Page 59 of Crazy Rich Cajuns

“What was her reaction?”

“She was pissed that he might be sending you to jail.”Teddy grinned up at him.

Bennett’s eyebrows rose.“You told her about that?”

“Yep.”

“Allabout it?”he asked.Had Teddy filled her in on all the reasons he might be doing jail time and how that had all started?

“Yep.Everything.”

“Why?”

“She needed to know.”

“Did she?”Bennett asked.

“It’s who you are.If she’s going to fall in love with you, she needs to know who you are.”

Bennett felt like Teddy had just reached into his chest and squeezed his lungs.In love with him?He wanted Kennedy.He’d been thinking of long-term, hoping this weekend would turn into something more.But he hadn’t really put the L word to it.And hearing it out loud from someone else made it very real and very…huge.

“She’s over there.”Teddy pointed to the chaise lounge chair that looked like it was covered in pillows and a blanket.

But the pillows were actually Kennedy.

Kennedy was lying curled up on the seat, covered in a light blanket.She had her hands up under her cheek and her feet were tucked underneath her and the blanket, her shoes lying on the stones below the chair.

His heart kicked against his ribs.He cleared his throat.“You wore her out?”

“Surprised?”Teddy asked.

“Shocked.”Bennett leaned over and lifted her a little, sliding in behind her, letting her rest on him instead of the chair.She mumbled something but settled in against him without opening her eyes.He rested his hands on the curve of her hip and let the warmth of her body soak in.

“She’s a partier, huh?”Teddy asked with a grin.He lifted a coffee cup now instead of a plastic cup or bottle.

“Her whole family knows how to have a good time,” Bennett said with a nod.“She can outlast every one of them from what I’ve seen.”

“Well, she definitely kept up when we were playing.She kicked the boys’ asses,” Teddy said, glancing at his sons.

Bennett chuckled.His sons were hardly big partiers now.Maybe at one time they would have been able to hang with the Landrys, but one was a college professor now and one was a novelist.They both had wives and kids and had probably never been to a crawfish boil.Which was too bad.

“So the game didn’t last all that long really,” Teddy said.“Then the guys were grumbling that they were hungry since they hadn’t been too excited about the chicken.Kennedy headed into the kitchen and made us all po’ boys.”

Bennett was definitely surprised by that.“No kidding.”

“Yep.Made herself at home in the kitchen and had us all fed in no time.”

“How were they?”Bennett already knew that answer.Amazing.

“The boys swore they’d died and gone to heaven.Even Tawny ate two.”

“That’s…Kennedy,” Bennett finally said.

Teddy nodded.“She’s wonderful.”He frowned slightly though.

“What?”Bennett asked.“Something wrong?”

Teddy shook his head.“Nah.She’s sweet and friendly.Has a million stories.Loves to laugh and make others laugh.”

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