Page 39 of Cherish

“Can I pry you ladies away from Mellie’s designer knock-offs long enough so we can get the hell out of here?” I step behind Alex, who’s holding a long dress against her body. Of course, the dress being Mellie’s means it’s much too long for my Alex. I take the dress from her and hang it back up. I wrap one arm around her and lift her off the ground before walking us out of the room.

Her polka dot wrap around dress hikes up, revealing her smooth thighs.

“I have everything I need. If you two aren’t in the car in two minutes, you can drive yourselves to the Vineyard.” I know I’ve gotten their attention when I hear their heavy footsteps following behind me.

I don’t put Alex down until we get to the garage. Instead of opening the car door for her, I press her against the car and pull down the V-neck of her dress, getting a view of her large breasts. I know my girl. I know her body, and even in the hot garage in the middle of July, her breathing changes. She slides a hand under my shirt and slowly slides her hand from my abs to my pecs. Her cheeks pinken as her eyes darken in desire.

I let go of her dress, tilt her chin up and kiss her plump lips. It was only meant to be a soft kiss before getting on the road, but I grab her face with both hands and ravish her with my tongue.

I leave her face and grab both of her breasts, squeezing them gently. She moans in my mouth and caresses the back of my head with her soft hands. One hand leaves a breast and travels down to her ass, cupping it and pulling her against my groin.

“Ugh. Jason, get your tongue out of Alex’s mouth and hand off her ass.” I hear a snicker, followed by the sound of a door opening and closing.

“And get your hand off her huge-ass boobs.” This from Ananda. By the time I pull away from Alex, I have to will my body to cool down.

A few minutes later, we’re cruising on I-93 to Route 3 toward Cape Cod. I rest my hand on Alex’s exposed thigh. “I can’t wait to get there and check out the men,” Ananda says. “I need a double dose of dick ASAP.”

I shake my head as Alex and Mellie laugh.

“A double dose, Nand? Is that one in the snatch and one in the ass?” Alex laughs at her question.

“Who knew you were so filthy, angel? FYI, I don’t share, so you’re only getting a single dose of dick, albeit it will be on an as needed basis.”

“Yes, Doctor.” Alex lifts my hand from her thigh and licks the tip of my index finger, and I feel it all the way down in my balls.

“Please, stop you two. Alex, he’s my brother. I already need therapy. Anyway, I can’t wait to check out the guys there. Sandy is so hot, so hopefully she has male cousins who are just as hot.”

“And I’d totally hate on Sandy,” Ananda says, “but she’s so nice, I can’t hate her. And for your information, a double dose means one dick, but a back-to-back dick down.” I ignore their rant and focus on stroking the soft inner thigh of the sexy woman next to me.

“In that case, Alex already had a double dose today. She almost had a triple, but we’re on a schedule. By the way, Ananda, I hear that Dr. Doyle is single.”

Ananda shrieks with laughter, Mellie pretends to vomit, and Alex blushes.

“Look at my brother giving zero fucks about the competition.”

“Shut up, Mellie,” Alex says.

“Competition? Who? Doyle?” I look at her through the rearview mirror. “That’s funny, Mellie.”

“That’s good considering he pulled your woman to the side the other day for a private conversation.”

The car goes deathly quiet. Traffic has increased, so I steal a quick glance at Alex. The color on her cheeks confirms what Mellie just said. The look she’s throwing at Mellie would scare anyone else but not my sister.

“Have you ever heard of girl code, Mellie? Damn.” Ananda turns and stares out her window, clearly disgusted with my sister.

“Girl code is null and void when it comes to my brother.” Mellie is unapologetic in her loyalty to me. That’s new, and I find that I like it. These friends she’s made mean a lot to her, but not as much as our newly formed relationship with me.

“It was nothing.” Alex speaks fast, much faster than usual. She squeezes my hand. I look at her, and I see panic in her eyes. “He apologized for what happened between us and started to give an explanation. I told him it didn’t matter, and I left to go shopping with the girls. To go to this wedding with you. You should also know he texted me the next day just to say good morning. I didn’t text back. It wasn’t a good morning. It was a great morning because I woke up in your bed, wrapped in sheets that smelled of you.” She raises my hand to her lips and kisses it softly. Then she lowers her voice and says, “That smelled of us.”

“Why didn’t you tell me?”

“I wasn’t hiding it, Jay. It was inconsequential, and I was focusing on getting ready to come on this trip with you. It meant absolutely nothing to me, and it completely slipped my mind. I’m sorry for not telling you when it first happened.”

Ananda and Mellie whisper in the back seat, oblivious to this conversation.

“I’m all in, angel. Are you? If you’re not, tell me now.” I want to hold her gaze, but I focus on the traffic ahead of me, changing lanes to get away from a slow driver.

The last thing I want is another repeat of the relationship I had with Natalie. Looking back, Natalie was a convenient excuse. She was always in the background, helping me keep other women at bay. The truth is, I hadn’t met anyone I wanted long term, until now.

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