Shit, my whole body flamed at the thought. That shouldn’t even cross my mind, but lately, I didn’t seem to have complete control over myself when it came to him.
He was changing me.
But that didn’t mean the fear was gone.
Lake’s laughter dragged me back to the scene going on around me. I clearly missed something that was said by the look of humor that lined everyone’s faces.
Curious, I asked my sister, “What did I miss?”
“I said whatever you had just been thinking must havebeen a dirty one by the way you went from pink to bright red and the look of lust on your face.”
Too embarrassed to do anything else, I simply looked at my sister and with my tone filled with playful exasperation, said, “Oh shut up.”
The guys chuckled as Lake stuck her tongue out at me as if we were five instead of in our twenties. She got up out of the chair, one hand on her cute baby bump, and walked over to her husband.
“Just to be clear, nobody is as hunky as you babe,” she said to him.
“I beg to differ,” Lyric said. “I think Ruby would agree I am far better looking.”
I am pretty sure I saw Gyth roll his eyes. “Are we done with the whole, my dick is bigger than your dick contest, so we can do what we came to do?”
There was no controlling the unlady-like snort that came out of me. The guy was like a giant with legs as large as tree trunks, but he had edge, humor, and I knew he could be a big teddy bear when it came to his wife and son. His wife, Summer, found a good one.
I used to think a good man didn’t exist, but I was beginning to believe that it was my past driving me and the men in the group were all good guys.
But again, nobody compared to Huntley.
“That’s probably a good idea,” Lake said. “Did you guys finish the installation?”
Bronson looked at the guys and then over at me. “That’s why I originally came in here—to let you know we were ready to show you how to work the system and tell you that we took a look around outside now that it was light out.”
His tone sounded a bit grim and my stomach turned to knots.
“We found one set of footprints and they led all around the house. It could just be someone camping on the other side of the lake being nosy, but it was smart to get the cameras up. I’m sorry I hadn’t done it before,” Bronson said in a guilt-ridden tone.
Lake rubbed his arm, soothingly.
I hated that he felt bad. I wasn’t sure who was kicking themselves more, him or Huntley.
“It’s not your fault,” I told him. “Now, someone please show me and the kids how to work this system.”
Lyric nodded and we all followed him out of the kitchen.
Even though we knew someone had been out there, knowing they had been all around the house now that they got a better look at things, gave me the creeps. I knew Huntley was going to lose his shit all over again.
My hope was it was an isolated incident, but I felt better having an alarm and cameras in place.
What would make things even better was if Huntley was with us all the time.
Where did that thought come from?
It was silly thinking.
Even if I felt the safest lately when he was near.
Chapter Twenty-Two
HUNTLEY
