Page 153

She rose from the floor and I pulled her into my lap. Her kisses showered my cheeks and I chuckled. Sali and Maggie stopped wrestling to call in too much food, and Harper joined them in an attempt to get her sister to order tofu. Maggie broke away and joined us on the sofa, blowing her bangs from her face while she watched the two of them.

"How long is this gonna go on?" I nodded in the direction of the asshole twins.

"Ten minutes max. Sali gives in to her." Maggie grinned and compared her nails to Nora's.

"We're darling girls." Nora laughed and nudged Maggie with her shoulder. "Let's make a hair appointment at Jordan's. Anita needs to go, too."

"I'm in." Maggie bumped her right back.

"Do you and Sali ever go to her parties?" Nora asked, and Maggie shook her head.

"It's not our thing," she said, simply.

"Maybe not mine either…" Nora drew her attention back to me and I traced my thumb under her chin.

"Maybe not right now, but we can work up to it. Okay?"

She nodded, gulping down the emotions that my words brought. Her finger wrapped around my tie and she tugged me toward her, a small smile parting her lips.

I chuckled and leaned forward with her urging. "Hey…"

"Hi." Her cheeks tinged pink and her teeth grazed her lip. "I like you in this outfit. I don't think I said so before."

"Thought you might," I said, grinning when she paused to finger the black fabric of the tie.

"I got you this," she whispered, her eyes meeting mine.

"You did." I tucked her hair behind her ears. "For my birthday, with the rainbow cufflinks. Like years ago. For Pride."

"Yeah." She laughed and gave the tie a tug. "I remember. It was the first birthday of yours we spent together. When Roderick puked in your tub."

I laughed at the nasty memory and shook my head. "Lightweight."

"He still is…" She smiled as we tumbled into our own space despite the activity of our friends around us. "Is this how I claimed you?" she asked, her gaze flickering from the tie back to me. "Like you claiming me with my bracelet."

I grinned at the notion and drew circles with my finger around her wrist. "You want to?"

She nodded, gnawing her lip while her timid gaze lingered.

"Then the answer is yes." I wagged my brows at her and chuckled.

"Yay." She snickered and tugged me closer, pulling me into a firm kiss.

My mouth devoured her graceful lips as she pulled me down on top of her. I crawled over her, her thighs parting around me while she held my tie in her fist. Her body writhed beneath me and she reached between us, untucking my shirt from my jeans.

"Hey kinksters," Sali's voice interrupted, followed by the thwap of a pillow hitting us. "No fucking in the living room. I don't need to see Caroline's dick waving in my face."

Maggie and Harper erupted with laughter.

"She want's my dick, babe." I grinned down at my giggling Kitten. "Should I give it to her?"

"I said don't need your dick, my friend." Sali cracked my ass as she walked by me to pounce Maggie. "Get it right."

"Does Sali have a dick?" Nora tilted her head back to look at Maggie whose hip was barely a foot away.

"She does not." Maggie screwed up her face. "Blegh."

"Mags doesn't care much for the poke and jab." Sali grinned and hugged Maggie in a headlock.