Picture Perfect

again.”
    Smiling at him, I kissed his neck. “I’m amenable to that, Mr. Rand. But next time, it will be me holding the showerhead chasing you around the shower while you try to escape from me.”
    Brushing my still damp hair back, he kissed my forehead as he pulled me in closer. “Sweetness, you’ll never have to chase me. Whenever and wherever you want me, you’ve got me. I’ve already surrendered to you.”
    Kissing him back, I sighed and snuggled into him. “Tell me about your sisters. I want to hear the whole story.”
    He told me everything, and it was a doozy of a story. I felt terrible for Flynn’s father that he hadn’t gotten the opportunity to raise his girls, but it sounded like they were trying to forge a relationship now.
    “So what’s the deal with the people that are blackmailing your sisters family? Are you going to tell the press about the girls before they do?”
    Nodding his head, he laughed. “Yep. And rather than putting out a press release, we’ve decided to let Gram announce it on Twitter.”
    That cracked me up and I started belly laughing and couldn’t stop. “That… is…. Perfect!” I gasped between laughs. “I bet Sylvia is loving that she gets to tell her twitter friends first. I got on Twitter the night I came home to start reading her tweets and I laughed for hours. I can’t wait to see what hash-tag she uses to announce the girls. You know it will be hilarious.”
    He laughed along with me, the two of us having one of those uncontrollable laughter moments that can’t be planned but are always great memories.

Chapter Twenty-Nine

    I was having a great time staying with Tessa in her apartment. It was amazing to spend time with her living a normal life, and I liked it very much. She took me to her kickboxing gym a few times to workout and I loved watching her get all sweaty. She had mad strength and it was a huge turn on.
    I’d really come to like her roommate and best friend, Jess. They were funny together and I could tell that Jess genuinely loved Tessa. Anyone who was as good of a friend to my girl as Jess was instantly became a friend of mine.
    We’d come down to my last two days in her apartment, but things were going along perfectly because I’d talked her into coming back to LA with me. Neither of us was keen to be separated, so it didn’t take much convincing for her to agree.
    This morning I woke up nervous because Tessa was taking me to brunch with her parents. My prior experience meeting the parents had been in tenth grade when I met Mary’s parents, and that mostly consisted of a series of grunts on my part. That wasn’t going to fly with Tessa’s parents, and I was worried about what kind of impression I would leave. She’d called her parents a few days ago and broken the news that she was dating me, so they knew to expect me at brunch this morning. She swore that they were fine with our dating and that they were anxious to meet me. I hoped that was a good sign.
    I’d forced Tessa to go with me to the mall the night before so that I could buy a pair of black dress pants and a button down shirt. She said that the restaurant we were going to wasn’t formal but it wasn’t casual either, and all I’d had was jeans, shorts and tees. Just like everything else we had done so far, it was fun to shop with her. Every day I could feel us falling into the comfort of a relationship more and more.
    I was dressed and ready to go, sitting on her bed as I waited for her to come out of the bathroom. It was a visual treat when she emerged, and I took it in with a groan. She was wearing a beautiful flowery summer dress that ended at her ankles, and it accented her in an amazing way.
    She stared at me for a moment before she crossed the room to me, stopping in between my knees as she laid her hands on my shoulders. “Oh honey, are you still anxious about this?”
    I’d never lied to her and I wasn’t about to start. “Just a little. Your parents are important to you, so they’re important to me. If they hate me, that’s going to be a hurdle I don’t know how to deal with.”
    She ran her fingers through my hair as she massaged my scalp gently. Bending down, she licked and then bit my lower lip before pulling back. “Flynn, they’re just like Todd. They’re only concern is that you make me happy, and you do. I’ve never been so happy. They’re going to be thrilled.”
    Wrapping my arms around her, I pulled her in tight and hugged her. “You make me