But before I can make a move, Molly loops her arms around me and rises on her toes. She palms my cheek, angling my face toward her, then presses her mouth against mine. Her lips are soft and plump.
All of a sudden Joey seems completely unimportant. Fiery heat zings through me. Her body is flush against me, her lush breasts crushed against my chest. We hold the kiss for a moment; she starts to pull back, but I wrap an arm around her waist and dip my head, slipping my tongue between her parted lips, dying for more.
Her sweetness floods my senses until I’m dizzy with need. She shyly strokes my tongue with hers, and I swear it’s the hottest thing a woman has ever done to me.
My erection is back, harder than before. Instead of retreating, she presses closer, tightening her arms on me. My heart thunders.
Yes!
“Hey, no one said it was going to be a threesome, Joey. I should get at leasttwostarring roles for this. I’m not into girls.”
No.
Molly’s tongue quits caressing mine.Fucking Joey.Never good for anything. Why did he have to bring that woman?
“There is no threesome,” Molly says, breaking contact. “I don’t share.”
An inexplicable sense of satisfaction cascades through me. I know she’s saying it to convince Joey, but the proud tilt of her chin and the firmness of her tone make it sound like she means every word.
I wrap my hand around her shoulder and run my thumb along the smooth, warm skin before facing Joey. “I don’t share either, and wouldn’t let any woman touch what’s Molly’s. So if you’re done making a nuisance of yourself, kindly get out of here. Before I shove you into the pool.”
Chapter Seventeen
Nicholas
Most people don’t like Mondays. But not me. It’s a brand-new beginning. A chance to shake off the mental baggage from the week before.
But I can’t forget the events from Saturday, no matter what.
I shower, then change into a black suit that my sister-in-law Lucie once said is particularly well cut. She’s the CEO of Peery Diamonds, and her taste is impeccable. Sticking with the theme, I also put on the cuff links she gave me for my birthday.
I take pride in my appearance, but I’m taking extra care today. Women aren’t the only ones who dress for the opposite sex.
As I pick out a suitable watch from my collection, my mind wanders to what happened on Saturday after Joey left with Charlie.
I was hoping that the kiss Molly initiated would make her more relaxed around me. But she only smiled and said, “Well. I think that convinced him.”
She must be thinking she’s living a romance novel. She seems to love fake-dating books. I didn’t want to scare her off, so I nodded. “For now, but he’s going to be pretty persistent. When he’s set his mind on something, he goes after it until Dad calls him off.”
“Oh. I guess we should do a better job of faking it, then.”
“Yeah, like holding hands like five-year-olds.” I laughed, reached out and took hers, reveling at the softness of her palm against my callused skin.
She laughed as well, but didn’t withdraw her hand. It felt like a big step toward my goal of turning our relationship real.
I helped her set up the loungers for some book photos she wanted to take for her Instagram account. The storage shed by the pool has all sorts of stuff, including a couple of giant inflatable red orchids. We used one of them to showcase some of what she called fun romps.
“You know what I was thinking?” she said, snapping away. “Since your dad seems so skeptical, maybe it’s better if I find my own place.”
Fucking Dad. Fucking Joey.“You don’t have to do anything because of my dad or Joey.”
“But if we aren’t living together, we won’t have to act so much. And I’ll feel better with my own space. I don’t need much. Just something reasonably priced that isn’t too far from work. The place I had before was perfect, but I gave it up to move in with Owen.” She shakes her head.
Later that night, I texted my assistant.
–Me: Sign rental leases with all the apartments in the area around the original Get Jacked Gym that a woman in her 20s would find “decent” enough to move into. Must be reasonably priced.
–Cody: Got it.
