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And of course, the moment she stopped popping up in my yard unannounced, she ended up over there all of the time anyway.

Because Storm was at my house as much as I was at his—and we fucking loved it.

“You know what we could do with the fence?” I said, musing out loud.

“Oh no,” Storm said. “I’m not ready for more home renovation projects. Not yet.”

I laughed. “It wouldn’t be anything big. But we could put some sort of little doggie door in it, so Oreo and Pepper can go between our yards whenever they want.”

“Way too much power for my little maniac fluffball,” Storm said. “But that is a really cute idea.”

“I’m going to go put on my outfit, and then we should head out in the next ten minutes, okay?” I asked Storm, sliding my arms around him.

“Mmm,” he hummed. “Or we can stay here and fuck.”

“You sucked me off this morning.Andwe fucked last night.”

“Just the way I like it,” he murmured.

I felt so good being this close to him, feeling slightly small as he wrapped his arms around me, too.

Storm really did take care of me in a way I’d never let anyone do before. It was a new feeling, and one I hadn’t realized I’d been desperately in need of.

“Love you. So fucking much.”

He kissed the top of my head. “I love you, too. I know we need to leave. I don’t want to be late for Chase’s bash.”

Soon, we were all dressed and ready to head over to Chase and Adam’s party.

Chase had invited us and a lot of the other guys over to his boyfriend’s house for some kind of winter brunch party this Saturday. We’d been expecting a small gathering, but when we arrived at Adam’s house, we saw something else entirely.

“Whoa,” Storm said as we walked up to the house. “This is major.”

Gold, silver, and white balloons were tied up along the walkway that led to the front door, lining the path.

We headed to the front door, and Chase greeted us, decked out in the nicest clothes I’d ever seen him in.

“Hello!” he said, giving us both big hugs.

“Chase,” I said. “If I’d have known this was going to be such a swanky brunch party, I’d have worn a better suit.”

He burst out laughing. “The suit you’re already wearing isn’t good enough? You look like a million bucks, as always.”

“Yes, but I could have done evenbetter,” I said, which earned another laugh.

The inside of the house was just as lavishly decorated. Everything was in a silver and gold theme, with more balloons, streamers, and beautiful little lights all over.

“I thought we’d be fashionably late, but are we the last ones here?” Storm asked, looking over and seeing all of the Fixer Brothers guys and camera crew gathered in the living room, drinking mimosas and eating little appetizers.

“I think you are the final ones here, but that’s okay,” Chase said. “Eee. I have to go find Adam and tell him you’ve arrived.”

He flitted off as Storm and I joined the rest of the guys.

“Does Chase seem evenmorelike an excited butterfly to you, today?” I murmured to Storm.

“Yes. One thousand times yes.”

“I wonder what’s up.”

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