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"Two!" Ethan demands, holding up two fingers while his other hand stuffs the cookie in his mouth.

"Nope, just one," I tell him as I take the bag to the kitchen and hide it in the cupboard.

"Why'd they run in here so fast?" my mom asks as she comes through the patio door. "A cookie emergency?"

"Yeah. The cookie monsters had to refuel."

Ethan runs up to her. "Grandma, can we have a cookie?"

"Don't fall for it," I tell her. "He already had one and so did Miles. No more until after dinner."

Lilly walks in, wearing a bikini, her hair wet from the pool. I wish she wouldn't wear that damn bikini. It shows off too much skin. A one-piece would be just fine. Her boyfriend doesn't need to be seeing that much of my sister. Yeah, I know they have sex, but I try to pretend it isn't happening.

Jade follows her in, also wearing a bikini. She can wear a bikini all she wants, as long as I'm the only one looking at her. But I wasn't the only one. I caught Reed eyeing her and just about punched him, but then he glanced away so I just let it go. I can't really fault the guy. I mean, shit, my wife is gorgeous. Of course he's going to look. If I were him, I'd look too. She's wearing this bright orange bikini that shows off her deep tan and ripped body. She's been doing this new workout that's intense and getting her in even better shape than she was before. If you saw her, you'd never guess she had four kids. Her body is perfect.

She catches me watching her and smiles. I smile back, my eyes following her to the kitchen. She goes past me to the fridge, her arm brushing against my side. My mom and Lilly are preoccupied with the boys so I turn and grab Jade around the waist, pulling her against my bare chest and kissing her cheek. "What do you need?"

She turns her head back to me and whispers, "You. Later tonight."

I put my mouth by her ear and whisper back, "Why wait? We could go in the guest room. Tell everyone we're taking a nap."

She laughs. "I think they'd know what we're up to."

"I don't give a shit. We're married. We can do what we want. And right now," I kiss her neck, "I want you. You look so fucking hot."

"What happened to the cookies?" Lilly asks.

I turn and see my mom is back outside and Lilly is holding Ethan while moving the bags of chips and pretzels and other snack foods around the table.

"I put them away," I say, letting go of Jade. "I had to hide them before the cookies monsters ate them all."

"I'm a cookie monster," Ethan says to Lilly, pointing to himself.

She laughs. "I know. I gave you that name. Let's go swimming, Cookie Monster."

"I want to go swimming too!" Miles says.

"Come on." She takes his hand and they go back outside.

"See ya later," Jade says, a flirty grin on her face as she passes me. My eyes get caught on her tight ass as she walks to the patio door. As she leaves, my mom comes back in.

"Your father wants an iced tea."

"I'll get it," I say, opening the fridge. "You want anything?"

"I'll take a water," she says, meeting me at the fridge.

I grab the bottles and hand them to her, then grab a soda for myself.

My mom leans back against the counter as she opens her water. "So is the party as good as last year's?"

"It's better." I stand beside her. "Dad didn't burn the hotdogs this time."

She laughs. "He still insists they were just well done." She glances out at the yard. "The kids are so excited about the fireworks tonight but I don't know if they'll be able to stay awake. They've been swimming so much, they're wearing themselves out."

"We'll put them down for a nap before the fireworks start."

She turns to me. "You were the same way. You'd get so excited about the fireworks." She glances down. "You must've loved it when your father would shoot them off in the back yard."

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