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“Yeah, yeah. We got your walking cane ready for you in the back.” Brittney shoves him and walks away.
“Nuh-uh. I don’t think so, sassy pants.” Steffan lets go of me and chases Brittney around the table.
“Geez, you really did get slow,” Brittney taunts.
“That’s it.” Steffan jumps up onto a table and grabs Brittney into his arms. “Got you!”
Brittney’s smile falls as she stares at Steffan. “Yeah, for now. Enjoy it while it lasts.”
Greg comes up next to me, bumping his butt against mine. “Some things never change, huh?”
“Yeah, I guess so.”
Jared smacks my ass and wraps his arms around me from behind. “What are we talking about?”
“Oh, nothing. When will the rest of the people be showing up?” I ask as I watch Steffan and Brittney whispering to each other.
“Uh, looks like Skyler’s here now.” Jared points to the door, and my eyes follow his hand.
“Hi, Skyler!” My high-pitched tone pulls Brittney from her bickering with Steffan.
She runs over to him and jumps into his arms. “Hey, baby.” She kisses his lips as he continues to stare daggers at Steffan.Boy, if looks could kill…
“Who are your friends?”
Greg walks over to Skyler, offering his hand. “I’m Greg. Nice to meet ya, man. This is Steffan. We’re old friends from their hometown.” Skyler reaches out and shakes his hand.
Steffan walks over and does the same. Skyler hesitates before shaking it. “Nice to meet you both. Glad you could make it to celebratemysmokeshow.” His arm wraps around Brittney.
Brittney smiles at me, but it doesn’t reach her eyes. “But we aren’t just celebrating my graduation tonight… Let’s celebrate these two on the closing of their new home!”
Jared lifts me up into his arms, twirling us around. “Yes! We’ll have a housewarming party after we thoroughly break it in.”
I slap his chest. “Shh, none of that!”
Ajani looks around the room. “Where’s Beau?”
Skyler shrugs his shoulders. “He said he had to take care of something before coming to the party tonight. I didn’t get the impression he’d be too late.”
Ajani’s eyebrows furrow. “Okay. Looks like more people are starting to show up. Let the guest of honor go, Skyler, so she can say her hellos.”
Skyler brings Brittney in for a tight hug, and he whispers something into her ear before looking at the group. The smile she’s wearing drops, but then she quickly plasters it back on.“I guess I do have to share her tonight.”
“Let’s go, ladies!” Brittney uses her hand to signal for us to follow her, leaving the guys alone to talk.
I felt a tension earlier between Skyler and Steffan. I hope there isn’t any drama tonight, for Brittney’s sake.
CHAPTER 75
Jared
Iwake up and stare at my beautiful woman, who’s snuggled up on my chest, snoring softly.She’s so cute when she sleeps. I swipe her hair out of her face and gently place a peck on her lips, then shift my body out from under her, trying not to wake her. Kailey’s arms reach for my pillow, and I tuck her in with the blanket. I grab a pair of gray sweatpants and pull them on fast.
My footsteps are light when I close our bedroom door and walk down the hallway leading to the kitchen. I grab the coffee, fixing it up in the coffee maker. While it’s brewing, I grab eggs and bacon out of the fridge. The feeling of cooking breakfast for your woman in your first home together, well, it’ll make you tear up, realizing how happy you truly are.
The bacon starts to sizzle, and my mind wanders to what Carter ended up doing to Joey. I know that I shouldn’t even be thinking about it, because, whatever happened, he got what he deserved. Warm hands pull me from that thought, wrapping around me from behind. Kailey kisses in between my shoulder blades.
“I wondered where you ran off to.” Her hand trails beneath my waistband, wrapping around my morning chub, lightly stroking it.
