Page 121 of Wild About You
The music is blasting, and people are standing in groups talking, some girls are dancing, and a few guys are playing cornhole. But Tyler and I make our way to the edge of the yard where we find a little slice of privacy.
His phone vibrates and he pulls it from his pocket. A grin tugs at one side of his mouth. “Looks like Everly is staying at Grace’s tonight.”
He taps out a response and then puts it back in his pocket.
I place my hands on his shoulders and then eliminate the space between our bodies. “Oh no. What will we do?”
“I have a few ideas.” His deep voice vibrates low in my stomach as his fingers glide around my waist to my lower back and then dip to palm my ass.
I squeak my approval and kiss him again.
“I love you so damn much,” he whispers into my mouth. “But why did you have to wear jeans tonight? My access points are severely limited.”
“When have you ever backed down from a challenge?”
His eyes darken, and I can practically see him calculating a hundred different ways to get into my pants without anyone noticing.
But before he’s able to act on it, Jade finds us. She’s beaming as she launches herself at me in a bear hug.
“I just heard. Oh my gosh! I swear I leave and ten minutes later you’re getting engaged.” She shoots Tyler a disapproving scowl. “A little heads-up would have been nice.”
“Sorry.” He chuckles.
“Scarlett is grabbing a bottle of champagne so we can pop it in a proper celebration, and I want to hear all about it.”
Tyler looks like he might want to object, but Jade shakes her head. “No, you get her for the rest of your life. I’m stealing her for thirty minutes.”
“Thirty minutes.” He taps the face of his watch.
I kiss him before Jade pulls me away.
Scarlett is waiting for us with a bottle in one hand, and three glasses in the other. She hands them out, pops the bottle, and then fills us each a glass.
“I am so excited for you,” Scarlett says.
“Same.” Jade lifts her glass, and we clink them together before drinking. “The way he looks at you is really something.”
“How does he look at me?” I glance over my shoulder to find Tyler chatting with Leo and Declan. He catches my gaze and grins.
“Like he can’t believe you’re really here.”
My heart races because that’s exactly how I feel about him each and every time I see him.
“I have news too.” Jade holds out her glass for Scarlett to refill it.
“Good news or bad news?”
“Good,” she says in a tone that sounds unsure. She takes a large sip before continuing. “I’m getting married this summer.”
Neither Scarlett nor I say anything as we wait for her to elaborate, but she doesn’t.
“Congratulations,” I say. “What made you set the date so soon? I thought you wanted to wait?”
“My editor. She wants to cash in on all the buzz I’m getting. She thinks that if I drag it out too long, people will lose interest.” She shrugs. “Anyway, I know it’s a big ask since you’re planning your own weddings, but will you both be bridesmaids?”
“Of course.” Scarlett hugs her, then I do the same.
“Yes, absolutely.”
