“I said I’d come, dickbag,” she clearly heard Smith rumble.
Daniel laughed then coughed when Jane gave him a look. “Sorry.” But that didn’t stop Jerome, who clearly found Smith’s choice of words amusing.
Jane shook her head and yelled in a booming voice Kenzie wouldn’t have expected from a woman so petite, “Evan, bring him in.”
Smith entered behind Evan, and Kenzie gaped at the muscular giant, recognizing him from that day she’d followed her brother to the Vets on the Go! warehouse. No, she definitely wouldn’t want to meet Smith in a dark alley. For all that he was good-looking, with short dark hair, green eyes, and a chiseled chin, he looked mean.
“Dude. You are way bigger than Evan.” Daniel didn’t seem perturbed.
The big man gave Evan a look. “Yeah. I am.”
“But not as fast on the soccer field,” Evan reminded the room. “And that’s important.”
“True.” Jerome grinned. “Unless you’re not playing soccer.”
“‘Dickbag,’ huh? That’s a good one.”
“Daniel,” Kenzie said, horrified.
“What?Hesaid it.” He pointed to Smith.
“I did,” Smith admitted.
“He did,” Evan agreed.
“Boys.” Jane sighed then gave Smith a big smile. “Looks like you’ll fit right in. Welcome to the family. I’m your Aunt Jane. This is Jerome, that’s Kenzie, and that’s Daniel. And you obviously know Evan…”
Chapter 23
Five days had passed since they’d shared brunch at his mother’s. Five days of backbreaking work at the job, followed by soccer, helping around Kenzie’s place, and trying to steal moments when the two of them could make love.
Or fuck, as had become Kenzie’s favorite thing to do. The woman was insatiable. Evan loved that about her because she made him the same way. He had a healthy sex drive, but he’d never been more ready for sex than with Kenzie.
He groaned as he came, spending inside her delightful body. He had her turned around and pressed against the back of his front door, her pants down to her knees, slightly bent over, her hips jutting out. He hadn’t undressed except to unzip his pants and thrust up into her.
The hottest sex they’d had to date.
Life was just about perfect lately. Every time with her just got better.
He and Daniel were tight, the little brother he’d always wanted his good friend. Evan helped him with soccer when he had time. With Cash coming back to work in a few days, Evan would soon have more time to spend with Kenzie. As it was, he’d been working from a few clients’ homes and from his home, as well as doing time on the moving jobs. He felt spread thin. It might have helped if he could have stayed a few nights at Kenzie’s so he wasn’t always rushing around in the wee hours, but she hadn’t seemed keen on him broaching the subject.
She sighed as he withdrew, pliant and replete. He turned her in his arms even as he put a cloth between her legs to clean her up. He kissed her, loving how she responded. She put her head on his chest and let him fix her clothes before holding her.
Every second spent with her felt like a gift. He loved her so much.
Lila and Rachel approved. Daniel had hinted more than once that he’d like Evan to move in. And the guys at work, Smith in particular, teased him—nicely—about finding a woman way too good for him.
But when not coming down off an orgasm, Kenzie seemed distant. He felt her withdrawing, and he didn’t like it. At all.
“Hmm.” She sighed. “I want to do that all over again, but I’m too tired.”
“Well, you could leave your car here and I could drive you home.”
She nuzzled his chest and breathed in. “I need my car for a big meeting tomorrow.”
“Oh, right. The Talon account. You’ll smash it.”
“I hope so.” She sounded stressed.
