He stiffens next to me and I worry I’ve somehow popped the magical, romantic bubble ensconcing us. After a long pause he says, “It’s my dad.”
“What about him?”
“Shit.” Dane heaves out a sigh. I start to tell him not to worry about it when the words just spill out of him. “He’s sick Dots.”
“Sick?” I ask, my voice quavering.
“He had a massive heart attack. Three arteries were blocked; they had to do a triple bypass.”
My eyes water. David Foster is one of the best men I’ve ever met—kind and always quick with a smile.
Noticing my tears, Dane wraps his arms around me and quickly adds, “He’s okay Dots. At home and in cardiac rehab.”
A weight lifts from my chest. “Oh, thank God. W-would it be okay if I went to see him?”
“I’d have to ask. You know how he is—stubborn as a mule. He’s determined to keep the whole thing a secret. But something tells me he’d make an exception for you.”
I smile at his words before twisting to press my lips to his. While this kiss is far less frenzied than our first, it affects me all the same. With every flick of Dane’s tongue, my arousal swells within me like a great wave. He expertly licks and nips and pecks and nibbles my lips. He has me so turned on, I’m positive even the slightest touch would send me crashing to shore.
Much to my libido’s dismay, Dane pulls back once things get too hot and heavy. “Fuck Dots, you get me so hot.”
“Then why are you stopping?” I ask.
Dane grips my chin between his thumb and index finger. “There’s something between us. I fucking feel it and I think you do too. I’m not gonna treat you like some beach bunny. You’re so much more, Dots.”
Holy swoon-city.
We spend the rest of the night alternating between getting to know each other again and stealing kisses until the sun rises.
EIGHT
Dane
“YOUR DAD LOOKED good last week when we went to visit. How is therapy?” Thea asks, as she snuggles into my side on the couch. Her hand rests on my thigh, so close to my dick I practically feel her wrapping her hand around it and pumping…
Thea uses the same hand I’m imagining jacking me off to smack me. “Dane, are you listening? I asked how your dad was.”
“Yeah, brah, how is he?” Anton echoes, wagging his brows my way knowingly.
I worried for a split second about the guys accepting her. We’ve always been hardcore with the whole boards before bitches thing, but she had them eating from the palm of her hand in five seconds flat.
Hell, I think they like hanging with her better than they do me.
“He’s getting there. He isn’t really loving the diet changes, but…” I shrug.
Anton grins. “Bet he loves your mama playing nurse though.”
“Dude!” Dots sits up and leans over me to smack him. “You’re talking about his parents!”
I tug her back into my side, loving the way her small body feels pressed into mine. “Thanks babe,” I murmur as I run my index finger back-and-forth over her hip bone beneath the waistline of her shorts. She shivers in my arms. “You cold?” I ask, even though I know she isn’t.
“No,” she whispers back, squirming beneath my teasing touch.
While the past three weeks with Dots have been nothing short of blue-balled-bliss—I think it’s safe to say we’re both ready to take things to the next level.
I meant it when I told her I wanted to treat her right, to do things right; but I’m pretty sure if my dick could, he’d throat punch me. The only silver lining: Thea is every bit as hard up as me. We’re both walking a wire’s edge between taking it slow and jumping between the sheets.
“What are you two lovebirds up to tonight?” Brooks asks as he stands from his chair. “Y’all wanna come to a party?”
I look to Thea, who is shaking her head. “Thanks, but we have plans.”
“We do?” I ask, wondering what they are and when we made them.
She leans in and kisses the corner of my mouth. “Mmhmm, we do.”
“Guess we’re out,” I tell my boys as they both head toward the door. “Catch y’all later.”
Once they’re gone, I turn to my girl. “So, what are these plans?”
She shoots me a devilish grin before straddling me. “This,” she says as she reaches behind her and unties her bikini top. My hands twitch at my sides and my mouth waters as