It’s then that a large arm grabs me around my waist and I’m pulled into a firm, muscular body. My heart flutters at the contact and I have to clear my throat when he places a kiss on the top of my head. I can smell the fresh clean scent of his shampoo and the spiciness of his cologne.
“Ahem…are you going to introduce me?”
To anyone else, Izzy sounds like a pissed off and annoyed Brooklyn girl, but I know she’s not. That’s just her usual friendly demeanor.
I tilt the phone up toward Gavin so I can capture him in the frame.
“Hey,” he lights up with his sexy smirk, lifting a brow at Iz. “I’m Gavin. You must be Izzy?”
She smiles coyly and wiggles her fingers in front of her screen.
“Why yes I am. Hello Gavin. And might I say you are freaking hot,” she coos, and thentsksat me. “Kady-Lady didn’t tell me what a hot player she got her claws into. Now I know why she’s reluctant to leave.”
My face blushes warm at her statement. It’s not from embarrassment, but annoyance. For some reason, the way she paints me as a man-eater, getting my claws into him, is unsettling. That’s not what I’ve done and I don’t want Gavin to think that, either.
“Shut it, Iz.” I hiss out, my tone harsh with petulance.
Unfazed, she quirks a perfectly sculpted brow and snorts.
“Oh, I see how it is.”
“No, you don’t,” I argue back.
This is ridiculous.I’mbeing ridiculous. I’m getting upset over nothing. This is so completely unlike me.
As if Gavin recognizes my irritation, he kisses me on the cheek and moves to speak in my ear. Low and sexy. He slides his hand behind me, out of site of the camera, and grabs my ass cheek, squeezing it hard.
“We may need to stop by the hotel before we go out tonight,” he whispers. “I think my Kitty needs to get her claws into something to take the edge off.”
Oh, so true.
“Gotta go, Iz. We’re heading out with some of Gavin’s teammates. I’ll text you tomorrow when I’m at the airport and will let you know when to pick me up.”
She winks salaciously.
“You bet, hun. Have fun tonight. And don’t do anything…oh wait…scratch that. I hope you doeverythingI would do! Ciao, babes.”
She disconnects on a giggle and I slide my phone into my purse, as Gavin wraps an arm around my shoulder to lead us away from the building.
“Izzy is exactly as you described her to me. But who’s Antonio?”
My body stiffens and I swivel to face him. He wears a smile, but I can see something behind his eyes that looks like concern.
“Nobody. Just her cousin.”
I lift onto my tiptoes and sling my arms around his neck, pulling his lips to mine.
“Now, what were you saying about my claws?”
I dig my fingernails into his neck and he laughs.
“Mm…meow.”
