Page 152 of Finding Us

She smiles. “I like what they do to you.”

“I do, too, but we’re in a parking lot and there are kids around.”

She glances back at the kids in line at the window. “Then can we take the ice cream back to our place?”

“Let’s take it to that park where we had lunch and then I want to drive around some more.”

“Okay.” She sighs, like she’s upset that I turned her down.

I didn’t really turn her down. I plan to find an out-of-the-way place at the park and see if she’ll do it with me outside, just to mix things up a little.

“I don’t know if I can wait until later.” She whispers it in my ear as we walk toward the order window.

I love that Jade wants me that way. I always hear guys complain that, after a while, their girlfriends or wives don’t want to do it anymore. That they lose all interest in sex. But notmygirl. We’ve been together a year and Jade still wants to do it all the time.

Maybe that will change someday, but for now I’m enjoying every minute of it. I can’t get enough of her. She turns me on like no other girl has. Sometimes just seeing her walk in the room makes my body react. If she kisses me or touches me and we’re in public, I have to force myself to think non-sexual thoughts to keep things in line down there. I know she does it on purpose. I do it to her, too, sometimes. I get her all worked up in a public place. But she doesn’t have to deal with the world knowing it, the way I, and all guys, do.

I peruse the menu board, holding Jade in front of me. “I’m getting you the Colossal Cookie Monster Mash-up.”

“No, you’re not.” She laughs and leans back into me, her ass pushing into the front of my shorts. Damn. Think non-sexual thoughts. Some kid screams next to me and I see his mom wiping his nose. Thanks, kid. That did the job.

“You love cookies and ice cream,” I say to Jade. “It’s perfect.”

“It has six scoops of ice cream and six cookies.”

“I’ve seen you eat more than that.”

She tilts her head back against my chest. “No, you haven’t. I’ve never eaten that much.”

“You need to.” I hold her in place and whisper in her ear, “I don’t like a flat ass.”

She turns and swats at my chest and whispers back, “I do not have a flat ass. And if I eat that sundae, I will have a big, flabby ass, which is not what either of us wants.”

We’re next in line and before Jade can speak, I say, “One Colossal Cookie Monster Mash-up.”

“You want two spoons with that?” the girl asks. She’s probably around 15. Her eyes are glued on whoever’s behind us. I turn to see a guy around her age, smiling at her.

I look back at Jade. “You didn’t want to share, did you?”

She narrows her eyes at me, then turns to the girl. “Two spoons, please.”

The girl rings up the order. “I need a name,” she says.

I give her my name and pay, then Jade and I wait off to the side.

“Garret, why are you trying to make me look like a pig?”

“I’m not. I was just kidding.” I kiss her, hugging her into my side. “Besides, that girl didn’t even notice. She was too busy flirting with the kid behind us. I’m surprised she even heard. We’ll be lucky if we get the right sundae.”

As we’re standing there I hear someone yelling my name. I turn to see a guy in a white Escalade pull up next to us. It’s Kyle and some other guys. Their windows are down. There’s a hot blonde in the front seat checking herself out in the visor mirror. Must be Kyle’s girlfriend.

“Missed you at the party last night,” Kyle says.

“Yeah. We were busy.” I nod toward Jade, my arm still around her. “This is my wife, Jade.”

The blonde hears me say ‘wife’ and immediately turns to look at us, as do the guys in the back seat.

“Hi.” Jade smiles at Kyle. His eyes trail up and down her body. It annoys me, but shit, she’s hot. Guys are always checking her out.

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