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“Will you look at that, babe? We’ll have the rest of the evening for ourselves.” He wiggled his eyebrows, and I felt my face flush.
A devilish smile appeared on his face. He was up to something, but what?
Just then, he kissed me. Heat spread through me like wildfire. I kissed him right back because I desperately needed it. His mouth was hot, and the kiss was completely shameless, Nick swirling his tongue seductively around my mouth. I couldn’t get enough, and then he pulled me even closer so my ass was right across his cock. I nearly moaned.
Is that a zipper or a hard-on?Hell, there was no way to confuse the two. It was definitely the latter. Knowing I did that to him fueled me even more.
The sound of someone clearing their throat broke through our make-out session. I realized Bob and Sophie were still here.
Oh, shit.
Two things dawned on me right then.
One, the PDA had been for their benefit.
Two, I’d completely forgotten that. I’d practically climbed him because I’d wanted to.
I turned around, smiling at them.
Sophie was looking at my mouth with utter dismay. I figured it meant my skin was red from Nick’s kissing. Was it odd that I was proud of it?
“Sorry, we lost our heads,” Nick said. “Newly engaged and all. I’m sure you can understand.”
He was barely holding back laughter, and I wasn’t far from bursting into guffaws myself. I was willing to bet half my savings that Bob and Sophie hadn’t so much as kissed in decades.
“We’ll be going,” Sophie said curtly. “It was nice seeing you again, Nick. We look forward to the wedding invitation.”
That sounded ominous.
Neither of us bothered to walk them to the front. They could see themselves out.
I only went after them a few seconds later to close the safety gate for the kids so I wouldn’t forget to do it in the morning.
While I secured the gate, I became deeply aware that I was now alone with Nick. My body was still humming from that kiss. We hadn’t discussed how things like this would work. How often would we have to do that?
I didn’t want to overthink all of that now, though. I was still a bit in a daze as I walked back to him.
He was sitting in the same spot, smiling lazily.
“That went well, didn’t it?” He sounded smug and full of himself.
I grinned. “All in all, I think it was a success.”
“I wanted to throw them out a few times but managed to restrain myself.”
“Funny, I had that urge too.”
I felt so much more at ease now. I walked right up to him and then realized I couldn’t sit back on his lap. Stopping myself just as I was about to, I abruptly turned to the table as if that had been my destination the whole time. Only there wasn’t anythingfor me to do because Nick had actually cleared the table while I was up with the twins.
He rose to his feet, and the side of his thigh brushed my ass. I straightened up instantly as a current of heat went through me. I was in huge trouble.
“I loved their faces after we kissed,” he whispered.
I turned around and smiled. “You were very convincing.”
“Of course. I can’t half-ass a kiss. Not when the stakes are that high.”
His comment disappointed me. What was up with that?