Read Online Paying Their Piper with Passion and Love [Loving in Silver 6] (Siren Publishing Ménage Amour) by Lynn Stark - Free Book Online

community. There was a bounce in her step as she reached her destination, which was Colt’s real estate office. She was welcomed with smiles by everyone except the scary dragon seated behind a desk at his office door. Ms. Jersey was so cold and stiff Piper thought she would snap in half if someone pushed on her.
    “Mr. Redford is on the phone,” the woman told her in a voice which brooked no argument. “You’ll have to wait.”
    “Okay.”
    Colt had wanted to pick her up after her interview, but Piper told him she would walk over to his office afterward. They were going to lunch together. She wondered how she was going to explain her unknown fear of children to the tall, dark, scary Dom. She giggled which earned her a cold glare from the dragon. Piper gave the woman her haughtiest stare, which made the woman duck and reach for a pencil, obviously discovering a need to mind her own business.
    Piper had had enough of the censuring looks from people, her father in particular. It wasn’t something she had experienced since coming to Silver. It was very freeing, not feeling as if she was being judged and found lacking, being able to be herself without someone stopping her.
    When the door opened and Colt came out carrying his coat, Piper all but threw herself in his arms. He hugged her close to his big body. Firm lips pressed a kiss to the top of her head. Why couldn’t she fall for someone like Colt? They were best friends. Why couldn’t they go that extra little bit and be more?
    “Rough day?” Colt asked with a chuckle, releasing her.
    Piper rolled her eyes. “Terrifying. Have you ever been surrounded by knee-high creatures with sticky hands, drooling faces, and high-pitched squealing voices?”
    “It’s rather hard to avoid kids in this town. Haven’t you ever noticed that?”
    “Yeah, but they’re always under control and not anywhere near me.”
    They walked outside together. The cold air whirled around them.
    Colt stepped forward to open the door to his car. She could hear him laughing softly as he closed the door and walked around to get in. “Don’t you want kids?” he asked as he started the car.
    “I’ve thought about it, in an abstract kind of way. And I thought I did want kids one day. But, Colt,” Piper said, looking at him, “they absolutely terrify me. I wouldn’t know the first thing about taking care of a baby. And I certainly wouldn’t know how to be a parent.” She slumped back in the comfy seat. She really needed to get a car, though there wasn’t really any need in the well-planned town. “I’d have to take classes or something.”
    “They have those at the hospital. What’s the next thing worrying you so much?”
    Relieved to shelve the subject of children, Piper brought up the subject of starting a business. “I was thinking I could have a little shop or something.”
    “What kind of shop?”
    “I could start a coffee shop.”
    “Do you want a coffee shop?”
    Piper groaned. “No. Don’t be difficult, Colt. Please help me find something to do!”
    “You could dance at the Silver Edge. You certainly have the body for it. And you know how to dance.”
    Feeling her face heat up, she buried her face in her hands. “Do you have to remind me every chance you get that you saw me naked?”
    “Yeah, it’s kinda fun. So, do you want a job?”
    “I think I’ll pass. Next idea, please.”
    “If you’re really bored, you could be my sub.”
    Piper laughed as she always did when Colt offered to make her his submissive. He had been the one to help her keep her sanity all these years. He had been that voice of reason in the darkness when she thought she would go mad from the constant surveillance, the unrelenting demands by her father, and the inflexible control kept upon a life she couldn’t even call her own. Colt had done that for her. That’s why she loved him. That’s why she owed him her gratitude.
    They were both laughing by the time they entered the small diner where