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I cupped her face in my hands. “I would love to do that. With you. I’ll talk to Tanner about it.”
It was my turn to kiss her. It wasn’t a fast peck on the lips, but a deep kiss. The kind that said I wanted to drag her into the backseat and have my way with her. Lily moaned as our tongues danced.
The knock on the truck window had Lily letting out a squeal of surprise and me jerking away. When I looked up and saw Nathan standing there with a grossed-out look on his face, I couldn’thelp but chuckle.
“Ready to make your first official appearance as a couple?” he shouted through the glass and the sound of my truck engine.
I nodded and turned off the truck. “Wait right there, Lil. I’ll get the door for you.”
Before I was even out of the truck, Nathan had the door open for Lily already and had helped her climb out. I had to hand it to Tanner, he was raising a good one.
When I walked over to Lily, she held out her hand for me to take. We laced our fingers together and started toward the house.
“Don’t worry, dude. You’re family,” Nathan said as he gave me a hard slap on the back. A little too hard. I glanced over at him and raised a brow.
“I’ve been dying to do that. I see my dad do it to you all the time.”
I said to Lily, “Do you believe this kid?”
She grinned but kept her lips pressed tightly shut.
Before we even got to the top of the porch steps, the door flew open and Lincoln appeared. “Thank God. We need someone to break a vote.”
She reached for my hand and tugged me into the house. Lily giggled but trailed behind us.
“We have a tie breaker!” Lincoln announced as we walked into a large family room. I knew the Shaw clan was a big one, but seeing them all in one place was downright daunting. My eyes scanned the room, taking in everyone. I swallowed the lump in my throat when I noticed they were all staring at me.
“It’s about damn time you got here, you two.”
Tanner’s voice from my right caused me to glance at him. He winked, and a part of me relaxed. A small part. Since I began dating Lily, I’d already learned that it was best I keep my guardup. We’d gotten caught one too many times kissing when her dad seemed to suddenly appear out of thin air.
Timberlynn laughed and said, “Maverick, we need to have you be the tie breaker for the game for tonight.”
“Me?”
“Yep. You’re unbiased and have no clue how these cutthroats all play, so you can pick which game we are going to play without prejudice.
“Cutthroats?” I asked, not failing to notice how my voice quivered slightly.
Lily reached for my hand once again. “Did I fail to mention how some family members take game night pretty seriously?”
I looked down at her. “Yes, youdidfail to mention that.”
Nathan laughed. “If you survive tonight, Mav, you’ll survive anything with this family.”
Exhaling, I sent up a prayer that I picked the right game.
Lincoln pointed to a stack of Monopoly games. “Okay, we have a few different versions of Monopoly.”
Lily squeezed my hand…tightly.
“Then we have Pictionary. Which will it be?”
I glanced around the room, and the first person I saw was Timberlynn mouthingnot Monopoly. I nearly laughed.
Clearing my throat, I said, “How about Pictionary?”
Half the room erupted into cheers, the other let out groans of displeasure.
