Loved

Hunter’s P. O. V.

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” You know you could have just gotten here yourself and informed me when you did?” I angrily say to Dylan as we come down from the car and sight Edward approaching.

He literally just arrived in New York and the dumbo had to give me a call to come get him.

Then he officially became a Google map in the car because he directed me all the way from the airport to my house.

General point of summary, He just wasted my time.

” And forfeit pissing you off? Not in a million years” he scoffed and pulled out his luggage from the trunk.

” Good to know” I glared at him and collected one of his two boxes from his hands.Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive © material.

” It’s nice to at least set eyes on the good cousin for one” Edward says as he got to where we were, definitely to get a reaction out of me.

And he did cause I rolled my eyes.

” Eddy!!” Dylan exclaimed and grabbed the elderly man in a tight hug.

” It’s been forever Dylan. How’s life treating you?” Edward asks as they release from each other’s hold.

” Well, life still kept this frog of a cousin alive so on a scale of one to ten, I’ll say unfair” Dylan replied as he threw one hand over my shoulder in a side hug.

Yeah, Dylan is touchy.

” Talk all you want McConnell, you still love me” I rolled my shoulders to let his arm drop.

” Now if you wanna convince yourself, I give you the permission to use my name and not my family name. That’s just too much hope of convincing”

Edward laughed at Dylan’s retort and stretched out his hand to collect the car keys which I handed to him so he could drive the car off.

” Soooo. You ain’t returning to work? ” He asked as we climbed up the entry steps to the house.

” Nope. I’m officially closed” I opened the front door and Claudette, Jenny and Cheryn were all waiting with wide smiles on their faces.

Don’t ask me why. Just bear in mind that a lot of people love my idiot cousin.

” Hey people” Dylan hollered as they all came to give him little hugs.

” Welcome back Dylan, hope you’ll be with us for a while?” Claudette asks as she collected his box from him.

Possibly to take it to his room.

He’s been here quite a number of times so we’ve saved up a room just for him.

” A while seems too short” he winked at her then walked to the right and flopped down on a sofa.

Jennifer collects the box I have with me and I think Cheryn went back to the kitchen.

” Okay, back to why you are not returning to work. Isn’t it too early for you to close up?”

” I didn’t close up, I have a secretary to carry on with some duties after I leave” I walked to the bar and picked a bottle of Scotch with two little glass cups and head back to the living area.

And it took me a full minute to realize I shouldn’t have made a statement with my secretary around Dylan.

” And by secretary you mean Iris”

I knew it.

” Yes” I poured a shot for him and handed him his glass before serving myself.

” So what I’m hearing is you’re overworking your secretary?” He leans back in watches me with a certain glaze in his eyes.

” No I don’t, today is just an exception” sipping my drink when someone rings the doorbell.

My cousin and I stare at each other for what is only seconds before he sighs and stands to get the door.

He may be a visitor here but he is clearly a member of this house.

So he can answer the damn door.

He unlocked the door that I can’t even remember locking and I tilt my head a little to see who it is.

And it’s Iris.

She held her red heels, (I think Michelle calls them pumps), in one hand and her face is the exact reaction you will get from buying a two year old a private jet .

Entirely surprised.

” Dylan?” She called out at first like she wants to be sure she isn’t hallucinating.

Dylan turns around and gives me a quick intense look before returning his eyes back to the girl before him.

The look was a simple question.

What is she doing at your house?

” Iris, you’ve-” he wasn’t able to finish when the young lady jumped on him and wrapped her entire limbs around him for a grip.

” Oh my God. I can’t believe it’s you” she whispered before she buried her face in his neck.

He laughed at her behavior but wrapped his arms around her and kissed her temple.

” I can’t believe it’s you either. I mean what are you doing here?” He quietly murmured the last question to her but I still caught the wave.

” I live here” she chirpily replied and wiggled out of his hold.

” You what?” Hmm… He wasn’t finding this amusing.

” Mr McConnell gave me the accommodation” she continues.

” He what?” Dylan asked again.

” Everyone seems okay with it” she shrugged like she’s living under the same roof with her best friend.

” They what!?” Then Dylan whipped around to glare at me.

” Call my dad. I was against it” I raised my arms in surrender.

Iris pulled Dylan down to her mouth level and whispered something into his ear but I heard nothing.

Then he and Iris began laughing.

When I call him the betraying cousin, you should know I have reasons.

” Where’s my cupcake?” Dylan asks referring to Iris and that little act just reminded me of my mom.

Speaking of which, I haven’t heard from her in a while.

” I’m gonna go get her from school myself, she had a presentation at school today so they’ll close in a few minutes” she smiled cheekily at him.

” Presentation? Weren’t you supposed to be there?” He asks as he smooths down her hair with a look of admiration in his eyes.

” Nah. It’s just intra class, not a parent invite thing” she shrugged a shoulder and smiled again.

Dylan somewhat found her words amusing as he chuckled once more.

” Well you better go bring her in, I miss her” he States and gives Iris a light lasting kiss in her left cheek.

” Will do” she was still smiling and bolted down the hallway without even acknowledging my presence.

But that isn’t what I have in mind.

Dylan and Iris?

Hmmm…