by Sophie Oak
“Like the one you two played out with Danielle after-hours last night? The cleaning crew nearly called the cops.” Leo groused, but there was warmth in his eyes. “Tell me something, Julian, did you really chase her down while wearing a Viking helmet?"
Julian laughed. He noted that it caused almost everyone in the dungeon to turn and stare. “My wife has some rather involved fantasies. It is up to her husbands to make them come true. Let me tell you something, Leo. Those horns are heavy, and I greatly prefer my leathers to the loincloth she insisted on. Danielle looked extremely sweet in her nun’s outfit though. Well, she looked better once Finn and I ripped it off her.”
Leo shook his head. “One of these days I’m going to find my own sweet little perv. Speaking of sweet pervs, Abby Barnes just checked in upstairs. I take it she’s in town to spend time with Lexi.”
Julian nodded, and his eyes strayed back to Finn and Lucas. How was he going to tell Lucas about the man who had come to visit him earlier in the day? Aidan O’Malley was back in Dallas. Lexi’s ex-fiancé had explained a lot to Julian that he was sure not even Lucas knew. And he’d asked Julian to train him. He was determined to win Lexi back…and to bring Lucas in.
Julian would have to think on it. He already had Taggart working on a dossier on exactly what O’Malley had been doing since he’d left. He wanted Lucas happy, but wasn’t sure he had the right to interfere. He would have to talk it out with Danielle and Finn. They would help him decide what to do.
As though he’d conjured her, Danielle raced up to Finn. She threw her arms around him and kissed him soundly. Lucas nodded at them and then noticed Julian. While Danielle and Finn were in their own world, Lucas walked down the hall and greeted Julian. There were lines on his face that made him look older than his twenty-six years.
“I left the final paperwork with Candice. You and Finn are now the proud owners of a development group specializing in shopping centers. I’ll be happy to inform the Willow Fork City Council that we’ll take our outlet store elsewhere.” Lucas pulled at the tie around his neck.
A nice warm sensation settled in his heart. Danielle hadn’t forbidden him from buying the business that was going to make Val wealthy and ensuring that the deal didn’t go through. She also hadn’t made him promise he wouldn’t send inspectors out to condemn her home. He didn’t feel bad about it. It would send her straight into Jimbo’s arms. Julian had no idea why the mechanic would want her, but he intended to send him a very nice set of canes. Jimbo would need them.
“I’m heading out.” Lucas glanced around the dungeon. “I think I’ll stay away from The Club for a couple of days. Abby’s in town with my brother and Sam. It’s awkward to run into them when I’m escorting Lexi around and she’s wearing nothing but some PVC and a collar. And since I’ve started thinking of Abby as a potential mother-in-law, I find it disturbing that she looks so freaking hot when she gets her ass whipped.” He shook his head as he walked away.
Leo slapped him on the back. “And I need to go make sure Jack Barnes’s scene is properly prepared. It’s the least I can do. He’s upset because apparently the younger Taggart was very flirty with Abby earlier today. Who would have guessed Little Tag would like older redheads? He’s going to have to get in line. Will you be around later, boss?”
“Not tonight,” Julian replied. Danielle turned and caught sight of him. Her whole face lit up. Finn followed her line of sight, and they both began rushing his way. “We’re staying in tonight.”
“Have fun, boss.” Leo left, making his way toward the center of the dungeon, greeting people all along the way.
“Hello, Mr. Lodge,” Danielle said with a smile that lit up his world. She walked into his arms.
He gave her the words she wanted. She loved her new name. He’d pulled strings to facilitate her name change. “Hello to you, Mrs. Lodge-Taylor.”
Finn laughed. “She thinks it makes her sound elegant.”
Her nose crinkled up. “It does make me sound elegant. And it’s true. It’s my name. I got my new driver’s license in today. Now I can go down to the campus and get my student ID. Before he knows it, I’ll be running Julian’s company.”
Julian shuddered to think about it. She would try. The wife he shared with Finn was a sweet thing, but her ruthless side came out when she talked about having a career. Of course, she also talked about starting a family. Danielle was determined to have it all, and Julian was determined to give it to her.
“I don’t think that’s a good idea. That would mean I was sleeping with the boss,” Finn said.
Danielle snorted and began to walk toward the door. “Like you don’t do that already.”
Finn followed after her. “It’s different with Julian. He’s like the boss of everything.”
Julian watched them for a moment, his heart fuller than he could have imagined. Danielle had told him that she’d learned the world was a bigger place than she could have imagined. He’d learned the opposite. He’d learned how amazingly small the world could be. His whole world was encompassed in two people. Four arms that could surround him. Two hearts that loved him. Two souls to share his own with.
The world was small, and he would have it no other way.
“Are you coming with us, Julian?” Finn asked. He held open the door as Danielle walked through into the bar.
“Always,” Julian said as he caught up to them and took Danielle’s hand.
* * * *
Lexi Moore, Lucas Cameron, Aidan O’Malley, and the whole Texas Sirens gang will return in Siren Beloved, coming summer 2018.
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Siren Beloved
By Lexi Blake writing as Sophie Oak
Coming Summer 2018
Aidan O’Malley left his fiancée, Lexi Moore, and their best friend, Lucas Cameron, after a night of passion left him shaken to his core. Years later, Aidan is back and he knows what he wants. He wants Lucas and Lexi forever.
Lucas has always been in love with Lexi, but he knows they need something more. They need the perfect Dom to complete their family. He never expected Aidan would be the Dom of their dreams.
Lexi is hiding a secret. She knows she’s drowning and the time has come to heal, but her anger at Aidan holds her back from moving on with Lucas.
When Lexi’s life is in danger, Aidan knows he’ll do anything to win them back—and keep them alive.
Two to Love
Nights in Bliss, Colorado Book 2
By Lexi Blake writing as Sophie Oak
Coming Spring 2018
Callie Sheppard went wild once in her life, sharing a perfect weekend with two men she could never forget but thought she would never see again. Nathan Wright and Zane Hollister were two DEA agents who needed a decadent weekend before going on a long, undercover assignment to take down an outlaw biker gang.
Six years later, Callie has to break in a new sheriff after Rye Harper walked out on the job. But her heart skips a beat when Nate walks through the door in his new uniform. Nate and Zane have come to Bliss, Colorado, to heal. Their cover is blown, and while the Barbarians are almost put out of business, Zane pays a horrible price.
The boys are determined to win back Callie’s broken heart. But when the Barbarians return with revenge in mind,
they’ll need to save her before they can claim her.
About Lexi Blake
Lexi Blake is the author of contemporary and urban fantasy romance. She started publishing in 2011 and has gone on to sell over two million copies of her books. Her books have appeared twenty-six times on the USA Today, New York Times, and Wall Street Journal bestseller lists. She lives in North Texas with her husband, kids, and two rescue dogs.
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