Page 66 of Big Daddy Christmas
Almost.
“Oh, Ruby Red. You know me better than that.”
“Yeah.” Her sigh was heavy and so full of drama he couldn’t help but laugh. “Can’t blame a girl for trying.”
“No, I suppose I can’t. But I will give you a choice.”
“What kind of choice?”
“I’m on my way with the rings. Do you want your punishment when I get there, or do you want it at the club?”
“Well… I suppose that depends. Is it the same punishment, just delivered sooner rather than later? Or entirely different punishments altogether?”
“Different punishments. And no, I won’t be telling you what they are.”
“Sadist,” she grumbled. There was a long silence, followed by another of those deep sighs. “I’d rather get it over with sooner, I guess.”
“All right. I’ll see you soon, Ruby Red. I love you.”
“I love you, too. And Daddy?”
“Yeah, baby?”
“I can’t fucking wait to get that ring on my finger. However you do it, whenever you do it, I don’t care. I just want to marry you.”
Same, babygirl. Same.
Chapter 6
Ruby
It took everything she had to wipe the excited smile from her face as she slipped back into the suite. And even more to keep her expression as neutral as possible as she returned to her spot beside Silver.
“He found the rings,” she whispered, careful to keep her voice low enough for the woman running a comb through Silver’s poof of hair from hearing them.
“Oh, thank god.” Silver pressed a hand to her chest. “Crisis averted.”
“For now. I’m still in so much trouble when he gets here, though.”
“As you should be, you brat.” Giggling, Silver patted her hand. “And you know you’ll love every second of it.”
“True,” Ruby agreed with a sigh. “I’ll feel a lot better once that particular black mark is cleared from my slate. I hate that I put him through so much stress for no reason.”
“The stress is good for him. Keeps him young.”
“Considering the way he freaked out over the gray hair he found the other day, I don’t think he’d agree with you.”
A vicious delight lit Silver’s eyes. “Really? Beckett found a gray hair? Oh, Ice is going to have so much fun fucking with him.”
As if she’d conjured the man himself, the door to their suite opened and Ice stepped inside, his gaze scanning the room. Ruby had to bite back a giggle at how disappointed he looked when he spotted Silver in the stylist’s chair.
“Hey!” Popping up from her spot on the couch, Aria waved her hands at him in a shooing motion. “No boys allowed. Get out!”
But then Aria’s eyes widened and her hands dropped to her side. “Holy shit. You’re Ice. Oh my god.”
“I am, and I won’t be long. Just checking in on everyone, making sure everything is going smoothly over here.” Flashing Aria the breezy rockstar smile he used to give Ruby before they’d become friends, he sauntered over to where Ruby and Silver were seated in the stylists’ chairs.
“You heard her,” Silver said with a grin and a shooing motion of her own. “No boys allowed.”
