" Favourite food?" Macaroni and cheese. Not the fluorescent orange boxed stuff, but real honest-to-goodness homemade Mac n' Cheese swimming in calorie.... You?"Adam was quiet for a moment. "Your Mum's apple pie rates pretty highly," he confessed. "I've eaten in some of the best restaurants in the world and her pastry could shame them all."I smiled into the night. "You should tell her that, she'd like to hear it."Adam nodded against the top of my head before dropping a small kiss there. "Your. He might just want you to dance naked for him, or he might want to fuck your ass just as much as he might want to watch you fuck an ass, or he could brand you, or cut off your little finger for his collection," she whispered, "or he might do... well, this." I know," Kathryn nodded softly. "And there's a throng of butterflies in my stomach right now." And the best part of this is... they'll never go away. Not as long as you work here." Her cheeks entirely red now, the Scandinavian blonde stepped. " Alyse informed him. Her tone was crisp, but Corvus could hear a little bit of irritation boiling up from underneath."I'll ... let her know that was unwise," Corvus promised. "I can't promise she won't do it again, though. Crispa can be unpredictable."He sipped his own laced coffee. Like most of his peers, he'd tried other stimulants to get him through high school, but settled on coffee with guarana as his means of getting through all-nighters and the long days afterwards. "What did she ask. "George," JD did not take his eyes off his brother's face, "I don't suppose Marcus plan ta buy me out any time soon?" JD had a larger financial stake in the family firm because he personally funded an expansion of operations. He took pains to never let Marcus forget it."I wouldn't think so." How much a hit you fixin' ta take, Marcus?" JD saw both anger and resignation in his brother's eyes. "You know I ain't never been one fo' fightin' an' carryin' on."Marcus flexed his shoulders and exhaled.