Brazen and Breathless (Untouchable #6) - Heather Long Page 0,125
the way you want it. I love Frankie too, and I want you both to be happy.”
“Right back atcha, Mom.”
A couple of days later, I ran into Archie and Bubba in the parking lot. We didn’t always arrive home at the same time, but I’d been running deliveries and they’d both had plans or work. Course, Archie had probably been building something or plotting the takedown of the civilized world with his grandfather.
Still, it was amusing, right up until we let ourselves in the apartment. The lights were on in the living room. Text books were open and laptops abandoned. Hell, the television was even on, and Tiddles sat atop the television stand, staring at the characters moving on the screen.
A second later, a soft cry echoed through the apartment, and I grinned. “Hell yes,” I said, dropping my shit and tossing my keys. “See you boys later.”
With that, I headed straight back to the bedroom and pushed the door open. Not only was it unlocked, it wasn’t even closed all the way. Frankie sprawled on the bed with Jake’s face buried between her thighs, and I grinned.
Closing the door behind me, I announced, “Player three entering the game.”
Her laughter and his was all the welcome I needed.
Chapter Twenty-Four
You Make Loving Fun
Frankie
It had been a long week in some ways and blown past me in others. Ian and I were working on new songs, even though we hadn’t heard anything from the producers about the demos he’d submitted. Most of the time, I blocked out that we were waiting to hear so I didn’t throw up from anxiety. There were so many things we were waiting on. Including submitting our acceptances to the various programs.
Archie and Jake continued to be secretive about their project, and Coop had been tied up with his family. I wanted to be there for him more, but I also didn’t want to get in the way and they needed to focus on them. If not for the fact that Coop kept showing up to sleep with me, I would probably chase him down.
The weird thing about being so busy—we were all busy—we still managed to find time for each other. Not as much as before, sometimes it was just all of us hanging out rather than one on one, but we made the time. When Jake sprang going to the gym with me to work on my boxing, I’d actually been excited.
We went to the gym he and the team used, which I left me with a flicker of doubt. It was hard not to since what happened with some of the other guys on the team. But Jake promised it would be fine. It was more than fine. There were a few other guys there doing weights and stuff, but other than calling out greetings, they totally ignored us.
I mean like utterly ignored, didn’t even look in our direction. Course, Jake stripped down to just shorts and taped his hands, and I forgot why the hell we’d come here, too.
“Um, do I need to change?” Not totally drooling. Yet. But damn.
He grinned, sweeping a look over me. Since he’d said gym, I’d worn a tank top, sports bra, and yoga pants. It was too frigid for shorts, but I could strip down further if he needed me too. “Damn, Baby Girl, don’t tempt me.”
Yeah, so that thing about there being other people present? I didn’t really care anymore. I slept with Jake near nightly and showered with him several times a week, but there was just something panty melting about him standing in the middle of the chilly gym in nothing but a pair of workout shorts and nothing else.
It was a good look.
“Okay.” I did my best to not sound disappointed. Pretty sure he wasn’t buying it.
“Be good, Baby Girl. I promise I’ll make it worth your while.”
I cocked my head as he began taping up my knuckles. “What if I don’t want to be good?”
The corners of his mouth curved into a dark little smile, and a shiver traced up my spine. “I can work with it. I’m getting the feeling you enjoy the idea of being bad. But I’m not completely caught up on all your extracurricular reading material.”
I grinned. “I knew you were reading them.”
“Because I told you,” he murmured, then kissed the tip of my nose before inspecting my hands. “Okay, we’re gloving you up, but don’t think just because you have those on you can go nuts.”