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My throat swelled, but I nodded. “Sorry. I just…”
“Don’t apologize. We’re all insecure sometimes. This shit is new for both of us.”
He pulled my face to his and kissed me gently. After a moment, he pulled away and tucked a curl back into my bun. “I need to buy you better hair ties.” His voice was playful, like always.
“Or better hair,” I mumbled.
“Nah. I like it the way it is. It’s the wildest part of you.” He kissed me again. “What scared you?”
“Brynn was teasing me. I overreacted.” I heaved a sigh. “I feel kind of bad about it, now.”
“Don’t. I like seeing you possessive. It’s sexy.” He kissed me again.
“You just can’t get enough of me,” I teased him, my voice soft.
“Never.” He captured my mouth, using his tongue this time. I met him stroke for stroke, burying my fingers in the wild waves of his hair as he pulled me closer, so his erection pressed against my core. “How much more work do you have today?”
“Two or three hours, if I do everything I had planned. Why?”
“Your new bubble bath soap arrived, and I’m thinking we need to try it out.”
My lips curved upward. “Let me finish the email I was working on really fast.”
“Deal.” He squeezed my ass lightly. “Meet you there.”
My lower body clenched.
Back at the dining table, I checked my texts quickly, scrolling through the messages. Brynn had added a “just kidding!” right after the text that made me lose my damn mind, and her and Tatum had gone over the details. When Tatum pointed out my absence, Brynn said she hoped I was getting it on with Zander, which made me smile.
I finished my email fast, and met Zander in his bathroom a few minutes later.
Bathing together was going to have to be a new tradition, because I loved baths even more than usual when he was in them too.
The next afternoon,Zander loaded our bags in the back of Sebastian’s black, tank-like Hummer. Tatum, Rafael, Brynn, and of course, Bash, were already inside.
I pulled up my packing list on my phone just to make sure I had grabbed everything. Zander plucked the device from my hand, tucking it in the pocket of my leggings before tossing me onto the back seat, next to Brynn. A shriek escaped me before I landed, and I flashed him a glare.
Of course, he was grinning.
He winked at me, then shut the trunk and walked around to the empty passenger seat. Rafael and Tatum were already snuggledup in the middle seat, and it didn’t pass my notice that Brynn was as far from Sebastian as possible.
She pulled me in for a quick hug, giving me a grin of her own as Bash pulled out of our driveway. It didn’t meet her eyes, so I gestured to her phone, pulling mine out.
Tatum and Rafael were already having a conversation with Zander about hiking, so none of them would notice us texting.
Me
You okay?
Brynn
Yeah, I’m good
I lifted an eyebrow at her, and she sighed silently before sending another text.
Brynn
August had a conversation with Sebastian about keeping an eye on me during the trip. He said he’d watch me like I was a little sister.
