Page 48 of Callum
“Sure are. If it was up to me, I’d just marry the woman today, but everyone’s convinced Cass she needs an engagement party first, so an engagement party it will be.”
Byeveryone, Callum was assuming Aidan meant their friends’ women.
Blake smiled. “I remember feeling like that. I just wanted to put a damn ring on Willow’s finger. Where will the party be?”
“At the event center.”
Callum’s brows rose. “So big?”
“We’re inviting a lot of people from town. Also, the guys from Marble Protection and their partners.”
The men from Marble Protection lived in Marble Falls, Texas, and had also been part of Project Arma. They were actually the ones who’d broken Callum and his team out and ended the project.
“It will be good to see them again,” Callum said with a nod.
A distant voice from the reception area hit his ears. Fiona’s voice. He didn’t try to contain his smile.
“You are so screwed,” Blake said with a shake of his head, clearly hearing Fiona too.
He couldn’t even argue with that. “See you guys later.”
He dropped the empty bottle in the recycle bin and went to the reception area. Cassie was just lifting the phone when he stepped into the room. Fiona looked up at him, and immediately, her throat bobbed.
One side of his mouth lifted. “Hey, Fi.”
Memories flashed of waking up with this woman in his arms. Of listening to her soft sighs as she slept and loving the way she clung to him.
“Oh, Callum, I was just going to call you,” Cassie said, setting the phone down. She paused, and he felt her eyes jumping from him to Fiona.
Yeah, any person would be able to see what was going on here. Hell, they could probably feel it too.
He dragged his gaze from Fiona to Cassie. “Thank you.”
Cassie’s grin was wide from behind the reception desk. “You’re welcome.”
He moved forward and touched Fiona’s waist, then leaned down and pressed a light kiss to her cheek. “Thanks for coming in, honey.”
He straightened to see her smile wide. “Thanks for offering to help me.”
It had been less of a request and more of a demand.
Instead of touching the small of her back or just preceding her down the hall, he skimmed his hand down until he reached hers, then interlaced their fingers. “I’ll show you to my office.”
He gave one more smile to Cassie as they left the room. She still had that grin on her face, and if anything, it had grown. Yeah, he was making a statement. This woman was his. They may not have discussed the finer details of their relationship, but it was official to him.
* * *
Fiona loweredinto the seat Callum held out for her, almost shuddering when he gently squeezed her shoulder before walking around the desk. She watched as he folded his large frame into his chair. God, the guy even looked hot at work. His dark pants hugged his powerful thighs in the best way, and the tight gray shirt left nothing to the imagination.
“How’s your morning been, honey?” His deep, raspy voice brushed over her skin like silk, causing every fine hair on her body to stand on end.
“It was okay. The library was quiet, and Rick was in his good-mood phase.”
Callum’s brows slashed together. “What does he do on a bad-mood day?”
“Where should I start? He’ll tell me I’m late when I get there two minutes past the hour. I apparently catalog books incorrectly, even though it’s usually another librarian. And the other week, I left some rotting fruit in the staff fridge, but I’m ninety percent sure that was Elaine, an older and very forgetful coworker.”
Okay, maybe eighty percent. She did bring an apple to work nearly every day, and often forgot about them, but she was pretty sure this one wasn’t hers.
