Play Along(135)

“Nah,” Rio brushes him off. “I can’t think of a single person I already know that I’d be remotely interested in.”

Zanders shakes his head. “You are the pickiest guy I know while also being the thirstiest. It’s the strangest combination. It’s no wonder you’re single.”

“This is the year. It’s happening. And Cody and Travis just need to stay in their lane and be single because I swear to God if I have to attend another wedding without a date . . .” Rio shakes his head. “Well, then I just won’t come.”

“Wow,” Indy laughs. “Very threatening.”

“You all should feel threatened. You’d all be bored as hell without me around.”

The conversation continues, but I’m not listening. I’m focused on the auburn-haired girl currently curled in my lap.

I press my lips to the skin under her ear, feeling her shiver against me.

I hold her tighter before my eyes meet Kai’s. One hand holding his daughter, the other holding a beer, resting on Miller’s thigh. He lifts his beer to me across the table.

I nod, the two of us having a silent conversation acknowledging how fucking blessed our lives have turned out to be. What was once just the two of us is now this massive family, some blood-related, some not.

Most important to me is the one on my lap, wearing my mother’s ring.

Leaning my head against hers, I whisper, “Thanks for marrying me, Kenny.”

It’s been a common phrase I haven’t been afraid to voice over the past two years.

She turns to look at me, warm brown eyes tracing my face before running a fingertip over the birthmark by my eye. “And which time are you referring to?”

I press my lips to hers. “Both.”




THE END