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“No, because I see you’re wearing something bright pink underneath your jeans there, Petal. And if I’m right, we won’t get past the foyer before you’re coming down my throat.”

A whine left my mouth. “But I wanted both of you inside me before I come.”

Luka’s laugh echoed around us as we reached the truck.

“You two do realize we are in public, right? We can’t be sporting boners, much less talk about blowjobs and anal sex.”

“But… bright pink panties, Luka!” Burton all but shouted.

Luka yanked open the passenger side door before sitting me in the center and belting me in. His movements were choppy, which meant he was getting turned on, and I didn’t help when I leaned closer to his ear and whispered, “Lacy, pink, boy panties, holding my throbbing?—”

He jerked back and straightened before he practically shouted, “Okay! If you’re both done tormenting me, why don’t we go home and I’ll show you both what I planned for our first Valentine’s day together.”

The man kissed me breathless, then turned to Burton and, without giving him time, cupped the back of the man’s head and devoured him as if Burton’s mouth was life, and Luka needed to be revived.

I slipped my phone from my pocket and snapped a picture.

“Home?” Luka said, his chest rising and falling with giant breaths.

“Yes, please,” Burton and I said at the same time.

“About time!”

Once Luka and Burton buckled in and we started home, I lay my head against Luka’s shoulder and sighed as Burton’s hand rubbed up and down my thigh.

It was then my cell started ringing with the obnoxious ringtone I assigned for my father’s number. Giving the device a smirk, I dismissed the call before I blocked him, then deleted his contact information.

“That was bold,” Burton sounded pleased.

“Yeah, but I’m done with him. I should’ve cut him out of my life when he went to your business and threatened both of you, but it took him trying to destroy my bakery before I made this decision. Mateo said the evidence is piling up against my father and when he spoke to people who’ve done business with Hale, most of them agreed to submit to a deposition where they’ll tell their experiences of Hale’s bullying business practices. But it’s the money trail that is going to be his downfall. He’s paid off the wrong people.”

“Who’s Mateo?” Burton asked.

“Detective Sandoval.”

“Oh, and you’re on a first name basis with the police detective?” Luka demanded.

“Yes. He’s been by the bakery a few times and despite Charlotte being oblivious to the Detective’s interest in her, I’ve gotten to know the man and like you said that night, we’ve become friends. His schedule hasn’t allowed him time to come over for dinner, but we talk.”

As we pulled into the garage and Luka shut off the engine, Burton leaned around me and laughed at Luka’s disgruntled expression. I swatted his stomach with the back of my hand and smiled when he grunted.

“What?”

I shook my head and leaned over to Luka, capturing his lips in a kiss that reassured, but turned into something deeper. When I pulled back and caught my breath, I cupped his face.

“You will never have to worry about me straying from you or Burton. I’d never jeopardize what we share, lover. I’m not wired that way. The moment you brought me home and accepted me and all my flaws was the day my heart secured you two inside, forever.”

CHAPTER 18

LUKA

Phoenix handledthe news about his father faking a heart attack with grace and generosity, but exhaustion was clear on his face by the time we all clambered out of the truck and made our way inside the house.

I’d dropped him off at five thirty in the morning because he’d planned for the rush for Valentine’s day on anything chocolate and he needed to help Charlotte with her creations, as well as his normal duties.

B and I hadn’t been able to reach him at anytime during the day; the bakery’s phone was busy each time we called and B remembered Sunshine put his mobile on silent the night before and probably hadn’t remembered to turn the ringer back on.

Arthur, being the crafty man he was and knew we would want to be there for our man, called and told B of Sunshine’s trouble coming from his father. The day and the drama from his father drained what little energy he had by the time his phone calls ended.