Always Remember (Memories #2)(16)
Author: Emma Hart

“You think you’ve got issues?” He takes a swig of beer. “Your sister still makes me do that romantic shit.”

Jesus f**king Christ. When did I step into a chick flick?

“I don’t do romance,” I protest.

“Then you gotta get a romance guide for dummies, ‘cause she ain’t gonna take anything less than everything you got.”

“Why does convincing a girl you’re worth it sound a lot like divorce?”

“Because on the pain in the ass scale, it’s about the same.”

“Okay.” I close my eyes. “Shit, man. I can’t believe I’m gonna do this. What’s first?”

“Early morning texts,” Alec says without batting an eyelid. “Every day.”

“Might as well send flowers for a f**king wake up call.”

“Good shout. Do that.”

JEN

“Bing looks happy,” Lexy says, taking the wine from the fridge.

I raise an eyebrow, and set two glasses on the counter. “Girl if you have somethin’ to say, say it. Don’t you go pu**yfooting around my ass.”

She laughs, and pours the wine. “Tell me what happened.”

“He jumped on me. Literally. No hello, no nothing.” I sigh. “I’m not going into details though ‘cause that is so wrong.”

“I’m glad you two are finally working it out. It doesn’t take a genius to work out you’ve been fantasising over him for months!”

“That is so…” She raises an eyebrow. “…Damn messed up you know that. Shit. How do you know that? Are you Derren Brown’s long lost daughter?”

She bursts out laughing. “No! It’s just kinda obvious. At least now you’re together.”

“Ha,” I say in a small voice. “Yeah. Funny you should mention that…”

“Jen…”

“Teeny tiny major detail.” I hold two fingers up with a small space between them. “We kinda are. Kinda aren’t. In between. Ish.”

Lexy’s eyebrows go up. “Go on.”

I take a big gulp of wine. “I now know how much bullshit I fed to you before you and Alec got together. It’s not that I don’t trust Bing, ‘cause I do, sorta, I just know his woman-eating ways, and I want him to prove he wants me.” I shrug a shoulder.

“And how on earth do you plan on achieving that?” My best friend smiles.

“I don’t know. It’s not my job to tell his hot ass what to do. Besides, Alec did it for you, and I figure that if Bing really, really wants me, then he’ll keep his snake in its cage for every woman besides me.”

“I’m gonna ignore that last part, but I agree with you. Huh.” She tilts her head slightly. “But you want him, right? I can tell you have more than just the bed bug for him.”

I glance through the opening to where the two guys are laughing on the sofa. Bing turns his head as if he can sense me watching, and his soft brown eyes meet mine. There’s a challenge there.

What will I do now? Will I sit next to him or will I go back to the other sofa?

His lips curl upwards, and I’ll be damned to hell and back several hundred times if I don’t want to feel those against me again, but let it be said that Jennifer Mason is not an easy lay. Ah huh, you heard me.

I was totally distracted the last errrr, five times.

Oh, sheesh. Five times?

“Yeah,” I say, answering Lexy’s question. “I do. I’m pretty sure of it.”

She winks, smiling, and we go back into the front room. I sit next to Bing on the sofa, leaning against the arm, and crossing my legs. My jeans strain against my skin, and I rest my head to the side on my hand. My hair falls down exposing the side of my neck.

I can feel his heated eyes on me as I glance at Lexy, and she’s hiding a smile behind the rim of her wine glass. I bite the inside of my cheek and lick my lips.

BING

I don’t think we’re on the same agenda here.

I’m on romance and she’s on seduction.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m never one to turn down a seduction, and especially not from the blonde haired goddess next to me. It just doesn’t fit with the roses and chocolate plan.

It fits with the plan of my second head though. Yep, brain number two likes the way her jeans tighten when she crosses her legs. In fact, my first brain does too. Oh, who the f**k am I kidding? If my sister and her boyfriend weren’t here, I’d take this girl on the rug, romance be f**king damned.

Her mouth twitches as she hides a smile. She’s doing this deliberately, and it’s working. She knows it. Okay, then, gorgeous, we’ll have it your way.

“Is it hot in here?” I ask no-one in particular. Alec smirks like he can read my mind.

I put the beer bottle on the table next to me, and pull my shirt off. The smile drops from Jen’s lips, and she licks them again. Her eyes travel slowly over my torso and I see that spark of desire flare deep in them. Her come and f**k me eyes.

“If it wasn’t before, it is now,” Lexy mutters as she looks between us. “It’s like mating time at the zoo.”

“Fitting.” I smirk at Jen. “Cause there’s at least one animal here.”

Her mouth drops open, and she glares at me playfully. “Wouldn’t you like to know just how animal like I can be?”

“Oh hell.” Lexy covers her ears, and Alec chuckles.

“Here, kitty, kitty,” I crook my fingers.

“Be careful there, Samuel.” Her eyes flash again, both a seductive warning and a promise. “Or my tiger claws will come out.”

I sit back, and pick my beer back up, taking a slow drink. Jen mimics my movement, bringing her glass to those perfectly shaped lips.

“What would you do if I told you I like your tiger claws?”

She swings her legs round, leans into me, and tugs my face down her. “Maybe,” she whispers. “…Maybe I’d tell you to get your coat, we’re leaving.”

Holy… I adjust the way I’m sitting to hide the way my dick took that as an open invitation to stand to attention.

“Is that so?” I reply in a low voice.

“Yes.” She trails her finger down my arm, and leans back. “But, unfortunately, today isn’t your day, and tomorrow isn’t looking all that promising either.”

She downs the rest of her wine and stands, winking at me. A giggling Lexy follows an ass wiggling Jen into the kitchen, and I breathe in deeply.