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“What was she doing there? Mika banned her ass,” Dylan asked, darting a glance at his girl before trailing a sympathetic caress down her arm.
“What’s going on?” Nick joined us in the foyer, his expression lined in concern.
“Let’s go to the kitchen,” Dylan suggested as he bent and kissed Sanna’s head. “Come on, kitten. No more tears. She’ll be back.”
“Yes, she will.” Joshua nodded with a confident smile.
“Who’s going where?” Nick asked in confusion. “And why are you crying, precious?”
“Come on, bro. We’ll explain it all,” Dylan replied with a jerk of his head. “Who wants a beer?”
The five of us sat around the kitchen table, filling Nick in on the chain of events. Minutes turned into hours, and by then, we’d moved to the deck, laughing and swapping stories. Dylan and Nick decided to grill some chicken, so Sanna and I popped into the kitchen where she could prepare the side dishes.
“You don’t want to leave him, do you?” she asked, with a probing stare.
“No. If it weren’t Hayes and Dixie, I’d decline and suggest another designer. But they’ve been with me for years. I couldn’t tell them no. Besides, it’s a ridiculous amount of money to turn down.”
“Is it enough money to keep you from missing him? He’s going to miss you. You know that, right?”
“Yeah, I know. I’m going to miss him too, and you.” I grinned, poking her in the arm.
“You really need to move up here, Mel.” She pouted. “I don’t mean to harp, but think about it. I mean, really think about it. Please? For me? And maybe even a little bit for him.”
I stared out the window just as Joshua threw his head back, laughing at something Dylan had said. I was going to miss Joshua’s laugh and the easy banter we shared. Not to mention, the way my body tingled when he looked at me with those decadent green eyes. Sobering, I hoped it might be easier for him to sort out his demons, if he could, without me around.
As if sensing my stare, he turned and smiled, warming me from the inside out. Yes, I was going to miss him far more than I had a right to. Saying goodbye was going to be brutal, but I wasn’t ready to start shoring up my armor. We had the rest of the day, and hopefully, the night, to spend together. I could sleep on the plane and mend my heart. If I got lucky, I’d manage to wrap myself so thoroughly up with work that I wouldn’t miss him.
Good luck with that, cupcake.
“Mel?” Sanna jabbed me with her elbow.
“Huh?”
“I said your name like five times. Where were you?” she asked, peeking over my shoulder with a snort. “Never mind. I know exactly where your mind was. And you called me a dirty little monkey.”
“Well, we are cut from the same cloth,” I reminded her with a laugh.
“That we are, sis. Hey, if you’ll grab the salad dressing, I think we’ll be set.”
As I bent to retrieve the bottles, the sliding glass door opened, and all three men paraded in. Nick set a platter of sizzling chicken on the counter. A mouth-watering aroma of smoke and spices filled the room.
Joshua stepped up behind me, crowding in close, and leaned his mouth to my ear. “It’s dangerous to bend over like that in front of me, little one. Need any help?”
I smiled and wiggled my ass against his crotch, then flashed him a lurid smile over my shoulder. “Not with this, but I could sure use some later.”
“Minx,” he chuckled before gliding his tongue over the shell of my ear. “Believe me, Dylan and Nick won’t mind a bit if I lay you over the kitchen table and spank your ass.”
“Is that all you want to do to it?” I smirked.
“Hell, no. I want to sink balls deep inside it.” His expression looked animalistic. “By the way, you’re not leaving until I’ve had that pleasure, little one.”
The thought of Joshua’s cock buried in my ass made my body tremble so violently I almost dropped the salad dressing.
“Easy,” he laughed and slid the bottles from my fingers.
“Okay, no sex in the kitchen,” Sanna called from the table.
“Why not, precious?” Nick smirked. “We have sex in the kitchen all the time.”
