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“I did.” She squats down so she can hug and kiss him. “Isn’t that exciting?”

He nods and runs back to her parents and grabs their hands to drag them into the garage.

“I’m guessing it was a successful outing going by your happy faces,” Delilah states looking back and forth between all of them.

“It was.” Her dad puts his arm around Delilah’s shoulder. “We found a place not too far away from here. We figure if we’re going to have a place here, we’d like for it to be a little secluded.”

Lexie’s face scrunches up with worry. “I hope that’s okay, we won’t be too close?”

“Of course, not. What’s the point of you living here if you’re going to be far away again?” Delilah says with a big grin on her face. Her parents being here makes her happy, which in turn makes me happy.

“I promise we’re not the type of neighbors who just pop in unannounced.” Lexie blushes as she speaks.

“We learned that lesson the hard way when we walked in on our neighbors going at it in their living room. After that, we thought it would be best to call or knock so…” Ryder trails off.

Yeah, I’m sure her dad doesn’t want to think about his daughter having sex with me or anyone for that matter, and definitely doesn’t want to see it.

“A call would be good, Daddy,” Delilah says softly. “Anyway,” she says and turns to move inside the house, “did you guys have lunch? We picked up some Chinese and had a nice picnic at the park, but if you’re hungry, I can—”

“We’re good, sweetheart. We ate while we were out. Did you have a nice date?” Her mom arches her brow with a knowing look.

Delilah smiles and I swear it lights up the entire world. “It was probably the nicest date I’ve ever been on.”

“That’s because you were with shit guys before who didn’t know how to treat you right,” Ryder grumbles.

I’m going to take that as he likes me and knows I’ll treat his daughter the way she should be treated.

Turning to look over her shoulder, Delilah asks. “What’s that, Daddy?”

“Nothing, sweetheart. I’m glad you had a good time. It’s about time someone treats you right for a change.”

We all head into the kitchen, even though no one’s hungry. It seems to be where we congregate the most. There and the living room.

Wrapping my arms around her middle, I lean down and speak quietly enough for only her to hear. The only problem is, once her ass is pressed into my hips, I have a hard time keeping my dick from trying to stand at attention. I think about what she told me earlier about what she went through, and it instantly deflates. “Hey, do you mind if I take Beck for a walk and talk to him about where you’ll be sleeping from now on?”

She turns in my arms and scans my face for a moment before answering. “Yeah, sure, okay. I think it would be good coming from you.”

It makes me happy that she trusts me with her son since I know how important he is to her.

“And later, I’ll talk to your dad about Bradley.”

Her face tightens for a moment, but I know it’s not from me wanting to tell her dad. She’s been dreading telling him everything that went down, and I think it would be best coming from me. If she saw how I think he’s going to react, it would hurt her.

Reaching up on her toes, she kisses my cheek. “Thank you. Maybe later I can repay you.”

“I’m not doing it for you to owe me, but if later you want to show me how nice your lips can wrap around my cock, I wouldn’t oppose.”

“Max,” she scolds and looks around the room to find that her parents have moved to the living room. They’re by the window, pointing at something.

My body shakes with silent laughter and I hug her to me. “I wouldn’t have said that with them in the room. What kind of brute do you take me for?”

“One who can’t control himself.” She laughs into my chest.

She’s right. It’s hard for me to control myself around her when others are around, but I’ve managed so far.

“What are you going to do while I take Beck out?” I kiss her red, pouty lips.

“I think I’m going to lay down and try to take a nap.” I’m close to asking her if she’s okay when she answers for me. “I’m tired, but also a little nauseous.”

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