Sealed With A Slap

Chapter 2-1

Chapter 2

Sean was ready to get to work. He put Emily at a table with his grandmother knowing she wouldn’t let Emily sneak away with that boy she invited. It was a family lunch for crying out loud. Why did that boy have to show up?

He turned and went to the kitchen. He could hide in there with his cousin.

Sean pushed through the door and stopped short when the door slammed back at him. “What the hell?”

“Oof,” said someone from the other side.

Sean pushed again, gently, and found his cousin Zach on the other side of the door with Gianna, Zach’s wife, in his arms. Both of them looked annoyed instead of sheepish like Sean would have.

“Dude?” Zach said, shooting his cousin a glare.

Sean threw up his hands. “Sorry. I didn’t realize I was walking into something.”

Zach released Gianna, who scooted past Sean with a blush creeping up her cheeks. “We have a kid living with us. There’s literally zero time for us to be alone. And Michele is off so…”

“You were going to have s*x in here? Ew.”

“No,” Zach said with a groan. “That’s gross and violates health code. No. We were just trying to get a few minutes alone.”

“Sorry,” Sean mumbled. Zach’s daughter was only a few months younger than Emily. Sean understood the restriction on free time, but he never had to deal with what Zach and Gianna were going through. After Emily was born, Ang was gone. They never had to hide to get alone time or sneak around to have s*x.

He f*****g hated that.

“Well, she’s gone now. What’s up? Did you come in here for something?”

Sean glanced around. “Yeah, I was wondering if you needed help.”

Zach snorted a laugh. “Not from you, cuz.” He sighed and shook his head. “Yeah, okay. Take some of this food out there.”

Sean nodded and grabbed one of the bowls filled to the top with pasta and carried it back into the madness that was his family. With nine cousins, six of them with significant others, and three kids, plus the four aunts, two uncles, and his grandmother, things were busy even when it was family only. Then when people started inviting guests, like Emily’s…whatever he was, what would be a small gathering for most people turned in to the madness that surrounded him.

Sean weaved through the throng and went to the buffet table, setting down the spaghetti. He intended to head straight back to the kitchen, but a glimpse of dark hair drew his attention.

Emily.

He took off down the hallway toward the front of the building, where the restaurant became the gift shop and then the inn. If Emily made it out the front door, she could disappear without him ever knowing where she was going.

He hated it. He never thought twice about the things his daughter did, but she started spending time with a boy and Sean had to watch her every move. He was worried constantly that she would get into some kind of trouble or get her heart broken or get hurt in some other way and it was making him nuts.

By the time he made it to the front of the building, the dark head was gone and a blonde drew his attention. It was on top of a curvy figure that had him stopping and taking notice. Sean let his eyes roam her curves, taking in the jeans that hugged her legs and got a rise out of him. Literally. It had been a while since just the sight of a woman had his jeans growing tight.

His eyes drifted up to where her tan sweater intersected her jeans and had his jeans getting even tighter. Those blonde curls drew him to her. Staring at her curvy figure and dreaming about her face had him oblivious to everything around him.

“Sean, hey!” Andie said brightly. Andie waved at him to join her and the blonde beauty she was talking to.

Sean headed toward them, his eyes locked on her. She turned, a smile on her face. When their eyes met, her grin and his steps both froze.

Holy. f*****g. s**t.