Page 69 of One Quick Obsession

“Okay. Let’s do that. Mostly because I know I will never be able to convince you otherwise.”

“You’re learning so much. I’m so proud of you.” She fluttered her elashes, and then let out a scream as I flinched when Flynn rapped on the window with his knuckles.

“Is there a reason that you’re in here and not in the house? I assumed you were making out, but no. So confusing.”

I flipped off my twin, before reaching down to undo Scarlett’s seatbelt. “Let’s go inside before I have to murder him.”

“Do you mean let’s go inside so you don’t murder him?”

“I said what I said.”

She grinned then, some of the tension on her face finally easing.

I got out of the truck and stomped my way around the front of it, pushing past Flynn so I could help Scarlett down.

The fact she had waited for me instead of jumping down as usual, told me she was in far more pain than she’d let on. I gently sat her feet on the ground and then took her hand.

Flynn looked down at the gesture and smiled. “You guys are so precious. I love it.”

“Flynn,” I warned.

“What? I’m just stating the obvious. Precious.”

This time Scarlett moved forward, slapped him on the shoulder gently, then hooked her arm with his. “Okay, boys, lead me inside. I’m having an out-of-body experience right now.”

“What?” I asked, confused as Flynn threw his head back and laughed.

“The twin thing?”

“Exactly. Two strong men leading me into the house. I mean, what more does a girl want?”

“I have so many questions.”

“If you ask any of them, I will break you,” I warned my twin.

Flynn merely winked before leading us into the house.

Aston’s lake house was the largest of the Cage family homes. It made sense since he was the eldest, and when we had built it, it was because we knew whenever we visited, we would most likely do our dinners at his place. We hadn’t taken into account the extra set of siblings and all of their spouses, but we were learning.

It was odd that my parents didn’t have a home here. Yes, Dad had owned the Ackerson place, but it hadn’t been for Mom. Mom did not have a place here, and frankly, she was never going to. At least not until she wised up and learned how to be a human being.

She hadn’t our entire lives, and I had a feeling the only maternal figure we would have in our lives was the other Cage mother who was currently playing with Sophia’s twins.

Constance Cage had known about the secret family, and had willingly gone along with it because she had loved my father for some reason. I wasn’t sure if every one of her children had forgiven her, but she was here now, and the one grandmother for everybody. Hell, she even had Ford’s son Micah with her. They had no blood relation, but she was a grandmother to him.

And I knew she would be for each of the kids that came along in our generation. If I even decided to have kids.

I nearly choked on air at that moment, wondering where the hell that thought had come from. No, thank you. I wasn’t trying to think about that. There was no way I would be having kids. Right? No. Never.

Yet as Scarlett leaned into me, I realized that saying never had gotten me to this point.

“You’re here.” Isabella moved forward and stole Scarlett from me, and suddenly I found myself with a beer in hand, and James and Flynn on either side of me.

“You ready for this?” James asked as he studied the rest of the family.

“You continually force me to come to family dinners, so no. I’m never ready for this.”

“But you brought a woman,” Flynn added.