Page 84 of Undeniably Perfect

“So, you are dating someone?” the reporter asks.

Kent winks at her. “More than dating, but you know I don’t talk about my personal life.”

My eyes widen to the point where I think they may pop out of my head.

“Well, shit, someone’s in deep,” Nate’s voice says from behind me.

“Did I just imagine that?” I ask.

He laughs and claps me on the back. “No. Girl, that guy has it bad for you. Just learn to love it. You’re in a relationship with a jock.”

“It’s not the jock thing that scares me, it’s the relationship thing.”

“Fair. But Kent’s like the best guy. Trust me, that one,” he says pointing to the screen, “is a keeper.”

He turns back to the Moores as he leans against the bar top. “Plus, you get a really awesome bonus family. You can’t beat that.”

Nate and I stand like spectators and watch everyone chatting, hugging, laughing, and giving each other high fives.

“They are great, aren’t they?” I ask rhetorically.

“The best,” Nate says with a smile.

Chapter Thirty-Four

Ivaguely remember Kent picking me up from the sofa and carrying me into his bed last night, or this morning? I also faintly remember a comment about the sex toys on the dining room table. After Mrs. T’s Pink Lady punch, everything gets a little foggy. I open one eye to find water and aspirin on the bedside table. I go to reach for them, but I can’t move. I look down and find Kent’s giant arm is wrapped around me like a vine. I try to disentangle myself, but he only pulls me closer.

“You aren’t going anywhere,” he whispers in a gravelly morning voice.

“Can I get the water that you so kindly left for me?” I ask him.

He kisses the back of my neck and leans over to hand me the glass. I prop up on my elbow and drink the cool liquid, throwing the pills down my throat for good measure.

“I see Mrs. T got to you.” He nods toward the dresser where my red Solo cup still sits. I frown not remembering putting it there.

“Yeah…”

I turn back to him and smile. “How’s it feel to wake up a champion?”

He grins at me. “Fan-fucking-tastic!”

I laugh. “What’s on the agenda for today?”

He leans over me and ghosts a kiss on my lips.

“You for starters.”

Kent

I’m euphoric and exhausted. It was well after midnight when the guys and I finally rolled into the apartment building. My siblings were still up on the deck, but Tabby had passed out on my sofa.

I carried her to my bed and fell fast asleep.

I have to say, it was the best sleep I’ve gotten in ages. And waking up to her is even better.

I trace her jaw and neck with my lips and watch as goose bumps form on her skin. I nip at her earlobe, and she moans, her hips rolling back against me.

I grin, remembering what I found on my dining room table last night.

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