Caspian fell into the pool, his splash so large it soaked me, Sunday, and Rosie.
Rosie startled awake and let out a frustrated groan. “Seriously, boys? I’d just fallen asleep!”
“Sorry!” Alek said. “Won’t happen again.”
“I highly doubt that,” Dahlia said under her breath. “Those two are bigger troublemakers than our boys when they get together.”
“Come with me, petal. We’ll get you something new to wear,” Gavin said as he exited the cabana behind us and held out his hand for Rosie.
“Pretty sure that’s code for fucking,” Kiki said, popping up beside Dahlia.
“Everything is code for fucking in this group,” I agreed.
“That’s because we know how to do this whole life thing right,” Sin said, claiming the spot behind me and bracketing mylegs with his. “Why are you sitting here instead of jumping all the way in?” he asked, brushing my hair over my shoulder so he could press a kiss to my neck.
“Because the water’s cold.”
He kicked his feet, sending little droplets flying. “Liar, it’s perfect.”
“If you push me in, you’ll be in time-out for the next month.”
Before he could respond, Chaos popped up in front of me, snatched me around the waist, and pulled me in. We came up spluttering. Well, I was spluttering. Chaos was laughing.
“Oh, you’re in trouble now,” Sin warned.
“I like it when she’s mad. There’s nothing like make-up sex,” he teased.
I splashed him right in the face, then stomped over to the stairs and got out.
“Oh, don’t be a spoilsport, Red. You’ll dry off in no time.”
“I just don’t like to reward bad behavior,” I called over my shoulder.
“That’s not what you said last night.”
Malice came up behind me with a towel and wrapped it around my shoulders. “He’s right. You let him be very bad last night. Me too, if memory serves.”
“Whose side are you on?”
“Yours, hellcat. Always yours.”
I grinned at him. “Good. I’d hate to put you in time-out as well.”
He laughed and swatted my butt. “You wouldn’t dare. You like that thing I do with my tongue too much.”
He wasn’t wrong.
“Hey, Sunshine! Watch what Eden learned to do,” Kingston called from the end of the pool where he and Thorne were waiting at the water slide.
“You’d better catch her,” Thorne warned.
“Daddy, here I come!” Eden crowed. “Watch me!”
She disappeared from view, then shot out of the slide and right into Kingston’s waiting hands.
Sunday clapped for her daughter while Thorne waded over to the edge of the pool so he could talk to her. “Come on, get in. I’ll catch you if you want to come down the slide too.”
“She can’t use that slide, Thorne. It’s not safe,” Caleb warned, appearing out of nowhere and scaring the crap out of me.
