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I grinned, kind of loving the fact he at least played at being a little jealous. There was no way any of them had anything to worry about. We were all one as far as I was concerned. Now more than ever as I remembered who owned the body heat at my back. I shrugged, playing into his teasing. “His name is Owen. I think I might have to marry him in order to get this book.”

“Well, that’s going to be a problem there, baby, because the way I see it, you are full up on boyfriends.”

“Well, yeah, but this one would be my husband. I mean, that’s what he said, anyway.”

He arched an eyebrow at me as I grinned from ear-to-ear. He crept closer. “Boyfriends, husbands, they’re practically the same thing.”

I missed Gabe’s easygoing nature. Not that he wasn’t serious about what was going on, but he just felt more carefree than the others. “I don’t know. I heard husbands will wake their wives up with a certain something.”

A teasing smile filled his face. “A certain something?” He looked over my shoulder to Travis and then met my gaze again. “Like…?”

I inched forward, halving the distance between Gabe and I. “Use your imagination.”

“I’ve definitely got one of those. Will Travis mind?”

I peeked over my shoulder. “He won’t if he’s committed to this as much as I am.”

I rose to my knees and inched my tanktop up over my head, watching Gabe’s intense gaze as I did so. I dropped it on the floor and then ran my hands down the front of my chest until I found my flimsy shorts, working them down as I went.

He laid a hand on my chest and gently pushed me over so he could remove them for me. Afterward, he crawled into the bed next to me. His boxers were already bulging, and I reached out to touch him. Before I did though, I pulled my hand back. “You’re not mad at me, are you?”

His eyebrows rose. “Why would I be mad at you? You just got naked for me.”

I bit my lip and pushed him down on the bed until I straddled his hips. “I mean about where I went last night. Are you mad about that?”

“You’re safe, aren’t you?”

I nodded.

He nodded to match mine, his gaze searing straight through me. “I’d love it next time if you told me. I’d rather be right by your side making sure you’re okay than asleep in bed, not having a clue to what’s going on.”

That made sense. I guessed. “Would you have come with me though?” I asked, pulling his shirt up and freeing his arms from it.

“If you were intent on going, yes.”

I reached down, my hands roaming over his athletic body. “Do you have practice today?”

“Yes, but we have better things to do. The team will just have to deal.”

“Better things to do?” I asked, just playing with him. “Are you talking about me?”

“No, you’re the best thing to do,” he said, his eyes glazing over.

“Such a suck up,” I teased.

A grin peeled his lips apart. He glanced over at Travis. “So, I see we got together with Mr. Attitude. Was it as explosive as I said it was going to be?”

Heat strained toward my cheeks as I thought about the several times we came together last night. We hadn’t been able to keep our hands off each other. That’s what happened when things stayed pent up inside and you held it in.

“I see that look,” he said. He moved his hands to my hips and pulled down as he rolled his upward. With nothing but the thin boxer material before us, I could make out the hard ridges of his cock already.

“Sweet Lord.” I looked at Travis who was still asleep. I wished he’d wake up and join us. The two of them? Sexy accent Gabe who liked to try new things,andTravis when we were still on the high of getting together? God, yes. Please.

He inched his boxers off. “Love, can we try something?”

I reached for him, fisting his cock and running down the length of him in easy strokes. “Yes,” I told him, my hips already wanting to be around him.

“Stay here but face the other way.”