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He didn’t argue.

Sometime later, after Jordyn had long fallen asleep and the large home was quiet, Lucian’s quiet murmurs in her ear, his kiss on her cheek, and his hand skimming her side woke her back up.

Jordyn groaned in the darkness, turning to her other side. “Stop it. We’re not having sex in your parents’ house. You’re the one who warned me of discussions to come.”

“That wasn’t exactly the plan, but thanks for a rejection before I even get that far,” Lucian groused.

“What is it?”

“I wanted to tell you the day is over, now.”

Jordyn smiled, seeing the time blinking past midnight on the bedside table alarm clock. “Good. Can we go back to sleep?”

“No, get up.”

“Lucian.”

If this was one of his stunts, she was going to disembowel him come morning.

“Seriously, Jordyn, get up. I want to show you something.”

Glaring and grumbling the entire time, Jordyn did as he demanded. Lucian wouldn’t even let her slip on a pair of sleep pants from his old clothes, instead saying she wouldn’t need them and the T-shirt and panties she wore were fine. Sure they were. He took her through the silent, dark house until they were on the bottom floor and at the very back where it led to the connecting building for the indoor pool. Quietly, Lucian keyed in numbers to the security pad at the French doors and opened it up.

Underwater lights glimmered under the water of the pool, the colors rapidly changing from one to another. Jordyn was almost too busy admiring the sight to notice Lucian was tugging off his T-shirt and kicking off his sleep pants. He didn’t have a thing on underneath.

“Lucian, what are you—”

Jordyn’s words were cut off when he dove into the pool without warning.

Not two seconds later, he popped back up, hazel eyes watching her like a predator wanting its prey. “Get in the water, Jordyn.”

“What? No. You’re insane.”

“I am not. Take off your clothes and get in this water with me. It’s warm, I promise.”

“I don’t care! I told you, not in this house.”

Lucian grinned. “We’re technically not in the house, sweetheart. Get in the water and don’t make me tell you again, or I will come and get you myself.”

Knowing he didn’t make idle threats, Jordyn tossed a look back at the dark home. Everyone was sleeping. No one would know.

She decided she didn’t even care.

Jordyn’s clothes followed the same path Lucian’s had before she slipped into the water much quieter than what he did. The pool was warm, but it was still cold enough to be a shock. She didn’t even get the chance to take a breath when she came back up for air before Lucian was in front of her, taking her under the water again.

There, he kissed her, making her smile like a fool and fading away worries.

With water lapping at their bodies, silent darkness surrounding them, and the lights casting rainbows of colors across their skin, he loved her. Gentle and soft with his fingers tangled into her wet hair, and then fast and hard with his teeth nipping into her bottom lip to keep her quiet. Maybe being where they were made her body more aware of his and the strokes as they joined over and over, but it was glorious.

Jordyn didn’t have to hear him say it again to know.

They were beautiful.

• • •

Lucian had long since decided Cecelia and Antony Marcello could throw down barriers and party just as hard and as good as any of their grown children. There was no doubt about it, the two could drink like fish and weren’t any worse for wear. They didn’t mind the dance music, or the crushing waves of people flooding the club, and they were the first to start ordering trays of drinks the moment they all stepped into the place.

Celebrating birthdays was a big thing in the Marcello family. They celebrated together, all of them. It had always been that way. None of the brothers minded their parents around as they slammed back drinks in their roped off, platform section of the club. Although with their parents around, it was less likely Gio or Dante would disappear somewhere with a female on their arm.