He dives down and starts nibbling and teasing between my legs.
“Okay, yes,” I choke out. “Now I know what’s going through your head.”
I feel his laugh against my clit before he resumes sucking on it.
The sheets are completely off me, and I look over at Noah, passed out on his stomach.
“Noah is right there,” I mouth to Kaleb.
He stops and cocks an eyebrow at me.
“Shut up,” I tell him. “We weren’t thinking last night.”
I’m well aware we’ve already had sex once with his brother asleep mere feet away, but I shove Kaleb off and pull the sheet up over me. He can wait until we’re alone.
He huffs and crawls back up, lying down and tucking me under his arm. I snuggle in, reveling in his warmth.
He grabs something off the counter next to the bed and shoves it at me.
I hold up the paperback.
“What’s this?” I ask, reading the title. “The Sirens of Titan?”
I look up at him, and he opens the book to where it’s dog-eared.
He hands it back to me, pointing.
“You want me to read it?” I ask.
He nods.
I half-smile. I guess he does read.
And if I’m not letting him do things to my body, then he’s still making me entertain him, I guess.
I remain under his arm, but flip onto my back and clear my throat. “Chapter ten…”
Jerking the wheel right, I plant my foot on the ground, letting the bike skid to a halt before speeding off again toward the house. I laugh behind my helmet, feeling Kaleb right on my ass as the dogs chase him, tails wagging.
We’ve been home for a couple weeks now, Noah and I having no trouble dragging Kaleb back down the mountain. I think he knew I wouldn’t be comfortable up at the other cabin, and he wasn’t about to let me go anywhere he wasn’t going to be.
Jake plowed and salted the driveway this morning, and when his back was turned, we took the bikes.
I race to the house, my stomach doing somersaults at the wind and speed, and I brake, coming to a stop. Looking behind me, I watch as Kaleb slides to a halt, the vein in that damn gorgeous neck bulging as his arms flex.
I want to go back in the shower. With him and his hands and all the things his eyes and smiles whisper to me when we’re alone.
I haven’t slept in my own bed for a single night since we got back.
“You two!” I hear Jake bellow.
I jerk my head, straightening as he barrels out of the shop. Shit.
“Off!” he barks. “Now!”
I park the bike and climb off, trying to hide my smile.
He stalks over to us, looking at the McDougall bikes. “Great. Now they’re dirty,” he growls. “I have to clean them again— No, you know what? You’re cleaning them.” He points to Kaleb and then me, too. “You’re both cleaning them!”
“We were going to,” I tell him, taking off my helmet. “You want some pancakes or something?”
He cocks an eyebrow and turns around, ignoring my sudden change in subject.
I throw a look at Kaleb. He just shakes his head.
Jake’s moods have spiraled lately, and I’m worried it’s my fault. Is he feeling guilty? Is he concerned for me? Is he jealous?
I haven’t had a chance to talk to him. Kaleb and I are always together.
Or Kaleb makes sure we’re always together.
Not that I’d choose to have it any other way. I just hope he trusts that I’m well aware of who I’m in love with, and he doesn’t need to worry about his father and brother around me.
I jog after Jake. “Are you okay?”
“I’m fine.”
“I don’t think you are.”
He heads over to the tool bench and picks up what he needs before turning to another work-in-progress.
He won’t look at me.
“I’m happy,” I tell him, because I know that’s what he really cares about.
“I know.”
So what is it, then? I stand there, feeling Kaleb walk past me to the sink. He washes his hands, but I know he’s watching us.
“Just…don’t get pregnant,” he finally grits out. “You’re only eighteen.”
“I know,” I assure him. “I won’t.”
“And you’re going to college.”
“I will.”
I think.
He glares at the bike he’s working on, seething. “And tell that woman,” he bites out, closing his eyes like the mere mention of her is going to send him over the edge, “that if she doesn’t stop calling every other day just to get in my face and ruin my goddamn peace of mind with all her questions and arrogant little comebacks, that I will burn every cell phone and computer in this house, so she can’t ever get a hold of you again! And then I’ll put up an electric fence in time for the snow to melt so she can’t get on the property!”