Aideen (Slater Brothers) Read Free

only tolerate eleven.”
    I raised an eyebrow. “Who are the eleven people?”
    He held up both of his hands and dropped a finger for each person he named. “You, Branna, Bronagh, Keela, Alannah, Alec, Dominic, Ryder, Damien, Tony the pizza delivery guy, and Susan who works in Subway in the village.”
    I resisted the urge to laugh.
    “Why the last two? You don’t know them.”
    Kane pointed his index finger at me. “Tony brings me food, and Susan makes me food. Leave them alone, they’re good people.”
    I snorted. “You really need to expand your circle of people.”
    “I need to do a lot of things, but that doesn’t mean I’m going to.” He shrugged.
    I grinned. “Why was there no mention of my father or brothers on that list?”
    Kane gnawed on his lower lip then smiled wide. “Your family are my ultimate favourites, they’re above any list...  obviously .”
    I hummed. “Obviously.”
    “Have I pleased my lady with my answer?” he asked in an awful British accent.
    I was about to say yes, when his eyes dropped to my breasts, and he licked his lips.
    I playfully rolled my eyes. “You’re such a man.”
    He stood up, took a giant step backwards as his eyes dropped down to his crotch before he looked back to me and said, “I’m aware of that.”
    “No, like, you’re so—”
    “Handsome? Sexy? The best sex of your life?”
    I narrowed my eyes. “Irritatin’.”
    “But still handsome, sexy and the best sex of your life?”
    My lip twitched. “I suppose.”
    “I can live with being irritating if I’ve got the rest going for me.”
    “You’re really annoyin’ me.”
    He grinned. “Not irritating you?”
    “It’s the same thing.”
    “Not really. They’re different words.”
    I was losing my patience.
    “They have similar meanin’s though,” I stated.
    Kane folded his arms across his chest. “But they’re still different words.”
    That was it.
    “Come closer to me so I can smack you.”
    “Yeah,” he snickered. “Like that is going to happen.”
    I leaned back and closed my eyes. “You drive me crazy, you know that?”
    A hand gripped my thigh causing me to jump. I opened my eyes and was surprised to see Kane looming over me. The man could move fast for such a big lad.
    “It’s only fair since you drive my body crazy all the time.”
    I waggled my eyebrows. “I wonder if you’ll still be lookin’ for some when we’re in our eighties.”
    “No doubt about it. I’ll speed after you in my wheelchair for some sugar.”
    I burst into laughter and leaned my head against his when he crawled over me and tucked himself behind me on the sofa.
    “How many babies will you give me?” he murmured as his hand absentmindedly stroked my swollen abdomen.
    I glanced over my shoulder to him. “How many do you want?”
    “At least five.”
    I gnawed on my lower lip. “Five total or like, five boys? ‘Cause we could have all girls, and me body won’t be able to go until you get your mini football team of lads.”
    Kane rumbled with low laughter. “Five total will be fine. I come from five siblings and you do too. I like the number five.”
    I leaned back and kissed his forehead. “Five it is, bud.”
    “They’ll have to be close in age, too,” he stated. “So right after this one comes out, we’ll have to get working on the next one.”
    My lip curved upward. “So lots and lots of sex then?”
    “Yep,” he chirped. “We have to make sure your eggo gets preggo.”
    I laughed and held my stomach.
    Kane slid his hand over my hand and gave it a squeeze. “We’re having a baby,” he whispered.
    “We are indeed,” I beamed.
    “I couldn’t be happier, Aideen,” Kane said and sat upright. He looked down at me for a long moment before climbing off me and walking out of the room.
    I watched him leave the room and confusion caught hold of me. Wanting to know what he was doing, I heaved myself up off the sofa and followed him out of the room, down the hallway and into our