They both came hard all over Rico's t-shirt and he had to take it off. Taking advantage of his exposed state, Mitch kissed his way from one nipple to the other then rested his head on Rico's chest.
As they lay like that and Rico stroked his back, Mitch warned him, "I'm going to have to go up soon."
"That's too bad. I like you close. This close," Rico said and he hugged him. Mitch laughed against him then pushed himself up.
Looking up into those beautiful, blue eyes Rico sighed. "You'll be missed," he told him and sat up to give him one final kiss.
Chapter 29
Work on the Peach Festival was in full swing now and the whole town was like a beehive. Lara had plenty of work for Mitch with Enrico as his volunteer assistant. Mitch should have been used to working alongside him, but he found he got distracted by his nearness all the time. Maybe it was because Enrico wasn't sleeping over at the house any more.
He still came by the house since the work there wasn't finished yet. While the painting still needed to be done downstairs, Mrs. Del Rio roped Mitch into hosting a housewarming party so she could show off the Dunbar place. Mitch was going to put in some extra time and finish the painting, but Mrs. Del Rio wouldn't hear of it. She told him to put it off and focus on the festival.
When it came to the menu, Mrs. Del Rio told him to keep it casual and she meant it. On the day of the party, she sent Enrico over to deliver some packages of chicken legs to the house. He then stayed to help Mitch with the food. Mitch was glad he was there whatever the reason.
"You're too good to my grandma. I can't believe she dumped all this cooking on you," Enrico said.
"She didn't. I told her I'd take care of a few things and she'll be bringing the rest," Mitch told him.
Sammy was beyond excited, bouncing all over the house and the back yard. She kept reminding the kittens, "We're having a party."
Good thing Enrico found some creative ways to keep her busy, like drawing a picture of the kittens for Noreen.
"If she wants to see the kittens, you just show her your drawing," Enrico told her.
Sammy agreed. "I'll give the scary teacher my drawing, but not my kitties."
Mitch looked over at Enrico and he shrugged. Then he sneaked a kiss when Sammy wasn't looking.
As the first of the guests started trickling in, the two of them were still busy in the kitchen. Wyatt and the boys were outside with their two dogs, who were also invited to the party. Sam came into the kitchen to see if he could help.
"Thanks. We have it covered," Mitch told him.
"So you're cooking?" Sam asked Enrico who was turning over the chicken legs in the sauce one last time.
"I'm just supervising the food. Mitch made it," Enrico said.
"Chicken legs in barbeque sauce," Sam said as he looked into the pan and nodded with approval.
"There's coleslaw and potato salad on the side. Mrs. Del Rio said to keep it simple," Mitch told him. He was glad she had decided on the menu. He had never cooked for any kind of party before.
"Everyone loves that stuff. And slather anything in barbeque sauce and it's a hit," Enrico said.
"Food like that can't miss," Sam said with a smile.
"For dessert Grandma is bringing over an icebox cake. The woman has never made anything from scratch in her life," Enrico said.
"Why are you so hard on her?" Sam asked.
"What do you mean why? That woman will run wild if I don't keep her in line," Enrico claimed and Sam laughed at him.
Once the food was done, both Sam and Sammy helped them bring it out and set it up. Riley tried to help Sammy, but she wouldn't let him. All she was carrying were some plastic cups.
"Ry, they aren't heavy," she told him.
Riley looked around and spotted Mitch with the big platter of chicken legs. The little boy looked up at him and said, "It looks heavy. Want me to help you?"
Mitch smiled down at him. "Thanks, but I think I can handle it."
