Free Damaged and the Outlaw by Bijou Hunter

will stop asking
when we’re having a kid.”
    Judd’s frown
disappeared. “Another cat wouldn’t be the end of the world.”
    “Judd’s the one
who can’t commit,” I muttered.
    “He’s married
and we have two cats. We’re plenty committed. You’re the one getting hickeys
from a girl who likely will marry someone else in a few months.”
    “Why a few
months?”
    “I don’t know. I
just feel like she’ll be married in a few months. A rich guy.”
    “Are you psychic
now?”
    “Yes, I’m going
to open a shop and tell people their fortunes.”
    Smiling, Judd
kissed her forehead. “A businesswoman. That’s sexy.”
    “Don’t even
think about ditching me again so you two can fuck. You can hump each other
later.”
    “Oh, we will,”
Tawny said, waving over the waitress. “I wonder who Raven is humping tonight?”
    “I don’t care,”
I lied. “Sloppy seconds don’t bother me.”
    Judd grinned.
“They must not bother Raven either if she fucked you.”
    “How quickly the
male slut turns judgmental? You’ve been monogamous for less than a year, so
save the lectures.”
    “Did I lecture
him?” Judd asked Tawny who shook her head.
    The idiots were
ganging up on me. Typical. I was tempted to find a woman and become a
couple, just so I could tag team against them. Realizing this was stupid, I
sighed.
    “I’d make a
great husband and father. I have what it takes.”
    Judd and Tawny
frowned in unison then focused on the waitress. After we ordered, Judd tucked
Tawny against him and she got melancholy again.
    “So Farah’s
knocked up, huh?” I said when they sat silently for too long. “I hope Cooper
has a girl. Serves him right.”
    “Serves him
right for what?”
    “I don’t know.
I’m pissed because I could have sat and talked to myself without you two
sitting there ignoring me. Plus, I wouldn’t be eating here and listening to
losers on karaoke in the bar.”
    Judd exhaled
hard. “I feel like you’re looking for sympathy or a hug. I’m not giving you
either.”
    “I don’t feel
sorry for you either,” Tawny said. “I can’t hug you anyway. Judd doesn’t like
when I touch other men.”
    Grinning, I
remembered how Judd reacted to Mac who Tawny touched once. No doubt if Mac ever
needed saving, Judd would allow him to die. He was still pissed having anyone
near his woman. My grin faded when I realized how much I wanted to find a woman
and go stupid for her.
    “When this
Devils’ thing is taken care of,” Tawny said after our steaks arrived, “what
will you do? Like will you get a pet?”
    Judd and I
looked at one another and neither thought I’d be alive to get a pet when the
Devils’ thing was done. Tawny was bummed already though, so I played along.
    “I’ll get
married and have a bunch of kids.”
    “A bunch?” Judd
asked, smirking. “What’s that? Like six?”
    “Sure, why not?
The world is an ugly place and I could make it better with my blond kids
running around.”
    “Why do you
assume they’ll be blond?” Tawny asked and I spotted a smirk on her face.
    “Because I’m
blond. In my fantasy future, my kids will look like me.”
    “Or you’ll hook
up with some random blonde chick. Makes sense,” Judd said, smirking at Tawny.
    Even rolling my
eyes at their hinting, I had been thinking about Raven when I imagined those
blond beauties running around Ellsberg. Our kids would be more beautiful than
the sun and people would secretly hate us for having better kids than them.
    Made sense to
me, but I wasn’t having any kids and I certainly wasn’t having them with Raven.
Hell, forget the Devils shit. Raven hadn’t even texted me back and I knew she
must be up by then. After all the hot sex and laughs I gave her, she was just
blowing me off.
    “Why do you look
like you’ll cry?” Tawny teased me and Judd smiled.
    “You two are
annoying.”
    “I love Judd and
he makes me happy.”
    Crap. I knew I might
as well disappear at that point. Judd’s gaze locked onto