“I taught that pup everything he knows,” I boasted, and she laughed.
Then her fingers scraped along my neck and my entire body tingled.
Was she torturing me on purpose?
Probably my punishment for getting her back on the dance floor, but I’d take it. And I swore there was heat in her eyes. She wasn’t as unaffected by me as she claimed.
Fuck, I wanted to kiss her again.
And since I was her boyfriend for the time being, I leaned in and brushed my lips against hers. Her startled, indrawn breath made me pause, but then her fingers tightened on my neck and she kissed me right back.
Fucking hell, she was perfection, and I couldn’t get enough. We kept the kiss tame, just a meeting of lips, and a soft swipe of my tongue against hers as we swayed to the music. The crowd had died down and people were already starting to leave when we’d taken the floor, but right now it felt like it was just the two of us.
I knew with every fiber of my being that I would never get tired of this feeling. Was it stupid to hope that maybe Dani felt a smidge of what I was feeling? It was crazy, we’d only known each other for just over two weeks.
How had I fallen for her so quickly?
Chapter 11
DANI
“Idemand all details about my future brother-in-law, and I brought wine.” Mal flashed me his trademark brilliant smile and walked past me and into my house when I opened my door to him the following night.
I snorted. “Nice to see you, too. You look tanned and energized.” While I’d gotten my mother’s fair coloring and struggled to maintain anything aside from a burn, Mal looked more like our dad and tanned frustratingly easily.
Bastard.
“Ten days in Hawaii will do that to you. Highly recommend. Want a glass now?” He continued into my kitchen without stopping and grabbed two glasses and the bottle opener.
“No Rick?” I asked, shutting the door behind me.
“He’s been around long enough to know you and I need our catch-up time, big sis.” Then he smirked. “Especially when you had the audacity to go and fall in love with another hot hockeyplayer—a goalie, even—while I was away.” He shook his head and started pouring. “Seriously, how could you?”
I grabbed the glass he held out for me and set it on the counter behind me. “It’s not like I did it on purpose.”
“When did you meet? How did you meet? I need to know everything.”
“Geez, Mal. Take a freaking breath before you pass out.”
“Your stall tactics are weak.”
“You haven’t even hugged me yet. Just barged in and started demanding shit. So rude.” I faked a pout.
He tugged me into his arms and gave me a tight squeeze. “There. Hug accomplished. And I missed you terribly. Maybe we can double-date for a vacation soon. How’s Tucks handle the sun?”
“Whoa. Getting way ahead of yourself a bit? I have no idea, But I bet he tans,” I said.
“Because you looked him up online and found a few shirtless boating pictures with his fellow hot teammates?”
My mouth gaped. “No. Oh my god, did you do that?”
“Please, of course I did. Any normal person does a full online search when their loved ones start dating someone new. That’s just common sense.”
I chuckled. “You’re such a weirdo, but did you learn anything good? I actually didn’t google him.”
“He’s from Seattle, parents still together, has three sisters and a bunch of adorable nieces. Oh, and a dog. He’s clearly a golden retriever of a man and he has a golden. They have their own Instagram page and make adorable videos. His hockey stats are solid and he’s been in the league for ten years.”
“Fucking hell, Mal. Did you hire a PI or something?”
