She blinks up at me a few times, before fisting my shirt and dragging me down to give her a kiss.
“I’ll be good, Daddy,” she says, before her perfect, in need of a spanking, mischievous ass walks back into the house.
This is going to be a long weekend.
* * *
Dinner is going as normal as it could be and I’m so thankful it isn’t the inquisition toward Jessa and me. I’m wondering who enforced that, my guess is Penny and my mom.
“Bonfire tonight,” Gavin declares. There are a bunch of nods of agreement.
“We’re going to go to Ronnie’s tonight,” my dad says, and I can’t decide if that was planned or if they think having a smaller group will help make everything more comfortable for Jessa.
“We’re still going fishing tomorrow?” Lincoln asks, and my dad and Tim both nod in agreement. I lean over to whisper to Jessa.
“You can come fishing or stay here.” She’s about to answer, when Penny leans in from the other side.
“Fishing fucking sucks. We’re doing a beach day and shopping.”
She smiles at Penny before gripping my hand under the table. “The beach and shopping sounds nice.”
“Only if you’re sure.” I notice my mom staring at us with a serene look on her face.
“So, Jessa, are you enjoying working at Kemper’s?” my mom asks.
“I like working with Penny and Aiden. I don’t think it’s what I want to do forever, but it’s been nice learning new things.”
News to me. I guess I haven’t asked how fulfilled she is in her position, and I make a mental note to ask her more about that later.
“How long have you been vacationing here?” Jessa asks, my mom smiles and tilts her head.
“It feels like forever. Since the twins were born, for sure. We try to come a few times a year and rent it out the rest of the year.”
“It’s beautiful,” Jessa says, her hand in mine under the table.
“Thank you, Jessa. We’re so happy to have you here.” My mom smiles at Jessa, and I hope she can see how sincere she’s being. Now I just have to figure out how to make sure my brothers don’t say anything fucking stupid tonight.
* * *
The bonfire is in a hole in the sand, Gavin has music going, and Ben and Linc carry out a cooler of drinks. We’re one chair short, and I immediately pop down in one and drag Jessa to my lap. She stills, and I tap her thigh and lean in to whisper in her ear.
“It’s fine, relax.” Her body shifts against my lap a little closer, and I wrap my arms around her. Linc hands us two beers, and I know Jessa will sip it but not drink the whole thing.
“Who would have thought that big bro would bring a girl on vacation. I thought you were going to become a cat lady, Aiden,” Ben jokes, and I roll my eyes.
“True, I thought his social security would be on auto-pay to Avalon,” Linc says. He’s been a real fucking dick lately, and I wish I knew why.
I narrow my eyes at him, but Jessa speaks up.
“It will be, except it will be a couples membership.” Ben and Gavin start cackling and Linc gives Jessa a nod of approval with her comeback. It seems like my sweet Jessa has a hard time standing up for herself, but when it comes to me, my little kitten seems to have claws.
“Can we talk about something else besides Avalon?” Penny says, directing it toward Lincoln, who gives her a shrug of his shoulders. “It’s so nice to have another girl, don’t you fuckers ruin this for me,” Penny says, pointing at each one of my brothers. The twins hold up their hands in mock surrender, and she glares at them a little before turning and smiling at Jessa.
“So, what did our precious brother have to do to nab you? It surely wasn’t his ugly mug,” Gavin says, and I take a deep breath before Jessa shakes her head. Clearly catching on that my brothers are a bunch of dickheads and this is how we show our love.
“I did have to look past his face, you’re right.” My twin brothers and Penny laugh as she leans closer to me. “But if I had to pinpoint a moment, it was probably when he took a splinter out of my finger and kissed it.”
Penny makes an aww sound while my brothers act like they’re gagging. “Disgusting,” Gavin says.
