But then Valerie comes to the table. “Get your heads out of the gutter.”
“Says the girl with a hickey on her neck,” Sophie says, then blinks. “You have two!”
“Shut it!” Valerie says, going red. “We’re not talking about me right now.”
“Oh, we definitely are.” Sophie folds her hands under her chin. “Can I start making guesses?”
Valerie huffs, but Sophie kisses both our cheeks, then gets up and drags Valerie into another dance. I can already smell some meddling going on. Especially considering Gunner is still talking with Chase, Hunter, and Leif.
I want to get involved, to tell them to stop bothering and to let whatever happens between Valerie and the men to happen as it will, but Aaron comes over. I’ve only met him once before. Holden normally keeps a tight lid on his family stuff.
Aaron shakes Holden’s hand, then mine. “It’s nice to meet you, Roman. You guys put a beautiful wedding together. I’m sure I can trust you all, and Sophie to take care of my brother.”
Holden blushes a little and takes a drink from his glass. I nod. “And you’re welcome to join us for holidays and whenever you’d like a vacation.”
Aaron smiles. “I really appreciate that offer.” He turns to his brother. “Hold, can I get a picture with you to remember today?”
Holden stands and forces a smile. His brother nudges him and says something I can’t hear and then they’re both laughing enough that the second picture doesn’t look painful. Which is fantastic.
Even though I can’t wait to get my hands on my newwife, tonight is going better than I had dared to plan.
SOPHIE
Iwatch as Hunter steals Valerie from me. He holds her wrist behind her back as he grinds on her. Whatever he says brings her dancing to a pause as her face goes pink then red. She turns around and rubs her ass against him. Just as I’m sure she’s going to give in to his obvious flirting and sexy dance moves, she’s stolen by Chase. He pulls her close by her dress and Valerie wraps her arms around his neck as his nose brushes hers.
I see his lips move across her jaw before he’s saying something in her ear. He jerks her closer against his chest so she braces herself against him, but her hands stroke down over his chest and she drops into a squat before working back up his body.
Even while dancing with Nick, I can see Chase is hard for Valerie. Nick’s hand rubs across my lower belly as he whispers in my ear. “I think you’re watching them a little too closely.”
“Oh, not close enough,” I assure him.
I see Leif stand after Gunner says something to him and then he slowly walks to Val and dances behind her. He whispers something in her ear, his fingers slowly stroking down her arm and she turns to face him, eyes all hot as her lips part.
When she glances to me, I give her a thumbs up. She lets Leif lead her in a different kind of dance, not as overtly dirty, but with plenty of excuses for them to touch each other. I lean back to look at Nick. “Want to help me with something?”
“Maybe.” He hedges, kissing me softly. “Does it involve your maid of honor?”
“Yep. Want to distract those three men so I can steal her away?”
He rubs his hardness against my ass. “Doyouwant me to distract them?”
I groan but nod. “Please, Nick? I promise you’ll get to have me all you want right after I talk to her.”
He kisses my temple and distracts the guys which means I manage to grab Valerie and pull her into the crowd. She’s panting. “Oh my god.”
“I need to knoweverything. Now.” I demand. “Consider it my wedding present.”
She groans. “They’re so sexy, Soph. God, they’re driving me insane. Knowing I’m not wearing panties, whispering all that dirty shit in my ears, teasing me with fantasies, their bodies, their raging boners.”
“Weren’t you the one who complained about guys getting boners while dancing?”
“Well, when Chase has a monster like that in his pants, I’m not exactly going to complain.” She glances back in that direction. “I mean, they’re so fucking hot and it’s been so damn long. And they are offering me what you have, all three of them no strings attached if I’m game.”
I giggle and bounce with her to the beat of the song. “Give yourself a treat. Have them all,” I yell over the music.
“What happened to my focused, boys can wait, best friend?”
“She learned exactly how much fun boys can be!” I squeal.