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Merlin: You guys know I’m 22, right?
River: And he says it with pride. Cute.
Miles: LMAO, I love my family. Thank you Riv for adding him to the chat.
Merlin: I’d let you know I could give you two a class about how to flirt and land a woman. But I don’t think you’re ready for it.
Gio: Anyway, back to my original text. We’re heading to my place. See you soon, Manny. Yes?
Manny: Yes, we’ll be there soon.
After one too many family pictures, Daisy and I say our goodbyes, leaving with the promise of bringing Tommy soon. Her mom is determined to ask him what he wants for Christmas.
My heart is as full as my belly. This has been, without question, the best Thanksgiving of my life. The only thing missing was Tommy.
Maybe next year, I’ll ask his mom to trade Thanksgiving for an extra week next summer to even things out. Because there’s no way in hell my boy won’t spend Christmas in Azalea Creek—with us.
In our home.
Chapter 10
Manny
We hear the laughter all the way from the driveway. Our friends may be a loud bunch, but the way they’ve welcomed me—us—into their family isone of the best things that’s happened since moving to this small town in the Carolina mountains.
I help Daisy down from my truck, and my lips immediately find hers. A little moan escapes her, and the kiss deepens within seconds.
I press her back against the truck, and my little vixen starts grinding against my painfully hard cock. I’ve been hard all afternoon—I’m not even sure how that’s possible. But I’m grateful my dick still remembers how to function. After being out of service for so long, I thought it would take its sweet time to warm up again.
“Hey, you two. Leave that for later. Come on in and enjoy some wine with us.” Miles's voice booms from behind, and Daisy buries her face in the crook of my neck.
“Oh my gosh, this is so embarrassing. Our first outing as a couple and our friends catch me dry-humping you.”
I press a kiss to her hair, chuckling.
“I can assure you they’ve been caught doing worse.”
Her head pops up, eyes wide.
“Yeah—the stories I’ve heard,” I add as we make our way to the door.
“Care to share with the class?”
“Sorry, bebé. I can’t break the bro code.”
A cackle bursts out of her. She shakes her head but still plants a kiss on my cheek.
“That’s fair. I don’t think I could ever share all the things the girls and I talk about.” She winks just as Ruin opens the door, and a massive squeal fills the air.
Within seconds, Daisy is surrounded by all the ladies—Ruin, Rain, Carly, Mia, and Penny—who drag her inside, leaving me stranded at the door. She turns and blows me a kiss before disappearing into the studio.
Praise the heavens everything turned out the way I always dreamt. I don’t think I could have gone much longer pining after Daisy without touching her, tasting her.
Gio appears with two tall glasses of a dark drink. “Hey, Manny. Welcome.”
I nod in greeting, step inside, and after draping my coat over the stair rail, take the glass Gio offers.
“What is it?” I take a tentative sip.
