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I arch a brow as he turns the corner and we come face to face. His lips twitch into a satisfied smirk as he answers my silent question. “I was watching you sit in the driveway and contemplate your life choices.”
I roll my eyes and smack his chest as I walk by. It doesn’t faze him, instead he falls into step beside me, his hand resting on my ass as he steers me toward the kitchen. My eyes narrow as soon as I make my way into the room and find Kade eating cereal at the counter.
He gives me a sheepish look and I flip him off. Fucking asshole. Ryder and Noah both laugh at my ire. He throws both of them a dirty look, but he damn well knows he deserves it. He’s lucky I haven’t dumped his bowl over his head as it is.
Actually, I hum to myself. That isn’t such a bad idea.
“Don’t even think about it, Baby Girl,” Noah soothes, appearing in front of me suddenly. His hands fall to my hips and he squeezes gently. My attention snaps away from Kade and to my sweet, yet mischievous boyfriend. “Do you really trust him to do a good job of cleaning it up afterwards?”
“Hey,” Kade protests. “Scar knows exactly how good I am at cleaning things up.”
My pussy involuntarily clenches at the innuendo in his words and my cheeks heat. Noah chuckles as he notices and a new thrill creeps up my spine.
Ryder shakes his head. “Do you even realize what they’re talking about?” he asks Kade. “Just a hint, it wasn’t about her cunt.” I grin as I study Ry. There’s a gleam in his eye that tells me he’s hoping I ignore Noah and do it anyway. Especially since Kade himself encouraged it.
It’s Noah’s turn to shake his head. He squeezes my hips again before releasing me and stepping out of my way. “Be my guest. He did ask for it.” Kade only looks confused as if he wasn’t fully listening to the conversation and is now lost. He probably wasn’t, or he would have known better than to speak up the way he did.
A playful smirk grows across my cheeks as I approach him where he’s happily eating his cereal. He watches me warily but doesn’t reach out to stop me when I lean into his space. He’s too focused on examining my face, he misses when I swipe the bowl away from him. The metal spoon clangs to the hard countertop at the same time as the milk and soggy bits of cereal pour down his face, dripping down and soaking into his shirt before spilling over the counter and floor.
His mouth parts open in shock as Ryder’s raucous laughter fills the room. I smirk as I meet his green eyes sparking and some of the weight lifts off my chest. My big guy is still in there. I’m still here. We might be twisted and feeling lost, but we’re still us. “Guess you can remind me just how good you are at cleaning,” I tease and my smirk transforms into a full grin as he dramatically wipes milk from his face.
“I don’t even want to know.”
Luca’s droll tone makes me snort as I whip around to find him and Declan walking to the kitchen with both of their laptops.
“I’m sure he deserved it,” D remarks dryly.
“Oh, you’re gonna pay for that, Ladybug,” Kade snarls behind me. Faster than I can turn around, his big arms envelop my waist and my feet are lifted off the floor as he picks me up. I squeal as I feel the milk seeping through my thin shirt but can’t help the laughter that tumbles from my lips when he spins me around and burrows the top of his head into the crook of my neck.
The whole room blurs as I hear the chuckles of all my men surrounding me, filling my broken soul with an almost forgotten warmth. Worries that were just plaguing my mind and making lightning dance across my skin drift away as cold milk and bits of cereal are smashed into my hair and skin.
It’s a stupid and fleeting moment. One day it will just be a silly memory. Something that will get brought up to tease Kade when he’s getting a little too cocky. But right now, it’s my lifeline. My reminder that I’m alive and no matter what happens I have my men. My family. My home.
It’s an inconsequential scene that maybe just saved my sanity.
I throw back my head and laugh, but Kade still doesn’t release me. He turns me in his arms and I wrap my legs around his waist. It’s been weeks since I felt this close to him. Even in the gym when our bodies and souls connected, there was a distance between us I didn’t know how to bridge. The truth neither one of us is ready to put into words an obstinate obstacle between us. His eyes bore into mine, alight with his feelings and happiness I haven’t seen on him in weeks.
“I thought we were having a team meeting, not a food fight.” Ian’s low timbre finally draws my eyes away from Kade’s, but I relax into his arms.
A loud smack follows his words. “We were about to get a show,” Jade admonishes.
Kade snorts and I grin as the rest of my men just roll their eyes. “I can give you a show if that’s what you want, J,” I flirt. Kade’s arms tighten around me. I repay him by squeezing my legs around him until he grunts and narrows his eyes at me.
I see Declan and Luca trading looks before Luca finally sighs. Guess it’s his turn to attempt and rein us in. “You know this is only going to get worse as more people show up,” he scolds, using his hands to gesture for us to go get cleaned up.
The sound of the front door opening makes me raise my brows in his direction. His lips thin as he shakes his head just as we hear Britt calling out her hellos.
“Oh, hell no,” Declan curses.
“That’s a recipe for an even bigger disaster just waiting to happen,” Ryder snickers.
“Go to your room and get cleaned up, Scarlett,” D demands.
I lift my hands from Kade’s shoulders in D’s direction. “Okay, Daddy.”
Kade’s body shakes with laughter as Declan starts cursing.
“Come on, Ladybug. I have to remind you just how good I am at cleaning you up.”
