Platinum (Date-A-Dragon Book 3) by Bolryder Terry

Author:Bolryder, Terry [Bolryder, Terry]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2017-07-26T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

Lori tried not to go about the rest of her day thinking about Sever.

About how hot he’d looked when he’d strode down the drive to protect her and Taylor. About the way he’d looked like a Viking warrior as he’d lifted another man off the ground.

About the way he’d called Jud ‘Dud’. She snorted and drew Taylor’s attention from his workbook.

“What’s funny?” he asked.

“Oh, nothing,” she said, pointing back at the problem he was working on. She was trying to help him with some work so he’d be ready for school in the fall. She knew he’d missed some with everything that had happened.

She thought about what Sever had said about Taylor missing his dad even though he barely knew him. Perhaps she should be a little more sensitive to that.

“Taylor,” she said hesitantly.

He looked up at her, eyes frank in that way children have. He cocked his head, looking so like his dad that for a moment she caught her breath in shock.

Damn, she missed Matt sometimes.

“If you ever want to talk about your father, I’m here for you, you know,” she said softly.

Taylor set down his pencil and looked up at her. “Why do you say that?”

“I don’t know,” she said. “I guess sometimes I assume you don’t want to talk about it, but if you need to…”

“I don’t,” he said. “He always left me.” Taylor shook his head. “I don’t wanna think about it.”

“He loved you,” she said.

Taylor gave her a glare. “How do you know that?”

“Because he left you with me.”

“Did he love you?” Taylor asked.

She bit her lip, almost painfully. “I think so. I loved him.”

“Like you love Sever?” Taylor asked.

“I don’t love Sever,” she said.

“You like him,” Taylor said. “You keep hugging him. I think he should stay here.”

She swallowed. She and Sever hadn’t talked about it. Sever seemed in no hurry to leave, and he hadn’t said anything about a timeline, but he also hadn’t said he planned to stay here and make things official.

And male escorts didn’t just decide to move in and set up house with you out of nowhere.

Still, as much as she knew it sounded like a fairy tale, there was something in Sever’s eyes, something in his touch when he kissed her, that made it easy to think there was more to this than some fling of convenience.

“You’re getting that mushy look again,” Taylor said, grimacing.

“I know,” she said.

“Did you give that look to my dad?” Taylor asked, sitting up and setting his pencil down. “Did you know my mom?”

“Your dad and I were friends,” she said. “Close friends. And no, I didn’t know your mom. I know she gave you to your dad, and I know she didn’t want to be involved…” She trailed off as Taylor’s head hung.

She reached out and tipped up his chin. “But hey, her loss, because you are awesome. I’m glad you got to come be with me.”

“When I came to visit you, I bet you never thought I would stay,” he said.

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