Page 121 of Triple Power Play 3
“You won’t, and even if you do, it’ll be worth it.” I lower my voice. “I need to feel you next to me.”
Our lips meet in a languid kiss before she rests her head on my shoulder, her body pressed to mine.
“That’s disgusting.”Jackson, his tone sarcastic.
I recall why he aggravates me. He never shuts up. A derisive grin spreads across my face. “You couldn’t hold it in, could you?”
“You had to get shot, didn’t you?” he snaps back. “I’ve never met anyone who worked so hard to get laid.”
I scoff. “Believe me, I didn’t need to get shot to bed your wife.”
He turns to his boyfriend and whines, “Ethan, make him stop,” like the brat he is.
“You deserve it. Now, find them a blanket. She needs to sleep.”
He hops out of the chair. “For that, I’m getting two and making you cuddle with me.”
Ethan shakes his head, but the affection in his eyes is unmistakable.
Charlie raises his chin toward me. “I’ve got your dog tags.”
“Hold on to them,” I say, my voice leaden with drowsiness. “I won’t be returning anytime soon.”
“Can we get some? The four of us?” Jax drapes a starched white blanket over Aurora. “They’d be convenient for our family.”
I squint my half-lidded eyes. “Of course you want a communicator and tracker on everyone. Stalker.”
Wrapped in a blanket, he stretches out on the couch and places his head on Ethan’s lap. “I’m just concerned with everyone’s safety,” he says mockingly.
Ethan’s fingers thread through Jackson’s sandy-blond hair and tug to get his attention. “Speaking of which, you wanna explain how you followed a certain someone here without them having their phone?”
I glance down at the massive, smoky diamond on Aurora’s finger. I fucking knew it.
Jax sits up. “You wouldn’t be growling and pulling my hair ifsomeonehad disappeared…” He pauses then settles back onto Ethan’s lap. “You know what? Forget it. Carry on.”
Charlie eyes me strangely, and I raise my brows as a shrug.
We’re one big, happy, fucked-up family, and I couldn’t imagine being with anyone else.
“I met him first.” Aurora’s playful tone whispers through the never-ending fog of sleep.
“And I met you first. So?” Jax asks, equally lighthearted.
“So nowyouget him?”
They must be discussing Ethan.
“And you get Reece,” he says matter-of-factly.
“I thought you didn’t want me with Reece?”
“Look, we all have to make sacrifices, Aurora.”
She bursts into giggles, the sound easing my aching soul. “You really love him.”
“Yes, and I love you.”
Their conversation lulls, and I nearly drift off again, the heavy medication dragging me under.
