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about the lease. That accusation, while it hit too close to home, still stung sharply.
“I take it you came together?” he asks. I nod and Gray grins. I may have overstated the truth that I was “instructed” to bring her. I desperately needed the feel of her body pressed against mine again, even if it was under false pretenses. “I bet that was a…challenge.”
“You could say that.” I chuckle, throwing back another swallow. “Everything with that woman is a challenge.”
“I seem to remember you love a challenge, Luke.”
I tip my beer in his direction. “Nothing revs my engine hotter than a good one.” And if Addy has any sense about her, she’ll have figured that out by now. The harder she pushes, the harder she makes me. The more she denies what’s between us, the more I want her, until it’s all I can think about. I’ve never shied away from a challenge in my life and I’m not about to start now. Especially when there’s nothing I’ve wanted more. She’s wholly consumed me.
“Hey, beer me, Gray,” Asher greets as he walks into the kitchen, Alyse’s hand firmly in his. Turning to his fiancée, he lowers his voice. “What do you want, baby?”
“I’ll have the same thing.”
Gray digs in the fridge then hands her a Molson and Asher a Heineken.
“Conn coming?” Asher asks, taking a swig.
“Nah. He’s out of town. Checking into that executive recruiting firm he’s looking to acquire. He said he’d swing by if he doesn’t get home too late,” Gray replies. He snakes an arm around Livia’s waist, pulls her close, and places a lingering kiss on her temple. I watch, happy that not an ounce of envy has reared her ugly head. It feels nice. Real nice.
“Where’s Addy?” Alyse pipes in.
“I’m right here,” she calls from behind me. She’s been gone for several minutes and I was about thirty seconds away from barging in on her, invited or not.
“Great, now I can show you the nursery,” Livia tells her excitedly, clapping her hands in glee.
“Beer?”
Livia hands her one and I don’t miss the fact that she won’t look at me. In fact, she’s taken position as far across the spacious kitchen as possible from where I stand. I want to stalk over there and haul her to me, kissing her senseless, staking my claim. I want to make it crystal clear to her that she’s mine. I want to take her back to the bathroom and fuck her into admitting she wants this— us —as much as I do.
But I don’t.
I just watch as the women leave in the direction of the bedrooms, presumably to get a tour of cribs and changing tables and diaper bins. How the fuck I even know that boggles the mind. Gray is definitely rubbing off on me.
And I’m not hating it. That’s the scary part.
“You have it baaaad,” Asher chuckles as soon as the women are out of earshot.
“I have no idea what the fuck you are talking about, Ash.”
When in doubt…deny, deny, deny.
“Really? Then you’d better relay that message to your dick, brother.”
I adjust myself. I’m hard as a rock after watching Addy sashay away in those tight-ass jeans that showcase her every curve to perfection. I swear she moves like that on purpose. “Fuck you.”
“I don’t think it’s me you want to fuck,” Ash quips.
“It’s you I’m going to be fucking up if you say another word like that about Addy.”
Asher leans against the counter, smug and happy as shit with himself that he’s goaded me into reacting. That’s more of a Conn move than an Asher one. Guess he’s filling in for our absent sibling tonight.
“Shit.” I scrub my hand over my stubble, wondering what I think I’m doing pining away for a woman like Addy anyway.
“Don’t fuck this up,” Gray says, nodding in the direction the women went.
“There’s nothing to fuck up, Gray.” Deny, deny, deny.
“Oh yeah. There definitely is.”
Before I can answer, I hear the cackle of the girls right before they walk back through the living room in our
“I take it you came together?” he asks. I nod and Gray grins. I may have overstated the truth that I was “instructed” to bring her. I desperately needed the feel of her body pressed against mine again, even if it was under false pretenses. “I bet that was a…challenge.”
“You could say that.” I chuckle, throwing back another swallow. “Everything with that woman is a challenge.”
“I seem to remember you love a challenge, Luke.”
I tip my beer in his direction. “Nothing revs my engine hotter than a good one.” And if Addy has any sense about her, she’ll have figured that out by now. The harder she pushes, the harder she makes me. The more she denies what’s between us, the more I want her, until it’s all I can think about. I’ve never shied away from a challenge in my life and I’m not about to start now. Especially when there’s nothing I’ve wanted more. She’s wholly consumed me.
“Hey, beer me, Gray,” Asher greets as he walks into the kitchen, Alyse’s hand firmly in his. Turning to his fiancée, he lowers his voice. “What do you want, baby?”
“I’ll have the same thing.”
Gray digs in the fridge then hands her a Molson and Asher a Heineken.
“Conn coming?” Asher asks, taking a swig.
“Nah. He’s out of town. Checking into that executive recruiting firm he’s looking to acquire. He said he’d swing by if he doesn’t get home too late,” Gray replies. He snakes an arm around Livia’s waist, pulls her close, and places a lingering kiss on her temple. I watch, happy that not an ounce of envy has reared her ugly head. It feels nice. Real nice.
“Where’s Addy?” Alyse pipes in.
“I’m right here,” she calls from behind me. She’s been gone for several minutes and I was about thirty seconds away from barging in on her, invited or not.
“Great, now I can show you the nursery,” Livia tells her excitedly, clapping her hands in glee.
“Beer?”
Livia hands her one and I don’t miss the fact that she won’t look at me. In fact, she’s taken position as far across the spacious kitchen as possible from where I stand. I want to stalk over there and haul her to me, kissing her senseless, staking my claim. I want to make it crystal clear to her that she’s mine. I want to take her back to the bathroom and fuck her into admitting she wants this— us —as much as I do.
But I don’t.
I just watch as the women leave in the direction of the bedrooms, presumably to get a tour of cribs and changing tables and diaper bins. How the fuck I even know that boggles the mind. Gray is definitely rubbing off on me.
And I’m not hating it. That’s the scary part.
“You have it baaaad,” Asher chuckles as soon as the women are out of earshot.
“I have no idea what the fuck you are talking about, Ash.”
When in doubt…deny, deny, deny.
“Really? Then you’d better relay that message to your dick, brother.”
I adjust myself. I’m hard as a rock after watching Addy sashay away in those tight-ass jeans that showcase her every curve to perfection. I swear she moves like that on purpose. “Fuck you.”
“I don’t think it’s me you want to fuck,” Ash quips.
“It’s you I’m going to be fucking up if you say another word like that about Addy.”
Asher leans against the counter, smug and happy as shit with himself that he’s goaded me into reacting. That’s more of a Conn move than an Asher one. Guess he’s filling in for our absent sibling tonight.
“Shit.” I scrub my hand over my stubble, wondering what I think I’m doing pining away for a woman like Addy anyway.
“Don’t fuck this up,” Gray says, nodding in the direction the women went.
“There’s nothing to fuck up, Gray.” Deny, deny, deny.
“Oh yeah. There definitely is.”
Before I can answer, I hear the cackle of the girls right before they walk back through the living room in our
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