She shrugged. “I didn’t know I had to, bestie. I thought it was just a given. Just like it’s a given that you’re sexy.”
“Wait, you think I’m sexy?” Riley asked, his attention solely on Claire.
“Come on, Ri. Don’t look at me like that,” Claire said, nudging him with her shoulder. “Of course you’re sexy. If none of your boyfriends told you that, then freaking good riddance to them. They didn’t deserve you.”
Riley paused, a look crossing over his face I didn’t understand before his signature smirk was back in pace.
“Damn straight they didn’t,” he said with a laugh before turning towards me. “Come on boss, it’s time we down these drinks then shake it and torture those boys of yours who decided to crash our night.”
Grabbing my fresh drink, I raised it in the air, the rest of them joining in cheers before we all took long drinks and headed back out to the dance floor.
The music was more lively at Holiday Brews tonight than the last time I was here, the band playing an eclectic mix meant to get the weekend crowd out on the floor. We spun and drank and danced some more until the lights shined brighter and the heat from the eyes on me became too much for me to ignore.
Claire let out a cat call, the others joining in as I made my way to the booth putting a little more sway in my step. Although, that could have just been the drinks. Who cares? I just wanted to see them shake it.
“Having fun, pumpkin?” Jack asked with a wide smile.
“Yes, but do you want to make it even better?” I asked, returning his grin and holding my hand out for him. “Dance with me.”
“Your wish is my command,” he said, accepting it as I tugged him out of the booth.
“Don’t think either of you are getting out of it either,” I said, narrowing my eyes at Hunter and Boone.
“You want to see my moves again, sweetheart?” Hunter drawled.
I rolled my eyes at him. “Duh. Don’t you remember what comes after?”
Leaving him open-mouthed and stunned in the booth, Jack and I took to the floor, the beta showing some surprisingly good moves as we danced close, his knee wedged between my thighs.
Jack felt so good pressed against me. His creamy warm scent was barely discernible in the crowd, but I would have been able to pick it out anywhere. I pressed myself against him harder, uncaring if anyone saw.
“Careful, baby girl,” a familiar voice warned in my ear as a large set of hands came to rest at my waist, pulling me back slightly into his soft and strong body.
“He’s right sweetheart,” Hunter’s voice rang out to the side, crowding in next to us. “I left my cuffs at home.”
“I keep telling you to break them out, sheriff,” I said, reaching back for Boone as I rested my head against him, the four of us moving together.
“Soon,” Hunter promised, his offer stopping me in my tracks.
“You mean it?”
His hand trailed down my arm until he laced his fingers with mine, picking it up to kiss the inside wrist before rubbing it against his jaw, marking me with his scent all the while holding my eye.
“I mean it, Autumn.”
I gripped his hand tighter, taking greedy gulps of the three of them around me.
“I’m ready to go home and get naked,” I said, deadly serious.
If there was even a chance in hell I could end up in a sexy cuddle pile with the three of them together then I wasn’t going to waste one more second of it.
Chapter24
Autumn
My head throbbed angrily as I woke, but from the sweat covering my body I had a feeling it had nothing to do with a hangover and everything to do with the three half naked men clinging to me. We were a tangle of limbs and it took all my strength to crawl out from under them and sit up.
Light filtered in through Boone’s curtains and I took the quiet moment to study their sleeping forms as I let the grogginess fade.