She turned back to Jonah and noticed his eyes locked on something or someone behind her. He seemed almost entranced. It had to be a woman he was staring at. Having his attention drawn somewhere else, she got a good look at him. He was extremely good looking in a rugged, masculine way. She couldn’t help but wonder who he was so focused on. She slowly turned her head. Roxanne had been grabbing a beer from the cooler. She was beautiful. She reminded her of Taylor. Men couldn’t help but notice her, even some women weren’t immune to her beauty.
Roxanne looked over as if she could feel their stares. Her eyes gazed over but not at Kenzie, just beyond her. Jonah. She recognized the look. She wore the same one the first time she saw Bogs. Roxanne’s gaze flickered to Kenzie and she smiled before moving on to the girls’ group in the corner.
If she had to bet, she’d say Jonah’s eyes were still on the blue-eyed girl. She shifted in her seat and gave him a side glance.She’d have won that bet.
****
Bogs was never one to shy away from the attention from agirl but he was currently in hiding trying to dodge Kami.What the fuck?She had barely left his side the whole night. Roxanne had given him the lowdown of the break up with her boyfriend and how hard she was taking it. It sucked especially for Kami, who was a sweet girl, but there was only so much attention he could give when all he wanted was to be around his girl.
He had left to go to the bathroom and was coming out when he saw his brothers gathered in the kitchen. It amused him, the scene laid out in front of him. Stone was wrapping up a platter with Ethan wiping down the counters. So fucking domesticated, those two. T was no surprise, standing off to the side drinking a beer.
“This is fucking pitiful. You three hanging in the kitchen like a bunch of chicks. Is this what marriage does to a man?” Bogs crossed his arm and laughed. “Where are your wives? Outside playing hacky sack with your balls?”
“At least I got a set,” Stone said, putting the platter into the fridge. Bogs gave him the finger and turned to Ethan.
“You met my girl yet?”
Ethan quirked his brows and smirked. “Yes, about fifteen years ago when Rox brought her home for a playdate.”
What the...Bogs crossed his arms and glared at Ethan. He was insinuating that Kami was who he was referring to.
“Am I wrong?” He looked between the guys with an innocent glint. Bogs knew better, and so did Ethan, but his oldest brother was going to fuck with him.
“Don’t think so, man. It’s gotta be Kami, that’s the chick Bogs has been hanging with all night. She’s got her hands all over him, him standing around letting that shit go down. I’m thinking if there was another girl, she’d be pissed as hell, but Bogs don’t seem too worried so no, E, you don’t got it wrong.” Stone said, grabbing his beer from the counter.
“Fuck you all,” Bogs said, keeping his temper in check.
T snorted. “Made such a big fucking deal about Kenzie,now here ya are with her and you ignore her. Fuck, man, you looking to claim my title as biggest motherfucker in the family?”
Bogs straightened his back. “I’m not ignoring her. Tried to get away from Kami but she is on me like white on rice. Hell, she knows where I’m gonna be before I even do. Crazy. Besides, I want Kenzie to hang with the girls, get to know them. Figure they’ll be planning a night out of drunken debauchery before the end of the night.” He had seen her hanging with them earlier. He wanted to be with her but he liked the idea of her hanging with the girls, getting to know them. His family was important and he wanted the girls to take her in the fold.
“Yeah, well there might be a night of drunken debauchery but not with the girls. She’s been spending most of the night with Jonah.” T took a swig of his beer and cocked an eyebrow.
The bolt of jealousy was instant like someone lit a match and waved it across his chest. A harsh burn. He had caught her talking with him earlier on one of his many attempts to get away from Kami. Of course, he didn’t see Jonah as a threat at the time considering his gaze kept wandering to his sister.
“Jonah’s a good guy. Lonely, too. Needs someone sweet like Kenzie,” Stone said, without batting a lash. They were fucking with Bogs but it was completely accurate. In his quest to not hurt Kami’s feelings, he apparently was sacrificing Kenzie’s. He had a feeling he had fucked up royally.
“Fuck,” he hissed.
T snickered next to him. “I’m thinking this asshole is seeing the fucking light.” He pushed off the wall and passed by Bogs. “You need to fix that shit fast. Girls don’t like feeling like they come second to another. Trust me on this, man. Know from fucking experience.”
The guys filed out and Kami came in.Oh hell.
“Hey you, where ya been? I was looking for you.” She smiled and got up close in his space.
Yeah, he had definitely fucked up. He stepped back and her eyebrows furrowed. She was confused. He hadn’t done anything to lead her on but as he was quickly realizing it wouldn’t take much. He needed to shut her down right now.
“Kami, I need to find my girl.”
“What girl?”
“Kenzie?”
“Oh, I didn’t realize you two were together.” Bogs could see past the lie. She was trying way too hard to come across innocent. He side-stepped her to pass.
“We are.”
“Well, I just thought since you were hanging with me and then seeing her with that other guy, I just thought…” Fuck, he’d definitely screwed this up, and for others to see her with Jonah and read it as something else was pissing him off. Kenzie was his, not Jonah’s.
