Page 154 of Menace in Vegas

“You know what I said about divorce, wife. Not happening. Ever.”

Her hands are wrapped around me in a death grip. “Please don’t kill me on our honeymoon.”

I chuckle, patting her hand. “Never, baby.”

Gram shouts, “Eat my wake, suckers!” before doing a donut and spraying a group of tourists who were just trying to paddleboard in peace.

“She’s going to kill someone!” Allie yells in my ear.

“She’s seventy-two!” I shout back. “She’s got immunity!”

* * *

Back at the bungalow,Allie flops onto the bed face-first.

“I hate you,” she groans into the sheets.

I crawl in beside her, grinning. “You love me.”

“You’re lucky I’m too sore to smother you with a pillow.”

I nuzzle her shoulder. “You wouldn’t smother me. You like my dick too much.”

She snorts and lifts her head, about to say something, but Gram bursts in, dripping seawater and grinning like the crypt keeper on spring break.

“Guess who just got us invited to a local nudist drum circle?”

I don’t even flinch. “Was it the flashing?”

“Technically,” she says, “it was my see-through wetsuit. The captain said I’ve got ‘that siren energy.’”

Allie makes a sound that’s somewhere between a whimper and a laugh.

I grab my phone off the nightstand and fire off another text, cursing Ford beneath my breath.

Just so you know, I’m naming my firstborn after Gram out of spite.

You brought this on yourself.

I snort

This motherfucker’s gonna pay.

65

CONNOR

Idon’t know how, but we made it onto the sunset booze cruise without anyone getting arrested. And when I saw anyone, I mean Gram.

Allie’s in a flowy little sundress that keeps riding up when the wind hits just right.

I’m one tequila shot away from marrying her again just to remind everyone on board she’s mine.

She’s perched on the edge of the boat, sipping some fruity drink with a flower in it, laughing at something Gram just said. The sight of her sun-kissed skin, wind-tangled hair, and eyes crinkled with genuine happiness hits me square in the chest.

I want to bottle this moment and save it for when the world starts to suck again.

Unable to resist her a second longer, I approach and crouch beside her.

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