He kissed the tip of my nose and looked over at Chloe; I noticed he wasn’t making eye contact with my brothers because they were going to hate this answer. “On the bike in Bentley’s garage.” That night came rushing back to me; he made me feel things I’d never felt before. You would’ve thought it would’ve been awkward with trying to keep the bike steady, but it wasn’t at all.

My brothers all cursed at the same time while giving Hunter a death glare, I’m so glad I’m wrapped in his arms right now.

“Alright, Coop,” Cooper nodded his head, “Have you and Mase ever tag teamed?”

It felt like someone sucked all the air out of the room. Everyone was waiting for the pin to drop. Cooper looked at Mason and they both smirked, just slightly, and only for a second, but I caught it. I was a wiz at reading them both. The bigger question was, with whom? I observed Hailey and Jaylinn who were sitting next to each other on the floor. Both of their faces were unreadable, which was shocking, because Hailey was the easiest to read. At the same time, both girls picked up a lemon, dipped it in sugar, picked up a shot glass and raised it above their heads to Mason and Cooper. Hmm, they either already knew or they didn’t want to find out.

Mason and Cooper didn’t reach for the glasses though, only the lemons. They put them skin side into their mouths then reached for the shot glass and pulled the girls back to their laps. At the same time they poured the shots in the girl’s mouths and then bent down and gave them the lemons. I groaned, wanting Hunter to do that to me. He must have been thinking the same thing because he cupped my chin and tilted my head up to kiss. Gently at first, then his tongue was seeking more, when it collided with mine I moaned and it only made him deepen the kiss. This was our first kiss like this in front of my brothers; most of the time Hunter was respectful of them, and they appreciated that.

“You’re going to get pregnant like that, oh wait, you already did.” Jackson deadpanned.

Hunter and I tore our lips apart, he rested his forehead against mine, leaving us both breathless.

“Well?” Chloe asked Mason and Cooper.

Both shrugged and eyeballed Hunter. Wait a minute! I sat up straight and eyed both of my brothers and then Hunter. Hunter was like stone, no emotion. I looked at the girls, trying to put the pieces together but nothing was connecting.

Cooper playfully punched Mason in the shoulder; both of them were lounging on the sofa, “First girl you slept with.”

“Dude, you know the answer already, Lily.” Cooper glanced at me, very quickly. Mason started coughing.

That was it, my missing piece. I narrowed my eyes at Hailey and she looked away. Then I did the same to Jaylinn and she narrowed her eyes right back at me. Then I studied Hunter, he was still stone, no emotion. He never flinched when I was scrutinizing him.

A laugh bubbled up from deep inside me, “Are you f**king kidding me?” My head fell back and I laughed my ass off. Everyone lost their virginity to Lily, and then it sunk in. They’d all slept with her on the same night, at the same damn time. What the f**k?

After the laughter subsided and realization had dawned on me, Hunter reached behind my neck and brought me towards him. He talked low into my ear, “I didn’t sleep with her that night, but they don’t know that.”

I breathed a sigh of relief; I turned my head slightly and kissed his cheek.

The rest of the night continued the same way, everyone was pretty tanked by the end of it. Jaylinn had curled herself up on Cooper’s lap and was passed out. Jackson and Chloe were talking quietly to themselves from the recliner they were perched in. Chloe was a lot of fun tonight, most of the time she was quiet and stayed to herself, but I loved it when she really let go with us. Hailey was snuggled up in the corner of a recliner on the opposite side of the room. Mason lay on the side of it, knees bent, arms crossed over his face.

“Psst.” Mason dropped his arms and looked in my direction. I nodded my head towards Hailey. “Go get her. The extra bedroom is yours for the night.”

He didn’t move right away and put his arms back over his face. I shrugged my shoulders at Hunter. A few minutes later he groaned, I looked up into Hunter’s eyes and he winked at me. Mason climbed off the floor and went to Hailey. He didn’t say anything to her, I’m not sure she would have heard him anyway, she was pretty toasted. He collected her up in his arms and went down the hallway to the stairs.

I sighed and Hunter did the same. We sat there a little while longer before my eyes grew heavy. Hunter followed Mason’s lead and took me upstairs, where he undressed me and settled us in bed. He kissed me on the lips, then my neck, shoulder, the valley between my br**sts, and continued all the way down my stomach. He stopped and looked up at me; tears were pooled in my eyes.

“I love you, everything about you, CC. Never doubt that.” Hunter said in a husky voice.

He kissed me where my bandage was from my C-section and the tears spilled over. He left me breathless.

It was a perfect ending to a perfect night.

16

I was awakened to the same kisses I went to bed with. When I stirred, Hunter groaned and placed a kiss on my neck, then dragged his tongue up my neck to that sweet spot behind my ear and sucked lightly on it.

“Marry me?” He tested his luck again.

If he kept this up there’d be no way I could keep telling him no. Hell, I was half tempted to tell him to drag me to City Hall tomorrow, but I knew I would be upset with myself; I wanted the perfect wedding for my perfect husband to be. I knew he really wouldn’t care one way or the other, but I didn’t want any more memories of the day I could have lost both him and Ryder.

“Soon, I promise.” I moaned as he flicked his tongue on the same spot he was kissing. “Let’s pick a date at least, ok? It’ll give us something to look forward to.”

He placed one last kiss and then rolled onto his back, “Ok, if that’s all you’ll give me for now I’ll deal with that.”

I turned over, stretched my casted arm over his chest and twined my good leg with his and then placed a kiss in the nook of his neck. “So what’re you thinking? It can’t be this month or next, I know how you think.”

When he chuckled his chest vibrated against my ear, “Three weeks, two days.” I mumbled, not really meaning for him to hear.

He chuckled again, “You’re counting too?”

I lifted my head and gazed into his eyes, “I miss you babe.”

He flipped me so I was on my back and he was hovering over me. He was paying extra care to not put any of his weight on my stomach. “Be careful,” I laughed. “You might get breast milk all over you. God only knows when this shit stops, I’m not even breast feeding.”