Naughty Neighbor - Lauren Runow Page 0,66
the idea, but it looks like my wife knows a thing or two about playing matchmaker.”
Jake drops his shoulders, but that smile is still on his face. I wonder if he thought that was me breaking the ice between us. If Charisse is right and he’s liked me for a while, no wonder he kissed me back. She must feel proud of herself that we’re all sitting here right now. It might not have happened if it wasn’t for that kissing video.
My eyes meet Charisse’s, and her smile fades slightly as she looks to Jake, who has his head down as he checks his phone—the first time he’s ever done so in my presence like this.
“Oh!” Charisse jumps up. “That reminds me. I saw another video that I thought you two should do together.”
Jake sets his phone down, and his brows rise in intrigue. I know he loved seeing the comments and being a part of that video, so I’m sure he’d be up for the idea of doing another one.
“I tried to get this girl to do a dancing one, but she never wanted to learn the steps on her own.”
“And you wouldn’t do them with me!” I speak up, defending myself.
Charisse gives me a shit-eating grin. “You’re right. I won’t do them with you, but I bet Jake here would.”
We all look to Jake, who’s always the one to play along.
“I’m in. What does it entail?”
“Well, I thought this one would be fun because you don’t have to really memorize certain moves—”
“Thank God!” I interrupt.
“What? You can’t dance?” Jake scoots closer to me, nudging me with his leg.
“Hey, I can dance. I just hate having to do it exactly the way they want you to. I don’t have time to learn an entire dance for a two-minute video.”
“Exactly why this one is great. You only have to remember the moves Jake does right before you. It’s called the Last Move, First Move Challenge. So, you’ll do a dance move, and then he’ll repeat it and add another one of his own. Then, the camera is back on you, and you have to do his dance move and then add another one of your own, and so on and so on for as long as you want the video to go.”
Jake stands, holding his hand out to me. “Sounds like fun. You game?”
I grin and place my hand in his. He pulls me close to him, and my body covers in tingles from having him pressed against me. I inhale a quick breath, and he gives me a kiss and then slaps me on the ass.
“Let’s do this. Show me your moves.”
“Does it have to be to a certain song?” I ask.
“Nope, you get to choose. What are we thinking?” she says, holding up her phone like she’s ready to search for it.
“ ‘Let’s Get it On’?” Jake says as he seductively pulls me in.
I laugh and push him away. “Way too slow. We need one that has a beat to dance to. Do ‘Savage’ by Megan Thee Stallion with Beyoncé.”
“Oh yeah, we can get nasty in here,” Jake says, using one of the lyric’s words, raising his eyebrows.
I hear Melody and Charisse laugh as Charisse pulls up the song.
“So, do you want to go first, or should I?” I ask.
“This is all you, girl. Show me what you got, and I’ll follow along.”
We set up to where we’re both in the frame right next to each other as I rub my lips together and go over some dance moves in my head.
“You guys ready?” Charisse asks.
I nod as Jake claps his hands together.
“Hell yes!”
I turn to him with a huge smile on my face from just seeing his excitement. He truly wants to do this, and I love how outgoing he is in every situation.
The song starts with Megan more speaking than singing before the beat drops, so I allow for them to be said, grinning over to Jake while the camera’s rolling so whoever sees the video gets that he’s my man and we’re about to do this.
When the song says, “I’m a savage,” I bust out, moving my body to the side like a snake, ending with a slight kick to my leg, like I’m tossing it to Jake.
Jake picks it right up and repeats the move, sending another one back to me. I easily repeat his move and bring my dance up a notch. His face cracks me up as he opens his mouth, trying