33. Nina #2
“You have the hottest shoulders,” he says.
I laugh. “ That’s your compliment?”
“Yes, because this place here…” He runs his thumb across the place where my neck meets my shoulder and then trails it slowly to the bone before my arm begins. “And here are perfect for sucking, licking, and nuzzling. Every part of you fits me perfectly, including your fucking shoulders.”
I take a shuddered breath and wish I could rip these sleeves off so he could touch me. “What else?”
“You always tease me by showing me your skin here.” He trails his fingers across my ribs. “And you have no idea how hard I get just looking at you.”
He slides his hand in mine and brings our joined hands to the front of his trousers. To his hard dick trying to burst through the soft material.
“That sounds like a you issue,” I say.
He chuckles. “It’s not an issue at all. I like being teased by glimpses of your body.”
“So basically what you’re saying is you’re hard all the time.”
“Now you get it.”
“Good, because…” I grab his hand and slide it slowly up my dress and to my core. “I’m constantly wet for you. I can’t even wear underwear anymore because of it. ”
He groans and lays his head on my shoulder. “You’re tormenting me. I’m about to throw decorum out the window and fuck you against this wall. And no one and nothing would stop me.”
His fingers flex on my thigh, and I open my mouth to say that sounds like a great plan?—
“Oh God,” Aria says. “Sorry! I’ll just back out of here and pretend I never saw Evren’s hand under your dress.”
Aria starts backing away with a hand covering her eyes and she runs into the wall.
“Wrong way,” I say, chuckling.
Evren removes his hand from my dress, and I pout. He mouths later and chuckles at my expression.
“Well,” Aria says, “I hope that laugh wasn’t because you’re still fingering her because I’m trying not to scar my corneas any more than they already are. Sorry if my ability to make a graceful exit is ruined because I can’t see.”
“We’re decent,” I say. “You can look now.”
Aria slowly removes her hand, as if she doesn’t believe me. “Jesus, I’m surrounded by sex addicts. Can’t you all go a few hours without boning?”
“One day,” I say, “you’ll have sex so mind-blowing, you also won’t be able to wait a few hours. And when that happens, I’ll be sure to rub it in your face.”
“Suuuure.” She says it flippantly, but her tone is all off as if she doesn’t expect to ever experience something like that. “I’ll see you guys back outside.”
She spins around and speed-walks away .
“Is she okay?” Evren asks, brows knit in confusion.
“I don’t know. She’s going through something, but she refuses to talk about it. I’m a little worried.”
“She’ll tell you when she’s ready.”
“But I hate waiting.”
“I know.” He grins. “Come on, let’s go join the others.”
I grab the bag I dropped on the floor, and he immediately takes it from me, carrying it.
“What’s in this?” he asks.
“A surprise.”
He gives me a side-long look and I just grin in response and mime zipping my lips.
When we’re back on the dock, I grab the bag from Evren and open it.
“I really hope someone besides Evren likes to fish,” I say, “because I brought some collapsable rods and bait.”
Evren’s head whips toward me. “You brought fishing supplies to a wedding?”
“A wedding on a lake. Yes, I did. Because I’m brilliant.”
Evren gives me one of the warmest smiles I’ve ever seen. “I don’t deserve you.”
“Yes, you do,” Aria says. “Enough of that nonsense. You all are perfect for each other.”
I laugh and Evren steals a kiss, grabbing a rod and sorting through the bag and what I bought.
“I’ve never fished,” Hunter says, standing and heading to the bag. “But I’m down to try.”
“I love fishing,” Jake says. “Grew up doing it on a lake near my home.”
“We should see this hometown of yours,” Elodie says to Jake. “And the farm.”
“Do you have animals?” Stella asks. “I love me some animals.”
“Horses, mainly, but why don’t you all come in June? I’ll be there for the entire month.”
“No,” Aria says immediately.
“And why not?” Jake asks, focusing on his fishing pole.
“Because I’m busy.”
“Become unbusy,” I say. “We definitely need a group trip to the middle of nowhere, to get away from everything.”
“Honestly, that sounds dreamy,” Stella says with a wistful look. “Time away from the paparazzi and life? Sign me up. It’d be the perfect break before the Asian leg of my tour starts.”
“See?” I say, knocking my shoulder against Aria’s. “It’ll be fun.”
“I better get a bed and a bathroom,” Aria says, “because I’m not into camping.”
“Do you think I live in a tent?” Jake asks incredulously.
Aria lifts her chin in the air and says, “I don’t know what to expect. You never talk about your hometown.”
“Because you never ask,” Jake says, giving Aria a hard look .
Elodie raises her eyebrows at Stella and me and we both nod. Jake and Aria need to work out whatever is going on between them, and by work out I mean have sex. Elodie taps Hunter on the leg and widens her eyes, lifting her chin toward Jake and then to Aria.
Somehow, he understands what she’s trying to say, which is helpful because I have no fucking clue what it is. Hunter slaps Jake on the back and says, “Then it’s settled. Group trip to Jake’s in a couple of weeks.”
Aria pouts and I throw my arm around her shoulders. “Don’t worry, if you hate it there or if he bothers you, I’ll help you bury his body.”
Aria leans into me and whispers so quietly I almost miss it, “It’s not his body I need help burying.”
I pull back in confusion and she pointedly looks away. One day soon I’m going to get to the bottom of what’s going on and help my friend, whether she likes it or not.