We finally reached a landing with two identical doors branching off the hallway. Kylo stopped, pointing towards the door on the right. "This will be your room, Isleen," he said with a bit of uncertainty. "And Lupe can take the bed next to yours."
Lupe offered him a grateful smile. "Thank you, Kylo. It looks lovely."
To me, it looked more than lovely.
I cast a hesitant glance at the door on the left. "Where will you, Cullen, and Liam be sleeping?"
Kylo shrugged. "We’ll take my room. It’s pretty much the same."
Kylo would have two more people sleeping with him in his room? He really was going overboard for us. I wondered what sleeping in Gamma Rhett’s room would be like.
Before I could voice my concerns, a small hand tugged persistently at mine. "But Mommy," Liam whined, his lower lip jutting out in a familiar display of defiance, "I wanna stay with you! This big house is scary."
That’s right; Liam always slept with me in the same room. I wasn’t sure he’d want to sleep with Kylo and Cullen.
But Kylo chuckled, tousling Liam’s hair playfully. "Come on, little man. You’ll be staying with Cullen and me. It’ll be a boys’ night out. We can tell scary stories and stay up late and play video games too."
Liam crossed his arms, his lower lip jutting out in a pout. "But Mommy might get scared at night."
What? I might get scared at night and Liam dimmed himself fit to protect me? I might as well blurt into a fit of laughter right now.
Cullen, who was fiddling with his phone, scoffed. "Scared of what? It’s just a room, little man."
"Yeah, but what if a monster comes?" Liam’s voice trembled slightly.
Cullen rolled his eyes. "There are no monsters, Liam. Just relax. And who says you’re fit enough to protect Isleen from monsters? Have you forgotten how your mum is? She would nag at the monster until it ran away!" He laughed, enjoying his taunting.
Oh, please. Cullen shouldn’t start his playful nonsense. I felt a surge of protectiveness towards my son. Cullen’s shouldn’t paint me as a nagging hag to him because I really wasn’t . I was sure my Liam knew that too. Before I could intervene, however, Cullen spoke again.
"Look," he said, his gaze flickering between me and Kylo, "why don’t we just let Liam choose wherever he wants to stay? It’s not a big deal."
Now, he was talking good shit. I was about to second that when Liam surprised us all.
"Are you trying to get rid of me so you can have Kylo all to yourself for the night?" he blurted out, his eyes wide with suspicion.
Holy moly, what?
Liam might not know how suggestive his words were but that was a double entendre right there.
Lupe, who also got a hang of what I thought let out a surprised gasp before dissolving into giggles.
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