This is not what I planned or expected. This was not supposed to happen, not to me. Not ever and yet, here I am! This is not what we agreed and while I was warning her that I wasn't looking for more, I am the one to fall for her and I hadn't even realised until this very second.
Christian looks startled by my final, one word outburst, and why wouldn’t he be? I am startled by it. My expletive clearly came out a lot louder than I thought as I notice my brother frown at me but looks across at Christian accusingly, so I assume he thinks he has said something else.
I shake my head at Mase and walk over to Tommy. “Anita?”
He smiles at me, presumably seeing through my façade of Anita being here as anything other than my plus one. My lady. My Cupcake.
“Went to find the downstairs bathroom.”
I nod at him and without another word, I am off to find her.
Loitering in the hallway, I smile when the bathroom door opens and Anita appears. She really does look amazing and I regret not fully taking that in earlier. When she looks up and sees me, she flashes me the brightest of smiles.
“I thought you’d run out on me,” I tell her and she laughs.
“Not yet.”
“You’re going nowhere without me today, Cupcake.” My firm tone confirms I mean every word. “I haven’t even kissed you today.” I am already pulling her towards me, oblivious of our public location.
“Dec,” she warns, more aware of where we are. “Someone might see.”
“I don’t care.”
She looks startled, but it’s true.
“Come on.” I take her hand and lead her to the kitchen where we can grab a drink and I can kiss her.
We have barely crossed the threshold to the kitchen when I pounce. I have her pinned between my body and the island that sits in the middle of the room and am kissing her hard. She offers no resistance and responds to me immediately, her body softening against mine as her arms wind around my neck so she can pull me in even closer.
I capture her moans and mewls in my mouth, both of us oblivious to anything or anyone that isn’t us and the closeness we’re sharing and that lasts right up to the point that a cough signals we are no longer alone. The cough is quickly followed by a laugh.
“Busted.”
We both turn to see Liv grinning in our direction.
Anita flushes while I return my sister-in-law’s grin with one of my own.
“No judgement from me,” she assures us, maybe Anita more than me. “Mase and I have been caught in compromising positions on multiple occasions, most of them by Dec.”
I shrug, unable to dispute what she is saying.
“Right, you need to go and guard my husband who is ready to announce my pregnancy,” she says to me before turning to Anita. “But you can stay while I find something my baby wants to eat.”
I give Anita a single kiss to her lips before moving over to where Liv stands and drop a quick peck to the cheek that she swats away but smiles at me warmly as I leave the girls alone.
Anita
Watching on as Liv mooches around the kitchen, I wonder what is going on with Dec. He seems different. Different to his slightly offhand and awkward self who was in the car when Mase picked me up, and even more different to his usual cocky routine. This one seems a little more serious, and yet not serious…perhaps more intense, either way, he is different, and I have no clue why.
“Brownie?” Liv’s offer of one of the trays of sweet treats she has found interrupts my thoughts about Dec’s mood.
I laugh as she takes another couple before passing me the tray.
“Charlotte bakes the best brownies, ever.”
I quirk a disbelieving brow and my sister seems to remember that I am a baker.
“Ah, well, you’ve never made me any, but I am happy to do the comparison test.”
