She gives me a shy smile, and I lean back against her counter and stand her between my legs. She runs her hands under my jacket as I run my nose up her neck and breathe her in.
“Missed you this week.”
“Really?” Her big hazel eyes turn up to me, and I rub her nose with mine.
“Yes, really. I’m sorry I haven’t been around much.” I shake my head. “And I’m sorry shit’s been weird since we saw my dad.”
Her arms wrap around my neck and she kisses me. “I don’t care about any of that.” Her hips press into mine, and my body responds. “You look stressed, though.”
I grab her ass and prop her up on the counter. “Less stressed now that I’m with you.”
Hank Kingston’s double-wide is a million miles away, and I realize Gabby’s opinion of me hasn’t changed despite what happened.
It feels amazing.
Shefeels amazing.
Things are too good between us to ruin it with talk of what happened earlier tonight.
Gabby wraps her legs around me, and I take a slow lick of her bottom lip. “You know what they say helps with stress?” I ask as I press my growing erection into her.
She rolls her eyes, a playful smile on her lips. “No, what dothey sayhelps with stress?”
“Backgammon.” A beat goes by, and we both laugh. “Honestly, I have no clue how to play backgammon, but it sounded funny.”
“You dork.” She grips my hair and pulls me into a kiss.
This time, we don’t stop until she’s moaning my name and trembling in my arms.
49
GABBY
Tank letsout the loudest burp I’ve ever heard, and we all groan.
“That’s nasty, bro. You’re gonna make me lose my appetite.” Olly shovels one more bite of stuffing into his mouth and groans in delight. “Amazing stuffing, ladies. You can stuff my turkey any day.”
“Watch your mouth. My woman will not be going anywhere near your turkey,” Tank barks as he leans over to kiss Bree.
We all snicker.
Rider sets down his plate with barely a crumb left behind. “That was the best pumpkin empanada I’ve ever had.”
“I call dibs on the last one in the kitchen!” Knox jumps up to get it, shoving Olly out of the way, and I smile. It’s amazing to be appreciated like this.
Bree, Sienna, and I put together a pretty decent dinner if I do say so myself. The guys didn’t want anyone spending all day in the kitchen, so some of it was premade, but we whipped together a few homemade favorites too and had a blast hanging out.
Even though I still haven’t heard from my aunt and likely won’t, today is the best Thanksgiving I’ve had in a while. Ben even texted me before he took off to hang out with some friends.
I look around at our group. The guys all treat me like a little sister, and Bree, Sienna and I have bonded since we’re all involved with members of the football team. Sienna has been tight-lipped about who she’s dating, but I know she’s embarrassed he won’t spend time with her publicly. Hopefully once the season is over, he’ll make her the priority she deserves to be.
I lean back into Rider, who has one arm draped behind my back and the other wrapped around Poppy.
“Sucks we have to get on a plane tomorrow.” Knox groans as he collapses back into the other sofa.
Rider lowers his voice. “You sure it’s not a problem to watch the munchkin?”
“Not at all.” I kiss him. “It’s just one night. We’ll be fine.” He hates leaving Poppy for away games.
