Faking it with #41
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“You’ve got it bad,” Tweetie says next to me, clasping me on the shoulder.
“What?”
“You can’t stop staring at her and you’ve had her in your bed for almost a year.”
“And I hope I never stop staring. I can’t imagine I ever would. She’s literally my world.”
He just chuckles and ventures off somewhere.
Eventually I’m dragged up to get the cake, and we engage Annabelle, who isn’t having any of it. She doesn’t want to be in the high chair, which results in Lena giving me an “I told you so” look because I tend to feed Annabelle while we’re sitting on the floor. I sit at the coffee table and Annabelle walks around and grazes off the plate. It works for us.
Lena started her own PR firm down here. She only has a few clients so far, but I know it will be successful. After all, I’m her biggest client, how could it not be? Even if I don’t give her problems to deal with like I used to.
The cake gets smashed, the presents are opened, and my daughter is out cold by the time darkness falls. Everyone slowly wanders out, saying good night. Most overstay a one-year-old’s birthday in the first place. I’m not sure if the party is really for Annabelle or us honestly.
“Where’s Imogen?” Morgan asks, collecting her purse and my mom’s.
We all look around. She’s nowhere to be found.
Mom passes Annabelle to Lena so she can get ready to leave, kissing her granddaughter on her forehead.
Imogen comes down the stairs and stops when she notices all of us staring at her. She looks just fucked with her hair messy and her clothing askew.
Anger strikes me like the crack of a whip. Tell me she didn’t… “Where were you?”
“I fell asleep in the guest room,” she says.
But another set of footsteps barrel down after her. “Gen, we gotta talk.”
My entire body goes rigid when Warner Langley comes down still buttoning his shorts.
“I fucking warned you what would happen.” I cock my fist back and punch him in the face.
He stumbles against the wall before sinking down to his ass.
“Ford!” my dad yells from behind me.
I guess the demon hasn’t been exorcised out of me just yet. Good thing I know a good PR person.
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Ford, oh Ford. He’s the type of character we love to write. The banter between him and Lena came onto the page so easily. We both love an arrogant guy who says and does whatever he wants. They’re always the most fun to see fall. ;)
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We had a lot of ideas for this book and one big one for the end didn’t pan out how we hoped. We loved the idea for the scene, but who knows… maybe it’ll work for a different book down the road. Sometimes the stories go in a different direction once we start writing.
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We haven’t written a single dad since Confessions from a Naughty Nanny and we missed it so much. There’s something about having kids in the picture that makes these stories especially swoony. We can’t wait to tackle this trope again. *cough-Jed’s book*
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Yes, Warner Langley, Ford’s archenemy is up next, but first you’ll get to travel down to the tropics with the hockey hotties to celebrate Ford and Lena’s wedding in, Tropical Hat Trick (Hockey Hotties #3.5). If you read Cory and Ande’s story in The Color Theory anthology, just know that we’re expanding the story to include all POV’s for the next three Florida Fury players!
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My Almost Ex
My Vegas Groom
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Operation Bailey Wedding (Novella)
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Winning My Best Friend’s Girl
Rules for Dating your Ex
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Mad about the Banker
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Real Deal
Dirty Talker
Sexy Beast
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Hollywood Hearts
Mister Mom
Animal Attraction
Domestic Bliss
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Bedroom Games
Cold as Ice
On Thin Ice
Break the Ice
Box Set
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