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.Bleu had also invited her fellow artists from the shop, along with her brother, who was enjoying ribbing the Yankees on their horrible barbeque practices.The only person from Colton’s corner of their triad was Maggie, who had become a fast friend of Bleu’s.She loved the girl’s effervescent and, at times, blunt nature.Even though Bleu was still struggling with the reality of what Officer Evans had done to her by lying about the baby, she didn’t want Colton to lose his family.She’d encouraged him to continue attending family dinners although, from what Maggie had to say about it, the dinners were tense and usually ended in an argument between Colt and his father about what had happened.Eventually he stopped going, saying it was just too painful.She knew he wouldn’t be able to stay away from his father forever though.The other day she’d spotted some plans for a ramped gazebo she knew was for his parents.“Why so serious, Bleu girl?” Alexis asked, dishing some ribs onto her paper plate and making the thing weigh so much it almost toppled over.“I’m just thinking about the last time I ate ribs with you and Colt,” she said, biting into the ribs with a moan of appreciation.Alexis smiled, leaning over and licking away a bit of sauce on her lip.“Oy! There are children around.Keep it G-rated, yeah?” Liam yelled from where the guys, and a feisty Daniela, were playing a game of soccer.Bleu lifted her middle finger at Liam and leaned in for another kiss from Alex.“Mind your own business, Irishman!” Colton yelled, wrapping an arm around Bleu’s neck.She sighed, leaning into Colton’s warmth and enjoying the feeling of having a family again.They may not all be blood, but she chose them and they loved her.Alexis took her plate away and stretched out along the blanket, using her folded legs as a pillow.“Comfy?” she asked, playing with his hair and feeling a light kiss along her shoulder from Colton.“Mmm.With you as my pillow? Always.”* * * *Alexis loved the summertime.He loved the barbeques and the outdoor games and the sun.But lately he was coming to love summertime for a whole new set of reasons.A main one being Bleu’s sexy, smooth legs that she’d been showing off by wearing shorts all the time.He couldn’t help but kiss them as he laid his head in her lap.Sexy wasn’t even an adequate word to describe his lover.She was Aphrodite reborn.Aphrodite mixed with the generosity of Mother Theresa.She went above and beyond taking care of her men in her own cute ways.And Colton? Colton with the way he walked around the house in the morning completely nude, risking burnt sensitive areas when he brought their coffee to the bed since he always seemed to be the first one up.Colton had this way of consuming a person with his eyes alone.He could give your body a cursory glance and you knew that he was taking in every aspect, every detail, and committing it to memory as if it were the last time he’d look at you.The things Alexis had learned about his lovers these past few months had been beautiful and enlightening and sometimes terrifying, as Alexis had learned the first time he had to change the litter box for Bleu’s cat, Houdini.And then there was the time Colton had attempted to cook them dinner.Terrifying didn’t come close to describing that meal.He wouldn’t have fed it to the cat it was so bad.They ended up ordering pizza instead of poisoning themselves.But even though Colton couldn’t cook and even though Bleu’s cat shed all over his house, he loved them and wouldn’t change a damn thing.Alexis couldn’t remember a time in his life when he had been completely at peace with himself and the world around him.Colton moved from behind Bleu and rested his head on Alexis’s stomach, sighing as he stretched and causing the T-shirt he wore to tighten against his sexy muscles.Alexis entwined his fingers with Colt’s and whispered a quiet I love you before letting his eyes droop shut [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]