Page 31 of Renard's Deliverance

She kicked him in the back of the leg, trying to be subtle.

“Ow! What the fuck was that for?” he complained.

“Don’t swear in front of the baby,” Saxon told him.

“It was for saying that the baby liked you more than him,” Opal explained.

“But she does. I told you, I’ve got something that makes me irresistible.”

“You’ve got a big head, is what you’ve got,” she countered. “Saxon, your baby loves you.”

“Aww, look, Chip’s asleep again,” Renard said.

“Her name is not Chip,” Saxon said as Renard handed the baby over again.

“Then give her a name. I can’t keep calling her Baby or she’ll think that’s her name.”

“It’s a better name than Chip,” Opal told Saxon.

Saxon shook his head with a mutter. “I’ve got to get back to Aspen and the boys. Luckily, she still thinks that you’ve got her back at the restaurant. What are you even doing here?”

“Getting a security light,” Renard retorted, placing the light on the counter. “Ring that up, boy.”

“His name is Trey,” she told him.

“Hmm, Trey. Not a bad name.”

“My baby girl will not be called Trey,” Saxon told Renard with a glare. “I’ll see you later. Are you going back to the restaurant?”

“Malina finally arrived and it’s my day off. I have other things to do.”

“Like installing a security light?” Saxon asked.

“Yep.” Renard pulled out his wallet.

“You are not paying for that!” Opal told him.

“It’s my security light; I’m paying for it.”

Oh. It was for him?

“Um, sorry. I’ll go get one for my house,” she said, turning away as Renard paid for that one.

She was embarrassed that she’d thought Renard was buying that light for her.

A hand reached out and lightly grasped her wrist. “Where’re you going?”

“Back to grab the light I put down,” she told him.

“Nope.”

He started to tug her out of the building.

“Hey! What are you doing?” she exclaimed. “Let go of me! I need to get a security light.”

“What was wrong with yours?” he asked, pausing.

“It broke.”

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