When the Chips Are Down (Poker Face #2)
Rain Carrington, Ryan Reber
Kale grabbed that hand and held it tightly, leaning in to give him a kiss. “You talk a good game for someone who melts when our puppy licks you and wags her tail. I’ve seen your soft underbelly, babe, and you can’t change that.”
“You really think I’ve changed, huh?”
Kale laughed loudly at that. “I think you’ve changed more than anyone I’ve ever known, but the old you is still there. I doubt if you’ll don an apron anytime soon and start baking cookies.”
“Baking cookies? Next, you’ll ask me to breastfeed!”
“Why, Eight! Are you asking me to have babies with you?”
He knew Kale was kidding, but suddenly his heart stopped, and he felt his saliva dry up. Kale didn’t notice, but that scared the crap out of him.
Then he did notice. Kale turned to face him, worry evident on his handsome face, brows drawn, mouth thin and tight. “Eight?”
Trying to smile, Eight whispered, “Someday. Maybe.”
Kale was as shocked as him. He didn’t know where it came from, or why he’d said it, but as soon as he had, it felt right. “Eight? Eight, what the hell are you talking about?”
Trying to brush it off wasn’t going to work, he knew that much. Kale would persist until it drove him crazy, so he said simply, “Someday. Maybe. For now, no. We have enough to handle.”
He was fidgeting, and that wasn’t like him. He chewed his thumbnail and looked away; avoiding whatever expression Kale may have on his face. Good, bad or blank. “Eight, you’d want that? With me?”
“I said, someday. Maybe! Don’t you hear right, Chiquito? Maybe you should get your ears cleaned out.”
He rose from the couch and started to leave the room, but he was nearly tackled with Kale jumping on his back, wrapping arms around his throat as he cheered, “You just keep surprising me, Eight.”
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