Page 57 of Where You Left Me

That’s great. Tell him I’ll swing by tomorrow afternoon before my shift. He owes me a fist bump.

Mia

You’re going to come all the way here just for a fist bump? What about to see me?

Me

That’s a given, Peaches. I don’t gotta give you a warning for that.

Speaking of…you free now? I need some help with band tryouts for the live concert at Bikes and Beers.

Mia

I’d love to help!

Me

I’ll pick you up in 10.

Band tryouts are stretching it.We only have two local bands in Maple Ridge, and one consists of three men who live in the retirement condo and play accordions. It’s no competition for the indie rock/country band. But we let the accordion guys at least feel like they’ve got a shot and listen to them play three songs.

The entire time, Mia sits on a barstool across from me with her chin resting in her hands and watching the men play. She has a wide smile stretched on her face and her eyes are amused. It’s adorable how sweet she is. The men must think so too, because when they leave, one slips Mia his phone number and another one gives her a kiss on the cheek.

After they shuffle out the door, and Mia turns to me, I can’t resist. I stand and yank her up, pulling her into my arms.

“That was sweet,” I whisper, looking down at her and interlocking my hands behind her back.

“I couldn’t help it, they were so cute. And old. And horny,” she adds, snorting a laugh.

Chuckling into her neck, I say, “Very horny. But can you blame them? Just look at their audience. They got to play for the most beautiful girl in the world.”

She bumps her shoulder into my chest.

“I thought that little guy was gonna try to cop a feel,” I muse.

Mischief sparkles in her eyes. “Are you jealous, Jones?”

“A little.” I give her a light kiss on her nose. “But then I remembered that I’m the one who gets to touch your ass.”

“Along with other things,” she banters.

And my dick goes hard instantly.

The door opens to The Pines but I’m too distracted to care. I lean down and kiss Mia, reaching my hands around to squeeze her butt cheeks. My fantasies run wild, in them I’ve already got her half-naked and bent over my bed.

“Okayyy, that’s enough of that,” my sister’s voice sounds out, and now that’s enough to turtle my cock.

Rearing back, I catch the sight of Mia’s mouth wet with my saliva. I swipe the pad of my thumb across her lips, and she inhales a sharp breath. The sound causes my gut to tighten. The restrain it’s taking me to not throw this woman over my shoulders and take her upstairs into my apartment and fuck her good and hard is remarkable.

“We’re closed,” I grumble, my vision wavering from Mia to Cammie and the rest of the Scooby Doo gang following behind her.

“You could’ve fooled me,” Cammie says in singsong.

Mia pats me on the chest before moving around me. “Aw, leave them alone.”

“As long as they’re paying customers tonight, they’re welcome,” Ben grunts.

Rosie shoots a scowl at Ben. “If I have to pay, I’m outta here.”

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