“Look at what?” Maddison asked, stepping up to my side.
“Your killer ass,” Terrance said with a chuckle. I didn’t miss the hurt look that took over Grace’s face, and apparently, Terrance didn’t, either. “I didn’t say it. He did.” He pointed to Chris, who at this point looked like he might puke or shit himself, I wasn’t entirely sure which.
“So you’re gonna beat him up for looking at my ass?”
No, I wasn’t gonna beat him up. “Just scare him a little.” I tried to hide my smile when she gave me that sweet grin of hers.
“Well, baby, mission accomplished.” Why the fuck did hearing her call me baby make it feel like I’d been punched in the chest? “He looks scared.”
She was right; he did. And at this point, I no longer cared. Hearing Mad call me some cute pet name shouldn’t turn me on. I mean, come on, why would it? But sure as the sky was blue, it flared something inside of me, and it was running out of control.
“Come on.” I hooked her waist and hurried her toward my truck. Once we reached the driver’s side, I grabbed her by the hips and hoisted her up, making her squeal. “That tickled, you big knucklehead.” She swatted at my hands, and I laughed, smacking her ass.
“Get your ass up in the truck, woman.” She glared back at me. “You heard me. Now get going.”
I grabbed the bar and pulled myself up, now balancing on the running boards alongside her. “What’s the hurry anyway?”
“Because I wanna kiss ya, and I can’t do that when all these assholes are watching.” Her scowl softened. “You know what kissing you does to me, and I’ve already—”
“Flown your flag today?”
I laughed when she mentioned my earlier explanation for my erection. “Yeah.” I nudged her up into the cab of my truck, watching her ass the entire way. “He is right about one thing, though.” Maddison cocked her head to the side and pursed her lips. “You do have a killer ass.”
Without any further delay, I climbed up into the cab of my truck, and instead of remaining on my side, I sat in the middle, pulling her over onto my lap. The others slowly gathered, climbing into their vehicles and driving away, leaving us there by the lake alone.
“Wanna know a secret?” I gripped her hips and pulled her in closer, feeling my already growing erection pressing against her. She obviously felt it too, as she lightly rocked against me. “When you called me baby just now…” She wrinkled her brows as if she didn’t remember she’d even done it. “You did,” she shrugged, “and I loved it. I won’t lie, it turned me on.”
“Oh, really?” Again, she shifted against me. “How much?”
“Can’t you feel how much?”
“Is it enough to make you wanna fix it right here,” another shift, “and right now?”
Nodding my head, I glided my hands upward and cupped her breasts, giving them an appreciative squeeze.
“So much that you’re even willing to set aside your weird phobias?”
It was my turn to grow confused. “What phobias are we talking about here?”
“The one you have about having sex in your truck?”
And with that, the moment was lost. I could instantly feel my pal grow limp. Shivers raked through my body, making Maddison laugh. “Honestly?” Did she have to go and remind me that, in this very truck, most likely in the same fucking spot and position we were in, my brother was most likely conceived? “Damn it, woman.” I tossed her off me and moved over behind the wheel. I drove out of that field and hit the dirt road, all while she laughed at my side. The woman was evil.
“You should know that, when I get you back to your place,” I looked over at her and she glowed with satisfaction, “I place on making up for this cruel scenario.”
“Oh yeah, and how do you plan on doing that?”
“I’m gonna start just inside the front door. I can think of a few surfaces that will be useful to us.” The change in her expression was satisfaction enough. I was getting to her already. “We do, however, need to take a shower before I do some of the other things I want to do to you. Lake water and all.” For emphasis, I licked along my lower lip and watched as her gaze fell to my lips. “But first, and most importantly,” her eyes grew with excitement as she waited to hear the rest, “we need to get something to eat, because I’m starving.”
Her mouth gaped open as she stared at me. I could practically feel the daggers she was beaming at the side of my head. Her silence made me fully aware that I had in fact gotten the best of her.
Chapter Twenty-Eight
Maddison
I thought I was so sly, so in control when I decided to pay Mike back for torturing me. But it backfired, and he challenged me, told me that he could wear me down, and being the smartass that I was, I played it cool. But on the inside, I was crumbling, and I was falling fast.
What girl in her right mind would hold back sex to prove a point when she had a man like Mike who’s offering up whatever her heart desired? That would be me, yep, dumbass right here.
And it had only been two days. I was dying here, crumpling at the seams.
I sat in my Jeep, staring ahead at the barn like I was staring at a hot fudge sundae smothered in strawberry sauce and whipped cream. Wait, I kind of was.
I’d stopped by Gran’s to pick up a box of tomatoes from my mom, and what was the first thing I was faced with when I slowed
