“You should really date.” He chuckles at my words. “I’m being serious, you should meet a woman.”
“How do you know I haven’t?” I lean back and eye him.
“Want to give me a little hint?”
“Not yet.” He smiles. “Let me see how things go first, then I’ll fill you in.”
All I wanted was for him to be happy. I wanted him to find a woman that loved him the way my mother never could. He is a good man, and he deserves that.
CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE
Aaron
“I thinkI’m gonna keep it this short,” I say side eyeing Kendall for her reaction. I know she likes my hair longer and she’s been extra sassy tonight, doing her best to fire me up. She gets a few drinks in her and everything shifts. It’s to my advantage, because these moods make for really hot nights.
“Shave it off.” Kendall shrugs. Finishing the last of her drink she stands and arches her brow, staring down at me. “Whenever I get the urge to comb my fingers through a guy’s hair I’m sure I’ll be able to find some volunteers.”
Instantly Leo and his longer blond locks fill my mind and anger shoots through me.
Setting my beer down I stand and stomp toward her. She must hear me coming because she spins around to face me and her eyes grow wide.
I don’t give her any time to fight me, instead I bend down and place my shoulder into her waist and toss her over my shoulder.
A surprised yelp echoes over the lake as I march toward it.
She’s been giving me shit all day, waking up in one of her feisty moods.
I hear the girls yelling and the guys chuckling but I don’t let it stop me. I walk the both of us into the lake and toss her into the water. When she comes up she is sputtering water and wiping it from her face.
“You asshole,” she screams.
I stand there, with my hands on my hips staring and waiting for her to charge me because I know she will.
“I’m the asshole, you’ve been an ass since you rolled out of bed. You’ve been in a mood since your mom showed up that night. I get it I do, and I’ll take it, baby. Because I love you and I know you just need to get it all out. So I’ll keep throwing you in lakes until you stop giving me so much shit.” I chuckle when she glares at me.
“I cannot believe you just did that.”
“Well believe it,” I tell her and she walks toward me.
“You’re insane,” Kendall says and the corner of her lips tip into a grin.
“You said you never wanted to stop being spontaneous.”
“And this is your idea of spontaneous?”
“It was the first reaction that popped into my head.” I shrug. “Thought you needed to cool off, since your attitude has been shit today.”
“Now I smell like a lake.” I nod.
“And so do you.”
“This solved what?” she asks.
“Shut you up for a minute didn’t it?” She doesn’t respond and I take a step closer. “Tell me your gonna run your heads through some man’s hair again and I’ll shave yours to match mine.”
“You wouldn’t!” Her glare deepens.
“Test me,” I tell her before turning around and walking back up toward the house pausing near the cooler. Pulling out a beer I pop the top and tilt it back. Downing half the contents I take a deep breath to calm my racing pulse.
