When she presses her lips to mine, I lose myself in her kiss. Even though the smart thing is to not get myself all worked up right before everyone gets here, I can’t resist her. I’ll always be helpless to resist this woman, and when she deepens the kiss and rocks against the cock that’s now straining at my jeans, I groan and fist her hair, wanting everything she can give me.
The sound of a truck door slamming has her pulling back with a shocked gasp. Her head jerks to the side, eyeing the wall of windows that will put us on full display if anyone walks around back.
She tries to jump up from my lap, but before she does, I hold her tighter and kiss her once more. It’s quick and way too fast, but the smile she gives me makes it worth the extra few seconds of risk.
Right before the door opens, Sitka scurries off and into the chair opposite me. Max walks in, eyeing us with a raised brow before he gives me aJesus Christ, Damienlook as Misha and Yuri walk in right behind him followed by the others. Soon the room is full of Medvedev men and not nearly as much fun as it was a few minutes ago.
Misha looks between the two of us. “Why are you two alone?”
Before we can say anything, Allie walks in with several drinks. “Oh my god, Misha, relax. They’re not alone. I justwalked into the other room to grab us some drinks. Talia ran up to get Lyra, and Ev should be back up in just a sec.”
She hands a can to me and then gives one to Sitka before sitting down next to her. Looking up at Dima who’s standing closest to her, she ignores him and looks at Bran instead.Fun day?
He walks over and holds his hand out. She gives him her Coke so he can have a drink before he signs,Yeah, pretty fun.
She laughs while she signs,I know that’s code for you got to kill someone.
He grins and takes a seat in the corner so he’s facing everyone.
It’s easy to fall into the rhythm of signing while speaking, and even if Bran turns his head, not caring or wanting to follow along with everyone’s conversations, we all keep doing it so he can easily jump in whenever he wants.
When Talia walks in with Lyra, Max pulls her in for a kiss before grabbing his daughter. He doesn’t get her for long, because as soon as she sees Bran, she squeals and lunges for him. Bran grins and takes her from Max when he’s close enough.
Several minutes later, Aleks and Yulia walk in, both of them carrying an armful of pizza boxes.
“Finally, I’m starving,” Kostya says, already reaching for one of the pizzas.
“Please tell me you remembered and one of those is Hawaiian,” Dima says.
“Of course we remembered,” Yulia tells him, handing him one of the boxes she’s carrying.
“I never doubted you for a second, Yulia,” Dima tells her. “It was your brother I doubted.”
Aleks flips him off with a grin while Dima takes the seat next to Allie. She watches him and scrunches up her nose when he opens the lid.
“That’s the grossest pizza in the world,” she tells him. “I don’t know how you eat it.”
While they bicker, I chance a quick look at Sitka, watching her reach for a slice of pepperoni. My mind immediately pictures her naked, and when her eyes meet mine, I force myself to look away. I can’t stare at her and hide how I feel. It’s impossible, so my only choice is to not look at her.
The boxes are passed around, everyone eating their fill and then some. I know a lot of them will hate me when they find out what Sitka and I have been doing, but I hope one day they’ll get past it, because despite their future desire to kill me, I really can’t help but like this family. I’m hopeful that one day they’ll welcome me in.
We hang out until Talia and Max take Lyra upstairs for her bath. Once they’re gone, the others make plans to stay the night. Evidently, everyone will be sleeping here, and when I catch the grin that Misha gives his brother, I shoot a quick look to Ev, because those two are definitely up to something. I can tell by Ev’s expression that he’s noticed it too.
When Misha stands and tells his sister and Allie that they’ll be sleeping in one of the upstairs guest rooms, I can’t say I’m all that surprised. There was never a scenario where Sitka and I were going to be free to sneak out like we did last night. It still pains me to know she’ll be so close and still so far out of reach.
“You guys are way too bossy,” Allie tells him. “You gonna come up and lock our door from the outside too?”
“Maybe we will,” Dima says. “Stop arguing and get your asses upstairs.”
“Dima, we’re at Talia’s. What the hell do you think is going to happen?” Allie asks.
“I don’tthinknothing is going to happen. I know it isn’t,” he tells her.
Allie looks like she wants to scream and possibly throw something at him, but instead she turns on her heels and starts to march upstairs, calling over her shoulder as she goes. “Come on, Sitka. Apparently we can’t be trusted around fresh meat.”
“For fuck’s sake,” Dima groans. “Stop being so dramatic, Allie cat.”
Her response is an annoyed grunt. Sitka takes off after her, but before she disappears around the corner, she looks back and shoots me a quick flash of a smile. The corner of my mouth lifts the tiniest bit, but I refuse to give it free rein. When I look over, Bran’s staring at me. He lifts a brow and signsSmooth, Damien.
