Page 36 of Stone Cold Bad (Stone Brothers #1)

COLT

One month later

F rom the front porch steps, we could see the sun sinking below the horizon.

We’d been living together in the cottage for a month.

After my final encounter with Ward, he’d been sufficiently convinced never to come near Jade again.

She was free of the asshole for good, and we started building a life together.

Jade had been working on the garden, planting roses and vegetables, while I’d gotten busy fixing all the things that needed repair.

The place was really starting to look like it had when Noddy had lived there.

Jade breathed in deeply and lowered her head against my shoulder as she let out a long sigh. “The ocean breeze always brings this amazing scent with it.”

I smiled. “I don’t know if I’d always call it amazing. Sometimes it’s pretty funky smelling.”

She elbowed me. “You know what I mean. It’s the fragrance of adventure, of faraway places and?—”

“And fish and oil tankers,” I added.

“Stop, you party pooper.”

I put my arm around her. “You’re right. Sorry. What has you in such a dreamy mood today?”

“Just happy. I’m sitting with my prince charming in front of his very cozy castle and, for the first time, there’s nothing terrible about my life. Oh, did I tell you Jack has hired me back on? So I’ll have a job, and I get to work with my best friend.”

I grabbed her around the waist and lifted her onto my lap. “Excuse me, but I thought I was your best friend.”

She kissed my chin. “You are too, but in a different way. In fact, you’re my best everything.”

“Best everything. I like that. Now, I think this prince should carry his princess into his cozy castle and strip her of all her finery so that they can fuck like two peasants.”

She laughed. “Why can’t we fuck like royalty?”

I lowered my mouth to hers. “Something tells me that peasants have a lot more fun in the sack than the snobby royals.” I lowered my mouth to hers and we kissed.