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“You already met my family.”
“And now they’ve met mine. Things are getting serious. Pretty soon you’ll be living with me in bliss.”
“In bliss?” I snort. “Awful full of yourself.”
“I do enjoy scoring touchdowns.” He winks.
I nudge him forward. “Go. Shower. I need to rescue those poor women who are definitely not cheerleaders from Mila.”
His lips touch mine in an entirely too brief a kiss. “I’ll see you later, songbird.”
As I watch him leave, Mom joins me.
“I like him.”
Me too. Entirely too much.
Chapter 29
Pizza is my love language.
Gage
Iwhistle as I walk up the driveway to Addy’s house. Today was a good day. Training went well. Tanner got his ass chewed out – always fun. And now I’m going to spend the evening – and night if I can finagle it – with the woman I love.
The door opens before I can reach it. “Gage!”
Mila throws herself at me and I easily catch her. “Helicopter!”
I whirl her around a few times before setting her down.
“I wasn’t done.”
I pinch her nose. “The word you’re searching for is thank you.”
“Thank you, Gage.” She lifts her arms up. “Again.”
Addy isn’t wrong about her sister destroying the world. She’s a terror. She’s also sweet and I’d love for her to be part of my family. Christmas morning with her would be a blast.
“Where’s your sister?”
“Which one? The nerd or your girlfriend?”
“It’s not nice to tease your sisterabout being a nerd.”
“But she is a nerd.”
“She’s also right here,” Penelope hollers from where she’s sitting on the couch, reading a book. Addy’s sister is always reading a book.
“Hi, Penelope. What are you reading?”
“It’s a book about man-made jewels. Did you know opals can be man-made? They’re referred to as opalite.”
“Are you interested in jewelry?”
“No. I’m interested in discovering ways we can stop the dangerous mining of jewels.”
“Good cause. When I was your age, I was interested in comic books.”
