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yeah and make sure Dean knows I want to know his intentions.
Flint
Jesus, you’re gonna make Uncle Dad run for the hills.
Skyye
I’m not calling Kenni Aunt Mom.
Ash
see, this is why you can’t be our little sister. You don’t listen.
Skyye
hell, your mom doesn’t listen either!
Flint
we know.
Ash
it’s hard raising parents nowadays.
CHAPTER
THIRTY-SIX
Kenni
“I don’t want to go to work.”
Dean’s mouth is hot and wet against my jaw as he lifts my hands, threading our fingers before locking them above my head. He has me pinned against his door, his body pressing firmly into mine, his arousal hard against my belly. He feels so damn good, especially when his voice is all on edge and rough against my lips. “I want to stay right here with you.”
I smile against his lips. “But I’m going out.”
His lips quirk. “Not if I keep you in my bed.”
I giggle as he trails his mouth along my neck. His mustache tickles my skin, while his beard scrapes and sends tingles throughout my body. It’s been a week since the fire station, and Dean is more than I ever could have imagined. He’s patient, didn’t say a word when we had dinner as a big family that had the potential to bring Jerry Springer out of the grave. He sat beside Skyye, but his eyes were on me. I know he thought I would bring it up, tell Missy, but I couldn’t. I tried to hide in my room when we got home,but once Skyye went to bed, Dean pulled me down my bed by my ankles to carry me to his room.
Where he devoured me whole then said he would wait forever for me.
But then, he reminded me that I only had a week left.
He drives me crazy.
Every day, he makes me happier than the day before. He doesn’t miss a cup of coffee with me in the morning. We play cribbage when Skyye goes to bed. We talk about our days, and he makes me laugh. It’s so different from how it was with Stratford. There, I felt like the hired help to raise my boys, but this thing with Dean feels like a true partnership.
It’s absolutely terrifying.
And so unexpected.
Yet, I’m running forward for him.
Dean is just so much fun, and him being a dad should be downright illegal. He loves Skyye so much, he supports her like no other, and watching them “train” for “Minute to Win It” is probably my favorite thing to do. When I’m not laughing, I’m swooning for this man who has been so important to me since we were kids. He was right there, even when I was miles away. He was in my life, and I never saw him coming. He wasn’t part of the plan. My GPS wasn’t set on him, no signs pointing right to him.
He just appeared.
