“What about you Lacey?” She looks over at me before rolling her eyes.
“No thank you in that department. Divorce will make you a bitter bitch. After my asshole ex, I would rather just maintain a relationship with my BOB.” We all erupt in laughter.
Brian walks into the kitchen. “You girls going to hide in here all day or you going to join the rest of us?”
Jules walks over and gives him a hug. Lacey leans in close to me. “Let’s get out of here before they start…doing that.” I look over and they are now making out hardcore. Lacey and I head outside, giggling.
I walk out to see Hunter standing in the yard with the other boys. I smile as I take in how relaxed and happy he looks.
“Oh Jesus,” I hear Lacey groan next to me.
I look at her in confusion. “What?”
“You love him.”
I can feel a blush spread up my cheeks as Hunter walks toward me.
He wraps his hands around my waist and pulls me close to him. “Hey, beautiful.”
My body starts to hum with a need for him. As I lean into him, I look over at Lacey.
She takes another sip of her margarita. “Lord help us all.”
I laugh as Lacey walks toward the other guys.
“What’s so funny?”
“Just an inside joke, slug.” I wink at him and his grip tightens on me.
He lowers his mouth to my ear, “Call me that again and I’ll go so slow tonight you will be begging me to make you come for hours with no release.”
A chill runs through me as I look up into his hooded eyes. They are full of promise and passion. I bite my lower lip in nervousness. Hunter’s head dips down, grasping the same lip in his teeth and he pulls back, freeing it from my grasp.
“I want you to be thinking of me the whole time we are here. Your legs weak with the anticipation of what I’m going to do to your body. I want you to be so ready for me when we get back that the smallest touch from me will send you over the edge.”
I hate how just his words can get me so worked up. I’m already wet and ready for him and we just got here. We hang out for a few more minutes as I try to pretend my insides aren’t on fire.
“Pool time!” I look over and Jules has emerged from the house, with some definite sex hair. At least someone got some. Hunter’s eyes darken at her announcement.
I grip the hem of my sundress and lift it over my body, revealing my bikini.
Hunter reaches out for me but I dodge him, running and jumping into the pool.
Two can play at this whole teasing game.
Chapter Sixteen
Hunter
When she takes off her dress, all I want to do is take her inside and slap a poncho over her. I reach out to grab her but she dodges me and makes a run for the pool. I hate that damn bikini. When she emerges from the water she smiles at me, her arms resting against the side of the pool. I see. She wants to play. What she doesn’t know is that I will always win.
“Yeah, Sam!” Jules yells before her and Lacey jump into the pool.
“She’s got you all twisted, brother.” Ryan comes up next to me. He doesn’t pose it as a question.
“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
“I’m talking about the fact that you look like you’re about to kill any of us for even looking at her.” He laughs. “It’s okay to not be an asshole, dude.” As he walks toward the pool, he starts to talk to Sam and even though we have been friends for years, the protective instinct in me spikes. Ryan crouches down closer to Sam and then looks back at me and winks. Motherfucker is gonna get it.
I walk up behind my so-called friend, intending to give him a nudge into the water. I should have known better though, because Ryan was always the one who would be our ace in the hole at the capture the flag games we used to play. He has supersonic hearing or some shit. It was like he could hear people or sense them from a mile away. As I’m almost at him, he quickly turns and pulls me past his side, landing me in the water.
As I surface, everyone is laughing, including Sam. I swim up behind her. “That funny, cupcake?” I grind myself into her barely covered ass and cease all laughs.
Ryan walks away shaking his head. Sam and I are the only ones in the pool right now, since the girls went to make more drinks, and she is still holding onto to the wall in front of her. My hand moves around to the front, cupping her. “You want to tease me?” my fingers slip under the flimsy material, stroking her center. “This is mine. I can have it whenever and wherever I want. I think maybe you forgot that.”
I insert two of my fingers into her. “Hunter.” It comes out as a moan and only urges me on. “You can’t do this here.”
“See, that’s where you’re wrong baby. I told you whenever and wherever I want.” Her body relaxes against mine except for her hands, which are still gripping the wall. “Now, no one is watching so you need to be quiet. If you let them see your face when you come then I’ll have to punish you later.” I pinch her ass with my other hand.
I work my fingers in and out of her pussy slowly, running them up to her clit each time until I feel her squeeze me, her hands clutching the wall, and a strangled moan coming from her mouth. She slowly turns to face me, her arms wrapping around my neck.
“I can’t believe you just did that here,” she whispers. Her face is still red and she looks completely sated.
I can’t lie and say it doesn’t make me feel good that I can make her fall apart like this. I give her a quick kiss before getting out of the pool leaving her there to collect herself. The rest of the afternoon goes by without any more incidents. I love how well she fits in with my friends, especially since we are so close they may as well be family. She looks beautiful on stage and at every photo shoot I take her to, but I have never seen her look more gorgeous then she does when she thinks no one is watching.
Sam is standing in the yard talking to Jules and Lacey, her hair thrown up into a messy bun and her sundress clinging to her still wet body. I can’t take my eyes off of her.
“You too?” Mason walks up next to me. He has always been the most closed off out of all of us. I barely even see him with one night stands. “Between you and Brian, I am losing brothers left and right.”
I shake my head at him. “You aren’t losing anyone, Mase. Sometimes when you least expect it you run into someone who turns your whole life upside down.”
I look over at him. “Fuck that shit.” He takes a swig of his beer before walking over to where Ryan and Jake are.
Sam walks up to me, leaning her head against my arm. “You tired?” She nods her head and I can’t help but laugh. We say goodbye to everyone before walking around the front to the car. Sam stops abruptly, causing me to crash into her. “Hey, what’s up?” I look up and that’s when I see it on the hood of the car. A black rose. I walk past Sam toward the car as her hands grasp my arm tightly, begging me to stay close to her.
“Stay right here, babe.”
“No, just call the police, Hunter.” She is pleading with me but I can also see a note and I have to know what it says.
I hand her my phone. “Call the detective. His number is saved in there.” She nods her head and I walk toward the car. It’s a piece of white paper, the same as before with black writing on it.
He can’t protect you.
My blood runs cold as the message sinks in. He was here? How did he find us here? He’s wrong I can protect her, and I will.
“Oh my God!” Sam yells from behind me. I hadn’t even heard her walking toward me.
I turn to her, grasping her face in my hands. “Listen to me. No one will touch you. I promise you that. You’re safe. I’ll make sure of it.”
She collapses against my chest and cries. After a few minutes, a car pulls up and the detective walks up. “Mr. Stone, we meet again. Isn’t it funny how these things keep happening when you’re around?”