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still planning on making enchiladas? I bought enough to triple the batch.” He offers me a boyish grin.

“Yes, I’ll make you your enchiladas.” I sigh, like it’s a huge inconvenience, but I have a smile on my face. I enjoy cooking.

“Well, I brought the stuff to make a triple layer chocolate fudge cake. So, you boys go do whatever it is you do while us women slave in the kitchen for you.” Hailey ushers Aiden toward the living room.

All the guys, except for Liam, follow suit. “Um, that means you too, big brother,” Hailey chides him.

Liam has yet to let me go. “You need any help, baby?” he asks me, completely ignoring Hailey’s demands.

I shake my head. “I’m good, I’ve made this a million times. Besides, Hales has got my back.”

Liam twists me in his arms and kisses me slow and sweet. “Let me know if you need anything.” Then he turns and joins his friends in the living room.

Chapter 22

Liam

I make my way out to the living room still sporting a goofy ass grin on my face. I can’t help it. Allison is mine, after weeks of agonizing, she’s mine. I stop just outside the living room in the hallway. I know as soon as I enter the living room, the boys are going to give me shit. Honestly, I couldn’t care less. I’m more concerned they’ll say something about Allison that’ll piss me off. I don’t want to punch any of my friends, but I will. I take a minute to get my shit together.

I walk into the room. “There he is, Mr. Pussy Whipped himself,” Blitzen says with a grin.

I walk behind the chair he’s sitting in and slap the back of his head. “Watch your fucking mouth when you talk about me and my girl, fuckstick!” I hope getting it out there early will prevent further outbreaks of their diarrhea mouths.

Scott speaks up, “So, you really have a girlfriend?”

“Yes,” I reply, not wanting to get into it with him.

“She seems like a cool chic. She’s hot as hell,” Mike adds.

I want to yell at him, but he’s right. Allison is hot. Instead, I glare at him and change the subject. Much to my relief they roll with it. “So, what are we playing?”

“Texas Hold ‘em,” Aiden responds dryly. He always whines about losing too much money. He so needs to work on his poker face.

We’d just gotten through our first hand when Hales and Allison join us. There’s only one extra chair without bringing in another from the kitchen, and I’m fine with that. Hailey sits in the chair next to Aiden as I tug Allison onto my lap and kiss her shoulder. She relaxes against my chest while I continue to play my hand. Having Allison here with me like this is a dream come true. I keep touching her, my fingers splayed out across her belly. My other hand is playing with her hair, or rubbing circles on her thighs; I can’t control it. This makes playing cards difficult. I keep laying my cards down to touch her. I can see the looks my friends and sister are giving me, but frankly I don’t give a flying fuck. I’m happier in this moment than I can ever remember. Did I mention my girl is amazing?

After about twenty minutes, Allison tries to get up, but I hold her still. She looks over her shoulder at me. “I have to take the enchiladas out of the oven,” she says with a laugh.

I nod. “You need help, babe?” I ask her.

“No, Hales will help. We have to get the cake out too,” she replies in a soft voice only I can hear. I turn her in my lap and kiss her slow and sweet, an act that’s quickly becoming my favorite pasttime. When I pull away, her face is flushed. I kiss her on the temple and remove my arms from her waist, so she can get up. Hailey sees her get up and follows suit.

I turn my head and watch her walk out of the room. When I turn back around, I see my four friends doing the same. “Hey, you fuckers, that’s my girl and my little sister, look away.”

Aiden chuckles. “Sorry, man, no can do. Hales is hot, and since I just watched you paw at my sister for the past twenty minutes, I’m not going to turn my head when Hales gets up to walk out of the room.”

I glare at him, but