Page 48 of Loud Hot Roomie
I’m content as can be listening to Riko and our dads talk with the kids laughing in the background. Eventually, we’re calledinside to eat. With everyone crammed in our small place, I can’t help but be filled with an overwhelming feeling of love.
This is what I was missing.
With Riko, all these pieces slotted into place. Our families fit together well, despite the wedding cake war, and we’ve even swept in Linda and the kids into our fold. It’s fucking awesome.
I stand out of the way as everyone talks over each other while they get their food. Outside, I notice Casey and Brayden with the stroller. My chest warms at seeing them. Once Casey got over the initial shock of our relationship, she was able to see how much me and Riko loved each other. Knowing we were serious about each other must have settled her in some way because a few days after the blowup, she invited us over for dinner. And we went.
They see me staring and they both wave. I wave back. Her belly is more prominent than when I saw her last. Soon, they’ll have another little one.
Eloise sidles up beside me and hands me a roll. “I stole you one since they’re crowding them. Riko says you love bread.”
I pat her red head and accept the roll. “Bread is the best.”
“Mom says I can only eat one roll with dinner,” Eloise says with a pout. “So I am eating one now for an appetizer.” She grins at me with a mouthful of buttery bread. “Don’t tattle on me.”
“Never.” I wink at her.
She skips off and I watch her fondly. The kids used to annoy me but since Riko adores them, I have thawed toward them. They’re actually pretty cool and they love coming over whenever their mom lets them which is often.
Riko appears out of nowhere with a huge plate full of food. “This is for you, Dere-Dere. You’re too patient. I made sure you got fed first.” He pecks me on the lips and then saunters away to make his own plate.
That man loves feeding me every chance he gets. It’s why I’ve had to put in more runs during the week with Reid and Cole. If I’m not careful, it’ll catch up to me.
After everyone gets their food and settles at one of the tables set up in our living room, Linda asks if she can pray over the food. Our families are silent for all of thirty seconds and the moment she finishes, it’s chaos again.
Debbie chooses to sit beside me and then proceeds to flip through her phone to show me her “previous work.” The cakes are beautiful and impressive, but I know my mom won’t go down without a fight. I hope they can figure out a way to work together.
Later, when everyone finally leaves, I curl around my naked man and kiss him slowly.
“Today was fun,” he says, running his fingers along my scalp. “Don’t you think?”
“Every day is fun with you.”
He preens, beaming at me. “And are our dads becoming besties? They exchanged numbers.”
“Probably teaming up to keep our mothers from fist fighting.”
Riko snorts at that. “Debbie Downer would never. She might break a nail!”
“Rose is a brawler,” I say with a one-shouldered shrug. “She once told off a lady at church for ‘making eyes at her husband.’ Took her earrings off and everything. Dad had to drag her out of there while she threw out threats at the poor woman.”
He laughs. “Why is this so entertaining to me? It totally is. Your mom is a badass.”
“Please don’t tell her. She’ll bedazzle herself a shirt or some shit. We don’t need some elderly lady running around with a shirt that brags about her badassery.”
“Ohhh, but we do! Maybe she’ll make me a matching one!” He tries to reach for his phone on the night stand. “I’m ordering her a bedazzle kit right now!”
I drag him back over to me, stopping the incoming shit show. “Fuck no. You’ll be a good boy or I’ll be forced to spank your sexy little ass.”
His grin turns devilish. “We both know I’m going to order it. May as well get my punishment over now.”
He cries out in surprise when I forcefully roll him over onto his stomach. Then, reverently, I stroke his smooth ass cheek. A shiver of anticipation rattles through him shaking the bed.
Pop!
“Wait! Fucking ow! Dere—”
Pop!
