Total pages in book: 104
Estimated words: 102361 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 512(@200wpm)___ 409(@250wpm)___ 341(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 102361 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 512(@200wpm)___ 409(@250wpm)___ 341(@300wpm)
I smirk and take a drink of my margarita.
Damn good.
“I don’t think we’ll turn down any help. Thank you.”
“All of the Blackwells are now happily spoken for,” Darby says, tilting her head to the side, looking at all of us. “It’s so crazy. I grew up with all of them, and now they’re all married and having kids.”
“We’re old. This is what we’re talking about?” Charlie wrinkles her nose. “We should be talking about sex and … stuff.”
“I’m seeing a new guy,” Ava announces. “So far, the sex isn’t bad. I’d like him to maybe pull my hair a little more than he does, but I think he’s trainable.”
“Who is this guy, and why haven’t you told me about him?” Harper demands.
“We’ve all been a little busy,” Ava replies. “And it’s only been a few dates.”
“And sex,” I add.
“I mean, yeah. The sex, too. His name is Chad Kincaid.”
“He’s an attorney in Silver Springs,” I say, surprising everyone.
“How do you know him?” Ava asks.
“I hired him to help me with some stuff regarding my late husband. He’s handsome. Seems nice. Very professional.”
“You can say it,” Ava says. “He’s stuffy.”
I laugh. “Maybe a little, but you could do so much worse.”
“We’ll see. Now, let’s talk about all your sex lives.”
“My husband would not be okay with me discussing that,” Skyla replies with a giggle. “Although I might enjoy the punishment for it.”
“Now we’re talking,” Alex says, shimmying her shoulders. “What kind of punishment? Spanking? Edging? A little light knife play?”
“WHAT?” we all exclaim, making Alex double over in laughter.
“Come on, we all read the books.”
“If you tell me that you let those two men cut you,” Darby says, her voice tight and with no humor at all, and Alex swallows hard.
“No, sissy. It was just a joke. I swear, they’d never do that.”
Darby takes a deep, shaky breath. “If anyone ever cuts any of you, I’ll kill them myself.”
She downs the rest of her drink, then walks into the kitchen for a refill.
That’s definitely a hot button for my friend.
“Beckett enjoys some edging for sure.” Skyla changes the subject.
“Is that a Blackwell trait?” I ask, tilting my head to the side.
“You all do realize that you’re talking about my brothers.” Billie wrinkles her nose. “Right? My brothers.”
“Does Connor edge you?” I ask, and this time, Skyla shifts in her chair.
“Oh, all the time.”
“Obviously not often enough.”
We all whip our heads over to where Connor’s leaning on the wall, his arms folded, listening unabashedly with a sexy-as-hell smirk on his face.
He looks like he should be on the cover of GQ.
Wait. I think he has been on the cover of GQ.
“This is a girls’ party,” Billie reminds her husband, who just pushes his glasses up his nose, then crosses over to her.
“I’m checking to see if you needed anything, Bumble.”
“So freaking sweet,” Dani whispers to me, and I nod in agreement.
“No, we’re all happily fed, thank you very much.”
He frames her face in his hands and leans in to kiss her. “More than all the stars in the sky.”
Billie’s face softens into goo, and it’s the most adorable thing ever.
“Why is there a man in this room right now?” Harper demands, glaring at Connor.
“It’s my house, you know.”
“Not tonight, it isn’t,” Skyla says with a laugh. “Go on now. We’re discussing things that you don’t need to be privy to.”
“I’ll be edging you later tonight, Angel,” he says to Billie, before his hands dive into the pockets of his slacks and he walks away.
“Damn,” Ava whispers, fanning her face with her hand. “Where can I get one of those? Is there a store, or a website or something?”
“I’m afraid he’s one of a kind,” Billie says with a sweet smile. “Now, let’s go find that ice cream.”
The phone rings in my ear as I wait for Brooks to pick up on the other end of the line, and I hiccup.
I might have had one too many margaritas.
No regrets.
“Hey, Wildfire. Are you ready to come home?”
“Yeah. I need a ride. It’s really far to town, and I can’t even walk down the driveway.”
He chuckles, and I can hear him walking. “I’ll be there in fifteen minutes. Did you have fun?”
“So much fun. Holy shit, babe, you weren’t kidding about Billie’s library. It’s something out of a Disney movie.”
“I know. Sorry, wife, I’m not a billionaire.”
I snort and shake my head even though he can’t see me. “Well, you’d better start fixing more cars. Just kidding. I already have ideas for my own library in our house. It’s going to be adorble.”
“You mean adorable.”
“That’s what I said. Are you on your way yet? I need orgasms. We’ve been talking about sex for a while, and I’m gonna need some. Okay?”
“Christ, I’m getting in the truck now, and I’ll be there in twelve minutes.”
“Make it ten.”