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“Bonding with my brother?” he guessed.
I fluttered my lashes at him and answered, “Yes. So far, we agree about every single bad habit you have.”
He smiled as if he truly enjoyed hearing that. Then his expression dropped as he sent Brick an unimpressed glance. “And you couldn’t even let her put her clothes on first?”
Brick looked truly confused when he answered, “Why would I want her to put her clothes on?”
Hayden reached over me to smack him on the side of the head. “Get out. Gabby wants to get dressed now.”
“Um, excuse me?” I growled, scowling up at him. “I don’t remember saying that.”
When he sent me a telling glance, I huffed and rolled my eyes. “Okay, fine. I do want to get dressed. But I can speak for myself, you know.”
“And there he goes with two more of his irritating habits right there,” Brick pointed out. “Speaking for you when you can damn well speak for yourself, and then sending you those maddening glances that either makes you confess everything or obey on command. It’s like Jedi mind control, I swear.”
I nodded. “Doesn’t it just piss you the fuck off?”
“Truly,” Brick agreed, only to roll his eyes and mumble, “Okay, okay. I’m going,” when Hayden transferred that very look to him without saying a word.
“And shut the door behind you,” Hayden added.
Brick obeyed, grumbling the entire way across the room before he sent me one last wink over his shoulder. “At least find something slinky to wear, will you, Gabs?”
Hayden turned back to me and didn’t take his eyes off me, even after he heard the door shut behind him. As he continued to gaze down at me, he set the to-go bag on the nightstand and crossed his arms over his chest like some kind of disappointed father.
But all he said was, “Morning.”
My mouth went dry. Under the sheets, my nipples perked to attention. Heat and moisture collected between my legs. I kind of really wanted to squirm under his intense stare but I didn’t want him t
o realize how much the way he merely looked at me affected my girl parts.
“I was hoping to return before you woke,” he added softly, watching me as if he knew exactly what he was stirring up inside me, anyway.
“You probably would have,” I answered. “But someone else woke me first.”
“Broderick.” He sighed in disgust, even though he didn’t look disgusted at all as his gaze slid over the curves I made under his sheets. “I apologize for his intrusion. I had no idea he’d be stopping by this morning.”
“It’s fine,” I said, my breaths coming a little heavier. “He’s pretty entertaining, actually.”
“He’s pretty annoying, you mean.” Still focused on the sheet, Hayden reached out to slowly trace my lines through the cloth, only to come to a stop when he reached the top-most swell of my hip.
I smiled and closed my eyes, enjoying the heat of his touch through the thin material. “The same could be said about you, you know.”
“But I’m an entirely different kind of annoying.”
I sighed and stretched, wanting more. “True.”
When I heard something drop dully to the floor, I opened my eyes to realize he was toeing off his shoes. My gaze met his as he took his hand off me in order to reach for the buckle of his belt.
Oh, damn. My stomach pitched with excitement.
Since it went against my very moral fiber to give in too easily to anything, even if I wanted it desperately, I arched an eyebrow and said, “I suppose you think you know how to get me to drop this sheet, huh?”
He smiled. “Oh, you’d never willingly drop that sheet for anyone. That’s what I know.”
I nodded. “Smart boy.”
“If you did that, you’d essentially be admitting how much you want me right now, and that’s not your style, which is why no amount of Brick’s smiles or charms or schmoozing could ever convince you to let go of that cloth.” Removing his belt, he tossed it to the side. “But me? I don’t charm. I just take.”
