I brush some hair from her face. “How many have you had, baby?”

She turns to Chloe and I watch as they both seemingly try to count the shots on their fingers. She turns back to me and I can see her eyes getting hazy. “Five?”

My eyes widen at her drinking that much alcohol in a short period of time. “Whitney.”

“I know but my dad is here. And… why is my dad here, JP!” She puts her hands on her hips and I can’t help but think she looks fucking adorable. “Have you gotten rid of him yet? Are you here to take me to bed?”

She bounces on the balls of her feet in excitement before she moves into my arms and grips the back of my neck pulling me closer to her lips. I cup her face before pressing my lips to hers and it hits me that it’s the first time, I’ve kissed her since she got here. Maybe she realizes it too because she whimpers in my mouth before pushing herself closer to me. Her tongue slides in my mouth and she tastes of liquor and limes and sex and I want to lick my way down her body to the space between her legs. Her hand tightens on the back of my neck and my hands slides through her hair and I meet her tongue with equal enthusiasm.

“Okay, hello?” I vaguely hear Chloe speak. “I am still in the room.” I try to pull away but she holds me tighter and bites down gently on my bottom lip to keep me from moving. I finally manage to remove my mouth from hers and she pouts.

Whitney turns around to look at Chloe. “You could have just looked away. I normally have to pry your eyeballs away from your phone.”

“I’m stopping you before things get carried away and Uncle Kevin comes strolling through the door.”

Whitney crosses her hands in front of her chest. “I’m telling him.” She passes by me toward the door and I scoop her in my arms before she can open the door.

“Uh uh.”

“What do you mean?!”

“I’m not going to let you drunkenly unleash everything on your father just because you’re horny, Whitney. No.”

“We said we were going to tell him anyway!”

“We said we would tell them as in with your mother as well who your father is going to need to keep him calm and potentially keep from killing me,” I joke though I’m not sure I’m kidding. “We can tell them tomorrow when you’re sober. We can get everything out in the open when you tell them about Parker and me and… it’ll be a fresh start.”

“Okay…” She nods. “But get rid of him now!”