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Frankie slumps her shoulders. “I saidyou’re on fireto a woman who wasliterallyset on fire. What kind of monster am I?”
I place the tray of turkey down and reach out, drawing Frankie to me in a tight embrace. “Lani is fine. She was totally okay with it. She was joking around. Don’t beat yourself up. We’re all bound to make slip-ups from time to time. You need to stop putting so much pressure on yourself. You need to be spending your time being an Old Lady and stop thinking of yourself as a club girl. I see it… we all do. You have to let Storm step up. It’s unfair to her if you keep doing the shitsheshould be doing. You have a family now, Frankie. Take care of Addi…sheneeds you today.”
Frankie’s eyes begin to well as she looks up into my eyes, her arms still wrapped around me for support. “Thank you… I needed to hear that.”
I hold her tighter, and she sinks into me again as we embrace, just as Maxxy rounds the corner. She spots us, her mouth opening as she notices Frankie cuddling into me. She stops dead still, her eyes focused on us, then she backs away.
Tensing, I slowly pull back from Frankie and smile. “I better get this turkey out, or Lieutenant Lani will put me in the ground and roast me like that damn pig.”
Frankie sniffles and clears her throat like she’s trying to control her emotions. “Thank you. I’ll grab the last of it and see you out there.”
I reach for the tray and then take off after Maxxy. She’s almost at the end of the hall when I reach her. “Hey!” I call out as Lani walks past. Quickly, I hand the tray to her without saying anything and continue after Maxxy.
“Maxxy, I’m talking to you,” I demand, my voice sterner.
She turns with a clear scowl, then folds her arms over her chest, annoyance evident in her features. “Frankie and Raid are trying to make a life together, you know.”
I crease my brows, narrowing my eyes. “Yeah, I know?”
“And Addi adores Frankie. Did you even think about the impact this would have on Addi? Especially after she’s just lost her mother,you asshole!”She shoves me hard enough that I have to take a step back, my back hitting the hall wall. It twinges, forcing me to grit my teeth.
“The fuck are you talking about?” I grunt the words back at Maxxy.
She leans in, whispering so the others in the main room don’t hear. “You and Frankie having an affair right under Raid’s nose. You’re adisgrace, Hoodoo!”
A slow smile crosses my lips and I can’t help but let out a laugh. “Right! I see what this is…you’re jealous!”
Maxxy jerks back so dramatically it’s like her back is suctioned to the opposite wall. She glares at me intensely, and if looks could kill, I’d definitely be six feet under right now. Her mouth opens, closes, and then opens again, but nothing comes out as she is rendered speechless. She goes to talk again, but I step forward this time, getting right up in her space, my arms pressing either side of her face on the wall as I stare into her ice-blue eyes. “Get this straight… I don’t fuck with my brothers’ old ladies. I’mnotthat type of guy. I was comforting Frankie when she was upset because…I’m. Her. Friend.But ifyoucan’t handle me embracing another woman, that says more aboutyouthan it does aboutme, Maxxy…”
Her breath catches in her throat as I lean closer, my semi-erect cock pressing against her pussy, the friction all that more intoxicating.
“Hoodoo,” she whispers breathlessly, her chest heaving while our eyes remain locked. The air around us buzzes with electricity.
“Yes, Maxxy?” I growl.
Her hand slides up my shirt, her fist clenching on the material as she yanks on it and pulls me closer. My cock instantly jerks, now wide awake at her aggressive move. I’m sure she can feel how hard I am when our bodies are flush against each other, our faces only a hair’s breadth apart. She licks her bottom lip, the move so fucking sexy as I tilt my head to the side a little, my lips parting. My chest heaves with the intensity of this moment.
“You… are so… fucking…” She pauses, her breath panting as her head ducks down to the side of my neck, her tongue running along my skin, causing goose bumps to pebble along my flesh.
“Yes?” I growl back at her.
Her hands grip my shirt, clenching tight like she needs me to breathe. Her tongue slides up to my ear, her teeth clamping on my lobe. Jesus Christ, I almost come in my jeans as my fingers fist hard against the wall beside her head, wanting more than anything to touch her body all over right now.
Her lips move to my ear, and she whispers, “You are so fucking…” then suddenly she pulls back, places her hand on my chest, and shoves me back across the hall so aggressively, I almost lose my damn footing, “… egotistical and self-centered, it blows my mind! I mean… how fucking arrogant do you have to be to think I would come in here and be that jealous I would jump you in the hall? Please, Hoodoo….do you even know me at all? Fuck you and your small dick. Asshole!”
She turns, storming out of the hall back into the main room, leaving me trying to catch my breath, stunned, and with a huge fucking erection I can’t seem to shake.
“What the hell?” I mumble to myself.
“Ahem,” Frankie clears her throat from the kitchen doorway, where she and Lani are watching with smirks on their faces.
I snap my head around and widen my eyes in shock.
Fuck, I totally forgot they were still in there.
“How much of that did you see?”
“Pretty much all of it.” Frankie folds her arms over her chest.
