This Is Love by Foster Melissa

Author:Foster, Melissa [Foster, Melissa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Contemporary, Adult, Suspense, Mystery, thriller
ISBN: 9781542014557
Amazon: B07RRQ32DN
Goodreads: 45803003
Publisher: Montlake Romance
Published: 2019-12-03T08:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

MASON COULD COUNT the number of birthday parties he’d been thrown as a kid on one hand. He’d attended even fewer parties as an adult, much less for an adult, which was why he was blown away by the birthday celebration for Aurelia’s grandmother, Flossie McBride, Sunday evening. In addition to Ben’s sisters and their significant others, Ben’s parents and Bodhi’s mother were there, along with Derek’s father, Jonah, who had Alzheimer’s.

Mason stood in Ben and Aurelia’s massive kitchen talking with Bodhi and the guys after dinner, while Ben washed the dishes and Zane heckled him. Bodhi nudged Mason’s arm, motioning toward the dining room, where his six-year-old son, Louie, an adorable and inquisitive brown-haired boy, sat on Jonah’s lap, showing Jonah his baseball card collection. At the other end of the table, Flossie sat with Ben’s mother, Roxie, a vivacious curly-haired blonde, and Bodhi’s mother, Alisha, a reserved silver-haired woman, poring over a photo album of Bea that Ben and Aurelia had given Flossie for her birthday. During dinner, Talia and her fiancé, Derek, had announced that they’d decided to have a small wedding around the holidays, so Jonah could attend without the risk of being overwhelmed. Now Remi and the girls were chatting in the living room, looking at wedding dresses on Talia’s phone.

It was a scene out of a big-family movie, and Remi looked like she was in heaven. Everyone had greeted her with tight hugs and concerned questions about the stalker situation. Mason was glad she had so many people who cared about her, but he hadn’t expected the warm embraces he’d received. Apparently the Daltons’ close-knit family extended to those around them, and his association with Remi meant he was now part of their inner circle.

“You don’t have to wash them first,” Zane said to Ben, pulling Mason from his thoughts. “That’s why it’s called a dishwasher.”

“I’m embarrassed to say we practically raised you, Zane,” Dan Dalton, Ben’s father, teased. In his slacks and dress shirt, he looked more like the retired college professor he was than Piper’s partner in their custom-home-building business. “Didn’t we ever teach you how to do dishes?”

“He was too busy scoping out Willow to pay attention,” Ben said, earning a smirk from Zane.

“That’s something I don’t want to think about.” Dan headed into the dining room, joining Roxie at the table.

“What was that about?” Mason asked Bodhi. “Did Zane live with them?”

“Practically. Zane’s parents were less than present when he was a kid,” Bodhi explained. “He spent a lot of time with the Daltons when he was growing up, and he and Willow had a secret tryst.”

“Seems like it worked out well for them.” Mason had noticed that Zane and Willow couldn’t keep their hands off each other. They were always kissing, holding hands, or whispering, like the rest of the couples there tonight.

Except for me and Remi.

Longing washed over him, and he tried to school his expression. Mason had never been a fan of public displays of affection,

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