Marry Grinchmas (Moosehead Minnesota Series Book 1)(12)

“Babe, let’s get you over to your grandmother’s” My cock is hard as a rock and seeking her pussy as she sits on my lap. I know that makes me a bastard, given her tears; but with her sexy little body on mine there is only so much I can do.

“I’m sorry I lied, Ham. I swear to you I am not a liar by nature.” She says as she crawls back over the console.

Once she is buckled in, I pull back onto the road. “It’s ok, babe. Do not let it happen again,” I say laughing, but also with a serious tone. She gives me smile as her hand reaches for mine over the console.

After we reach her grandmother’s house and she heads inside, I get out of the truck and hang back to call my brothers Jace and Sterling. They promise to be right over. When they get do get here I see Max, who I was not expecting to see come with them. I give Jace and Sterling a quick hug, but Max and I awkwardly shake hands.

Greta and Avalynn must have heard the car doors shutting and decided to come out the screen door and stand on the porch. “What do we have here?” Greta says. “Hi boys, I have bloody Mary’s ready to go, and I think we are going to need them.”

“Avalynn, babe, you know Jace. These other two are my other brothers Sterling and Max,” I say. She comes forward to shake their hands.

“Nice to meet you guys. Nana, is Max the one you were telling me about?”

“Yes girl. What are you doing? Don’tcha knows secrets are told that way for a reason.”

“I do” she says with raised eyebrows. “But this one is a festering wound and needs cleaned.” Avalynn says as she pulls Max into a hug.

I have to keep my growl in check, give her the benefit of the doubt, and remember she isn’t Elizabeth. Max looks at me over her shoulder and I shrug, giving him the all clear. He finally hugs her back. She whispers something in his ear, giving his eyes a life in them I haven’t seen in years. After he releases her, he turns and comes over to pull me into a hug.

“I am sorry brother. I can only say I was blinded by pussy.” He says when Greta clears her throat loudly, “sorry Greta, but it’s the truth and I was an asshole.”

“It was never you I was upset with Max. You have to know that. Three years is a long time to not speak to your baby brother on a daily basis. I was over it pretty quickly and waiting for you to catch up.” Avalynn stood off to the side until Max made his way into Greta’s house.

“What did you say to him Avalynn?” I ask as she grabs my hand and pulls me up the front steps.

“Never you mind, Ham. It’s what he needed to hear, and that is a secret I will keep.” I bust out laughing.

“Oh shit, Avalynn. I love you.” I say. It was too soon to say but fuck, I meant it. Now it’s out there and I can’t take it back. I decide to own that shit.

“I love you too, Ham.” She says it automatically as if she’s always been saying it. One more layer of my frozen heart has melted. She fucking owns me, and it makes me realize I am putting an ugly ass chaise lounge at the foot of our bed.

The inside of Greta’s house is a bit of a time warp. I should offer to spruce the place up for her, but I know she likes it just how her late husband left it. I see that my brothers have made themselves at home on her super pink sofa and drinking Bloody Marys. Parking my ass in a big brown recliner, I pull Avalynn onto my lap. “What I don’t understand is why he is here?” Avalynn says.

“He, Who?” Max asks with a mouth full of celery.

“My douchey, ex. Jasper. Only my mama would tell him where I am because she is diabolical. He cheated on me and that is something I will never abide by again. I told him to eat shit and die, but he apparently didn’t get the memo.”

“So are we kicking his ass out of town?” Sterling asks.

I say “yes” at the same time Avalynn says “no.”

“What?” I say incredulously.

“No. We can’t do that because his father is a senator. Kicking his ass would be a mistake.” She says.

“A Senator?” I ask. How can I compete with that type of family structure? I am only a construction worker and Avalynn deserves the best. It is not him since he is a piece of shit, but still.

“Yes, in Florida he has a lot of pull. I wouldn’t want to stir that pot because he gets away with everything. I didn’t see it first, but boy do I now. He fucked all my friends and it was too much for me to handle.”

“So you don’t want him back?” I ask, rubbing circles on her knee with my fingertips.

“Fuck no! I love you. I know we only met yesterday, and we have a lot to learn about each other, but you are it for me.”

“Thank fuck.” I say, pulling her down to my face and kissing her gently.

“So what are we goanna do?” Greta asks, causing me to break the kiss.

“I am going to talk to him and see what he wants.”

“Which, you are not giving him and I’ll be going with you.”

“I don’t think that’s a good idea. He might get the wrong idea.”

“What idea would that be? That you are mine, because you are.”

“I know, but I don’t want him to feel like we are attacking him.”

“Fuck him. He is a dick.”

“I know, and it shouldn’t take too long. You can wait outside for me.”