I nod.
“Us too. But what I’m saying is that not only do I love the look and the feel of those gorgeous lips of yours, but I also love listening to every word that they frame. And what that all means is that my brothers were wrong. I’m sorry I got in my head and everything, but…” He stops there and eyes me for a blink. “But do you feel the same way? I mean, what they said doesn’t apply to you, does it?”
I shake my head. “Not at all.”
“I want to keep dating you, spending time with you, and figuring out everything I can about you.”
My insides are doing flips. “I want that, too,” I say.
“Then get over here,” Beau says in a rebel voice. He pulls me into his arms and kisses me like we’re at the closing scene of a romance film.
“Jack’s at the camp-out party with Parker,” he says.
I nod.
“I felt like it was a little…sketch. Did you?”
I nod again.
Beau grins wide. “I’ve got two words for you.”
A wind picks up, sweeping my hair into my face and giving me that familiar zing of anticipation.
At last, he says the words I know are about to come. “Sting op.”
“Okay,” I say through a grin. “Let’s do it.”
He shoos me back into the house. “Grab your things. This time, we’re staying the night.”
“What?”
“No funny business, I promise,” he says as he follows me upstairs. “At least, nothing below the neck.”
I spin around and lift a single brow. “But wedoget the neck?”
He inhales his breath so his chest puffs, then nods as he exhales a slow breath, giving me those eyes. “You better believe we do. And I plan to take full advantage of that. So long as everything at the party checks out,” he adds.
Ten minutes later, we climb into his car in matching leather jackets, ready for the mission ahead. We start catching up on everything we’ve missed as we head into the next town. Suddenly Beau flicks on his blinker and turns into the gas station with the best dirty Diet Coke in town.
“Now, what do you want, snack-wise? Chips, donuts, beef jerky, candy…” He keeps listing things as he pulls into a parking stall. “… dried fruit, nuts, protein bars.”
I look over at him and grin. “How about we go in there together this time?”
Beau tugs the key from the ignition. “Great idea.”
“Where’s Paige tonight?” I ask as he opens the door for me.
“Ah, I’m glad you asked. I had three volunteers come forward, saying they’d gladly stay at the house with her tonight.”
My eyes widen. “Three?”
He flicks his fingers as he counts them out. “Luke, Liam, and Braxton.”
“Which offer did you accept?” I ask.
“All three of them,” I say. “They owe me. I told Paige to pull out the mic and be ready to rock it with her uncles until the break of dawn.”
I laugh. “Do your brothers like karaoke too?”
