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“Shit,” she and I said in unison.
“Who is calling?” I said, frustrated and pissed that our phones were doing everything but sounding off an Emergency Broadcast System alert.
“Natalia,” she said, answering her phone with confusion.
“Jake?” I answered my phone, wondering why Jim’s brother was calling with the same confusion.
“Look behind you, horn dog,” Jake said. Nat must’ve said the same thing to Darcy because we both turned and looked out simultaneously.
The group I now wished I’d never invited to Mexico stood just beyond where our infinity pool was situated to overlook the shoreline, watching us for God knows how long.
Darcy seemed to thank the gods our cock-blocking friends had shown up, and I stood there glaring at the sorry fuckers I’d invited to join us on our trip.
“Fucking—”
“You’re not fucking anyone or anything until you get down here and give us all a hug,” Jake laughed. “Oh, never mind. Darcy’s opening the gate. We’re all coming up.”
He hung up, and I couldn’t help but smile and laugh, knowing this was most likely a blessing in disguise. I wished I hadn’t shared how long it’d been since I’d had sex, though. That was a detail that didn’t bother me when I expected to get laid immediately afterward, but now, with everyone’s arrivala day early, I only had myself to blame.
Oh, well,c’est la vie. Everything was fine, and the last thing I needed was to admit that eating grasshoppers, larvae, and fungus had turned me into a man who wanted to get laid, and not just by anyone, but by the first woman to put a smile on my face and bring an edge of carefree excitement into my life.
Maybe I was glad for the interruption, and after seeing Darcy and Natalia linked arm-in-arm, I could tell Darcy was also grateful for it.
Well, fuck it. At least I got my kiss. That should be enough.
Chapter Thirty-Two
Darcy
My brain was misfiring in every possible way when the group arrived at our villa, putting an end to what I wanted to kick my own ass for allowing. I had no explanation except that I had a weak moment, which nearly led to unimaginable things going down between Sebastian and me moments ago.
Thank God everyone decided to show up with an impromptu engagement celebration, and considering where things between Sebastian and I were about to go, I wasn’t about to question their unexpected arrival.
Avery released me from her tightened embrace and snatched my hand. “Tell us how it happened. Everything, we want to hear it all,” she said with a contagious and very excited laugh.
Avery, Nat, and Ashley surprised us by hiring caterers for the party. Since the house was bustling with staff—food being prepared, a mariachi band playing, and the men all stationed by the pool where a bar was quickly erected to keep theentertainment going strong all night—we gals decided to walk down to the beach.
I glanced back, watching all the hustle and bustle in the villa, relieved for the distraction and still reeling from what’d happened with Sebastian. I was so fucking turned on by him, aching to be in his arms and have him fuck me like a virile man who hadn’t been laid in two years would. After hearing him admit how long his dry spell had been going on while being too afraid to admit that I had beat him by a year, I was putty in his hands for him to do whatever he wanted with my body. Especially after enjoying his enormous cock pressed up against my?—
“Jesus, you look like you’re about to have a stroke,” Natalia said, sitting next to me in a lounge chair as Avery and Ashley pulled chairs around to form a semi-circle so we could easily talk. Nat was laughing, but her eyes were probing for answers about what was happening between me and Sebastian. “Did we interrupt you two lovebirds?”
“No, no,” I said, wanting to shake these sensations out of my head so I could think.
“You two are so perfect,” Ashley said. “I know I’m new to theSebastian and Darcyparty, but I never imagined that man wanting to date anyone on the West Coast, much less marry them such a short time after meeting them.”
I looked at Jake’s wife and smiled, forcing myself to come to and be able to interact with the girls. “I know,” was all I could say.
“Are you okay?” Avery asked. “You don’t look well.”
“I’m just overwhelmed,” I answered, finally speaking truthfully. “That’s all. I wasn’t expecting any of this,” I waved my hand over at the villa.
“Oh, honey, I’m sorry,” Natalia answered. “I just thought since the two of you were out all day today, you’d be too exhausted to go out to eat tonight.”
“So, you thought you’d bring the party here and finish me off?” I laughed.
“Precisely,” she answered with a knowing grin. “At the rate you both are falling in love, getting engaged, and hiding in this villa all day, the next thing we know, we’ll be throwing a baby shower on top of a wedding celebration.”
I eyed her, and she smiled in return. Was it wrong that I was annoyed with Nat for bringing everyone here and killing the only chance at sex with Sebastian that I’d probably ever get? I should have hugged her in gratitude like I did when they first arrived, but Sebastian’s lingering fragrance, coupled with the desire to feel his muscles hard at work while he was inside me, was the only thing I wanted right now.
