Page 68 of Possessing Paisley

Patrick growls. “Do not call me that. If I have to tell you one more time, I’m telling Killian to spank your ass.”

My mouth drops open. Wow, Patrick can be scary when he wants to be. And all this time, I thought he was a gentle giant.

“Rude.” Scarlet rolls her eyes. “As I was saying, you took a bullet for me and Cali, so no matter what you do, you’re safe from our Daddies.”

He sighs and runs a hand through his hair. “Jesus Christ, I’m going to regret this.”

Without waiting for him to change his mind, the four of us leap off the couch and run out of the front door, across our lawn to Bash and Chloe’s lawn and into their house. We knew there were Nerf guns on the way, but we didn’t know if we would have them before tonight. Seeing how the men are sitting out on the patio, it’s the perfect sneak attack because we can come from several different angles.

It takes way too long for us to dig out the loot from Chloe’s hiding spots under several of the guest room beds, and then it takes even longer to unpackage them.

As soon as we have them strapped around us with extra foam ammo, we leave Chloe’s house laughing and shushing eachother.If we don’t get ourselves under control, we’re going to blow our cover.

“Two of us should go around one side of the pool house while the other two go around the other. Use the walkie-talkie app on your phone to tell us when you’re in place so we can attack at the same time,” Scarlet whispers.

We nod, and Chloe and I take off together, tiptoeing in the grass. The glow of the flames in the gas fire pit illuminates the space along with the strings of patio lights. Kieran laughs, and my heart goes wild. I love hearing that sound from him. It’s rare that he lets go and relaxes like that, but I hope with me by his side, he’ll be able to do it more.

Chloe pulls out her phone. “We’re in place. Ready?” she murmurs into the speaker.

I wrap my hands around the enormous play gun and lick my lips. This is going to be so worth the spanking I’m going to get. Which I’m definitely going to get for doing this because Kieran’s last words to me before he left were, “Be a good girl and no funny business.” But he didn’t specify what funny business is, so there is that. Plus, I’m not really being bad; I’m being playful. Yep. That’s it. I should have been a lawyer because I’m good at this.

“In three, two, one, go!” Cali replies.

Chloe and I take off and start shooting before we even see the men, but as soon as we turn the corner of the pool house, we scream. All six men, plus Patrick, have guns of their own in hand, but they aren’t Nerf guns. They are water soakers.

“Oh my God!” I scream as Kieran drenches me.

“Ah! What the hell?” Cali squeals.

The four of us fire back, pelting the men with foam darts while they continue to yell and shout while spraying us with cold water.

“You’re so mean!” I shoot at Kieran several times.

He laughs deeply. “The meanest. You better run, Little demon, because once I get you, you’re in trouble.”

Letting out a shriek, I take off running, but I don’t even make it five steps before he wraps his thick arm around my waist and yanks me back against him.

“Caught you, baby,” he growls in my ear.

I giggle and struggle against him, soaked from head to toe.

“Mercy! Mercy!” I cry out.

“There’s no mercy in the mafia, Little demon. Not even from your Daddy.” He nips at my ear, though, and releases me. Cali is flipped over Declan’s shoulder while Scarlet is being tickled by Killian on the grass, and Chloe is making out with Bash. Lord, those two really need to get a room.

“Patrick!” I yell, glaring at him. “You snitch!”

Patrick laughs evilly. “You girls aren’t as sneaky as you think you are.”

Furrowing my brows, I tilt my head. “Huh?”

Bash pulls away from Chloe but keeps an arm around her. “Our gate guards scan every box that is delivered to this estate. They gave me a heads-up that a box full of Nerf guns had arrived under Patrick’s name. When I asked him about it, he was confused because why would he order something like that? But then we found out Chloe was the one who picked up the box from the gate. So, we’ve been expecting an attack and had a feeling it would happen tonight.”

My mouth drops open, and Chloe gasps. Cali puts her hands on her hips while Scarlet shakes her head in disbelief.

Cali takes a step toward Patrick. “You sold us out!”

Patrick grins. “You brats tried to use me for your prank, so I decided a little payback was needed.”

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