"Thanks for inviting me over for cookie day!""Thanks for coming," Meredith opened her front door, ushering Bianca inside.Once she stepped in, Bianca could hear the noise from the kitchen. Between the adults and the children, it sounded like they were having a great time. "Sounds like a party."Meredith shook her head, a rueful grin on her face. "We have some margaritas, because we're all gonna need it when this is all over. We're just drinking slowly."Bianca laughed. Unlike the rest of them, she worked with kids all day; granted her students were older, but every once in a while, they could still get on her nerves."Hey!" She yelled to the group of women and children that had gathered. There were a ton of hellos shouted back, including a few "Aunt B's!" that made her heart clench. She loved these kids with everything she had. "Who wants me to help them?" Again lots of screams as she gratefully accepted a margarita and sat down at the kitchen table."So where's Jagger tod
"Who goes first?" B asked as she put her gift just outside the living room so he couldn't see it. She knew if he saw the shape, he'd know exactly what it was and she'd worked really hard to keep it a secret. The day it had been delivered, he'd almost seen it because he'd come home from work early. She'd be damned if the surprise was going to get spoiled, today of all days."You," he patted the seat next to him, motioning her over to sit beside him.She was kind of disappointed because she really wanted to give him the guitar, but she also didn't want to give away how big the gift was just yet. Seeing the excitement in his eyes, she wondered what in the hell he'd gotten her. He hadn't looked this smug since the night he'd proposed.Walking into the room, she had a seat next to him, watching as he pulled a beautiful looking bag from the gifts. He'd really upped his wrapping game since they'd gotten married, and she knew if he continued, she'd hand all the wrapping over to him in th
LIAM & DENISELiam Walker stomped his feet on the front porch to dislodge the snow around the bottoms of his motorcycle boots. What was supposed to be a weak cold front had actually ushered in a few inches of snow, surprising everybody living in Bowling Green.As he entered his home, it struck him how different things had been since a random day in August. Before that day he'd been a confirmed bachelor, all he'd cared about was his bike, his club, and his job as a mechanic at the family shop.A twist of fate had introduced him to a single mother with thirteen-year-old twins and when life had pushed them together, they'd fallen in love. Now, they all lived here, in his house. The four of them were finding their way as a family and damned if the kids hadn't taken to calling him Dad. It was enough to make his head spin.What had once been a deathly quiet home when he entered, now was usually alive with the bickering of two teenagers and their mom, trying to help them come to a pea
Denise's heart was as full as it had been in years, maybe even decades, as she watched the three people she loved most in life argue about the pajamas she'd gotten them. She'd bought the flannels on a whim, and she'd known Drew and Liam would have something to say about it, but she'd wanted a piece of her former life back. And more importantly, she'd wanted to share that piece of her life with the man she loved.Loving Liam wasn't something she'd planned on, wasn't even something she'd thought was on her radar. And in the beginning in hadn't been. She'd been a single mom just trying to make it by when he'd stormed into her life on the back of a Harley. Thinking back a few months to her birthday, it amazed her how far she'd come in such a short amount of time."We'll take the picture," Liam's loud voice reverberated off the walls of the living room. "Then… if any of us want to, we'll change before we watch the movie. Is that a good compromise?" he asked as he blue eyes bore into her
Upstairs, with the door to their bedroom shut and locked against the outside world, they were all alone. Liam watched as Denise pulled off her flannel footies, which she'd proudly worn through the movie, even though she probably had to be burning up."I was hoping you wouldn't be sleeping in those," he shot her a grin as he lifted his t-shirt over his torso."With the sexy grin you just threw me, I have a feeling you're hoping I won't be wearing anything at all when I go to bed."How did she know everything he was thinking, everything he was feeling, all the time? "You kinda, sorta, read my mind."She threw hear head back, her dark tresses sweeping over the curve of her spine. "Let me let you in on a little secret."He wanted to know all of her secrets, didn't matter what they were, and didn't matter how she thought they'd made her look in his eyes. He wanted to know everything about her. "Please enlighten me," he pushed his hands to the pajama pants he wore, working to untie
Liam watched as her dark head sank down so that she was face-to-face with his erection. Submission wasn't something that normally got his blood pumping, but he fucking loved it when Denise surrendered to him. She'd spent most of her life as an independent woman, not needing help from anyone, learning to do most everything by herself and to know she gave that independence up for him—that was heady stuff.He ran his hands through her hair so that he cupped the back of her head, tilting her in just the perfect motion so that her jaw opened enough to take his cock inside. Once he was sure he was seated, he let go of her head and placed his hands on the wall, effectively trapping her head as he pressed his length inside her warm mouth.He waited for her to push him away, waited for a protest that he was being too rough, but when all that came was her nails digging into his ass cheeks and the stab of her nipples against his thighs, he decided to say fuck it and let himself enjoy what she
Denise came awake suddenly as she heard loud feet on the stairs. There was no light coming in from the curtains, so she reached over, grabbing her cell phone off the nightstand. She squinted, not being able to believe her kids were up at four am."Liam," she whispered as she leaned into him.He stirred and she wondered if she should really wake him up, but it felt wrong not to. He'd made such a change in their lives. The biggest difference, really, and she wanted him to reap the benefits of seeing the kid's faces as they opened their gifts."Liam," she tried again, this time letting her breath hit his ear."Yeah?" he woke immediately, eyes scanning the dark room, ready to pounce if need be.She put her hand on his chest. "Nothing's wrong. The kids are awake.""Yeah?" he asked, this time a bright smile on his face. "I can't wait until Drew sees what I got him."She couldn't either, although she had been a little less excited when Liam had shown her. She knew though, that h
DALTON & MANDY"They're calling for freezing rain," Amanda Walker groaned as she watched the weather report for the upcoming week.She and her long-time boyfriend were getting married on Christmas Eve. After many years, almost breaking up, a house, and a baby, they were finally tying the knot."Mandy," her fiancé's cool voice took on the soothing tone it always did when she was on the verge of having a major freak-out. "Everything's gonna be okay. Don't get all worked up and worried about it."It was easy for him to say, she'd been waiting for this day most of her life. She had a secret Pinterest board and everything."I keep telling myself that the most important thing is we'll be together and even if no one else can show up, we'll be there," she frowned, jumping when a squawk from the baby monitor let her know their son was awake.At just over fifteen months, he was into everything—running and walking, talking as best he could, and generally being the cutest child any of