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I glared his way next, knowing he’d held her bra.
“This is Bridget Beckett,” I said, setting my hand on her knee.
Three sets of eyes followed the action, although based on the fact she’d run from the house in just a sheet they knew there was something going on between us. Something naked.
She offered a little finger wave, her glasses perched back upon her nose.
“I guess you never got to do that fantasy in the email,” Silas commented.
Bridget gasped and I lost my shit. I was beside him in two steps and had him hoisted off the stool before he had a chance to react. It slid across the hard wood, then tipped over with a loud clatter.
“Hey!” he shouted as I shoved him against the wall. “What the fuck?”
I heard the slide of the other stools, Dex and Theo standing. Scout barked.
“That was uncalled for,” I growled and gave him a shove, even though there wasn’t anywhere for him to go. “Apologize to Bridget. Now.”
I was right in his face and his eyes were wide with shock. I didn’t usually go off like this, especially with him, but he also shouldn’t be disrespectful.
“I’m sorry, Bridget,” he said, looking in her direction. “But for what? I mean, you wrote all sex stuff in a fucking email and I was messing with you.” His eyes, dark just like mine, shifted to me. “I didn’t take you for a butt plug kind of guy. Too uptight.”
“Si’s right,” Dex said from behind my back. “I’m not into knowing what you do with your dick, but your email was like reading a bunch of romance novels. Bridget, if he does half the stuff he wrote, you’re going to have some fun with my older brother.”
I let go of Silas and stepped back.
“Wait. You read my email?” I asked, setting my hands on my hips.
Silas adjusted his shirt, then gave a lazy smile. “Yes, your email. Bradley sent it to me first thing this morning. He figured since you sent something like that to an employee–which is completely unlike you–it was like a secret message saying you’d been kidnapped and needed help. I called Dex and Theo to come along and rescue you.”
“Clearly he doesn’t need rescuing,” Theo said, his voice deadpan.
“Why do you need to write that shit down?” Dex asked. “Just do it like everyone else.”
Theo chuckled. “It’s been a while for him,” he told Dex, referencing me and my sparse dating history. “Maybe he had to write it down to remember. He is old.”
All three of them laughed and I glanced at Bridget.
This, I could take. I didn’t give a shit that they were making fun of me. She was smiling, somehow enjoying the stupid banter. I went over to her where she was still perched on the counter and settled right in front of her, set my hands on her thighs. Just touching her calmed me.
“They read my email,” I said, confirming she was following along.
She nodded, tucked her hair back.
I met her green eyes but spoke to the guys. “Bradley only sent you that one email?” I asked them.
“You wrote her more than one?” Silas asked. “If it involves animals or how you like to be pegged, I’m out.”
I took a deep breath, rolled my eyes, but focused on Bridget.
“They don’t know about mine,” she whispered.
I shook my head and leaned in close, my nose brushing over her ear. “They wouldn’t say any of this shit if they knew how it all started. I think you deleted yours before Bradley saw it. Maybe he was eating dinner.” I shrugged, having no idea, but was relieved… no, thrilled, mine was the only one he found.
“Yeah.”
“Earlier, when I answered the door and you overheard, it was my email they were talking about. Not yours. They’re here to give me shit. Nothing to do with you. You good now?” I asked, pulling back so I could meet her eyes. My thumbs stroked over the tops of her thighs. I couldn’t resist touching her.
She lifted her hand, cupped my jaw. I tilted my head, kissed the palm.
