“Never mind,” he said. “I like having sunscreen put on me.”
“I bet you do,” I laughed.
“Especially when you’re wearingthat.”
I smirked as I poured sunscreen into my hands and started spreading it over his hard chest. I was wearing a bikini with little hearts all over it, and I feltsexy.I knew my tits looked hot as fuck in this skimpy thing, and I was not above using that to keep my partner from burning.
I felt something hardening between my thighs and arched a brow. “Really?”
“I am but a man, my love,” he chuckled.
“Yeah, mm-hmm. Turn over,husband.”
His cock was now fully hard. He groaned, but complied with my request, turning over onto his stomach beneath me. I ran myhands along his back, using this as a chance to apply sunscreenandmassage him.
“Remember when you couldn’t even fathom taking time off?” I asked.
“Yeah,” he chuckled. “Now look at me. Always running off with the three of you. Hired a fucking manager for the hotel. Let Nick take over my finances and help me invest. Using his goddamn credit card points to fly for free.”
I laughed. “He does like to spoil us, and I’m here for it.”
“Me too.” He sighed happily. “Every day I feel grateful the three of you gave me a chance.”
I leaned down, kissing the side of his cheek. “Of course we did. You’re worth it.”
He made a soft noise in his throat, letting that linger for a moment. “Do you think we can have sex on this beach and not get arrested?”
My head tipped back and I started laughing again. “No, but I think we could run to our little cabin and have sex then come back out . . . Or we can wait and time it so Nick and Matthew walk in on us.”
Austin smirked. “About an hour, right? They’ve been gone since the sun came up.”
“Yep.” I grinned. “Are you sure you can wait an hour, Mr. Whynot?”
“No. But I can wait about half an hour. Then I can spend that time getting you off until you’re begging me to fuck you. How ‘bout that? Deal?”
My cheeks grew hot. “Deal.”
My niece, nephew, and daughter ran through the yard and I giggled as I watched them. Charlotte was only four years old, but she could hold her own with the big kids. I rubbed my stomach, trying not to think about how we were going to juggle having a second. But between the four of us, we’d find a way. Besides, Austin, Matthew, and Nick wereecstaticabout growing our family.
Avery and June sat next to me, basking in the sun. It was spring and we were savoring being outside before it got too hot.
“Remember when I dyed my face blue,” Avery suddenly said, grinning as she watched Bandit run after Anna and Sebastian. “And I thought I was completely cursed and would never find love?”
I grinned. How could I ever forget that? I’d never forget bringing Avery some rescue pie on that fated day where not only had she dyed her face blue, Levi had caught her hair on fire too.
“Oh god. Remember when I thought I was completely unlovable?” June laughed.
I started giggling. “You were never unlovable.” It just took Dallas and Madi showing her just how much she deserved love for her to finally believe it.
“I know thatnow,”she snorted. “Just needed two amazing people to show me.”
“Remember when Evie went on like five thousand first dates and they were all absolutely awful?” Avery asked, bumping me with her shoulder. “What was that one guy's name? Tree-beard?”
“Oakley,” I sputtered.
The three of us started laughing again. It felt like just a blink ago, and yet years had passed. Time always had a way of doing that. One moment, you wondered if your life was ever going to change—the next, you were standing on the other side of that change, looking back and smiling at what you now knew.
“I think you started something, Avery,” June sighed happily. “The universe started conspiring at that exact moment.”