Page 135 of Rule the Roost

Joel was next and he was sure of himself. “That’s from the ground. They’s been fuckin’ outside in them woods.”

“How the hell do you know that, Joel?” Eli asked. “You haven’t been…?”

“Watchin’? No sir, sure ain’t. I’d be skinned iffin I was ta watch people fuckin’, ceptin iffin it’s in Cowpokes.”

We all laughed as Joel had been bad about watching other men having sex. He used to sneak to watch Eli and Noah, then he did it with Burke and Damon before they all got together.

Theo drawled, “He knows it from experience. They’re always chasing each other around the woods. It’s…primitive.”

“La-di-da,” Joel teased.

“Enough sex talk,” Theo announced. “I want to talk weddings.”

Everyone except Theo and me got up and started to groan as they headed out of the living room.

“Hey! Get back here, Eli, Joel, Brett!”

“Sorry, babe,” Brett, “but you almost killed us with Eli’s.”

“It was beautiful,” Eli gave him, sitting back beside him on the couch. “I loved it, really, but you have to admit, you were…crazy.”

“Not crazy! I was simply focused.”

After the laughter from that died, I asked him, “Officially, I would love your help, but I have to warn you, my fiancé is a stickler for details, has to know everything, and how much it will cost. He’ll be your kryptonite with this, I promise.”

“A challenge,” Theo said as his eyes flashed mischievously.

“Oh, lord,” Eli groaned. “This is going to be a wild ride.”