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I smile at my phone, wishing that I could find her and kiss her smart-ass mouth.
I’m out on the balcony talking to my brother sometime later when Avery makes her way outside. She’s alone and assumedly looking for me, but stops when she sees me talking to Bryan. There aren’t many people out here, so I wave her over and she approaches with caution, knowing that my brother knows about us and I can sense her apprehension.
“Avery.” He nods at her and she smiles.
“Bryan.”
“You can do better, you know,” he tells her with a cocky smile before he takes a sip of his drink.
“Fuck off,” I tell him and Avery giggles. “Hey, gorgeous.” I turn my gaze to her, running my eyes up and down the length of her as I can finally drink her in and she gives me a different smile than she gave Bryan, one that’s reserved for me.
“Hi.” I am trying my best not to openly ogle her but she’s so fucking stunning in this black dress that I can’t pull my eyes from her and Bryan standing with us makes it less odd to anyone paying attention.
“Oh, for the love of God.” Bryan rolls his eyes. “You know I’m the better-looking one,” he says to Avery as he points between him and me. I roll my eyes because Bryan and I do look really fucking similar, only I’m in better shape and he’s about an inch taller,something he never lets me forget.
“Do you mind?” I look at him and he shrugs. “You know what? Go away.” I wave him off even if it makes me standing here with Avery look more intimate.
I lean over the railing and she stands next to me, but further than I’d like her to be as we both stare at the city skyline. “You look beautiful,” I tell her because it’s the first time I’ve been alone with her.
“Thank you. You look so handsome.” She runs her gaze all over me. “You really wear the hell out ofeverything.”
“I’m glad you think so considering yours is the only opinion that matters to me.” There’s a light breeze that blows her hair gently and I get a whiff of her shampoo and her lavender perfume that now has the power to make my dick hard.God, she smells good.“I want to peel that dress off of you later.”
She shifts her face to look at me. “Okay.” She looks over her shoulder and then up at me shyly. “I’m going to go to my room for a minute.” She blinks her eyes several times. “Maybe I’ll see you there?”
Mentally I’m already there, on my knees with her legs wrapped around my face and my tongue buried between her thighs. “Yes. Five minutes.”
“Oh, Dad, I was looking for you!” Raegan exclaims from the doorway as she comes outside. “We’re going to cut the cake.” She links her arm with Avery. “Come.” The two of them walk in front of me and I try to keep my eyes off of Avery’s ass, but fuck me, if it isn’t perfect. I’d already given my toast, so this time Wes speaks and he really does seem to be crazy about Raegan. He talks about how she’s his soulmate and the love of his life. How he’s never loved anyone the way he loves her and that he can’t wait to spend the rest of his life making her happy. His arms wrap around her waist as he presses a kiss to her lips and my eyes immediately find Avery across the room only to notice her slipping out the door as everyone claps for Wes and Raegan.
I’ve been very aware of almost every move she made tonight and while we haven’t had a chance to make it upstairs, I wonder if now is our chance.I wait a few minutes for Wes and Raegan to start dancing before I go after her and I see her waiting for the elevator. I check my surroundings before following her and just before the doors completely close, I force them back open and move into the elevator with her.
Her eyes are wide and I realize she wasn’t actually expecting me to follow her when I see tears pooling in her hazel eyes.
“Baby, what’s wrong? Why are you upset?”
“I’ll be fine, we can’t…” she starts as she wipes under her eyes. I pull her into my arms and swat her hands away to do it myself.
“What’s wrong?” I ask her again as I collect a stray tear that’s threatening to fall down her cheek.
“Wes’ speech.” She lets out a shaky breath. “It just got me thinking. But I’ll be fine. I just needed a minute.”
“Hey, thinking about what?” I raise her chin to look at me. The elevator dings and the doors open letting us out onto our floor.
“Tonight is just a little harder than I thought it would be. Not being able to touch you or even look at you for too long.” She runs her hands up my chest and rubs the space over my heart. “Lucas is talking about going downtown later, and I just…want to be with you. I can’t ever be alone with you without having to lie to everyone I know. What if we can never be together like that?” Tears form in her eyes but she blinks them away as quickly as they appear. “And then I feel like shit because we’re here to celebrate Rae and we both said we didn’t want to do anything to upset her and I know we have a plan…” She trails off.
“Hey, it’s okay.” I press my lips to her forehead and hold her tighter in my arms. “I feel the same. I wish I was able to dance with you and touch you and kiss you. Instead, I’m seething that someone else gets to do two of those things so freely.”
“I wish it was you,” she whispers as she rests her hands behind my neck.
I cup her face and press my lips to hers, pushing her against the wall behind her as she rubs against me. It feels like it’s been days since I’ve pressed my lips to hers and not the few hours since I left her room. She tastes like cherries and it makes me want to kiss down her body to taste the sweetness of her pussy. I pull away but still keep my lips close to hers allowing us to breathe each other in. “We should get back,” she whispers and I shake my head.
“Not yet. I need another minute.”
I press my forehead to hers and shut my eyes, allowing myself to think of a time down the road when things will be easier. My hand wraps around her back, holding her tighter against me and she lets out the sexiest sigh. I press another gentle kiss on her lips when a voice interrupts us.
“What the fuck?” My eyes dart to the source of the voice to see Lucas staring at us, his face going through a range of emotions. Confusion, shock, hurt, betrayal, anger.
Fuck. Fuck. Fuck!
