smile.
"He deserves everything that is happening for him. He's very dedicated in his work." His sister and brother were both looking at me with their eyebrows raised. She and Oliver were so like their brother. "He always downplays how talented he is, but it's just so essentially... Cade."
Okay, why are they all staring at me?
I couldn't help but shrug and shake my head. "Is this the place where I say, he's gorgeous and brilliant and sexy as hell?" I smirked at them as they all burst out laughing. "Seriously," I nodded at them, "Because he is all of that! But, if you tell him I said so, I'll completely deny it!" We all laughed for a couple of minutes, and his mother came over to hug me wiping her eyes on the way.
"Cade is very lucky to have such a supportive family. I can see where he gets so many of the awesome things about him. You're all so great! I’m really glad to have this time with you. Thank you, for making me feel so welcome."
"Oh, it's our pleasure to finally meet you, honey," his mother put her arm around my shoulder. "It's obvious why Caden is so taken with you."
"Well, I'm very... taken, with him, too."
"Is there anything about him that you, Brook?"
"Layla!" her mother admonished, though his father just laughed. “Forgive my children their terrible manners, Brook.”
"Oh, come on! Don't be such a bunch of prigs, will you? You know you're all dying to know." She would not be put off. "Well?" Her eyes sparkling as she looked at me over her coffee.
Carter chuckled again and shook his head.
I laughed. "Uh... um, not really. I basically think he's pretty perfect." They all looked at me expectantly as if they wanted me to continue, "Um, except for the fact that so many women are in love with him... I could definitely live without that." I laughed and they all laughed with me again.
"You're a good girl. You make sure to tell me if my son misbehaves, honey, and I'll have his arse," his dad winked at me.
We were all still laughing when Cade walked in, wearing black jeans, a white T-shirt and a black stocking cap. My heart stopped at the look on his face.
"Okay, enough of poisoning my girl against me! Don't believe anything they say, love." He walked in and his mom got up to put her arms around him.
"We'd never do that, would we?" His mom's eyes looked pointedly at her other two children. I had to bite my lip to keep from laughing.
I wasn't sure what to do next. Do I hug him, just sit here, what?
Cade let go of his mother and moved to where I was sitting on the sofa next to his dad .
"Hey, give me some love." He took my hands to bring me up from the sofa to take me in his arms and pull me close. "I haven't seen you in what? Ten or eleven hours?"
I let myself melt into him as his scent closed in all around me as he buried his face in my hair and held me tight. Mmmmm...
My arms slid around his shoulders to hug him back and he pulled back slightly to place a brief, hard kiss on my mouth.
"Yeah, I missed you." All eyes were on us as we greeted each other.
He sat down on the sofa and pulled me down next to him, his arm going across my knees
"So, tell me how ridiculous they've been." He gazed at me with an expectant smile on his face. "Don't leave anything out!"
"Well, they've been great. Very nice... and they only told me one or two really horrible things, I promise." I nudged his shoulder then winked at Layla who smiled wickedly.
“Yes, how dare you question our loyalty, Cade?” She added.
His parents and siblings laughed at Cade’s expression when it twisted wryly.
“I’m sure,” he said flatly.
"I like this girl, son. She's sassy. She's gonna kick you in the arse, boy," Carter teased his son.
Cade looked at me and then back at his family while everyone remained silent, all of them trying not to laugh. I bent my head to rest it on Cade's shoulder and put my hand over my mouth to hold back the laughter.
When his eyes returned to my face, his brows went up. "What?"
I shrugged and looked
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