Page 178 of I Choose You

“So?” I asked playfully, content in his vows. “Do you love me enough to get a tattoo?”

He laughed. “You’re really determined, aren’t you?”

“A little. It’s addicting.” I told my mom that I’d gotten my tats as camouflage. To hide from myself. But now, especially with the way Kaden stroked his fingers over them, I loved them even more. They didn’t hide me. They were part of how I expressed myself. Boldly. Proudly. With color and edge.

“You’re my addiction,” he replied.

“It’s just that you’re so perfect.”

He chuckled. “Yeah, right.”

“No.” I turned to face him fully on his lap. “In high school. You were every girl’s crush. The golden boy. Blond and blue-eyed heartthrob. You were so popular and good, it was sickening.”

He laughed harder. “Not buying it.”

“Oh, come on. You knew it.”

“Kody had the big ego. Not me.”

“Still.” I narrowed my eyes at him and grinned. “You can admit you’re the good twin. You like being the good boy.”

He jumped me in his lap. “I’ll be bad for you anytime you’d like.”

“Good.” As long as you’re mine.

His kiss curled my toes.

He spread his fingers over his chest. “How about your name here?”

I rolled my eyes and smiled.

“And my name here.” He rubbed his fingers along my ass.

I cracked up and kissed him until we were both pruned from the water and ready to sleep together—in our bed.

59

KADEN

Everyone at the office took a long weekend off. Dad had left me and Kody in charge. Letting employees have Monday and Tuesday off probably wasn’t setting the best example. We had a close group at the company though. So many had been at the wedding. It didn’t seem extreme to let others rest until Wednesday.

On the first day at the office, Kody and I remained consistent.

Within an hour, we were arguing and scowling at each other, but I didn’t take it to heart. I doubted he did either.

“Just keep your hands to yourself,” I reminded him.

He crossed his arms. “That’s not your call. I will do what I want with my life, and you’ll do what you want with yours.”

“Fine.” I threw my pen to the desk. “However, when what you choose to do with your life—sleeping with any woman you see—can cause issues like this?”

He rolled his eyes. “But I didn’t sleep with that one.”

Which was true. We’d come to the office to find out an employee had accused Kody of knocking her up. She’d come prepared, storing documents and statements from employees who’d witnessed him hitting on her. She’d even saved text logs of him hitting on her. Kody denied it all. Well, he admitted to trying to get in her pants but didn’t follow through.

This was nothing like the prank he’d played on Brooke in high school, though. This time, he’d intended to sleep with the junior accountant but he’d gone out of town, and when he’d returned, she wasn’t interested at all.

Instead, as it turned out, she’d gotten back together with an ex, and that one-night stand had resulted in a baby. When the ex didn’t want to be involved with the baby on the way, the girl tried to pin it on Kody, eager for unlimited financial support as a single mom.