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Cooper moves his rice around with his chopsticks, never looking up. “Dad wants me to go to Annapolis and play there for four years first. That way, I’ll come out as an officer.”
Already shaking my head no, I fill in the rest of the sentence. “But you don’t want to go to college, right?”
“No.”
Cooper has always said he didn’t think college was for him.
He’s never wanted to play football past college.
Coop doesn’t want our dad’s life.
He doesn’t want Declan’s life.
He’s wanted to be a SEAL for as long as I remember, and my mom and dad have been against it for just as long.
“Anyway, Tiffany said that she was not wasting time on someone who was going into the military. Said it was too hard already with her brother, and she wouldn’t do it again. Somehow, we decided that maybe we needed a break, and I gotta tell you, I’m okay with that. I wasn’t looking for a serious thing right now anyway. Tiff’s great, but I’m not looking to wife anyone at eighteen.”
Cooper gets up and throws away his trash. He walks back over to the table and rests his hand on my chair. “And, no, I have no idea what I’m doing next year. I haven’t talked to a recruiter. Not yet, at least, and until I do, I would appreciate it if you don’t mention this to Dad, Mom, or even Declan.”
“I love you, Cooper. I’ll support whatever you decide you want to do. I can’t act like it doesn’t scare me, though.”
“Yeah, love you too. Now enough of the serious talk for the night. Can we put the movie on?”
Brady grabs his carton of food and my hand and pulls me behind Cooper to the family room. The two of them dissect every fight scene and force me to watch a YouTube clip of Keanu Reeves preparing for this role. Not exactly the date that I had hoped for tonight.
On the bright side, I spend the night snuggled up next to my hot as hell boyfriend, with my feet thrown over his legs. Brady has been rubbing my ugly dancer’s feet for the last half hour, and it’s driving my brother nuts. I’ve come to realize it is always a bonus when I can drive Coop nuts.
It’s strangely fun, watching his eye start to twitch when Brady and I get too close.
As the movie ends, Cooper stands and looks at Brady, asking, “You spending the night, man?”
“I don’t know. We didn’t talk about it yet. My parents are in London for some acquisition until the middle of next week.”
“He’s spending the night, Cooper.” Throwing a pillow at us, he gives us akeep it downbefore he goes upstairs. Waiting until I hear Cooper’s bedroom door click shut, I pull on Brady’s t-shirt. “So, do you want to spend the night?”
“Do I get to sleep in your bed again, Sweetheart? Because I’ve got to tell you, your mattress was the most comfortable mattress I have ever slept on.”
“Oh, Yeah? Just using me for my mattress QB? What do I get in return?”
“Orgasms. Lots of orgasms.”
“Big talk. Let’s see if you can back that up.”
His hands go to my face the way I have started to crave. Then, leaning me back, he lays me on the couch. Brady’s strong hands travel down my body and grip my hips before slipping inside my yoga pants and dipping inside me. Whispering in my ear, he asks, “Nat, wanna go upstairs before Cooper comes back down for something?”
“Hmmm. God, I don’t want you to stop, though.”
Brady brings his fingers up to his mouth and sucks me off of him, and I’m done.
“I’ll race you upstairs!”
I take off running with Brady hot on my heels. Running into my room, I jump on the bed, laughing.
Like an animal stalking his prey, he moves behind me, quietly pulls the door closed, and puts his fingers up to his lips, telling me to be quiet.
Nodding my head, I strip off my slouchy crop top and am left in a hot pink bralette.
Brady pulls his dark Kroydon Prep t-shirt over his head and stands in front of me barefoot, in worn-in blue jeans and his belt. I love this.
