Sneaking Around (Sneaky Love Book 2)

by Chelle Pimblott

  Wow! I know it was me who asked that we not say anything to Alex just yet but that one hurt. I know it shouldn’t but, it still does and I don’t know where to look. Ally manages to catch my eye and I smile at her but I know, I know that it doesn’t reach the rest of my face. She smiles back at me with a sad look on her face. I can’t stand that look and ever since we had dinner at their place a few weeks ago, every time Dan says something like that or talks about another woman, Ally gives me this look of sympathy. I can’t stand it! I need to get out of this fucking room!

  “Anyone else want a drink?” I ask as I head towards the kitchen, not waiting for anyone to respond.

  “I’ll help you, Mia. I know which ones are cold.” Well, if that wasn’t a piss poor excuse to follow me in to the kitchen by Dan I don’t know what would be! Here I was thinking he was brilliant!

  I put my bag on the bench and open the fridge. Dan is standing right behind me, loudly he says, “The ones on the left there are cold and there’s even a bottle of wine there for you girls to share.”

  Again, he’s standing right behind me but not touching me and I’m craving his touch. He whispers in my ear, “I’m sorry sweet cheeks, I didn’t know they were coming. When they arrived I thought it was you and well, I think Ally suspects something. We’ll have to keep our distance while they’re around, do you think you can do that baby?”

  I shake my head and moan as his lips lightly touch the shell of my ear, before he jumps back and says, “I’ll grab the beer and you can grab the wine for you girls.” He walks away with a huge grin on his face and I’m left staring into his fucking fridge! It’s the place to be, I’m enjoying the cool air on my hot skin!

  DAN

  Fuck Alex and the horse he rode in on! Not only do I now have to keep my fucking hands to myself but I think Ally suspects something is going on. She wouldn’t be wrong I know, but Mia wants to keep this quiet. I don’t know whether to say something to Ally about keeping quiet or just let it go?

  I look at Ally as I pass Alex his beer and I swear I see a slight shake of her head. I’m going to say I saw it and I’m taking it as a, ’don’t say anything, not to me, not him and I’ll keep it quiet, for now’. That’s my story anyway, it makes me feel better and that’s what counts. I give her a slight nod back and she smiles.

  “Why don’t I go check in with Mia, she seems to be taking a while with our drinks.”

  Ally starts to get up and Mia walks into the room, with a smile plastered on her face. I can see that it’s forced. Is that because of something I did or because her idiot brother crashed our date?

  SHIT! We planned a date and I let her brother, of all people, force himself into the middle of it!! It’s what she was worried about to begin with!

  “So, what’s for dinner Dan? What were you and my sister having?” If I didn’t know better, cause if he suspected surely he would have punched me by now, I’d think he was trying to bait me.

  “We were just going to grill some meat on the BBQ and make up some salads to go with it.” That was my plan anyway. When Mia and I have dinner together and one of us cooks, the other one always ends up helping and we end up in the kitchen together.

  “How about you guys get the meat grilling and we’ll get the salads together? I’m sure Mia can find her way around your kitchen.” Ally says.

  Without thinking I say, “Mia knows this kitchen better than her own, so I think she can tell you where everything you need is.”

  Mia gives me a look of panic and Ally gives me a look of understanding! Alex has tunnel vision and is totally focused on getting the meat out to the BBQ. Thank fuck for him being in his own head most days. Then I start feeling guilty because I know he doesn’t suspect anything, he assumes his best friend isn’t screwing his little sister behind his back! With that thought stuck in my head, I nod at the girls and follow him outside to the BBQ.

  I don’t know if I can survive this dinner. Not without screwing up both the best friendship I have or with the woman I’ve wanted forever and finally have!

  Chapter Nine

  MIA

  Oh. My. God! This dinner seems to be going FOR ever! It’s the most uncomfortable dinner I think I’ve ever had, especially where my brother is concerned. I think Ally knows. She knows, that something is going on. She’s known since that damn chocolate sex cake she bought out at her house!

  I’m thinking about sex cake and everywhere I want to lick off of, when Ally speaks and I almost choke on my drink!

  “Are you going to bring out the cake you bought from me today Dan? Or were you saving it for someone else? Did you make other plans for tonight?”

  “You bought cake today? Ohh fuck, not the sex cake again!” Says Alex.

  “Yes, Ally, I will bring out the cake for dessert. I had plans for it, but I guess I’m sharing with you guys now!” He looks at me with dark eyes when he says he had plans for that cake and I can’t help but make a gasping noise. Alex doesn’t notice because he’s too busy giving Dan shit, but Dan and Ally notice.

  Dan turns on his heel and says, “Well, come and help me serve it up then, dipshit. Ally doesn’t make anything except sex cakes, I mean honestly, don‘t you know what your woman does for a living?”

  “Yeah I do and I’m a little worried about you buying an entire cake from her for yourself man.”

  “I never said it was just for me, man.”

  “You seeing someone new? You got a new woman to share sex cake with?”

  “What if I do, what’s it to you?”

  “Jeeeeez don’t get all defensive man, I was just asking.”

  I don’t know if I want to listen to anymore of this conversation or even that eat cake. Ridiculous, I know! I love cake and Ally’s chocolate cake really is heaven on a plate, but I don’t know if I can handle this dinner for one more minute. I really don’t want to listen to Dan saying he’s seeing someone and Alex trying to get the details out of him because he’s oblivious to the fact that it’s me. I can see the look in Ally’s eyes and I can see the knowledge and the sympathy there.

  “Excuse me, I just need to go to the bathroom. I’ll be back in a minute.”

  “Mia, please sit. You don’t have to run away.” says Ally.

  I laugh and it sounds nervous, even to me, “I’m not running away Ally, I’m going to the bathroom!” I rush off and I can still hear the guys in the kitchen giving each other shit.

  I sigh with relief as I close the bathroom door. I can’t believe that this is what I’ve become. The girl who runs to the bathroom to get away from, well, from an awkward situation. Maybe Dan’s right, maybe we should just tell Alex. Rip off the bandaid so to speak and get it over with.

  Ally knows. I wonder if she’ll tell him or whether she’ll let us do it in our own time? I’d be annoyed if Dan kept something like this from me.

  Everything with Dan is just so new and yet not new, all at the same time. I just don’t want Alex to get in the way of what this could become. I lean my head back against the door and then I hear a knock.

  “Mia, is everything ok?” Jeeez Dan came looking for me. Not my brother, not Ally but Dan! “Alex offered to call you for cake but I said I’d come check on you. It is my house after all! Open the door. Please Mia.”

  Slowly, I open the door and there he stands, leaning against the doorframe and looking sexy as fuck. If we didn’t have company, well we do and I have to get my mind out of the gutter!

  He raises his hand and caresses my cheek, “Are you ok sweet cheeks? Can I do anything to make you feel better?” He says with a smirk on his face! If only he could do exactly what I want him to, to make me feel better. With Alex here though, I just can’t give in.

  I shake my head and take a deep breathe in, “No, babe, let’s go eat cake”

  DAN

  I know how to make her feel better but her brother is here and I’m pretty partial to my head being connected to my shoulders!

  I grab Mia’s hand and slide my fingers between hers, gripping tight
ly. Just as we reach the view of her brother, we let go and I feel the loss immediately. I hate not being able to touch or comfort her. So, instead of holding her hand, I rest my hand on her lower back and guide her back to the table.

  We all have cake and coffees, we silently start digging in. Again, like the night at Ally’s and Alex’s, there’s plenty of moans going on around the table. Only, this time, I know what Mia sounds like when she comes and I can’t help the growing tension in my jeans! Not moving my head, I look across the table at her, just as she moans again! Holy fuck!

  “Ohhhhh Ally this cake, it’s divine! I don’t know how you do it but this cake, it’s better than sex!” Mia says on another moan!

  Before I can respond, Ally says, “Well then Mia, whatever guy you’re seeing at the moment needs to pick up his game!” Then she sneaks a grin my way!

  “What are you grinning at him for? He already said he’s seeing someone, so don’t be getting ideas pixie!”

  “What kind of ideas would they be Alex? Hmmmm? I think these two are old enough to get their own ideas and they don’t need any help from anyone, including me.” Alex just glares at Ally for a minute, then starts laughing! Ally just glares right back at him!

  When I look back at Mia, I realise she’s finished her cake and is eyeing off mine! How she managed to ignore the conversation going on around her, I have no clue but she isn’t getting my cake. I love her but there’s not enough love to make me share my slice of sex cake with her.

  I look at Mia in shock! I love her and I’m wondering if she can read my mind, because she’s suddenly looking at me like I just shocked her. I pick up my spoon and start shoveling cake in to my mouth, anything to stop me from confessing my feelings. It’s not something I’m ready to do and definitely not in front of her brother. I think that’s something I should say for the first time without an audience!

  MIA

  The sound that Dan just made, that grunt, it’s the same sound he makes when he’s just about to come! I don’t know whether he’s agreeing with Ally or just enjoying the cake. Trust me, that cake, is the definition of a sweet orgasmic delight. I don’t know how Ally does it or what she puts in that cake! Holy shit, it’s delectable!

  When I look over at him, Dan looks ready to jump. Instead, he finishes off his cake in record time and starts to clear off the table.

  “Hey, Dan, we’ll help you clean up and then get going.” says Alex.

  But Dan shakes his head and replies, “Nah man, I’m good. Nothing much to clean up here. You guys can head out now if you’re ready to go?”

  I nod and am about to say I’ll stay and help Dan clean up when my idiot brother says, “If you’re sure Dan? Come on ladies, let’s leave the man in peace so he can move on to his ‘date‘.”

  Chapter Ten

  DAN

  I can’t believe my best friend just cockblocked me! I mean, he doesn’t know he did and he sure wouldn’t want to know he did but …fuck! I know Mia will leave, she won’t tell him she’ll stay to help me clean up and I know that if she does say that, he’ll just say I don’t need any help.

  “Thanks for dinner Dan, I’ll make sure my two favourite ladies make it home safely.”

  “You know, Alex, maybe Mia can stay and help Dan clean up. We can head home and leave them to it. They did have plans for this evening after all.” Ally says, trying to help us out. It’s not going to work, I know my friend all too well but I appreciate the effort.

  “Ally, he just said he doesn’t need any help. That means, we can all go home and leave him to it. Isn’t that right, dipshit?”

  Mother fucker! He’s got me, I can’t suddenly say I do need help because then he’ll stay and they’ll only leave together later on. I can’t win and all my plans for the evening have gone up in smoke!

  “Thank you for offering up Mia’s services, Ally but Alex is right, I don’t need any help cleaning up.” I smile at Ally, she tried, she really did.

  “You two had other plans though didn’t you? Weren’t you going to watch a movie?” She asks. I know what she’s trying to do but if I say yes, Alex will invite himself to stay and if I say we weren’t doing anything important, I’m going to upset Mia. So, I just shrug my shoulders, again and show them all out.

  I watch as Mia drives away, her brother and Ally following close behind. I let out a sigh of frustration because I know, no matter how much I want it, she won’t turn around and come back. I know this because I know the idiot will follow her to make sure she gets home safely.

  I don’t think I can do this sneaking around shit for long. I can’t lie to Alex forever or even another couple of weeks. While I understand Mia’s feelings, I just can’t do this long term.

  MIA

  I can’t believe I let Alex push me out the door! I should have just said that Dan and I had plans but then he would have asked what and why? I don’t feel like explaining it to him and I know Dan doesn’t want to lie to him. I can’t help how I feel though and I know that Alex is going to go all ‘big brother’ on me and then try to kick Dan’s arse! I don’t want to ruin a lifelong friendship over nothing, well not nothing but if this doesn’t work out between the two of us, Alex will feel forced to take a side and I know he won’t choose Dan over me.

  Don’t get me wrong, I want this with Dan. I want it to work out and be forever, but I can’t jeopardise their friendship on a hope.

  My phone chimes with a message just as I walk in my front door. I’m expecting it to be Alex or Ally on his behalf, checking in to make sure I’m inside safe. I love my brother but he has to stop this over protective bullshit and soon!

  But it’s not either of them, it’s Dan;

  *Sweet cheeks, I’m sorry I let your brother ruin our first date. I should have told him I had plans*

  *That’s ok. I could have told him I was staying. Did you buy the sex cake for me?*

  He takes a while to message me back, so I head to my room and get ready for bed. I don’t have the energy to stay up to watch TV or read. Emotionally, I’m exhausted. Maybe it’s time to have a chat to Alex. Then my phones chimes again;

  *Ohhh babe! I had plans for that cake and most all of them did not include a plate!*

  I have to ask, my mind is working itself into a frenzy just thinking about what he could do with that cake!

  *And what plans were they ….. I’m intrigued*

  *I’m sure you can use that beautiful mind of yours to imagine everything I’d planned to do *

  *I know I could but I’d rather hear it from you*

  It takes him a few minutes to message me back, again. So, I make myself comfortable on my bed and wait. Either he’s typing out everything he wants to do or he’s busy doing something else!

  The phone makes a noise, so I look down at it where it’s sitting on my bed, expecting a message but realising it’s actually a call! SHIT! It’s Dan, so I pick it up and answer.

  “Hello?”

  “Hey, Mia.” His voice is deep, husky and just plain sexy! Just hearing him speak makes me wet and my pussy clench! I really missed him tonight, I know we were together but not in the way that either of us wanted to be. That I’m beginning to need. “I had to take a few minutes to collect myself but then I couldn’t just message you, I had to hear your voice.”

  “I thought you were going to tell me about the plans you’d made for that cake, why did you call me?” I’m hoping I know the answer to that question but a girl likes to hear it sometimes. I know how he feels about the events of this evening, but he let the big dumb jerk in the front door, not me.

  His voice has dropped even deeper, when he says, “Well, I wanted to tell you what my plans were, not write them down. I want to hear your reactions, not see them in words.”

  “Oh! Well, come on then.” After a small pause, I say, “Tell me what you had planned and I’ll tell you if you can buy another cake!” My voice is husky, I’ve never heard my voice like this before! If Dan’s voice goes any deeper, I think I’m going to be making a mess
on my sheets!

  “You want me to tell you, do you babe? Maybe I should go buy another cake and show you my plans? Make you wait. Build up some anticipation. What do you think sweet cheeks?

  Hmmmm?”

  “Dan. Please tell me what you were going to do! My pussy is so wet and ready, but I want to hear you say what you want to do with that cake. Please?” I’m pretty much begging him now and I feel no shame. None at all!

  “You want me to tell you how I would spread that chocolate cake all over your breasts and then very methodically lick it all off, until those luscious mounds are squeaky clean?” He growls in my ear. I’ll be coming before he can finish telling me about his plans at this rate. “Is that what you want to hear babe? Or do you want me to tell you how I’m eating said cake off a spoon?”

  “Really Dan? What kind of dirty talk is that? You’re telling me how you’re eating the cake off a utensil!” Geez, talk about bursting a girls bubble!

  A deep growly chuckle vibrates through my phone, “Ohhhh but sweet cheeks, you didn’t let me finish and I WILL finish.” Holy FUCK!

  “Finish.” Is all I manage to squeak out in reply. He’s all bossy and husky. I’m so turned on, I feel like I could implode!

  ”Damn right I’m gonna finish!” He growls. “Where are you sitting babe?”

  “On my bed, in my underwear. You called while I was getting changed from work.”

  “You were stripping off while we were texting? Fuck! You could have told me that! I think I might have come right over.” Dan groans, then says “Nah I think it’s safer this way, I might have hurt someone or myself trying to get to you!”

  “We don’t need that Dan, I want all of your pieces just the way they are!”

  “I like your pieces just the way they are too Mia.” We both take deep, shuddering breaths.

  “Now, do you want to know why I’m licking this spoon until it’s sparkling clean, Mia? I promise I won’t disappoint. Now, put your phone on speaker and put it on the pillow. I’ll be needing you to be able to use both hands.” I tap the speaker button and put it down, right where he asked me to.