Page 34 of My Boss's Sons

Noah groaned and pretended to think about it. “I don’t know, Lily. I’m pretty busy holding other things right now.”

Alex pitched in. “You go ahead and be her chip bowl, Noah. I can hold what you’re holding.”

Ava clapped her hands and then bounced on the balls of her feet. “This is amazing.”

I’d lost control of my house. Without another idea of how to end what was happening, I suggested the only thing I could think of. “Should we go swimming?”

Lily looked at me and I could see chaos in her eyes. “Last one in the pool’s a rotten egg!”

I swore as she took off running and nearly tackled Noah as I sprinted to get to the pool. I yanked off my coverup as I went and barely managed to kick off my sandals before diving into the cool water. I came up laughing and spotted Lily a few feet away. Ava and Milo were in the pool, too, which left the guys to battle over who got in last. Only, they didn’t know the rules.

I swam to the edge of the pool and watched as they leisurely took their clothes off. I’d planned on telling them the rules but I was distracted by the amount of skin appearing. It had only been a week since I’d had my hands all over them, but I was sweating as each item of clothing dropped to the concrete pool deck.

“The rotten egg has to do the walk of shame off the diving board!” Lily climbed into a float and laughed. “Blindfolded!”

There was a moment of hesitation and then the three brothers each reverted back to what I imagine their childhood had been. They shoved at each other and tried to knock each other down in their path to the pool. Alex broke away first and he soared over my head into the pool. Ethan and Noah wrestled until Ethan pretended to have hurt his eye. When Noah stopped to check on his twin, Ethan shoved him away and dove into the pool.

“You lousy cheat!” Noah shook his head and stood there with his hands on his hips. “Alright. I’m the rotten egg, I guess. How do I do this?”

“Mom, do it!”

I climbed out of the pool and adjusted my swimsuit bottom before approaching Noah. He didn’t budge, even when I was right in front of him. His eyes were laser focused on my body and he was doing absolutely nothing to hide the way he was looking at me. I felt my nipples pebble under the top and held my arm over them to hide it. “Stop staring.”

He cleared his throat and nodded. “Probably a good idea unless you’re going to send the rest of your family away.”

Ava groaned. “Keep it in your pants.”

“Come on. Time to walk the plank, pervert.” I said the last part under my breath so only he’d hear me. Taking his hand, I led him to the deep end of the pool and made him wait while I found a bandana.

“Why is this happening?” Noah gripped my waist when I returned and started tying the blindfold around his head. “Also, I’d prefer to be the one doing the blindfolding.”

I pressed my finger to his lips and laughed when he tried to bite it. “Lily saw one scene of a pirate movie and became obsessed with walking the plank. She decided that when you’re the rotten egg, you walk the plank. It makes her happy so we keep doing it.”

“In this scenario, am I the pirate, or are you the pirate?”

I laughed as I finished his blindfold. “You seem focused on getting the booty, so…I guess you’re the pirate.”

“Wow.” He shook his head. “That was terrible.”

It just made me laugh harder. “It was great! Now, it’s time for you to walk the plank!”

Lily cheered from the other end of the pool and watched intently as I led Noah up to the diving board. “Good riddance to ya!”

Noah grunted. “What are you teaching this kid?”

I slowly walked him to the end of the board and started to back away. “Okay, stay there. Don’t move.”

Noah wobbled. “Oh, no. Am I at the end?”

“Yep. Just fall backwards.” I gasped when he grabbed me and tugged me into his chest. “Noah!”

“Like you said, I’m focused on that booty and I’m not going down without it.” He held me tight and took me with him as he jumped into the pool.

I wrapped myself around him and felt his muscles work as he swam to the surface. Wiping water from my eyes, I glared at him,just to find him grinning back at me like an idiot. I splashed him. “You’re a terrible, no-good pirate.”

He cupped my ass and wagged his brows. “I think I can find that blindfold if you want to play again later.”

From the other end of the pool, Lily cried out. “Dad!”

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