Page 71 of Keep On Loving You
The crowd went wild.
Sweating and breathing hard, her breasts rose and fell against him as she looked up at him with a look of pure delight. “We did it.”
He bent and spoke into her ear. “You are fucking amazing, Kitty Kat.”
Before he lost control and kissed her in front of the entire town, he straightened up and took her hand, so they could take their bow.
The crowd chanted for an encore as they walked off stage, but they were let off the hook with the announcement of the next performer, local favorite, the Stoke Fires.
“I can’t believe we did that.” Kat jumped up and down the second they were safely off stage. “Can you believe it? We didn’t screw up. Not once.”
“Of course we didn’t.” Andy laughed and caught her face in his hands. “You’re so fucking incredible.” He bent to kiss her, but Kat spun away from him.
“You’re crazy. We can’t do that here.” She chastised him, but there was a flirty grin on her face. “Remember what my brothers said…I need to stay away from men with ill intent.”
Andy shook his head with a laugh. After Craig and Chase more or less insisted that Andy stay at Kat’s house to protect her from basically all men, it had become one of their favorite jokes. “Oh, I definitely have some intent,” he growled. “But it’ll have to wait.”
“It will.” She reached for his hand and tugged him toward the stage stairs.
“Promise me you won’t change out of that dress.”
She shook her ass, sending her fringe flying and giving him a very nice view of the top of her thighs.
She winked and blew him a kiss, and he almost lost control again.
There was no time to entertain thoughts of what he’d like to do when he got her alone because a moment later, they were swallowed up by a crowd of well-wisherscongratulating them on their performance as they made their way together to where the Carlson clan was waiting for them.
“Wow.”
“Holy shit!”
“Incredible.”
The women all crowded around Kat and heaped her with well-deserved compliments.
“Dude!” It was Craig who clapped him on the back and pulled him away from the women. “Who knew you had moves like that?”
Andy laughed. “Truthfully?” He gratefully accepted the beer that Craig put in his hand. “Not me. Thankfully, I had a good partner.”
“I didn’t think Kat had a rhythmic bone in her body.” Chase and Asher joined the conversation.
“She was more of a tomboy than a dancer growing up,” Asher said.
Andy swallowed back a retort about exactly how much rhythm Kat had when it came to certain activities, choosing instead to take a drink of the cold beer.
“So that’s one more thing off the list then?” Craig looked at him expectantly.
Andy had a flash of guilt for knowing something more about the family matters. But he’d promised Kat he wouldn’t say a word, and he intended to keep that promise.
It was just one more thing he was keeping from his best friend, and he hated it. But there wasn’t much choice.
“You know that isn’t for me to say.” Andy lifted his beerin a sort of salute but his friend just shook his head and turned to find his sister.
“Kat!”
She lifted her head from the group of women who were still fawning over her, as they should. What Kat had just pulled off had been nothing short of incredible.
“Hey.” Andy grabbed his friend’s arm and pulled him around. “Let her have her moment,” he said when Craig looked at him. “It’s been a big night and she’s worked hard. She was so nervous to perform in front of everyone. Just give her tonight.”
