I laughed, wiggling back. “I can’t believe you didn’t notice that.”
Cass let out a satisfied growl. “I’m noticing it now.”
The door rattled again, and I jumped forward. My cock was stiff in my jeans, and I had to turn to the side, looking away from Leo as I adjusted myself.
“Everything good?” Cass asked, his hands over his bulge.
“Just never leave your husband for an up-and-coming social media star, especially not during a reelection campaign.”
Cass nodded. “I can safely say I will never make that mistake.”
Leo waved his phone. “I saw Mom texted back,” he said.
I grabbed my own phone, then opened up the message. She and a few of her friends sat together on the bus to another museum trip, all waving and smiling. Mom had added a filter, though, so they all had antlers and Rudolph noses, too.
Cass peeked over my shoulder. “Very cute.”
I scrolled back, then showed him the photos with the Santa beard. “She used to dress like Santa for us every Christmas Eve,” I explained.
“Like, until Shawn was twelve,” Leo laughed. “We begged her that we were too old, so it was just the Santa hat after that.”
Cass chuckled. “Damn, your mom was pretty good, wasn’t she? I remember, anytime we got in trouble, she would just show up concerned about what was going on with you. I used to go to dinner drunk on a weekday, and my parents wouldn’t even notice.”
“On the nights they made it home for dinner,” Leo added.
Cass nodded. “They lived at their jobs, but it’s not like your mom was slacking.”
“Single moms are amazing,” I agreed. “And we had a really special one.”
I kept my eyes on Cass. There was that tinge of sadness in his eyes again, and I wished I could reach out and grab his hand. The conversation reminded me that I didn’t know nearly as much about his family as he did about mine, and I promised myself I would ask him more later. He might defer like he did earlier in the summer, but now that we were closer, I wanted to at least give him an opportunity to talk about it.
“What do you boys say?” Leo asked. “Want to help me fire up the grill?”
We all agreed and started to make our way inside, but Cass grabbed my shoulder, stopping me briefly.
“What?” I whispered, turning to him. He had that wolfish look in his eyes, which sent a thrill to my gut.
“I don’t want to wait until Leo leaves,” he whispered back. “I want to make your crush dreams come true tonight.”
I shook my head quickly. “He’s sleeping on the couch. I don’t know how—”
“Hey!” Leo threw the door back open and stuck his head out. “Come on. I need help carrying all this stuff.”
“Right, coming!”
“Tonight?” Cass whispered.
I bit down on my lip and nodded. “Tonight.”
Chapter Sixteen
Cass
“Cass,”Shawn hissed. “Cass!”
I sat up straight in bed. “Come in!” I whispered
We hadn’t called the evening until midnight, and for a half an hour, I’d been lying in there, thinking about Shawn. With Leo tossing and turning on the couch, I wasn’t sure how to make my way to him, but it didn’t surprise me that Shawn had figured it out first.
