“Oh my” had come from Mrs. Storey.
I rested my forehead against his and said, “Moya lyubov’.”
“Um… hi.”
I had grinned and stood. “Would anyone like a coffee?”
After taking their orders, I had moved off but heard. “Herb, why don’t you greet me like that?”
“Fuck me, now I won’t hear the end of this.”
West was getting used to me kissing him in front of people, since it seemed I could not help myself when it came to him. Now he expected it when I was around, and every night since the first. Though, it was getting harder and harder keeping my hands to myself. Especially since we both became aroused from being alone and having each other’s mouths.
“Do you have to leave today?”
“Da. I have a few things that need my attention.” He nodded against me. “I was wondering if you would like to go to dinner tonight?”
He buried his face into my chest and nodded.
“Words, moya lyubov’. I need them.”
He kissed my chest, and my dick perked up more than it already was from having him in my arms.
“Yeah, dinner out sounds good.”
“Excellent. I will organize a place and pick you up at six.”
“Sounds good.”
“Would you be interested in staying at my home after?”
He paused after a little yip sounded from his lips. I pinched his chin and gently dragged his head up to see his cheeks burning for me.
“Yes?” I asked.
“Da,” he replied.
“Good. Pack a bag then. Now kiss me so I can get ready for the day.”
Of course, when he did, I did not leave the room for another half an hour.
West
“I feel like a giddy gay teen on his first date,” I confessed as I sat on my bed, gripping the sweater I held.
Kylo snorted. “Shit, I would as well if an ex-mafia guy, who was hot and totally fuckin’ devoted to me, was on his way to pick me up for a night of sexy time.” He grinned and quickly added, “Don’t tell Saint I called your guy hot.”
Lucas and I laughed. “I won’t if you don’t call him hot in that appreciative tone again.”
“Well lookee here. Someone’s possessive,” Kylo teased.
“It’s good to see,” Lucas said. He took the sweater from my hands, folded it, and placed it in my bag. “I bet you never thought you and Adrik would be where you are.”
I shook my head. “Not in a million years. It might sound like my head’s in the clouds, but I never thought I could be this lucky.”
“He’s as crazy for you as you are for him. Anyone can see it,” Lucas said.
I hummed under my breath, my body warming. That I believed. The man kissed me every chance he got, no matter who was around—even in front of Dimitri and his parents, who’d been over for lunch before they departed early the next day to go back to Russia.
“What are you wearing to dinner?” Kylo asked.
I glanced down at my jeans and T-shirt. “This.”
Lucas and Kylo shared a look.
“What?” I demanded.
“You can keep the jeans, but maybe try a shirt. I’m sure Adrik will take you to a nice place,” Lucas said.
Groaning, I slapped my forehead. “Crap. I should have thought of that. I don’t have a nice shirt. At least I don’t think I do.” I strode to my walk-in closet and flung shirt after shirt across the room. None of them felt right. “No, no, no,” I repeated. I groaned. “I don’t have anything.”
A chuckling Kylo rested his hands on my shoulders. “Relax. He’ll like you in anythin’. Go out and finish packin’. I’ll find somethin’.”
“Okay.” I nodded, relaxing a little.
Lucas helped me with the rest and slid in a packet of condoms. I froze, my gaze rising to his. Lucas smiled. “Just in case.”
My face burned.
Lucas shifted closer, his hand dropping to my arm. “West… um, it’s natural to want something from Adrik.”
My goose bumps extended down my neck. “Lucas,” I moaned, definitely embarrassed.
“Your back is healed enough for a little playtime.”
“Oh my God. Do not call it playtime.”
“Sexy time?” Kylo suggested, walking back into the room and holding a plain white shirt. “White is always good.”
I waved him off. “White, sure. And no to sexy time. I am not talking about my… my time with Adrik. I don’t even know if he’ll want to touch me—” I clamped my mouth shut, not meaning to voice one of my fears.
“West,” Lucas whispered as he shook his head.
Kylo rested his cane against the bed. “West, I get why you would think that. Hell, I felt incomplete with my injuries, but from what I’ve seen, you’ll have a hard time keeping his hands off you.”
“He’s right,” Lucas agreed.
I knew it, deep down I did, but I couldn’t stop the worry about a naked night with Adrik. I wasn’t even sure I was ready for more.
“Besides, it’s not like you have to jump his bones right away. There’s other things you can do.” Kylo wiggled his eyebrows up and down. Both Lucas and I blushed. Kylo laughed in response.
All right, I could do this. I could get over my anxiety of Adrik being anywhere near my back. He liked me. He stayed at my side. He wanted me, and I wanted him just as much. I wouldn’t miss out on a chance to deepen what Adrik and I had, especially over my injuries that Adrik had already seen.
Nodding, I rubbed at my chest over my beating heart. “You’re both right.”
Lucas grinned. “Aren’t we always?”
“I wouldn’t go that far,” I told him. I replaced my T-shirt with the crisp white shirt. “This good?” I asked, holding my arms out for inspection. Lucas gave me two thumbs-up.
“If I didn’t have a man, I’d jump you,” Kylo said.
“Then thank fuck you have me,” Saint said from the doorway, glaring at Kylo. Lucas and I jolted, while Kylo just turned to his man and grinned.
“That’s true. I see no other besides you.”
Saint grunted. “Keep it that way. You ready to head out?”
Kylo shook his head. “I have to stay to see West off on his first date with Adrik.”
“Ah, no you don’t,” I said. There could be a chance I’d make a fool out of myself somehow, and the fewer people who saw it, the better.
Kylo grinned. “Yes, I do.”
“I’d really prefer if you all weren’t here,” I said, and picked up my bag from the bed. I started for the door as a grinning Saint stepped back to let me through.
“Now we definitely have to stay,” Saint said.
Shit.
Just as we rounded the door, there was a knock. My stomach swooshed. I glanced there to already see Wreck opening the door. I got a glimpse of Adrik before Wreck shut the door in his face again.
“Wade,” Lucas scolded.
Wreck sighed and opened the door again. “In,” he ordered.
I quickly moved that way. “That’s okay. We can just go.” Lord above, when my gaze landed on Adrik and I got a good look at him, my breath hitched, and I stumbled.