“Of course.”
I kept my arms around Dallas’s waist as June and Ethan slowly woke her up. Or, tried to. She was dragging.
“Do you want me to carry her?” Dallas asked.
“Yeah, if you don’t mind,” Ethan sighed. “She’s getting too big for me to do it.”
I released him, my chest warm and fuzzy as Dallas picked her up with ease and carried her out.
“We’ll be back,” June said.
“Take your time.”
I waited patiently, trying to keep my thoughts from straying too horny. Now that the three of us would be alone, though, it was hard not to let them wander.
It’d been a special kind of torture since Friday night. I hadn’t ever come that hard in my life. Hearing them on the phone, listening to Dallas’s baritone voice, June’s whines and moans—I wanted to do it again.
But this time in person.
Heavy boots sounded. Dallas emerged with June in tow. Both of their shoulders were rigid, scowling like they were still pissed off at each other. Maybe they were. The tension over the last few hours had nearly been unbearable.
“Okay.” June breathed out, planting her hands on her hips. “Let’s have sex.”
Dallas shook his head as we formed a small circle with just enough distance for him to also put his hands on his hips. “I have about twenty questions before we even consider that.”
“I don’t think I have the brain space for twenty questions. I do have the space for twenty orgasms, though."
I fought a laugh. “June.”
Dallas scowled. “First of all, we need to genuinely talk through our kinks as a group and what our boundaries and safewords are. Second, June—what thehellwas that tonight? What did I do?”
Her expression pinched with worry. “I was having a hard time. I’m sorry. My mother stopped by earlier.”
“Oh.” He immediately relaxed. “I wish I would have known that. It would have helped me understand the coldness a lot more.”
“It wasn’t just that, though.”
I was quiet, urging her on silently.
June offered me an apologetic look, then refocused on him. “It’s not like we’re keeping this a secret, but I didn’t know howstrange it would feel to have all our friends up in our business. I hate being in the limelight like that.”
“Right. I do too.” He rubbed his jaw. “Kind of felt bad about giving Avery a hard time all over again.”
June snorted and surprised me by stepping closer to me. Instinctively, my arms slid around her and I pulled her close, her body warm against mine.
“It wasn’t that bad. I’m sorry. To both of you. Between my mother stopping by, Ethan dropping Laura off, all of the orders, and everything else, I was rude and got lost in my own thoughts.”
Dallas’s eyes softened. “I’m not mad at you.”
“I know.”
“Doyou?”
I felt her swallow and she straightened, releasing me. “I do.”
“Really?” He took a step closer. “Because I know how you are. You punish yourself for being human when that humanness feels hard.”
She stepped back, but that just meant she bumped into me. Dallas took another step closer, caging her between us. His gaze flickered to mine, but I couldn't help but smirk.
