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“I don’t have any senses,” TJ promised her. “And that makesit sound like Lou isn’t hot. Like oooo, I’ll wake upand realize I got the girl with the glasses when I was going for the popularone. I never did. I might have been stupid and insecure, but she’s always beengorgeous to me. I think she will be even more gorgeous when I get to properlysee her boobs. Honestly, and the rest of her.”
“TJ.” She had no idea who she was dealing with now. What hadhis mother said to him?
“Well, it was too fast. I didn’t get a chance to do thewhole stare-at-you thing. I had to get in there with my tongue,” TJ began.
“There is not enough Scotch in the world.” Big Tag shook hishead and looked like he was ready to flee again.
“Get in there.” Theo Taggart pushed his brother along.
“You need to make him stop,” Big Tag complained. “Your sonis the one doing this. This is not Lou’s fault. Lou is a nice girl.”
Lou is a nice girl. Lou is a smart girl.
“Lou would never do these things,” Big Tag continued. “It’sTJ’s fault.”
“It is definitely TJ’s fault,” Kala agreed. “He’s saying allthese nasty things to her like we don’t have ears.”
Zach reappeared, frowning. “There are no more chairs. Notany that I can get in here. It’s okay. I can stand.”
“TJ perving on Lou is probably the worst thing that happenedall week, and that includes him getting his ass kidnapped.” Kala pointed hercousin’s way. “If I’d known you were going to get all handsy with my bestie, Iwould have gone in myself and murdered you right there.”
“That’s the way, baby girl.” Big Tag found his seat. “Youprotect the smart one at all costs.”
The smart one. The nice girl. The girl who everyone came towith their problems because she was the sensible one. Louisa Ward always madegood choices.
“I don’t mind standing.” Erin had joined them, her hands onher husband’s shoulders.
“You can join me, baby,” Theo said, bringing her hand to hislips.
Big Tag didn’t have a problem with that, and he’d almostcertainly walked in on Tash and Dare at some point. They all had. They were notcircumspect in any way and the walls were thin, so she’d definitely heard somenasty talk coming from Tash’s fiancé.
It was only her. Lou, who was supposed to stay sweet andsingle because she was so smart she shouldn’t have any physical needs at all.
She pushed back her chair, and all eyes were on her foronce. It was weird. She was always in the background, always in the shadows.
She stared down at TJ. “You said something about yourfather’s back. We should help the older generation out, shouldn’t we?”
A slow smile spread over his lips, and he moved so she couldmaneuver onto his lap.
His comfy lap. Comfy except for the erection she couldalready feel against her butt.
“See,” he said as his arm went around her waist. “Isn’t thatbetter?”
How long had they played these roles? Lou, the academic, andTJ, the soldier, and never the twain shall meet. Good as friends, but theydidn’t fit together anywhere else. Except she fit fine on that man’s lap.
She leaned over, whispering far more softly than he had.“It’s like we’re in the club. That’s all. You gave me something I needed. Ithink I might need this too.”
She might need her friends to see her in a different waybecause maybe, just maybe, then she could see the possibilities, too.
“That’s enough for now, sub,” TJ replied.
His uncle groaned again.
But she could have sworn, right before his head hit thetable, that the man smiled.
* * * *
“All right. Now that we all have seats or laps and our boyin danger has what is apparently his favorite blankie, can we get serious?” BigTag asked. “We’ve got a flight in less than two hours, and I’ve got to hand ourhired idiot over to German intelligence. They want a word, but all I’ve gottenout of him so far is that he works security for a man named Friedrich Huber.The man’s a known arms dealer. He runs guns in and out of Africa and the MiddleEast.”
