“You came pretty hard, huh?”
“I think I died for a second.”
His chuckle warmed me in all the right places.I lifted up onto my tiptoes and pressed my mouth to his, and he tightened his arms around me.I tightened mine.
We kissed for about half a minute before I reluctantly pulled away.“You need to get back to work.And so do I.”
With a sigh, I nodded.“Fine.”
He grabbed me one more time and growled before pressing a passionate kiss to my mouth.“If this funfair ends at a reasonable time, how about we get together for round two?”
My pussy fluttered.“Just try and stop me.”
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
Naomi
MycousinsandIall met in the gravel driveway, along with Damon and Mabel.
“We should be making you two come with us,” Gabrielle said, giving her son some strong side-eye.
“But you’re not going to,” he retorted.“Because you know we’d be miserable.”
“What movie are you going to watch?”Gabrielle grilled.
“We’re going to have aJurassic Parkmarathon,” my nephew replied.“But we probably won’t get through more than two tonight.”
With their backpacks, and some snacks in a Tupperware container, Damon and Mabel climbed into the backseat of Gabrielle’s SUV.We would drop them off at Lennox’s on our way to the school.
“Guys are meeting us there,” Raina said.“Apparently, Maverick and Tom were over at Man Patel’s earlier today helping him move some wood.Jagger is going to go with the rest of the McEvoys.”
We took two vehicles, since we wouldn’t be able to load all the kids into one car on the way back.I rode with Gabrielle, Damon, and Mabel, while Raina, Marco, and Danica rode together.
We’d just dropped the kids off at Lennox’s house and were over halfway to the school when I finally opened my mouth.“Do you think Lennox is too young for me?”
Gabrielle only took her eyes off the road for a second to give me a perplexed look before facing forward again.“No.You’re closer in age than Maverick and I are.”
“Yes, I know.But Maverick doesn’t have a horrific past with a child molester who took his innocence way too soon.He’s been with women his own age.”
“Does Lennox come across as young and immature?Because even though I haven’t spent a ton of time with the guy, to me he seems older than twenty-six.He’s mature, grounded, calm, and responsible.While I wouldn’t wish becoming a parent as a teenager on anyone, it did make him grow up quickly.”
“Yeah …”
“What’s the matter, Nay?”
I told her about our date at the dock the other night and how the parents were staring, and then one made a comment asking Lennox his age.
Gabrielle knew these parents because she knew every parent at the school and made a face of disgust.“Now, I’m no Jolene Dandy, but I’ve definitely heard some rumors about those two couples.They shouldn’t be throwing rocks when their houses are made of extremely thin glass.Glass that already has some hairline cracks in it”
“I dunno … my brain—and the islanders—won’t stop reminding me that he’s only twenty-six.”
“Yeah, that part hangs on for a bit.My brain still likes to remind me that I’m perimenopausal and Maverick’s prefrontal cortexjustfinished developing like twelve months ago.”
“So what do you do to quiet it down?”
She shot me some side-eye.“The orgasms he gives me help.”
I barked out a loud laugh as she turned onto the road for the school.It was already lined with vehicles.
