Page 57 of Total Ship Show

“Huh. Is that like a thing with you two? Do you call him by his middle name, Tayla?”

Shit.

Shit.

Shit.

What’s Aris’s middle name?

How am I supposed to answer this question?

Aris just chuckles beside me. “For your information, she has a very different nickname for me, thank you very much, but it is not very family friendly.”

Oh, my God!

I can’t believe he’s referring to—

“Aww, come on. We’re all adults here. Have at it. Secrets, secrets are no fun,” he chants.

Adam smirks. “Yeah. I want to know what it is.”

“Dr. McFuckme,” I blurt out, feeling prideful of his abilities. “I call him Dr. McFuckme.”

Adam and Aiden’s eyes widen, and their smiles grow just as large, like two kids in a candy store. They burst out laughing, their wives giggling with them.

“That is fanfuckingtastic!” Adam high-fives Aris. “Hell yeah! I think he needs that on a t-shirt.”

“Or embroidered on his lab coat,” Aiden winks.

“Glad to know you two are enjoying yourselves,” Mrs. McElfry says to us with a sincere smile. She holds her son’s face in her hands and says to him, “I’ve truly not seen you this happy and relaxed in a long, long time, Aris.”

Then she turns to me and takes my hand. “That has to be all your doing, Tayla. You are truly something special and we are grateful you’re here with Aris. He clearly needs someone like you in his life.”

My stomach twists. “Thank you so much, Mrs. McElfry. Your son is…”

A hottie McHotpants?

A panty-melting lover?

A clit-licker from another dimension?

A sex-Adonis?

“A truly special man and this trip has been an absolute blast of an experience so far.”

“You two go enjoy your day. We’ll see you for dinner tonight?”

“Wouldn’t miss it, Mom.” Aris kisses her cheek, and we part ways from his family, his brothers watching us as we walk away.

Once out of ear shot, I catch a serious case of the giggles.

“What’s so funny?” Aris watches me with a goofy smile.

“You are!” I laugh. “You almost fucked up.”

He snickers. “Yeah, I did.”

“Why didn’t you just tell them my middle name was Adrienne?”

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