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by Nicole Goodin


  Lawson followed my gaze and chuckled as he whispered in my ear. “Don’t worry about Quinn. She would have enjoyed your little show Ellerslie.”

  Screw it - she’ll get over it.

  “And what about you cowboy? Did you enjoy the show?” I teased.

  His eyes blazed as he took in my body. “Hell yes I did.”

  I laughed out loud as he winked at me. He grabbed my hand and tugged me behind him.

  Quinn’s eyes looked like they were going to pop out of her head as we approached.

  Uh oh. I’m in trouble.

  Before she could voice her disapproval at our very public display we were intercepted by Reeve, who grinned at us and threw his arm around my shoulders – pulling me from Lawson’s reach.

  “El, this is Colt, Harrison’s youngest brother. Remember I was telling you about them owning this place?”

  “Yeah, yeah I remember.” I nodded at Reeve. “Nice to meet you Colt, this place is amazing.” I stuck my hand out for him to shake.

  “Jesus Reeve, are all the women you know so good looking?” He asked my brother as he shook my hand and smiled warmly at me.

  I liked this guy already, he seemed genuine and open. He was pretty good looking too, tall, light blonde hair, dark hazel eyes and a slim build.

  Exactly the kind of guy Quinn goes for.

  He glanced over to Quinn and winked at her.

  Is she blushing?

  “Dude, this is my sister.” Reeve sounded disgusted.

  Colt laughed at his expression. “I know man. I’m just winding you up.” He dropped my hand and clapped Reeve on the shoulder. “Let’s go upstairs, drinks are on the house.”

  As we began to follow, Quinn slipped into the space between me and Lawson and gave him a little push in the direction the guys had gone.

  “I’ll give you two a minute.” He chuckled as he followed after them.

  Oh holy shit – that smile.

  He was so much more attractive when he was relaxed and fun like this. His bad boy side was smoking hot – but the cocky routine was getting old.

  He looked back over his shoulder at me before he entered the staircase. I hadn’t moved a damn inch. I couldn’t take my eyes off his tight ass in those jeans. I thought I saw him laugh lightly at my obvious staring, but I couldn’t be sure – and I didn’t even care.

  “Holy fuck would y’all just get a room already?”

  Mother fucker! Caught me again.

  I turned around to look at Quinn, I was waiting for the ‘you can’t do my brother speech’ that I was sure she was about to give me.

  “Sorry Q, I don’t know why I’m acting like this, I must have drank too much.”

  She laughed and whacked my arm.

  “Ow Quinn, what the hell?”

  The bitch laughed even harder. “Acting like what? A woman who likes what she sees? Don’t you dare apologize to me for that. Shit girl I’m proud of you. You were hotter than hell out there.” She grinned at me. “God if it wasn’t my brother that you were rubbing all up on, it would have got me turned on.” She mock shuddered at the idea.

  I stood there and stared at Quinn for a few seconds.

  Is she fucking serious?

  I looked her straight in the eyes. “You’re not mad?”

  Quinn stopped laughing as she took in how serious I was. “Mad? Shit no! Would you be mad if it was me and Reeve?”

  I slowly let a smile creep over my face. “Hell no. But you both know each other so well. I’ve just met Lawson and already I’m acting like a little-”

  “Who gives a shit El.” Quinn interrupted me. “You guys know a lot about each other, and it doesn’t matter how much you know about a person if there’s no chemistry. You have this crazy pull between the two of you… it’s hard to look away from.”

  I thought about what Quinn was saying.

  She’s right. I’ve never been this drawn to anybody before.

  “I don’t know what to do Q. He’s got me all messed up. I can’t think straight.”

  Quinn rolled her eyes at me. “Jesus, just go with it. I’ve never seen Law act jealous like he is tonight. He doesn’t chase women… but it looks like he might be chasing you.” Quinn turned serious. “Just be careful El. Have a little fun, but keep your guard up. My brother isn’t exactly known for his commitment.”

  I nodded my head slowly.

  Fine with me. Casual is exactly what I need.

  “Enough about me, what the hell was going on over here? And what the name of God had the unshakable Quinn Pierce blushing like a school girl?” I laughed.

  “Piss off bitch!” Quinn gaped at me. “I was not blushing.”

  I raised one eyebrow at her and waited.

  “Okay, okay... Colt did. God that boy is smoking hot. But shit El, he’s only twenty three years old. Twenty-fucking-three.” Quinn dragged out the syllables of his age. “I’m all hot and bothered over a guy barely out of his teens.” She whined.

  I busted out laughing at her. I was laughing so hard I had to bend over and hold my side. I looked back up at Quinn and the horrified look on her face had me doubled over laughing again.

  “Holy shit Q.” I wiped the tears that had formed in my eyes. “You’re killing me here. So what if he’s twenty three? What exactly are you interested in him for? A good time? Or a house, kids and a dog?” I looked at my best friend who just gaped at me. “He might have a girlfriend or not be interested anyway Q, don’t stress about nothing.”

  I knew the bit about him not being interested was complete shit. I had yet to see Quinn go after a guy and be shot down. She wasn’t one of those women who sat back and waited for men to sweep her off her feet, she went for what she wanted and I loved that no bull-shit attitude of hers.

  “C’mon, let’s go find the guys and your new toy-boy.”

  Quinn nodded before narrowing her eyes at me. “Don’t you dare tell Lawson, that bastard will never let me live it down El.”

  “Pinkie swear.” We hooked our pinkie fingers together and laughed as we headed up the stairs.

  15. Quinn

  “Oh come on Ells, one more drink.” Lawson slurred.

  I wasn’t sure at which point of the night Lawson had started calling Ellerslie ‘Ells’, but I hadn’t missed the way her eyes lit up every time he did. I giggled at my brother. He’d had too much to drink about half a dozen drinks ago, actually we all had. El had a happy glow on and was getting a little clumsy in her heels, Reeve was slurring nearly as much as my brother was, and Colt, who had ending up taking the evening off, was not in much better condition.

  I had loosened up since my chat with El – Colt and I had been flirting from then on, we had danced together a couple of times and shit, that boy could move.

  That’s right, he is just a boy.

  Shit he didn’t look like a boy though. I was having a hard time getting over the fact that he was a whole five years younger than me, but I just tried to remember what El had said.

  I’m not going to marry the guy for fuck sakes, I just want a little fun.

  “Uh uh.” El shook her head. “No way cowboy. Not happening.”

  Reeve clapped his hand down onto Lawson’s shoulder. “I’ll call us all a cab. We can get the cars tomorrow man.”

  I had forgotten that Reeve and Lawson had their trucks in town. “Sounds good Reeve I’ll come with you.” I grabbed his arm and steered him towards the bar. Colt had gone in back to check up on everything before he left for the night. It was three o’clock in the morning and I was starting to feel a little exhausted, it had been a long week, and my bed was calling to me.

  As we got to the bar Colt appeared again, his eyes lit up and he grinned when he saw me. “Coming to look for me huh sweetheart? I knew you couldn’t stay away long.” He teased. I grinned back as I watched him walk towards us.

  God that sexy swag. I bet he is good in bed.

  I playfully hit his arm when he reached me. “You sure think a lot of yourself don’t you Colton William Hun
t.”

  “Shit only my mother calls me that. And only if I’m in trouble.” He laughed.

  “We actually just came to call a cab so everyone can head home.”

  “It’s done. And who’s we?”

  “Me and Reeve.” I said as I looked around.

  Where the hell did Reeve go?

  “Bugger if I know where his drunken ass is gone.” I shrugged my shoulders.

  Colt looked around and laughed. “Uh I think I found him.”

  He pointed to a darkened corner near the bar. Reeve had a petite blonde girl pressed up against the wall and was kissing the shit out of her. I thought I recognized her from behind the bar earlier in the night.

  “Is that…?”

  Colt laughed again. “Yeah. Her name’s Lisa. She’s been eyeing Reeve all bloody night from behind that bar. I don’t know for sure, but I think they might have gone out a few times.”

  I winked at him. “Guess we’ve all had our eye on someone tonight.” I turned and headed back to El and Lawson. I could feel Colt right behind me and I took a little satisfaction in knowing that he was sticking close to me. He hadn’t kissed me yet but I wasn’t concerned. He was a good guy. If he decided he wanted to ask me out, I was pretty sure the answer was going to be yes.

  “El your big brother is playing teenage make out in the corner over there.” I flicked my head back in that direction.

  “What! With who?” El yelled and moved to try and see. She nearly tripped on her own feet and somehow Lawson managed to catch her before she fell. I couldn’t pull my eyes away from the look they shared as their skin met.

  There’s something real going on with these two.

  I glanced back at Colt. I knew there wasn’t the same connection between us. There was most definitely a physical attraction, and he had an awesome personality – but I knew if I never saw him again after tonight, I wasn’t going to lay in bed at night wondering what could have been.

  Just as well since he’s fucking 23!

  I snapped myself out of it and laughed a little at the direction my thoughts had taken.

  Waaaaay too much to drink.

  “You guys head on downstairs and I’ll round up lover boy over there.”

  “Thanks Colt.” I winked at him. “See you down there.”

  “We looked at each other a little too long to be ‘just friends’.”

  - Author unknown

  16. Lawson

  We had all piled into the van that Colt had organized to take us home. It turned out that he lived not far from me, but since that was a bit of a drive from here, and we had vehicles to pick up in the morning we had sorted out alternative sleeping arrangements for the night. I would be staying in Q and El’s spare room, and Colt was going to crash at Reeve’s place.

  Reeve had also brought a girl called Lisa with him – I knew she would definitely not be using a spare room. She’d spent the last ten minutes trying to apologize to Colt, who it turns out is her boss from the club, about going home with Reeve. It was hilarious listening to her babble on a mile a minute, in her funny New Zealand accent. Colt continued to tell her that he didn’t care less who she went home with and laughed at how concerned she was about it. I eventually lost interest and tuned them both out.

  Ellerslie was sitting only a few inches away from me, and even in my drunken state, I could still feel the pull that her body had on me. I looked lazily from her high heels, up her long legs, over her curvy hips and ass, her tiny waist, her amazing tits and her stunning face. She was giggling with Quinn about something and I had never seen anything more beautiful.

  She had been incredible tonight, I’d seen how ballsy she could be from the first moment, but she was also witty and funny, amazingly smart, creative and to top it all off she was the humblest person I had met in a long time. She had a confidence where she wasn’t afraid to put me in my place, but at the same time I could see she was very unsure about herself and possibly a little insecure too.

  She must have felt my eyes on her – she turned and our eyes locked – we looked at each other for what felt like an eternity.

  She smiled shyly at me. “What?” she whispered as she lightly nudged my knee with hers.

  I intended to say something witty, but instead I got lost in her big blue eyes. “You’re beautiful.” I whispered back in moment of complete honesty.

  She blushed and a nervous giggle slipped out. She paused for a moment before leaning in close enough for me to smell her intoxicating French vanilla scent. “And you’re drunk.” She whispered in my ear. I could smell tequila and lemon on her breath and I felt my heart rate increase slightly.

  She giggled as she pulled back away from me, allowing me to think straight again.

  I shook my head as I smiled back at her.

  Shit. This girl has me all tied up in knots.

  ***

  We arrived at the building and after some fumbling around and rummaging through handbags we made it into the elevator and up to the girls’ apartment.

  Reeve, Colt and Lisa said goodnight after we made a quick plan to grab a late breakfast or lunch together in the morning. I didn’t miss the look and peck on the cheek that my sister gave Colt. I could see Quinn didn’t want me asking questions about him, but if he was going to be a reoccurring feature, she was gonna have to suck it up.

  I looked around the living area of the apartment.

  This is a nice place.

  It looked amazing in here. The mix of antique furniture with the other more modern furnishings in the space was perfect. I could see that they obviously had good taste.

  “This is a nice place.” I called in the direction of the kitchen as I looked around. “You guys have done a great job with the decorating.”

  “It’s all El.” Quinn called back. “She loves decorating.”

  I walked into the kitchen and took the cold glass of water Quinn handed me. Both of the girls were nearly finished theirs, but I had a feeling it wasn’t going to do much for our heads come morning time. I watched Ellerslie drinking the cool liquid and found myself getting hard.

  Jesus everything she does is turning me on.

  “It looks good Ells.”

  “Why, thank you Lawson – we like it.” She smirked at me.

  The sound of my name from her lips was just about my undoing. My spine tingled as I thought about her screaming out my name in pleasure. This woman was quickly becoming an obsession.

  This was dangerous territory for me.

  Do not go and do something stupid…

  17. Ellerslie

  I hadn’t missed the shiver that passed through Lawson when I’d said his name. Now that I thought about it, I hadn’t spoken his name directly to him before that moment – I’d be doing it a hell of a lot more often if it was going to get me that kind of a reaction.

  I knew exactly how he felt, I had a rush of heat move through my body every time he had called me ‘Ells’ tonight, I liked the fact that he already had his own little name for me – I found myself hoping that I would get to hear it often.

  “I’m gonna hit the hay. Don’t either of you dare wake me before 10am.” Quinn pointed a finger at me, and then Lawson.

  “Shit no. Maybe even make that 11am for me.” Lawson added with a yawn.

  I nodded in agreement.

  God I need sleep.

  I was dead on my feet. All of the emotions and drinking from tonight were catching up to me fast. Luckily I’d ditched my high heels the minute we got in the door, I wasn’t sure I’d still be standing if I hadn’t.

  Quinn leaned in and kissed my cheek. “Love you girl. I had a great night.”

  “Me too Q, I’ve missed this.”

  Lawson pulled Quinn in for a quick hug and kissed her forehead. “Night sis.”

  Quinn left the kitchen and Lawson and I both stood staring at one another for a few beats. Electricity hummed between us and I had an urge to move to him, to run my fingers over his rough stubble and through his hair.

  B
ut I didn’t.

  I knew that if I touched him I wouldn’t be able to stop – I wasn’t sure how I would feel the morning after that.

  “I think I’ll go to bed too. C’mon I’ll show you where the guest room is.” I moved around the kitchen and towards the bedrooms. I looked back and found Lawson leaning casually against the wall, watching me. I raised one eyebrow at him. “You coming or what cowboy?”

 

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