THE HOT lawyer's

Part 20

Lisa

Jennie walked out the front of her high-rise in a pair of tight black yoga pants and a light-blue tank top, the same color as sky. Her hair was high on her head, messy, the silver aviators showing a reflection of my car on the lenses.

Goddamn it.

There was nothing sexier than a woman in athletic gear with not a single drop of makeup on her face.

That was her this morning.

And if my niece wasn't in the backseat, singing to the tunes that were playing, I would fuck her in my Range Rover, her palms flat on the tinted glass, her legs spread wide, riding me in my seat.

"Hey, guys," she said as she climbed into the passenger side, smiling at me. She immediately turned around to greet Everly. "I'm Jennie." She stuck out her hand, my niece gently grabbing it. "It's very nice to meet you. I've heard lots of things about you. Your aunty is a bit of a bragger when it comes to you."

"That's 'cause I'm her favorite." My niece giggled. "I'm Everly, but Aunty Li calls me Eve sometimes. She says you're pretty cool."

"Is that so?" Jennie looked at me. "She's the cutest."

"She's excited about these pancakes." I pulled away from the curb, the drive only a block from her building.

"Has your auntu told you about all the delicious flavors they have?"

I watched Everly from the rearview mirror as she nodded, the side ponytails bobbing, one several inches higher than the other.

"I did her hair."

I felt Jennie's smile on me when she said, "I can tell."

"Aunty Li says they're scrumptious."

"Did I really use the word scrumptious?"

"Don't know." She shrugged, her doll falling in the seat beside her, her little legs kicking as she reached for it. "That's what it sounded like, and I like everything to be extra scrumptious."

"Me too, baby. Me too," Jennie said.

I parked in a spot right in front and helped Everly get out. She grasped my hand the moment her feet touched the ground, and before she even took a step, her other hand was holding Jennie's.

The sight made me smile as we walked to the restaurant and again when Jennie said, "Thank you for the invite."

"I'm glad you were free."

"This is the first free morning I've had all week." She grinned as she gazed at my niece. "And I get to spend it with you. Do you know how excited that makes me?"

"Yippee," Everly sang as we lifted her off the ground, swinging her body in the air. "You're sooo fun."

Jennie laughed as she replied, "I'm happy you think so."

"Higher! Higher!"

We lifted her several more times until we walked inside, and I said, "There's three of us," to the hostess.

With menus and crayons, she led us to the same section we'd sat in before. "Your waitress will be right with you."

Everly, still holding Jennie's hand, tugged her toward the other side of the booth. "I want to sit next to you." She slid in first, and Jennie followed.

"You're ditching me?"

"Don't be sad, Aunty Li." She wrapped her arms around Jennie's and rested her face on Jennie's shoulder. "I just like her. Lotskies."

"At least someone does." She winked at me. "And I like you lotskies too." She opened the menu in front of them. "What's your favorite kind of pancake, Everly? Like the one you'd pick over all the others?"