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“What? Gone and told your mommy the dean?”
“Knock it off, East.” West glared his best friend down.
“All I’msayingis…” JT squeezed West’s leg. “I could’ve helped.”
“Aww that’s so sweet, babe.” West pulled JT into his arms and kissed his temple. “But I didn’t want you to get in trouble or have to lie to your mom.”
East rolled his eyes. “Ugh, enough with the lovefest already. Can we go back to talking about what a genius I am to have come up with such a masterful plan?”
Preston chuckled. “Pretty sure that’s all we’ve talked about for the last few days.”
“No one asked you, fatherfucker.”
“I’d rather be a fatherfucker than have carpal tunnel from overusing my hand. Maybe if you put half as much effort into looking for a date, you might not be so hung up on us praising you every five minutes.”
East waved his hand in the air as though he were bored with the conversation. “Praise kink is so not my scene. But I bet you’re a really good boy for Daddy Archer.”
Preston grinned. “You don’t know the half of it.”
Travis sat down beside Preston and scooted in close. “But we’d like to.”
East scrunched his nose up. “Speak for yourself.”
“I am.”
As the guys continued back and forth, I made my way over to an empty spot on one of the couches, their voices fading into the background as I zeroed in on the only person in the room not participating in the discussion.
Daire had an arm propped up on his knee and his eyes closed as he leaned back against the frame. The morning sun streamed through the window and caught his raven-colored hair. The stubble shadowing his jaw line was darker than usual, emphasizing the harsh lines of his face, and as though he could feel me staring, he opened his eyes and looked my way.
My breath caught on impact. His stare was as subtle as a freight train. I tried to swallow, tried to look away, but it was like I was caught in a snare, and only Daire could release me. Thoughts of his mouth moving over mine, his tongue tasting me, flashed through my mind.
Jesus.My pulse was thrumming so hard, the blood rushing down between my thighs, and when my dick started to throb, I shifted on the couch.
“Right, Gavin?”
“Huh?” I picked up my bag, clutching it over my lap, and whirled around to face the rest of the guys. “What?”
Travis smirked. “I was just saying, I doubt Joey’ll be bothering you again.”
“Yeah, um, I don’t think so.” Especially not after Daire had put the fear of God in him.
“Well, if they do, you better tell us, okay?”
I was just about to answer my brother when Daire said, “He will.”
I saw how it was. He wasn’t talkingtome, justforme. I narrowed my eyes on the grouchy bastard. “Heis right here and can answer for himself.”
“Then answer.”
Ugh, he was so infuriating. How was I supposed to do that if he was talking over the top of me?
“I promise to let you know if Joey comes anywhere near me.”
“Or his dickwad friends.”
I shot lasers in Daire’s direction. “Orhis dickwad friends. Happy?”
“Fuckin’ ecstatic.”
