“What? Do you want me to ask him to share his location with me?”
“I’ve got Finn’s. That’s how I know he was at Aubrey’s place until 2:00 a.m. this morning,” Wes says, drawing my narrowed gaze.
His grin spikes something hot and angry inside of me that I don’t think I’ve ever felt around him. Or any of these guys, for that matter. I’m straightening between Kellan and Beck, trying to trample down the protectiveness that’s rippling around my skin and demanding I make them all forget where Aubrey lives. Like that information should only be for me.
“Don’t stalk me, you creep,” I mutter.
“Oh, now you have a problem with it? What a coinkidink. I’m going to bring us back to what Kellan asked earlier, buddy. Why are you so happy today, and does it have to do with your late-night rendezvous with our pretty little lawyer?”
“She’s notouranything.” It escapes me before I can trap it.
My groan is loud and obvious. There would have been no point in trying to hide it. The cheers that erupt afterward don’t chafe all that much, actually.
“That’s my boy!” Kellan shouts, gripping me by the shoulders and shaking. “Finally! That’ll be a thousand bucks, Beck.”
I whip my head to the side and take in Beck’s disgruntled appearance. “You made a bet on me and Bree?”
“We all did. Technically, Kellan hasn’t won shit yet. We don’t know the details,” Wes clarifies.
Reaching for my water, I say, “And you’re not getting them.”
“So there are details, then. Did it happen last night?” Kellan asks, eyebrows dancing.
“You’re insatiable.”
Wes pushes our drinks to the side and plops down on the coffee table directly in front of me. “I’ve been waiting seven years for this, Finn. Don’t blue ball me now that you’ve finally given me a stiffy.”
“Okay,” I grunt, pushing myself away from him and onto the couch. “Too far.”
Ignoring me, he claps his hands together before rubbing the palms. “Don’t make it weird. You know what I mean.”
“Maybe nothing happened,” Beck suggests, though the twinkle in his eyes doesn’t leave much room for appreciation.
Kellan’s voice has never pissed me off more. “You’re right. Maybe she just felt bad for our boy and let him watch her sleep or something.”
“Or he could have given her a foot massage. Brielle is always complaining about how sore her feet get after wearing those killer heels they both never leave the house without. Maybe he gave her a pedicure,” Wes drawls, winking obnoxiously.
“I didn’t watch her sleep or massage her damn feet.” But I would have done both if she’d asked, not that I’d ever admit that to these guys.
After having her ride my lap last night, there wasn’t anything I wouldn’t have done or said if it meant keeping her on top of me a bit longer. Luckily, I didn’t have to beg and plead for her to remain in place. She stayed there all on her own until she fell asleep with her cheek against my chest.
I was at her place until two in the morning because I couldn’t get myself to bring her to her bed before then. Holding her last night was different from all the times before. Back when she’d cry into my shoulder after a bad day or one of her mother’s guilt trips for not coming around enough. It was always out of platonic love for her that I would wrap her in my arms and offer to fix every problem that had even slightly hurt her.
But now . . .
Last night was what I hope was the first of many to come. I want to hold her in my arms again, with her lips against mine and her breath filling my lungs. I want to explore every inch of her body with the same hands that she’s known for decades will bandage her wounds and stroke her hair in the car when her stomach swirls.
There are so many things I want to do to her and with her, and fuck me, I’m giddy at the thought of what could happen between us if we keep going down this path.
If she doesn’t pull away from me, that is. And knowing Aubrey, that’s a bigger possibility than I’d like.
“So, what did you do?” Wes pushes.
“Do you not have your own sex life?”
He huffs at me, dropping his hands behind him and leaning back. “It’s nowhere near as intriguing as yours.”
“You should bring her to the Noah Hutton concert this weekend,” Beck suggests.
