Page 41 of One Quick Obsession

Flynn grinned at me, as he slid his hand over his newly smooth skin. Now we barely looked like twins since he didn’t have a beard. But again it was nice to know what I looked like underneath it.

“I think you’ve just gotten grumpier. Which you shouldn’t be so grumpy considering I hear you have a woman finally.”

“Oh really?” Cale asked as he got ready to take his turn up the cliff side.

“I have no idea where you’re getting your news, but I don’t have a woman.” I stood back and let Weston and Cale get set up. Cale wasn’t as experienced in this as we were, but we were teaching him. He might not have the Cage last name, but we were at least trying to be good brothers-in-law. Hell, I was trying just to be a good brother at this point.

“That’s not what I hear. I mean, riding your bike with Scarlett on the back through town probably wasn’t the best thing to do if you’re wanting to keep things secret.”

“You and the manager of the resort? Wow.” Cale’s eyes widened.

“It’s not like that,” I grumbled.

Flynn gave me a look.

I let a sigh. “It’s a little like that. I don’t know. We’re just starting out, and I could really use some time before the Cage family group chat goes insane.”

“I have noticed you haven’t responded to any texts in the group chats,” Flynn pointed out.

“Neither have I. You Cages and your group chats,” Weston put in.

“I’m truly afraid of the group chats. There’s so many,” Cale said with a shake of his head. “Oh, speaking of, thank you for letting me stay at your place on the lake.”

“No problem,” Flynn said with a grin. “It was fun bunking with Hudson last night and annoying him. Though I am heading home tonight.”

“You snore.” I grinned as I said it, and Flynn just flipped me off.

“I like how all of you guys have houses. You don’t always use them,” Cale added. “Do you know if you and Isabella are planning on getting a house out on the lake?”

Weston shook his head. “We like the house that we’re in now. Even though I’ve always been in it. And if we want to head out to the lake for any recreational things, we have plenty of places to do so. I do know you guys are all talking about making sure that the rest of the Cages have opportunities to buy in, right?” Weston asked.

I looked over at Flynn, and my twin just rolled his eyes at me. “Again, it’s in the group chat.” He turned to the others. “We all built on our land when we were younger, and everything just made sense with Cage Enterprises. We have a few houses that we rent out right now but they should be coming up soon that we can work on selling slash giving them to our siblings that want a place. I know Kyler’s been thinking about building on one of the empty plots, and Emily said that she was fine staying with you and Isabella. But I don’t know about Phoebe, or even you guys,” Flynn said.

“I don’t know. I know we were able to come out this weekend, and while Sophia and the girls are with her sisters shopping downtown or doing whatever, it’s hard for me to take off so much time at work. But it would be nice to have a house out here. To feel like a Cage.” He winked as he said it, and I shook my head.

“It’s not always fun feeling like a Cage. To the point that I don’t even know what that means anymore.”

“Huh.” Cale gave me a puzzled expression, before he turned to the cliff face and began climbing.

“Speaking of not understanding what’s going on, are you going to tell us about the Ackerson place?” Flynn asked. “Because Dorian’s being very careful about not talking about it.” Considering I’d bought the place from Dorian for a dollar, and all of the negative aspects that came with it, I wasn’t surprised. I didn’t want to hurt my brother, but I wanted to try to find a way to pay it forward. At least pay for what my father had done.

“The whole place is a gut job, I’m tearing it down.”

James’s eyes widened. “Seriously? Good on you. You need help?”

I laughed. “Demo is the fun part of the job.”

“I’m in too. I thought you were going to refinish things, but with half of it gone, I guess it makes sense.”

“I was going to try, but I know my own limits. I have contractors coming and doing most of the work, but I’m going to build some of it.”

“What are you putting in its place?” Weston asked, his attention on Cale.

“I’m putting in cabins.”

Cale nearly slipped down the rock face and looked over at me. “You? Cabins?”

I barked out a laugh at the three incredulous looks staring at me and let out a breath. “Not for tourists, but for people like me.”