Page 64 of Keeping it Real

Alek had hoped to avoid that particular topic of conversation.“I can see how Gunner might get the wrong impression.I took her to a party at Picard’s last weekend.”

“How come?”

“Everyone was bringing a date.”Not a lie.“And you and Gunner said she was pretty cool.I thought it would be fun to get to know her better.That’s all.”

“So you’re not gonna marry her?”

The ABS alarm pinged for a second time when he slammed on the brakes to avoid rear-ending a minivan.“No.Of course not.That’s not happening.”

“Yeah.She said never in a million years.”

Well, damn.

“She said Aunt Sheridan has my phone.Do you think she’ll let me have it back?It was my dad’s, and I want to keep it.If I promise not to bring it to school, do you think you can convince her?”

“Sure thing, Bud.If it takes me all night, I’ll work on her.”Alek said with a self-satisfied laugh.

“What did you do that you had to go to detention?”Finn asked a few minutes later.

They were so not going there.“I don’t remember.”

Finn chuckled.“I’ll ask Peri.I’m sure she remembers.”

That was what Alek was afraid of.

“You weren’t kiddingwhen you said that kid sleeps like the dead,” Alek remarked when he closed the door to the Jack and Jill bathroom that joined Sheridan’s bedroom with Finn’s.“Mission accomplished.”

“Really?He went?”She couldn’t believe Alek had solved the problem that easily.

“Peed like a racehorse without so much as waking up.”He pulled her against his chest, burrowing beneath her hair so he could nuzzle her neck.

“Do you think it will work?”

“We’ll know in the morning.”His hand traced the outline of her breast, making her shiver.“Until then, how about you let me give you something else to think about?”

“Finn is right there in the next room.”Her protest lacked any real bite, given she was allowing him to back her up to the bed.

“Did we or did we not establish that the boy is a deep sleeper?”He pressed his hips to hers, and she couldn’t help the moan of pleasure that slipped past her lips.“But just in case, you’re going to have to be a good girl and keep quiet,” he whispered against her ear.“Do you think you can do that for me, Sheridan?”

It was hard for her to think with his erection making itself known against her belly.She turned her head to the side and nipped at the corner of his mouth.His hands made quick work of her clothes.She shoved his sweats down over his ass, letting out a little gasp when she realized he wore nothing underneath.

He gave her a cocky look while he shucked his shirt.“I figured they were only coming off anyway.”

The bed groaned beneath their weight when he crashed down on top of her.

“Shh,” they admonished each other with a laugh.

Keeping quiet proved to be a challenge, however.Between the headboard thumping against the wall and the squeaky bedframe, they had to get creative.Not that she minded.They both ended up laughing at each other more than once.In the end, she had to bury her face into a pillow when she came.

Thirty minutes later, Alek returned from the kitchen carrying a protein shake for him and a water for her.He placed a chocolate kiss on the nightstand next to her water.

“Where did you find this?”she asked as she unwrapped it.

“It was in Finn’s Halloween candy reject bucket.Not sour enough for him, I guess.”

He crawled into bed beside her.She shrieked when he pressed his cold feet against hers.

“Hush, woman.”He wrapped an arm around her shoulders and pulled her next to him.“Mmm.This is nice.”

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