Finally (Neighbor from Hell #12) - R.L. Mathewson Page 0,55

they came willingly?” Charlie asked, unable to help but smile as she took a step back towards her apartment door.

“True,” he murmured, looking thoughtful as he followed her.

“And since you made it impossible for me to go back to my office, you really left me with no other choice but to try to make the best of it,” Charlie said as she reached back and opened the door.

“Is that what you call taking over my office?” he asked softly as he reached over and grabbed hold of the front of her shirt and used the light hold to pull her closer.

“Yes,” she said, reaching up to wrap her arms around him.

“And my shirt?” Devin asked, releasing his hold on her shirt so that he could wrap his arms around her.

“It looks better on me,” Charlie pointed out, nodding solemnly as she ran her hand over the back of his neck.

“Yes, it does,” he murmured as he leaned down and brushed his lips teasingly against hers once, twice and then…

“You have no idea how badly I want you,” he said, breaking off the kiss that had her struggling not to pull him back down for more.

“But we need to take this slowly,” Charlie managed to get out as she forced herself to let him go.

“Yes, we do,” Devin said as he leaned down and brushed his lips against hers.

“Because I need to be worshipped,” she said solemnly, feeling his lips twitch against hers.

“Do you now?” he asked softly.

“I really do,” Charlie said, placing her hands against his chest and gave him a gentle push.

“I think I can handle that,” Devin said with an incredibly sexy grin as he allowed her to push him back.

“We’ll see,” she murmured, noting the glimmer of anticipation in his eye as he said, “Yes, we will.”

Chapter 26

“You look handsome, Daddy,” Abbi said as she held out the navy-blue tie to him.

“Thank you, baby girl,” Devin murmured, leaning down and kissed her forehead as she handed him a tie.

“Very handsome,” she stressed with a firm nod that had him narrowing his eyes on her.

“What do you want?” he asked as he pulled the tie on.

“What makes you think I want something, Daddy,” Abbi asked, blinking innocently up at him.

“So, you don’t want anything?” Devin asked, throwing her a questioning look as he fixed his tie.

“Well, I mean, I wouldn’t say no to some fluffiness,” she said, shrugging it off.

“That’s very generous of you,” Devin drawled as he grabbed his aftershave off the bathroom counter.

“I know,” Abbi said, nodding solemnly.

“Did Uncle Aidan get married again?” Dustin asked from where he sat on the bathroom counter, watching him curiously.

Chuckling, Devin said, “No, Uncle Aidan didn’t get married again. I’m taking Charlie to dinner and I wanted to look nice.”

“Oh,” Dustin murmured, worrying his bottom lip as he glanced at Devin only to sigh heavily while he carefully climbed off the counter with a mumbled, “I’ll be right back,” before he quickly made his way out of the bathroom.

“Me, too,” Abbi said

Chuckling, Devin double-checked his hair and couldn’t help but smile when a chime drew his attention to find a text from Charlie and-

“Shit!” he said, sighing heavily as he glanced at his watch.

“What’s wrong, Daddy?” Dustin asked as Devin debated calling the restaurant to move their reservation back.

“Charlie’s stuck in traffic,” he said, glancing at his son and…felt his lips twitch as he watched his son pull on his dress trousers.

“Is she okay?” Dustin asked, pausing mid-yank to worry his bottom lip between his teeth.

“She’s fine. I just need to see if I can push our dinner reservations back an hour,” Devin explained as he gestured towards the clothes that Dustin had placed on the counter. “What’s all this?”

“I’ve gotta get handsome for my lady,” Dustin said as he finished pulling his pants up and reached for the black shirt that he’d picked out for the party his family had thrown for Aidan and Melanie after they got married.

“Ah, I see,” Devin murmured absently as he tried to figure out a way to explain this to his son. “Do you remember Jane?”

“Yeah,” Dustin said as he struggled to button his shirt.

“Well, she’s going to come over and watch you guys for a bit while I take Charlie out for dinner,” Devin explained as he knelt down so that he could help his son.

“I don’t wanna stay with Jane. I wanna go have dinner with Charlie,” Dustin mumbled sadly as Devin reached for the small tie that matched his and