Page 106 of Fall For Me
Collecting my bearings, I stick my tongue out at him like a child, earning another fit of giggles from Jade.
“I can do whatever I want,” I tell him, setting her down. “Isn’t that right, princess?”
“That’s right,” she agrees.
Sean wipes his hands on a dish towel and saunters over. Hooking two fingers beneath my chin, he tilts my face up and kisses me slowly, making my stomach flip and heat creep up my neck.
“Hi, baby. Ready to meet the crazy people I was telling you about?”
“I forgot they were coming. I would’ve baked cookies or something,” I admit as everyone begins talking over each other again.
“It’s okay.” He dusts one last kiss on my lips, then points a finger. “Of course, you already know Viv.”
She takes a sip of her red wine, then sets her glass down on the table before coming over to hug me.
“Sorry we didn’t get to have that lunch before I left. Things were hectic. It’s good to see you again.” She squeezes me tight.
“No worries.” I tell her, as we release one another. “I hear you got the distribution deal, so I'm sure we’ll have a lot of lunches together. Congratulations, by the way.”
Her face lights up. “Thank you. I’m excited.”
Sean points toward his brother across the table. “This shithead is my brother, Mateo.”
“Watch it,” he warns. “We all know who the shithead is. You can call me Matt or Matty.”
“My sister, Ashley. She’s the baby and the whitest.”
“Rude!” Ashley snaps.
“It’s true. Even your name is white,” Matt chimes in.
“Adopted from the hobbit farm,” Sean adds.
“The only one adopted here is Matt,” Ashley counters.
Matt throws his head back and laughs before lowering his chin back down and narrowing his eyes at her. “¿Estás segura? Pareces más del lechero que?—”
“Cállate!” Ashley yells, yanking off her shoe, and hurling it across the table at Matt’s head. He ducks just before it hits him in the face.
“What did he just say?” I ask Sean.
His shoulders shake with laughter. “He asked her if she was sure he was the one adopted because she looked more like the milk man.”
I turn my head and cover my mouth, so Ashley won’t see me laughing as three women approach me.
“Hi, I’m Sofia. This is Isabella and Victoria,” she says before each one of them pulls me into a quick hug.
Sean introduces his sisters’ husbands and his nieces and nephews. With all the names he fires at me, my brain short-circuits. I’ll never remember everyone. Between everybody talking over each other again, the laughter, and the sheer number of people packed into the house, overstimulation creeps in, and I feel myself starting to recluse.
His mom appears in front of me, taking my hands in her warm ones. “Hola, mija. Es un placer conoc—” She stops herself and closes her eyes, muttering in Spanish under her breath, then focuses back on me. “I’m sorry. I get so caught up talking to the kids, I forget not everyone can understand me. Let’s try this again. Hello, Hannah. It’s lovely to meet you. I’m Elena, and this is my husband, Sean Senior.”
I glance over at the man standing next to her. Damn, he’s tall! My Sean is 6’4”, but his dad is taller than him by a few inches.
“So, what are you all playing?” I ask.
Jade turns around in her seat. “We’re playing Loteria! Seany said you have to watch Matt a’cause he cheats.”
“That’s bullshit! I don’t cheat.”
