Rhett
“Rhett.” Mikey slapped me on the shoulder and gave me a little shake. The beer I held in my hand sloshed from the top, and I stepped back to avoid a shower.
“What the hell is wrong with you?” I grabbed the towel Ross held out to me from behind the bar and started to clean up the mess we’d just made.
“Damn,” I heard someone say, though I ignored them. Stupid asses had been eyeing the ladies all night, but I was just buying time until AJ arrived. “I call dibs,” I heard another guy say just as I stood up and held out the beer-soaked towel to Ross.
“No dibs on that girl,” Mikey said with authority, “she’s already taken.” He cupped my shoulder firmly. “Isn’t that right, Rhett?” It’s then my attention was fully gained, and I looked back over my shoulder toward where they were all looking, and I felt my knees practically buckle beneath me.
“Fuck,” I said with a deep groan, and I heard Mikey chuckle. Suddenly my feet were moving fast, carrying me toward my girl. I noticed the moment she saw me, her eyes widening just a fraction.
I paused in front of her, my eyes raking over her body from head to toe, before meeting her eyes once more. “Ladies,” I said, though I didn’t even look their direction. The only thing I was doing was trying to concentrate on the fact that my cock was already growing hard, and it wasn’t the time or the place.
“Hey, Rhett,” Maddison said as she leaned in to offer a hug. “She looks good, don’t she?” she whispered so only I could hear. “Raven says she’s never seen her sister so happy.” When Maddy leaned back, she offered me a wink before stepping past me and moving toward the bar.
“Hi, I’m Raven.” The woman to AJ’s left thrust her hand out in my direction. “I’m AJ’s sister, and you must be Rhett?” I nodded, fully aware of how rude I must seem, but damn it, I felt like my tongue was three sizes too big and words were a blur.
“Yeah.” I finally managed to grunt out a response and she smiled wide.
“I know she looks hot, right?” Raven said with a gleam in her eyes as she bumped her hip against her sister’s. “I’m getting all hot from the lustful gaze you two are sharing.” She fanned her face. “I need something cool to drink.”
Raven reached out, grabbed April’s hand, and pulled her away, leaving only AJ and me remaining.
“Is it too much?” she asked as she looked down at herself. “I had a jacket on, but April stole it outside.”
“It’s, um…” I tried to form the words.
You ever get that hazy feeling, the one that makes you feel a little off-kilter? Like your body is slowly swaying from side to side? I had that.
“Um…” AJ shrugged with a little laugh. “Never been ‘um’ before.”
Without another word, I moved forward, cupped her cheek with my palm, and pressed my lips to hers. She gasped, her lips parted just a fracture, and I took full advantage of it. My tongue dipped in just enough to seek hers, and together they rolled so seductively.
I reached around to place my hand on her back and pulled her body to mine, pushing my hips forward just enough to prove my point. “That’s all you,” I whispered before kissing her again. “You’ve got me all tongue-tied, babe.”
She smiled wide as she gave me that sultry look of hers, the one that was a mixture of just enough sweet and sex that it made my head feel like it was spinning.
“Is this new?” I asked as I used my fingertip to trace over the exposed skin between her breasts. I could literally see the contour of her tits in the center, and I still wasn’t sure I liked the idea of others seeing it too.
“I got it yesterday."
“I’m thinking we need to find April and get your jacket back.” When she frowned, I dipped my head and brought my lips near her ear. “I’m afraid that if I don’t cover you up soon, I’m gonna get myself arrested for taking you right here.”
She moved her head just enough that our lips were now hovering near one another’s. “That sounds intriguing.”
I shook my head, still trying to tame the beast inside of me that wanted to drag her ass to my truck and bury myself inside her. “The problem with this is, if I’m thinking this nasty thought, then so are half the men in this bar. Not sure I like the idea of you being the one they decide to fantasize about tonight.”
“But you have me,” she assured me. “So why hide me?”
She lifted herself up, pressing a kiss to the corner of my mouth. “Later, you’re the one getting what’s beneath, and only you.”
Suddenly she was using the weight of her body to back me up, and then she was tugging me toward the bar where the rest of our group hovered. I felt myself growing territorial as a few of the men we passed raked over AJ much like I had just done myself. I sneered at them as we went by, and my girl looked back and gave me a knowing look. She knew exactly what she was doing.
“Hey, AJ,” Mikey said, leaning in to offer her a hug. She accepted willingly, and he tossed a smirk in my direction, which only managed to irritate me more. Asshole was only attempting to get a rise out of me. The problem was, it was working.
When she stepped back, I hooked her waist and pulled her body back flush with my own. Mikey chuckled as he sat on the bar stool shaking his head. Asshole was eating this up.
“What ya drinking?” I asked as I skimmed my lips over the shell of AJ’s ear. When she shivered against me, I smiled.
“I already got it, handsome,” Raven said as she reached between Mikey and AJ to set some type of fruity drink with a cherry on the top of the bar. I don’t miss how Mike watched Raven as she moved back. It would appear that someone had gained the attention of Mr. Hard Ass military-slash-doctor. I made a mental note to mention it later when he and I were by ourselves.
I did my best to shelter my girl, keeping her close and blocking the view of the half-drunk idiots who, even though she was in my arms, still lingered. I could feel myself growing even more pissed off each time I saw them talking amongst themselves as they looked in her direction.
A few drinks in, I could sense when she had begun to feel the effects of the alcohol. Her hips began to sway, and her ass shifted suggestively against my throbbing cock. It was hard enough to remain tamed, then she had to go and throw this shit in the mix.
“Let’s dance.” Maddison reached out for AJ, and I glared in her direction. “You gotta let her go sometime tonight, big boy.”
“No, I don’t,” I assured her, curling my body protectively around AJ, making her laugh. “In fact, after this beer, I plan on scooping her up and taking her home with me.”
“You are not.” Maddison placed her hands on her hips and narrowed her eyes at me. “You need to tame your ego, mister, and allow her to have a little fun. So what if she’s gaining a little attention? It’s you she’s going home with.”
Allison turned in my arms and wrapped her arms around my neck. “Just a few songs,” she whispered before kissing me softly. “After that, we’ll plan our escape.”
“A few songs,” I repeated, “and if you’re not back here ready to walk out those doors, I’m coming to find you.”
“I like the sound of that.”
I leaned in to snag another kiss, and instead of accepting, she moved back away just out of my reach.
I was forced to sit on a bar stool and watch as the four girls danced around the center of the floor. I could fucking swear the guy operating the music continued to play the seductive songs on purpose. He was practically foaming at the mouth.
“What the hell are you moping about?” I looked away for just a second to see Terrance and Collin step up near the bar. “You look like at any minute your head’s going to go shooting through the roof from all the pent-up frustration rolling through you.
“AJ’s been teasing and taunting the poor fella for over three hours now,” Mikey answered for me. “I don’t think it’s gonna be the head on his shoulders that blows off.” The asshole chuckled at his own joke as Terrance began to scan the bar. I noticed the moment that he spotted my girl. I also observed how his eyes started high and scanned low, before rising up once more.
“Fuck this,” I said as I got off my stool and sat my bottle of water on the bar. I had two beers and then switched to water shortly after the girls arrived. There was no way in hell I was gonna take a chance of being out of it with her looking the way she was.
“Where are you going?” Terrance asked as I moved past him.
“I’m getting her, and we are getting the hell out of here so dicks like you can’t do what you just did over and over while I’m forced to sit back and watch.”
“What did I do?” he asked, though when I looked over my shoulder to find him smiling knowingly, I knew there was no point in answering him.
AJ was lost in the music, but April and Raven saw me coming. Both gave the “oh shit” look, eyes wide, smiles big enough you could see all their teeth. Without a second to pause, I moved in between them and kneeled down to scoop AJ up. She let out a squeal but didn’t fight me as I tossed her up and over my shoulder. “Rhett,” she said, though I could hear her laughter. “Where are we going?”
“My place.” I fished my keys from my pocket using my free hand, and the bouncer at the door saw me coming. He pushed open the door and held it wide, allowing me to pass. I offered him a nod and he shook his head with a smile.
“What if I don’t want to go to your place?”
“Tough shit,” I said, pressing the unlock button on my key fob. The lights of my truck flashed in the darkness and my legs began to move faster.
“Rhett Jackson, you put me down.” She wiggled around, and I gripped her tighter. “You are such a bully.”
I chuckled at her words; they were slurred, and her choice was humorous. “A bully?”
I lowered her to the ground at the side of my truck and she immediately crossed her arms over her chest. The movement was meant to look as if she was pissed, but it was hard to focus on anything but her chest. I found myself hoping that what I was seeing now hadn’t been seen by anyone else as I marched her out of Lucky’s.
“What are you staring at, you perv?”
Her choice of words made me smile. I took a step toward her and she took a step back, quickly realizing she had nowhere to go. She was up against the side of my truck, and I had one hand on each side of her, caging her in just as I dipped lower and sucked on the exposed skin where her shirt parted. The entire side of her left tit was hanging out of her shirt and damn near her nipple with it.
Without a word, she placed her hands on my shoulders and pushed her chest outward. I lifted my finger and moved the material over even more as I traced along the side of her breast before moving higher to suck on her neck. “I’ve spent the last three hours in complete hell.”
I bit at her neck before sucking on the same spot.
“You’ve managed to turn me on so fucking much that I feel like I’m losing my mind.” I pushed my hips forward to emphasize my words and she moaned when she felt my erection. “In fact, I’m not sure that I can even make it back to my place before I rip off these tight pants of yours and bury myself inside you.”
“I like that,” she panted. “I choose that option.”
I smiled, knowing that what I was about to say and do was only going to piss her off, but I did it anyway. “Nah,” I said, reaching over to pull open my truck door. “I think now it’s my turn to drive you fucking crazy with need.”
When her mouth fell open in surprise and her eyes narrowed, I chuckled, because hell, why not? She was already irritated. Why not go for broke? “You wouldn’t.”
“I would and I will.” I grabbed her around the waist, lifted her up, and practically tossed her into the cab of my truck. “Buckle up, sweetheart, I may take the long way home.”
I missed what she had to say in return as I shut the door and walked around the front of my truck. But the moment I opened the driver’s door she started up again. “I’ll just start stripping right here and right now.”
“That would be hard to explain when I pull up in my driveway and my parents are sitting on the porch swing.” Her eyes widened, and for a minute she just stared back at me as if running over her options in her mind.
“Just drive, you tease.” AJ crossed her arms over her chest and turned to face forward. Damn, she was adorable when she pretended to be mad.