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"With my dad for the night. I miss him." Maisy sighs.

"Come on, let's get some drinks before I take you back to bed, again," Sebastian says, making Maisy giggle, and they walk off, saying bye.

"My twin has the right idea," Elliot whispers into my ear before putting his arm around my waist and leading me into his room. I walk in as he shuts the door and raises an eyebrow at me.

"Close your eyes," I say gently.

"All right," he mutters before doing as I asked.

I kind of get goose bumps because he trusts me enough to do as I ask.

I quickly take my dress off so I'm standing only in my heels and bra.I can’t put any knickers on under this dress or you would be able to see it.

"Okay. Open your eyes," I say a little breathless because I’m so nervous. I see his eyes widen as he looks me over, and I turn to the side slightly so he can see the tattoo.

"Allie," he says my name softly with his eyes locked on the tattoo on my leg.

Elliot kneels in front of me and gently kisses the tattoo. I sigh a little because it's a bit sore still, and he is so sweet.

"Happy birthday. Do you like them?" I ask, feeling a little nervous.

"Allie, I–" he stops, standing up and taking my face between his large hands.

"I love you," he says, shocking the hell out of me, and his eyes never leave mine as he kisses me.

I pull away to reply, but I'm not sure what to say, and then Elliot kisses me again.

"Don't say anything. Just know that I goddamn love you, Allie."

My eyes water with happiness as he kisses me again, this time I'm more aware that I only have a bra on and Elliot's hands go down to my bare ass, squeezing.

Bang, bang, bang.

Elliot’s door is knocked on, and Elliot drops his head to my shoulder before letting me slide down his front.

"Elliot, unless you want your birthday cake gone, you best get down here," Luke shouts.

"Fine," he shouts back, and I grin at him.

"It’s chocolate fudge; I should I know because I made it," I say. Elliot grins.

"My favourite, how did you know?"

"Sebastian talks about my cakes a lot. In fact, everyone tells me their favourite cake flavours when I’m cooking. Gage is really annoying for it. I haven’t actually cooked him one yet," I say with a grin.

"No talking about other guys while you’re naked. And I know it sounds crazy, but your cakes are for me."He grins.

I roll my eyes while pulling on my dress.

"We will continue this later," Elliot promises before leading me out of his room with a sigh.

Elliot stops, turning to me and pushing my hair behind my ear. He leans forward and whispers, "By the way, I'm taking the dress off you next time."I shiver as he gives me a knowing look before tugging my hand, and I snap out of my daydream of what Elliot is going to do to me later and follow him down the stairs.

We find Harley in the kitchen, and we walk over.

"Hey, you two," he says, taking a sip of his beer. Harley looks younger tonight, wearing a blue jumper and jeans. I can see his hair is braided back into his usual knot at the back of his head, and it looks really nice. Long hair really suits Harley; his hair is almost black like Elliot's, but it's a tad lighter.

"Hey, enjoying the party?" Elliot asks.