Page 104 of Mr. Broody

“I have a secret,” I whisper to Conor.

He tilts his head and signals for me to come closer to tell him.

“I saw Daddy kissing Jade.”

Conor nods and sits back in his chair. He raises his hand for me to give him a high five. “Congratulations, kid. You did it.”

“I did,” I say, smiling.

“Secrets don’t make friends,” Tweetie says, punching Conor in the arm.

Conor waves for me to tell everyone. I look around the room.

“I saw Daddy kissing Jade,” I say and giggle, placing my hand over my mouth.

They all laugh, and everyone high-fives me. Kyleigh gives me a hug.

Then Daddy and Jade come up the stairs and look around.

“What are we missing?” Daddy asks, looking at me.

Shoot, I hope I’m not in trouble.

Forty-Five

Jade

“What are we missing?” Henry asks.

Oh god, they heard us. I want to crawl behind Henry and tell him to make it all go away. But then I also want to smack him for distracting me with such a great orgasm that I forgot where we were.

“Nothing.” Conor shakes his head.

“Not a thing,” Rowan says with a grin.

“Narcissist much?” Tweetie says.

Henry looks at his teammates, then lets it go. “Hey, Bodhi, Jade and I want to talk to you about something.”

I didn’t know we were doing it now. I turn to look at him. Why now? It can wait until after dinner.

“Am I in trouble?” Bodhi asks.

I want to wrap him up in a hug. He looks so worried and sad.

“No,” Henry says, then tilts his head. “Did you do something to get in trouble?”

Bodhi looks at Conor. Why is he looking at Conor?

Oh. My. God. Bodhi heard me moaning downstairs, and Conor probably distracted him.

“He didn’t do anything. You guys did.” Conor swivels around and stands. “But that’s a convo for later. Talk to the kid first.” He raises his eyebrows as if he knows.

I’m wondering who else overheard. Great.

“Come on downstairs with us,” Henry says.

Bodhi comes over, but every step is slower and slower as though he’s on a death march. He walks down the stairs in front of us, and we follow. This isn’t how I thought this conversation would go down.

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