Page 73 of Double Dare

“Promise that’s all it is?”

“I promise. Nap with me?”

“I have a client,” he complains. “Kade will be home soon. I’ll text him.”

“Love you.” I give him a quick kiss, but he’s not having any of that. He deepens it, fingers on my jaw to keep me there.

“Fuck, I love you. And now I have to work with a boner,” he laughs. “Be back in a few hours and then we’ll go home, yeah?”

I fall into Jed’s bed and crash. The shopping, the sex, the girls’ night at Gen’s, the early morning sunrise photos, and stressing about Gar’s new girlfriend have my eyes closing and sleep taking me in a matter of minutes. Sometime later, Kade slips into bed behind me, wrapping his arms around me and calling me bossy, but otherwise, just being there. He plays with my hair until I fall asleep again.

“Kade, baby.” I sort of wake up when I hear Rayne’s voice. “Get up, loves. It’s almost dinner time.”

Kade groans all husky-like. “Fuck off, Mom.” He grins against my neck, pulling me in tighter.

I open my eyes to see Rayne kneeling in front of me. Her green eyes are just as beautiful as her sons’ eyes, and I’m so glad they all got them. “You okay?”

I nod. “Just got tired. I’m good.” I’ve never had a mom before, and I love how it feels to have Rayne fill that role.

“That client was a goon,” Jed says, flinging the door open, raising his brows at Rayne, and then flopping on the end of the bed. He crushes our legs and Kade calls him a bunch of names, but neither of them move.

“Maybe you three should spend more time sleeping and less time…frolicking.”

“Frolicking?” Jed laughs. “Never known you to shy away from sex talks, Mom.”

“Just say fucking,” Kade agrees. “I hate the word frolicking.”

Rayne rolls her eyes at both of them. She leans in to whisper in my ear. “Thanks for being so good to them. Can I talk to you for a minute?”

“Yep.” I move to sit up, but Kade pulls me back down.

“No rush, honey.” Rayne smiles and leaves us in Kade and Jed’s room.

When I start to move again, Kade sleepily pins me down and Jed crawls up to be in front of me. He kisses my throat and massages my hip, and I take a dumbfounded moment to realize how fucking lucky I am to be wedged between these two bodies. Good lord. And it’s not even edged with sexual tension. It’s lazy, sleepy cuddling, and I might like it better than sex.

“You guys want to go home tonight?” Jed asks, eyes closed, relaxed as fuck.

I kind of love that our home has just become Kade’s home. At least, in theory, it has, even though Kade hasn’t called it that yet. “Whatever you guys want.”

“What’s Mom want to talk to you about?” Kade asks from behind me.

“Let me up so I can go find out.”

“Is it about us?” Jed asks.

“How the hell am I supposed to know if you won’t let me go?”

“Five more minutes,” Jed says. “Then you can go.”

“I don’t trust you assholes with five minutes. We’ll end up—”

“Don’t say it, Bossy. Don’t mention that word or it really will end up happening.” Kade’s cock hardens against my ass. “Might be too late already.”

“Oh my god.” I turn my head to kiss Kade on the cheek, and then I give Jed a kiss. I slap away their grabby hands and crawl out of bed, slinking down to the end for a hasty escape.

I watch them both flip onto their backs, in no rush to get up. Kade throws his arm over his eyes and Jed rests his behind his head, both of them half asleep. I throw on some new sweats and a hoodie and take a mental image of this adorable scene. Two brothers with so much love and respect between them, but also equal parts hostility and aggression, napping together in a bed that barely fits them. Their legs touch and their shoulders are a bit butted up together, but otherwise, they just ignore one another. So cute. I close the door behind me.

Rayne pulls me into the kitchen as soon as I walk out. “They seem good, yeah?”

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