“How’s that?” he grumbles.
“Better than I ever have. So you need to decide, are you going to be okay with this, or are you going to break your sister’s heart?”
I throw another knife. This one true and fast as well.
He shoves both hands into his hair. “Can you blame me?”
“Not at all. I’ll be the same when and if I have a daughter someday.”
“Kids?” He croaks. “You two talked about kids?”
Another knife sails down the alley, hitting beside the first two. “We’re not planning any yet, if that’s what you’re asking.”
“What are you planning?”
“To marry her. Buy her a house.”
The silence is thick as lead for about sixty seconds, until he mutters. “Well fuck. You’re going to be my brother-in-law.”
Grinning, I toss the last knife. “Bullseye.”
He drops onto a stool, his expression mostly pained. “She’s my little sister.”
“She’s a beautiful, young woman and I promise to honor and protect her with everything that I am.”
Dark brown gaze clocking to mine, he nods. “You’re a good SEAL.”
“I’ll be a better husband.” When I extend a hand, he takes it. We shake and some of the tension in my chest loosens.
“I think we should join the girls in the hot tub.”
He smiles. “Yeah. Let’s go, I love Rosalie’s new swimsuit.”
But then quickly frowns. “You are not going to try to play footsie with my sister under the bubbles, are you?”
“No. That’s going to be hard to do when she’s sitting on my lap.”
His groan is loud, but he follows me out of the range, anyway.
CHAPTER 29
The stereo system is pumping, Rocking Around the Christmas Tree when the boys appear.
Well, definitely not boys. They’re both muscled, deadly, and…
Both of them are men. Spence looks calm.
My brother looks… like he’s been pulling his hair out from the roots.
“Hey,” Spence says casually. “How’s the water?”
I instantly lose my breath. He asked me that before he got in the shower. Those exact words. “Great. Come on in.”
Justice isn’t looking at me. He’s silent, and Rosalie’s chuckling.
“What have you two been up to?” she asks them, but winks at me.
“We were throwing things,” Spence slides into the water, not even caring that he’s in his BRIEFS in front of Rosalie.
