If what took place upstairs—just her grinding on my cock through our clothes—had me feeling out of control with desire, then when we made love for the first time, it was going to be explosive.
And to be clear, anytime Patience and I had sex, it was always going to be making love—because she was the love of my life.
Chapter Twenty-Three
PATIENCE
They definitely noticed.
As we emerged, the screen door banged shut behind us. Everyone had wandered outside to enjoy the nice spring day, and all eyes turned toward us. I halted in my tracks, Jett doing the same.
“I like your outfits,” Alley called out, causing everyone to laugh.
My face heated, embarrassment taking hold. I hadn’t even thought about them noticing the change of clothes. While I was momentarily mortified, Jett just chuckled as Dusty yelled.
“Just own it, girl.”
I watched as Alley threw her arm around Dusty’s shoulders, and they laughed.
“Those two together are really going to be trouble,” Jett said out of the corner of his mouth.
He wasn’t kidding. If they got Gemma and Teal in the mix, it would really get crazy. All the ladies held a bit of sass, but those four were extreme. Although nobody could quite compete with Alley.
Shaking my head, I decided to do as my new friend said andown it.
Plastering a bright, satisfied smile on my face, I began to march toward our friends, my husband's hand tightly clasped in mine.
Dusty stared at all the ladies, her mouth hanging open.
It had been a good day. After all the men and women got through teasing Jett and me endlessly about sneaking away—we didn’t divulge exactly what happened—we ate, played games, and shared a lot of laughs.
Gramps was in heaven having everyone there, and the kids were in heaven when they were all together.
“You’re fucking with me,” Dusty said, her eyes wide and disbelieving.
“Got you!” Embry yelled, popping up out of nowhere, making us all jump.
Dusty’s hand that wasn’t on her cane went to her chest. “Holy crap, you scared the shit out of me.”
“Two in a row. I’ll let the C-word slide since it’s not that bad,” the little devil said.
We hadn’t warned her yet; things had been a flurry of activity.
As Embry held out her hand, palm up, all the ladies laughed, and Jurnee groaned at her daughter.
“Let the initiations begin,” Gemma said.
The small dynamo looked around the group and then down at Embry. “What is happening?”
Embry rolled her eyes. “Well, it’s like this. You said two bad words, so you owe me two bucks. It’s simple, really.”
Dusty looked at all of us again and we couldn’t contain theonslaught of laughter that ripped free from our lungs. “Seriously?”
Nobody could talk, or breathe for that matter, as tears poured down our faces.
Jett walked up then and whipped his wallet out, handing Embry ten bucks. “Since I brought her, I’ll pay. This will get her started, but I know I’m bound to owe you more with this one.” Jett pointed at Dusty, who still stood there half confused, but a smirk emerged across her beautiful face.
Embry’s eyes lit up like a Christmas tree at the knowledge she may have just found new blood that was going to be bankrolling whatever the little girl was saving for.
