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“Some of you don’t even do that well,” Pearl shot back.

Piney looked offended.“I look terrifying.”

“You look like a biker who would emotionally support someone through a panic attack.”The room burst into laughter.

Piney clutched his chest.“That was hurtful.”

“You literally brought Shay hot chocolate during a thunderstorm because she said lightning made her anxious,” Prime called from the hallway.

Piney pointed at him.“That was private information.”

McKayla laughed beside me, and I found myself watching her instead of the conversation.

The past few weeks had been chaos.Bodies.Blood.Threats.But somehow this woman still laughed.

I slid an arm around her waist and tugged her back against my chest.She tilted her head up toward me automatically.

Mine.

That thought came way too damn easy.

I brushed her hair back from her face and kissed her before I could overthink it.

Piney groaned loudly.“Well there goes my shot with the PI.”

The entire room erupted.

“Oh my God,” Pearl laughed.

Prime looked disgusted.“You never had a shot.”

Piney pointed at himself.“Women love mystery.”

“You eat concession stand nachos six nights a week,” Wannabe called from over by the bar.“There’s no mystery.”

McKayla laughed against my mouth, and I kissed her again just because I could.

Piney kept going.“I could’ve treated her right.”

“You absolutely could not have,” I said.

“Oh yeah?”McKayla grinned up at me.

I brushed my thumb along her jaw slowly.“Yeah, baby.”I kissed her once more.“I knew I wanted you the second I tossed you over my shoulder and hauled you off the island.”

Her eyes narrowed instantly.“The only thing I knew then,” she informed me loudly, “was that I wanted to kick you right in the dick.”

Anchor barked out a laugh.

Pearl almost folded in half laughing.

I grinned and scooped McKayla straight up into my arms.

She squealed immediately.“Push!”

I headed for the hallway.

“Put me down!”