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“I can handle myself.”
“Never said you couldn’t, but tonight, you chose alcohol to help you. Replace me with alcohol next time, okay?”Replace me with alcohol every time.
She salutes me, a glimmer of a smile on her lips. “Got it, captain.”
I sift through her drawer, and my heart jolts as I ease out an unfamiliar item. “Now, my sweet Carolina, I thought I’d seen all your pajamas. Turns out, you’ve been hiding these.” I hold the nearly see-through blue lacy teddy in the air.
A blush covers her face before she buries it in her hands. “You’re not supposed to see that! It’s for bedroom eyes only!”
I hold it out, inspecting it. “Next time you spend the night, your ass had better be wearing this.”
“Not happening.” Her hands leave her face, and she shakes her head. “It’s uncomfortable and meant to be quickly taken off. Then, it stays off.”
I lean back against the dresser, crossing my ankles, and lift the teddy in the air. “Why’d you bring it?Whodid you plan to wear it for … or take it off for?” My mouth turns dry at my question.
Did she plan on hooking up with someone here?
She sucks on her lower lip. “I don’t know … in case I met someone. I didn’t plan for you to play my boyfriend.”
I hold a finger up. “Stop right there, young lady. You’re either going to make me jealous or have my imagination running wild.”Too late.I run my fingers over the lace while my mind starts racing of thoughts in her wearing this teddy.
She grabs a pillow and throws it at me. “Whatever. You’d see me as one of your guy friends wearing that.”
“You’ve never been more wrong in your life,” I grumble around a gulp after dodging the pillow.
“What if I wear it now?”
I snort. “Funny.”
“I’m serious.”
“You’re drunk.”
“Isn’t that what agirlfriendwould do? And this weekend, I’m yourgirlfriend.”Challenge spills along her words. “Oh, wait. You can’t be my boyfriend if you were screwing Lindsay’s roommate not too long ago.”
I shove the teddy back into one drawer and open the one underneath it, finding a pair of sweats and a white tank top. “That’s why you’re pissed?”
“Duh. My date has been screwing other women.”
“Screwed. Haven’t touched her roommate in months,andI’m not touching anyone here. Since when do you believe your cousins? What the hell?”
“Forget it,” she huffs out.
I set her pajamas on the edge of the bed and rest my knee next to them, halfway crawling up the mattress until our faces are only inches apart. Cupping hers with both my hands, I run my thumb over her soft, freckle-kissed cheek and then pull myself up. “Now, stand and get your pajamas on.”
“Fine,” she whines, sliding off the bed, “but I need you to unzip me.”
A shiver runs up my spine when I stand behind her and stare at the zipper running down the back of her dress. The room turns silent; the only sound I hear is my raging heartbeat. My fingers are tense when I grab the zipper of her dress, dragging it down, and the dress pools around her feet in what seems like slow motion. I draw in a breath, unable to stop myself from taking her in.
Jesus.
Standing in front of me is my best friend … wearing only a nude-colored thong. Her skin warms at my touch as I stupidly and bravely brush my fingers along her waist. Her breathing shudders, and she grinds back into me, rubbing her ass against the erection I shouldn’t have.
“Rex,” she whispers.
I fight with myself on why I’m being such an idiot when I skim my hand along the bottom of her bare breast.Why the hell wasn’t she wearing a bra?Good thing I didn’t know, or it’s all I would’ve thought about tonight.
She tilts her head to the side. “My necklace.”
