Page 126 of Mountain Daddy
“How about leftover pizza in bed?” I offer, feeling the same.
She perks up. “That sounds amazing, actually.”
I hold out my hands.
Kendra rolls her eyes as she crosses the room and takes my outstretched hands in hers.
I groan as she helps me stand.
“Need me to get you some Aspercreme, Old Man?”
She’s teasing me, but I’m tempted to say yes. “If you’re offering to apply it.”
Kendra swats at my stomach, and I catch her hand.
She’s not going to get lost walking with me to the kitchen, but I still slide my palm down until our fingers are entwined.
For the last few days, I’ve spent so much time thinking about Kendra, about what I should do, what’s right, that I forgot how good I feel when I’m around her.
I know nothing has changed in our situation. But we’re adults.
And as long as we keep what’s between us private until we decide what to do, then we aren’t hurting anyone.
With Kendra’s hand in mine, we step out of my bedroom and into the hall.
A door slams from somewhere downstairs.
I push Kendra behind me, putting myself between her and whoever just?—
A voice cuts through my fight mode.
A voice I’d recognize anywhere.
“Dad, I’m home!”
Chapter 78
Kendra
My heart is racing.
Because Luther’s daughter is here.
But also because Luther’s hand is still gripping the front of my shirt from when he shoved me behind him.
He didn’t even hesitate.
We heard the door downstairs, and Luther dropped my hand, grabbed my shirt, and put himself directly between me and the danger.
Thedangerturned out to be his daughter, but damn.
Be still my fucking heart.
“Dad?”
The voice sounds closer.
Luther releases his grip and turns to face me.
