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His eyes lit on hers. “What do you see?”
She could confess all the fears and thoughts she had on the matter, but he’d only deny it. She’d hoped that this mysterious Oz might give AJ some insight into what he was really avoiding, but that didn’t seem to be the case.
She had only one option left.
“Gia’s having a baby shower.”
He rolled with the change of topic. “When?”
“Tomorrow. At Ramsey’s. Men are all invited too. It’s more of a gender reveal thing.”
His expression blanked, but she didn’t buy his performance for a moment. She knew he was questioning his own position with the guys now that he wasn’t part of the Blackout team.
After a long moment, he said, “I’ll take you.”
“And…will you be staying and joining the party?”
“Of course. Where you go, I go.”
She leaned in and kissed him, long and deep. When she pulled back, she said, “Then it’s settled.”
“Well, our plans might be. But what about this?” He slid his hand up her bare thigh, underneath his big shirt that said NAVY on the front. She wiggled in his hold, giving him the best position possible to find—
He growled. “What the hell are you wearing under my shirt? Or not wearing?” He threw her on the couch and dived on top of her. As always when AJ claimed her, the whole world faded away and it was only the two of them.
* * * * *
Apollo leaned over the steering wheel to peer up at the sky. “Looks like it might rain.”
“It wouldn’t dare rain on Gia’s baby shower.” Indika tipped forward in her seat to peek at the sky too. She slapped at his arm. “There’s not a cloud in the sky!”
“I saw one.”
“Where?”
“There.” He jabbed a finger toward the windshield.
She rested a hand on his thigh. “I know you’re nervous about seeing the guys since your resignation.”
His gut wrenched a little less now, whenever his leaving Blackout was mentioned or whenever he even thought about his decision.
“Nah. I’m getting used to this life.” He shot her a look, unable to stop from brushing his gaze over her beautiful face, loose dark hair and down to the tiny glimpse of cleavage popping from her dress.
He’d seen far more of her skin in the past month, but somehow that tiny sliver of exposed breasts left him aching hard.
“Have I told you how damn hot you look in that dress, cupcake?”
Her eyes gleamed. “Only about ten times before we walked out of the house. And you tried to strip it off me…I think five times.”
“I can make it six.” He stroked her thigh, dragging the silky fabric with a small floral pattern up her thigh.
She folded his hand in hers and deliberately moved it to a safer spot.
“I can still think about tearing that dress off you.”
“I have no doubt that you are.” She sliced a grin at him. “It will be really nice to see everyone, won’t it?”
He tried not to look too serious, but she’d already seen through him. Hewasa little keyed up about being with the team again. While he tried to remind himself they weren’t reallyhisteam—his first team—he still didn’t know how the guys would treat him.
