“Daddy?” Niko pulled a grossed out face.
Ali pointed to her abdomen, then to me. “Daddy,” she said with a sigh.
I stared at her.Was that a disappointed sigh? What the hell was going on here?
“Oh shit, are you guys together?” Niko asked her.
“Nope,” Ali said at the same time I said, “Yupp.”
Ali scrunched her nose as she looked up at me. “He’s too busy with hockey for that,” she drawled, giving me a pat on the chest. “We’re just friends.”
My jaw dropped, making her laugh.
Niko grinned. “Perfect, then the offer still stands, blondie.”
Colt laughed as he patted Niko on the back. “You have a death wish, don’t ya, kid?”
Yeah, he fuckin’ does,I thought.
Battling her own grin, Ali started rattling off her phone number. I listened closely, figuring she’d give him a wrong number, but nope. She gave him all ten correct digits.
“You’re not serious,” I deadpanned.
“I think she is.” Niko grinned proudly. He wrapped his arm around my neck and whispered, “Who’s your daddy?”
Murder. I was going to murder him.
But the little shit ran away too fast, laughing loudly as he went. “Let’s go boys!” he yelled to his two buddies. “Call ya later, blondie!” He winked at Ali right before leaving the family room.
That little shit.
With her eyes still on his invisible wake, Ali laughed. “He’s funny.”
Yupp. I was going to murder the kid.
23. ALI - GIRLS NIGHT
After the bonfire at Mer’s house, it was decided that we were going to have a girls night. Lucy looked like she was about to explode with giddy happiness as she passed out matching white and pink striped pajama sets, informing us that she’d been waiting for the girls night “all day long.”
“What about me? I wanna stay and get matching pajamas,” Kappy pouted.
Lucy rolled her eyes. “You gotta go. You too, Uncle JP,” she pointed at him. Her eyes went to her dad. “I guess you can stay because you need to take care of Callahan.”
Colt frowned. “You guess?”
Mer laughed. “Okay, you heard her. Time to get going, boys.”
Before leaving, Kappy leaned down to hug me. “Congrats by the way, I know you’re gonna be a great mom.”
“Huh?” I blinked at him in surprise.
“A great mom, mommy, mamacita, ya know, because…” He trailed off and pointed to my stomach.
“Because…” I trailed off as I looked down at myself. “What are you trying to say, Kappy?”
He blanched. “Wha…?” He looked around. “Um…” His face immediately started turning red. “What am I trying to say? I don’t know.”
Everyone busted up laughing. Colt pulled out his wallet and handed me a crinkled $50. “That was amazing. He mentally shit his pants.”
