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watching him for a few days.” He looked at his phone. El would be testifying today. He hoped she’d be okay. She liked to make everyone think she was so tough. One solid poke and she’d crumble, or at least she seemed that way to him. El hadn’t let him get close to her lately, which had actually helped his head.
    He texted her quickly.
    You’re going to be great. How do I know? You’re my person. I know you.
    “Here you go.” The girl handed him the cookies and his change.
    He gave Cooper both cookies at the same time. “Thanks.” He smiled and winked at the girl, who responded by giggling.
    Cooper ate both cookies in a few seconds while they stood on the sidewalk outside the shop. Patrick took it easy on the way as they jogged back to the house, but noticed that a pep in Cooper’s step appeared that was missing earlier.

    “They’re back,” Millie said, looking at her phone after she received a text.
    She and Patrick had taken the day off so that they could take Cooper back to El’s and make sure she was okay after the testimony. She’d looked fragile on the news last night as she left the court room, her scars showing above the shirt she wore under her suit. Patrick rubbed his hands over his face and swung his legs over to put his feet on the floor. He’d taken full advantage of a late morning and a naked Millie. He peered at her over his shoulder and smiled as he watched her pull on short pink shorts and a white bra.
    “You’re not going to shower?”
    She shrugged. “I’ll shower later.”
    “I love it when you smell like sex, like me.” He stood up and stretched his entire body.
    She took in his body, obvious with her staring. His dick twitched.
    “What?” she asked. Her tone was innocent, but she knew full well what he was thinking.
    “I could fuck you every day of my life,” he said, ready to go again if she gave him the go ahead.
    Her eyes were mischievous, but a hint of sadness appeared in them. She pulled a white tank top over her bra, slipped her feet in flip flops, and then left his room.
    Patrick heard Millie let Cooper out in the backyard and open the fridge. Maybe he should start looking into getting a place for them, if that’s what she wanted. He could do that, saw off the tugging sensation he felt when he saw El. Shit, who was he kidding? It was there when he heard her voice, her laugh, even when he smelled her. The sensation that drew him to El made his mind and body war with each other and caused him to doubt everything he had with Millie. He could do it. El was with George and he could love Millie. His dick might love Millie. His mouth may love her taste. He would do it. He’d call a realtor tomorrow; they would get their own place where she could fuck him every day of his life. Every day he woke up he hoped the awareness that he was missing something in his life would go away, that one day it’d just fill up with Millie. He wished Millie could make him whole.
    He pulled on some cargo pants and a shirt and, with new resolve, walked into the kitchen where Millie was bent over, pulling something from Cooper’s paw. Her ass hung out a little from her shorts. Yes, this he could do .
    “If your ass keeps doing that in those shorts, we’ll need to get back in the room so I can fuck you again.”
    Millie giggled. “I texted them that we were on our way,” she said as she straightened up. “Later, though.”
    “Promise.” He pulled her into him and kissed her perky pink lips with a gentleness that surprised him. He wanted to protect her too, from him. He put a finger in her shorts and slid away the flimsy fabric of the floss she called panties and dragged his finger across her. Shit. “Now?”
    Her breath hitched and her nipples were so hard they could cut glass, but she shook her head and bit his jaw line. “Thirty minutes,” she breathed.
    “Really?” He was surprised she was turning him down.
    “Yep, I already told them we were coming.” She clapped at Cooper.