Oh my God.
He kept one hand firmly on my waist as he signed his name on the back of the jersey with his other hand.
“All finished here.” He spanked me and then stepped back.
I immediately stood up. I knew my face was flushed when I turned back to him.
He gave me another wink and walked through the opening in the wall.
Yeah, I was officially turned on. I really hoped James was next. But when the music changed, Brendan appeared.
He looked at me and the corner of his mouth ticked up.
Probably because of the huge jersey I was wearing. Brendan had liked me for all of 5 minutes. Surely he’d be giving most of his attention to Kristen, since she was the only one of us girls who was kind of available. Besides, I wasn’t sure I could take getting any more turned on. This was all completely inappropriate. Justin knew that, right?
I pulled off the jersey and stared down at Matt’s signature. As much fun as that was, his name didn’t belong on me. I sat down.
Everyone started laughing.
I looked up to see Brendan doing this funny robot dance up to us. Which did not at all match the cowboy outfit he was wearing.
When he got in front of the couch he started doing this two-step thing in his cowboy boots. It looked like this was not his first time line dancing. I wasn’t even sure if it was the first time he’d torn a plaid shirt off like that, the buttons going in every direction. Perfect chaos.
He grabbed Kristen’s hand and pressed it against the front of his jeans.
It looked like she was going to faint.
Hopefully she’d be distracted by Brendan for the rest of the wedding weekend.
Besides Kristen, he didn’t inappropriately thrust or spank anyone. But everyone was definitely distracted by his abs as he danced in front of the couch.
Alina actually licked her lips as she stared at him.
Daphne’s face had turned crimson as she shoved a cracker in her mouth.
I was surprised when Brendan tore his jeans off. All these costumes looked so real.
He tipped his hat at me and smiled.
“Hey, Brendan,” I said.
“Hey? That’s all I get?” He put his cowboy hat on my head, before pulling me off the couch.
I laughed, but my laughter died in my throat as he stared down at me. I’d been trying really hard not to look at him during his dance. Because he had a stupid perfect face and stupid perfect abs and I was already embarrassed enough about being aroused by Rob and Matt.
“Remember the last time I kissed you?” he whispered down at me.
My heart started beating faster.Stop it, heart! Why are you betraying me?!I will not be turned on by you, Brendan.I shook my head, even though I did remember.
He put his lips to my ear. “You really don’t remember? It was a pretty great kiss, Penny.” He pulled back and smiled at me. “And remember,” he said in a surprisingly good Southern drawl. “Instead of riding a horse, next time ride a cowboy, darling.”
I didn’t know what he meant by that. Was he calling James a horse? Or was he just making the usual horse cowboy joke?
He placed a kiss on my cheek, like he wanted to remind me of what his lips felt like.
But I hadn’t forgotten. And I didn’t know if it was that, or the perfect Southern accent, or the cowboy costume itself but…he’d gotten me. I swallowed hard.
God, I needed James. Right this freaking second. But it wasn’t James who appeared next.