TEDDY
I don’t think I stopped smiling the entire damn afternoon, and every brother made it a point to mention it. But let them tease me, I was a happy man.
Watching her—really watching her—felt better than anything I’d had in a long time. Caramel wasn’t just surviving here… she was starting to live in it.
And that hit me deeper than I expected.
I leaned back in my patio chair, half-listening to Ratchet run his mouth about something stupid, beer in hand, but my eyes kept drifting back to her like they had a mind of their own.
She was with the women, right where she should be.
Rio had her cornered at first—no surprise there. Wolf’s ol’ lady had a radar for people trying to fade into the background, and Caramel had definitely tried. I’d seen it in the first ten minutes. That subtle shi
