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As we moved out of reach, she glanced over her shoulder. “Oh, I know this. I feel especially sexy with these lacy stockings and garters, Tricia insisted I buy from Victoria’s Secret,” she murmured seductively, as her nervous eyes darted left and right to ensure no one heard her. The grin on my face made it ache.
“Fuck, you’re kidding me,” I said, spinning her around by her arm and holding her close front to front, knowing full well she wasn’t. I had already clocked the sexy seam that ran up her legs from the moment she came out the bedroom earlier. Not only that, I’d fantasized about running my fingers slowly from her heel to her panties under the pretty dress she wore.
“Would I do that to you?” she teased. “Not so sure about the crotchless panties though, they’re pretty drafty in this dress.” I stared in disbelief at her newfound confidence to talk back to me with sass. I loved this version of Billie equally as much as the quiet nerdy version she presented at home until I got her into bed.
“Crotchless? You wouldn’t dare, Ms. Collier.”
“Wouldn’t I? Don’t dare me to show you, Sawyer, it wouldn’t be a good look if you creamed your pants in front of our guests.”
“I don’t want to see them, not here … not like this. However, I’m all for dares. You can’t tell me not to and get away with it, so I must. Billie Collier, I dare you to go to the restroom, take them off and slip them into my pocket when I’m in conversation.” She immediately giggled, a naughty glint in her eyes.
“Like … I should stroll right up to you with them bunched in my hand?”
“Mm-hm,” I nodded, sweeping the dark hair blocking my view of her bust with the back of my hand and flicked it over her shoulder. My fingertips caught on the bare silky skin on her shoulder and I trailed it on up to her neck. Wrapping my hand around a thick strand, I saw the wanton look in her eyes.
“You dare me?” she asked again. “We know how those dares tend to turn out, don’t you?”
“I’m banking on it, darlin’.”
Heat immediately rose to her cheeks and I chuckled softly. “Am I making you wet?” Without giving her time to answer, I leaned in and kissed her tenderly. My hand slid through her hair, but before I could deepen the kiss she pulled away from me and slid out of my arms.
Backing away, she held my gaze with a sultry stare. “Sorry, I have a sudden need to visit the restroom.” My cock had been semi-hard and who knew those words could make me hard in a heartbeat. As I started to walk toward her, she held up her index finger and waved it left and right, forbidding me from following her. “Go mingle, I’ll catch up with you later,” she said with a tip of her chin in the direction of our guests and walked away.
Standing there watching her go, I waited until she was out of sight and sighed to relieve the ache in my chest when I couldn’t see her anymore, before quickly shoving my hands in my dress pants pockets to hide the effect she had on me. Through my pocket material I squeezed my dick hard to relieve the sudden ache.
“She’s gorgeous, Sawyer, the boy did good,” Brian, another of my old friends, said as he nudged my shoulder with his, jolting me out of my reverie. “Aiden said she was a knockout. I’m very happy for you, dude.”
I should have told him I owed him a debt of gratitude for marrying his girl, Emelia, his bachelor party was the reason Billie and I were together now.
“Does this mean your band days are over and you’re going to get a proper job?”
“Sorry to disappoint you, but we’re back out again in a few months. We haven’t confirmed any gigs yet, we’re waiting for Wiggy…”
“Yeah, Strings told me. I’ve never understood the need for recreational drugs.”
“We can’t judge what we don’t know. We don’t walk in their shoes, Bry, the world takes all kinds of people,” I replied, wondering if Wiggy would feel the same about Brian, who had his own way of dealing with stress. The guy was an adrenaline junkie.
“I suppose. Glad you’re above all that, I’ve always admired your strength and independence, Sawyer. Most guys in your shoes would take what Daddy offered and kick back with a pretty lady on each arm.”
“That’s not how I was brought up. I’m thankful for my parents and how they chose not to spoil us. James is more suited to that lifestyle. I feel I’ve found my weakness though, until Billie; music had been the only thing that gave me a natural high.”
“Jesus, I heard everyone say it but, Saw, my friend, you’re totally whipped.”
“I am, and flogged and handcuffed,” I joked back.
“You mean …”
“No.” I chuckled. “And don’t even tell Billie I joked about that, she’d be mortified. What I mean is, I used to look at people with complex lives and think, thank fuck I’m single. I’ve seen my share of one partner fucking another over in the past and I swore I’d never put myself in the position where someone had the ability to do that to me. Yet, Charlotte managed that, married or not. With Billie and her ex, it’s complicated, but inconsequential to how happy I feel when I’m with her. I gladly take all the shit that comes with her because there is no other place I’d rather be than with her.”
“Holy shit balls, you’ve got a terminal dose of love there, buddy.” I grinned and nodded sheepishly at his assessment of how Billie had gotten to me.
“Brian, Sawyer, come over here and settle an argument, will you?” Aiden shouted, as he stood with James and Josh by the patio doors. I had largely managed to avoid James for most of the evening, still getting used to him being in the same room, when my close buddy waved me over.
Knowing all eyes would be curiously watching for signs of strain between James and me, I joined the group and nodded toward my brother before I began to talk. Fortunately the topic in question was baseball, which led to a heated debate between us all, but it was the kind of familiar discussion I’d missed from my past, the kind of passion for sports I never experienced when I spent time with my band on the road.
I was partway through a long explanation about how a pitcher we all knew had been found to be rigging the game when Billie came up behind me, placed her hand on my butt, and rubbed it as she joined us. Initially, I’d thought it a brave move until I checked the balcony behind me and noted there was no one out there.
Slipping my hand around her waist, I cuddled her into my side and immediately felt centered. I continued in conversation and was conscious she had fallen into the role she had been so used to when she was with Logan.
