Forever and Always (26 page)

“
I’m glad you kept it
in.”

Cortland came to me next and hugged
me. “You look happy,” he said. “I’m guessing you finally did the
deed.”

I smiled at him. “Can you
tell?”

Cortland laughed. “Congrats, sis,” he
said.

“
You are a much nicer
brother than Ryan is,” I said.

“
It’s probably because I
haven’t had to put up with you as long.”

I hit him on the shoulder and walked
away. “I hate all of you.”

“
Let’s take a picture,”
Janice said as she clapped her hands together. She walked over to
one of the employees and handed him the camera. We ran back to the
booth and stood together, with Sean and I in the middle.

Ryan raised his voice. “On the count
of three.”

Janice counted down, and on the last
number, Ryan yelled. “I don’t share milk products!”

I laughed so hard that I covered my
face and bent over. Sean leaned his head back and hit his knee with
laughter. Cortland reached for Ryan to give him a high five right
when the employee took the picture. Janice just looked
dumbfounded.

“
You ruined the picture,
Ryan!” I yelled.

“
I think he made it
perfect,” Sean said as he smiled at me. He grabbed my face and
kissed me. Everyone around us made disgusted faces when we kissed,
and then the employee took another picture.

“
Let’s actually take a
good picture,” Janice said as she glared at us.

“
Fine,” Ryan said. We all
huddled together with smiles on our faces until the camera light
went off and the picture was taken.

“
Now was that so hard?”
Janice laughed.

“
You don’t know my brother
very well,” I teased.

“
That’s probably why we’re
still together,” Janice said.

Ryan walked over to her
and kissed her hard on the mouth. She melted at his touch, and ran
her hands through his hair. He pulled away and smiled at her.
“
That’s
why we
are still together.”

Sean and I gave them a disgusted look
then sat in our booth. The employees brought our burgers and fries
over, but when the worker handed me mine, he dropped it on the
ground. “I’m so sorry,” he said. “I’ll bring you another
one.”

“
Don’t worry about it,”
Ryan said quickly.

I picked up the burger and took a bite
out of it. “It’s fine,” I said.

Sean stared at me with a look of
disgust. He handed me his milkshake. “Do you want to try
mine?”

“
That’s gross,” I said as
I took another bite of my burger.

“
It’s not too late,”
Cortland said to Sean. “Get out now while you can.”

Sean grabbed my face and kissed me
even though I was chewing my food. “You are lucky you are such a
hot piece of ass.”

“
So, you would kiss any
hot girl who ate their food off the ground?”

“
No.” He smiled. “Only
you.”

The story continues….

Edge of Love

(Book Three in the Forever and Always
Series)

Available Now

About the Author

E. L. Todd was raised in
California where she attended California State University,
Stanislaus and received her bachelor’s degree in biological
sciences, then continued onto her master’s degree in education.
While she considers science to be interesting, her true passion is
writing.
Forever and Always
is the second installment of the
Forever and Always Series.
She is also the author of the
Soul
Saga Trilogy
and an assistant editor at
Final-Edits.com.

By E. L. Todd

Soul Catcher

(Book One of the Soul Saga)

Only For You

(Book One of the Forever and Always
Series)

Forever and Always

(Book Two of the Forever and Always
Series)

Edge of Love

(Book Three in the Forever and Always
Series)

January 2014