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Tom’s brows shoot up as I meet his gaze over her head. He cocks his head in a silent question, but I just shake mine.
“Seriously?” She claps her hands in excitement, the storm outside all but forgotten. “I’m really grateful for everything you both keep doing for me.”
“It’s fine. It’s nice having a female around here again. The testosterone-fuelled sausage fest was getting old real quick.”
“Oh my God,” Lily says with a laugh as she playfully shoves my shoulder. “You’re such an idiot.”
I grin. “It got you to laugh though, didn’t it?”
She rolls her eyes.
Tom cues up the episode we were up to while we finish off our meals. Then I stack up our bowls on the coffee table before climbing back into the fort and getting comfortable.
Lily’s only small, but Tom and I are both over six-foot, and there’s not a lot of room. My shoulder burns where it rests up against hers. I feel every breath she takes and have to focus really hard on not getting hard. It doesn’t help that Damon and Vicki are half naked on the screen.
This seemed like a great idea half an hour ago. I guess I didn’t factor in how being cozied up to a gorgeous woman would affect me–even with my brother tucked into her other side.
EIGHTEEN
HARLEY
LILY’S WARM BODY is pressed against mine, and my morning wood strains uncomfortably against my jeans as I breathe in her soft feminine smell. I nuzzle into her hair, my arms tightening around her frame as I pull her closer. She moans quietly in her sleep, her leg shifting to rest on my thigh as she cuddles into me. I’m not ready for the dream to be over just yet.
I blink awake lazily, my body suddenly going rigid when I take in the navy sheet hanging above my head in the living room and the small brunette still wrapped in my arms.Shit.I blow out a deep breath. It wasn’t a dream.
Trying not to wake Lily, I lift my head slightly to look over the top of her, but the cushions on the other side of her are empty. Tom’s gone.Fuck. Laying my head back down, I use my free hand to push my hair back off my face, resting my palm against my forehead. When did he leave? Did he see us all wrapped up in each other like this?
We’ve slept in the same bed together for the last week but managed to keep our hands and bodies to ourselves. I guess the cramped sleeping arrangement made that a little difficult. That being said, I don’t hate the way she feels curled up in my arms, sleeping peacefully.
Lily stirs, her hand sliding further down my chest, and I suck in a deep breath. Her eyes fly open, and she gasps, kneeing me in the balls as she scrambles to untangle our bodies.
I curse as I clutch at my throbbing crown jewels. Fuck! That was not how I expected to wake up this morning.
“Shit. Oh my gosh, I’m so sorry,” she cries out, sitting up and knocking the sheet from where Tom had tucked it into the couch. It flutters down over our faces, and she bats at it, trying to get it off.
I groan, curling around myself. The pain is too intense for me to even be able to string a sentence together.
Lily’s cheeks flush a pretty pink, and she bites down on her bottom lip as she tucks her hair behind her ears. She looks so fucking sexy all dishevelled and demure, and I squeeze my eyes shut, trying to block out the vision as all my blood runs south–right to the area I’m trying not to think about as I writhe around in pain.
My brother’s snort from the entryway has me glancing over my shoulder to meet his smirking face. “Well, at least we know she can handle herself in a fight.” I flip him the middle finger, but that only makes him laugh even harder. “Oh, come on, brother. You’ve gotta see the funny side of this.”
“I’m so sorry, Herc,” Lily says, and I turn back to see her covering her mouth as a giggle escapes.
“Oh, not you too,” I groan out, shooting her a dirty look. “Have some sympathy for a guy whose balls feel like they’re on fire.”
She laughs even harder at that, picking up a pillow and bopping me on the head with it. “You asked for it.”
I scoff. “You were practically mauling me. How’s that my fault?”
“I was not!” Her cheeks flush again, and her eyes dart to Tom before she ducks her head.
“Don’t mind me, Tink,” he says, still unable to wipe the grin off his face. He leans up against the wall, his leg propped up against it, arms crossed. “You two looked so cute all wrapped up together. I’m officially the number one cheerleader for team Disney.”
“Christ, Tom,” I choke out, my own cheeks heating as I avoid looking in Lily’s direction. “You’re about as subtle as a fucking sledgehammer.”
“I’m going to go have a shower,” Lily squeaks out, scrambling up and over me.
“Was that really necessary?” I narrow my eyes at him after the bathroom door closes.
