“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.
