The knock resounded throughout the house again, and she shouted down that they were coming and heard a girlish giggle in response.
When she made it downstairs, Lucas opened the door for her, and Laurel ran into her arms, squeezing the air out of her. She immediately started pouring out her heart about everything that had happened and the fun she was having with Lucas’s brothers and how she’d been missing Lily.
Above her, Lucas and Lily hared a bemused grin.
Behind them, Asher stood watching with folded arms and a grim expression.
Lily had to laugh at his solemn face. “What’s wrong, Asher? How are things going with my kid sister?”
Laurel looked up at her, beaming as she took her arm and guided her into the kitchen. “Things are going great!” she leaned in to whisper conspiratorially. “More than great. Oh my gosh, Lucas’s brothers are so hot. I can’t decide who I want. Asher’s fine, but Jordan’s like the hottest person in the world…”
“Thanks,” Asher said in a deadpan voice.
“No offense. I just have a thing for bad boys,” she called back.
“That’s fine, except at your age, you should have a thing for no boys,” he called back.
“I’m only four years younger than you,” she spat, and Lucas and Lily separated them with a shared eye roll.
“Where’s Jordan?” Lucas asked, looking behind them.
“Couldn’t come,” Asher said. “Had some sort of meeting that majorly pissed him off. Did you hear they’re getting him a PR rep? Hilarious.”
“PR rep?”
“Yeah, apparently, despite all his wins, he’s coming off as really unlikeable, so they hired some lady to help him out.”
Lucas frowned. “They hired a lady. To work with Jordan?”
Asher shrugged. “May God have mercy on her soul.”
They laughed as Lily and Laurel shared puzzled looks. Then they all settled at the kitchen table as Lucas locked the door and went to get them drinks.
Lily grinned as she watched him work. This all felt so right. Their home, their family.
Just in one week with Lucas, she’d felt like everything was different now. She looked forward to each new day. For once, she wasn’t living in fear, and she loved knowing Laurel was happy too, even if she seemed to be an expert at getting on Asher’s nerves.
Lucas put glasses and a pitcher of lemonade on the counter and poured a glass specifically for Lily. He gave her a kiss on the cheek as he leaned down to place it in front of her. She blushed and looked over at the others, but they were busy arguing again, so she leaned back into Lucas’s embrace to share a quiet moment with him.
Lucas bent down to whisper in her ear. “I can’t wait to get you alone again,” he said.
“Me too,” she whispered back.
Then he sat beside her and they held hands, just treasuring the quiet joy that came from being next to the ones you love and knowing you get to keep them forever.
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