Page 41 of Recklessly Yours

“Depends,” Kyle said. “Do you have anything to show for it yet?”

“He paid cash for both burners, including the minutes and data.” Dylan locked his jaw, his eyes narrowing. “And the placewhere he picked up the second burner doesn’t have surveillance cameras.”

Heart thumping against my sternum, I whipped around and blinked at Dylan. This was the first time I was hearing this.

“So it’s not actually a good thing after all, is it? If it hasn’t amounted to anything,” Kyle bit out.

Wow, he was in rare form tonight.

“Dylan and Aiden are the best,” Rhett said. “I trust that they will figure this out. You need to chill, man.”

I had to agree with my idiot brother this time. Kyle really did need to chill. I understood why he was annoyed, but Dylan and Aiden were doing the best they could. Kyle knew our small-town police department didn’t deal with these types of things on a regular basis and had little in the way of resources to do much more than handle traffic citations and the occasional break-in or petty theft. What did he expect?

Thankfully, Bella jumped in then and shifted the topic to Tina and her impending due date, asking whether she was ready for the new baby.

“Yes and no.” She placed her hand gingerly on the top of her large belly. “I’m ready to meet her, but I’m going to miss being pregnant.”

Her due date was only weeks away, and given that this was her third child, her doctor told her she might go into labor earlier than she had with the first two.

Bella chuckled. “Ido notmiss being pregnant.”

“I thought you wanted one more?” Ashley narrowed her eyes at her best friend.

“We do. But that doesn’t mean I enjoy being pregnant.” Bella shrugged.

As if on cue, Hudson began crying from the living room.

“Finish your food.” Rhett stood and nodded to Bella’s plate. “I got him.”

I tracked him as he disappeared through the large archway that led into the living room. My mom had set up a card table in there for the kids while the adults sat at the dining room table.

I smiled. She might need a bigger table for the kids soon. Between Rhett and Bella’s two, Kyle and Tina’s two and a third on the way, and Sophia, who had been officially adopted by Jackson and Ashley, the kids’ table was getting full.

Dylan leaned over my shoulder and reached for my empty plate, his proximity causing my skin to tingle. He froze and locked eyes with me. That look went straight to my core.

Dammit. Once again, my body was reacting to him without my brain’s permission.

Standing to his full height, he smirked like he knew exactly how he affected me. I squared my shoulders and picked up a few plates, then followed him into the kitchen.

After dinner had been cleaned up, the guys hunkered down in the living room with the kids and the women stood around the kitchen, having various types of alcoholic and nonalcoholic after-dinner drinks.

“This was so nice.” My mother brought her glass of wine to her lips and took a sip. “Dylan fits right in with everyone.”

“He’s been friends with Rhett and Jackson forever. Of course he fit in.” I sat beside Bella at the island with my own wineglass in hand.

“I’m not coming anymore.” Savannah huffed as she leaned back against one of the marble countertops. Surprisingly she opted for a cup of piping-hot coffee rather than alcohol. “Everyone’s coupled up.”

“I’m not even dating anyone,” I reminded her.

She was always dramatic, but tonight, it was over-the-top.

“Yet.” She smirked. “Give it another week, and that’ll change.”

I rolled my eyes.Here we go again.

“Wait…” Bella started. “You and Dylan?”

“No.” I shook my head. “Savannah’s just trying to stir up trouble.”

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