ass.

“Graceful,” Maia says from the opening.

I stand up and rub my ass. “I may need some attention here later.”

She shakes her head with a smile.

“Let’s hold hands and do ring-around-the-rosy.” Ruby takes my hand and Maia’s and spins us around in circles.

When we all fall down, I may or may not intentionally roll over on top of Maia. Ruby leaps to her feet as only a nimble kid can do and bounces around us, making it harder to get up. Scratch that. I am both hard andup. While still laying half on top of Maia.

Ruby’s bounces have my body slamming into Maia’s and I don’t work too hard on shifting away. I stare down at Maia’s glowing eyes, her hair surrounding her like a halo, as her head jolts up and down.

“You look beautiful like this.”

“Really?” Her voice vibrates from laughter and the echo of the castle.

“On your back, hair splayed out like the wings of an angel, tits bouncing, pussy thrusting into my cock.”

“I’m not—” She clamps her lips shut and turns her head to the side to see where Ruby is. Close, but not close enough to hear my dirty talk over the hum of the air blowing into the castle. “Ruby is right there and my sister and brother-in-law are surely gawking at us.”

“They’re not, but your buddy Flynn is.” I hate how jealous I sound. Especially since I’m the one with the girl under him.

“Keep it PG, pal.”

“For the record, there’s still a lot of kissing and groping in PG movies.”

“Then G. Disney sweet. You’ve got an impressionable princess watching your every move.”

“Good. She can see how a queen should be treated.” I can feel her melt under me, even with Ruby prancing around.

“Don’t lie there all night. Come jump with me.”

“My princess beckons.” I kiss the tip of Maia’s nose, and before I give her a chance to overthink and worry about the PDA, I hop to my feet and pull her up to hers.

We jump until I have a trail of sweat dripping down my spine and I’ve done one too many backflips. I’m going to be sore tomorrow. There’s no slowing the birthday girl down, but when she begs me to copy her cartwheel, I come up with the perfect distraction.

“Princess, when do you want your birthday present?”

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