“Faster recovery rates.” He delivers the line with a wink, and I nibble on my bottom lip, holding his gaze.
Yes, please.
Because in a single night, Mason has proven just how lazy, just howselfish,my ex-husband had been in andoutof the bedroom.
“Well, in that case, hurry up because it’s been a really long time since I saw so many ab muscles, and I have the craziest urge to lick every dip and valley before choking on your cock.”
“You really are a dream.”
“I don’t need to be a dream, but tonight I really just want to be yours.”
“What about tomorrow?”
“We’ll see when we get there,” I say, shimmying out of my panties and slipping under the covers. “Now hurry up. I have plans for you.”
He shakes his head and chuckles as he walks into the bathroom, mumbling something that sounds likedefinitely a dreamunder his breath. But it’s not a dream. This connection we have is the realest thing I’ve ever felt.
I just hope I’m brave enough to hold on to it.
6
MASON
“We Went” by Randy Houser blares through the speaker, and because I’m in a damn good mood, I’m singin’ along to every word as I spread the mulch around the flower bed.
It’s not until I turn around to grab the wheelbarrow that I find three sets of eyes on me.
“Somethin’ you’d like to share with the class?” Otto says, standing next to his twin brother, Case, both with matching smiles on their faces. They’d taken a chance on us when Bodhi and I had landed in Blackstone Falls, and we’d worked hard for them over the last couple of years.
Their landscaping business, Twinscapes, had gained notoriety in Tennessee, and the company’s reputation had us busier than we could manage.
Which is how we all managed to be on the same job site this morning. Sundown Realty had a couple of rental properties along Cedar Lake, and following the spring thaw, they needed an overhaul before they’d be available to the public.
“Hannahdidsay you hit it off at your photoshoot,” Case adds as his lifts the hem of his shirt to wipe his face. “Said there was some serious fuck-me energy happening.”
“She did not say that,” I say with a laugh, knowing full well that Hannah definitely said that.
“Well?” Otto asks, his baseball hat turned backward and his blue eyes sparkling. He’s the only guy to ever match my energy, and anytime we’re together, the people around us are most likely exhausted just by being in our general vicinity.
“I probably owe his wife one of those fruit bouquets they dip in chocolate.”
“Hell yes!” Otto whoops as his brother grins. Bodhi’s expression hasn’t changed, but there’s nothing unusual about that.
“So, you hit it off?” Case asks.
“She’s amazing,” I confirm as happiness bubbles inside me. Waking up with Lana had been the single best experience of my life. I’d never felt such peace before, and I’d wanted to bottle it up and hold on to it forever.
“Are you dating? When are you seein’ her again?” Otto asks in rapid fire.
“She’s a single mom so it will depend on when she doesn’t have her kids, but I’m hoping to see her when I can.”
“Single moms are so hot,” Otto says wistfully, making Case snort laugh and Bodhi crack a smile. Otto’s wife, Fallon, had been a single mom who landed in town right before we did with her son.
Otto had fallen fast and hard for herandher kid, and I’d honestly never seen someone so genuinely happy. It gives me hope that this thing I feel, thispull,between Lana and me is real and lasting.
I may be young, but I’ve seen a lot in this life and I’m ready for love with matching robes, lazy days, and the chaos that comes with being a family.
Having a family.
