Series: The Laws of Opposite Attract Series by Vi Keeland
Total pages in book: 101
Estimated words: 98878 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 494(@200wpm)___ 396(@250wpm)___ 330(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 98878 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 494(@200wpm)___ 396(@250wpm)___ 330(@300wpm)
“What in the world is that?” Caitlin asked.
I closed my eyes. “It’s my grocery list. I was looking all over for that this afternoon.”
***
“You ready?” Brayden squeezed my hand. The next night, we were parked outside the restaurant where we were meeting Justin and Caitlin for a double date.
“Not really.”
He cupped my cheeks and pulled me close. “Come here.”
I thought he was going to give me some words of wisdom or a pep talk. But his mouth went to my ear. “Spread your legs. I brought the vibrator, just in case you freaked out. We have ten minutes before we have to go inside.”
My jaw dropped open. “Are you joking?”
He took my hand and slipped it into his sports jacket. Sure enough, he had the vibrator in the inside pocket.
Brayden grinned and flipped the switch on. His jacket hummed to life.
“Are you out of your mind? We’re about to have dinner with Caitlin.”
“I know. That’s why I brought it. I wouldn’t have needed it for a quiet dinner with you and me. I can move the car around the corner if being in front of the restaurant freaks you out. Though the thought of secretly making you come right here while people are passing by turns me on like you wouldn’t believe.” He moved my hand from the inside of his vibrating pocket down to between his legs. The man had a full-blown hard-on.
So of course, that had to be the moment my daughter walked up. She bent and knocked on the car window, waving. Oh. My. God. My hand is on his dick! Now she was going to think I was the instigator of this mess. I growled at Brayden, who looked pretty damn amused, and yanked my hand away. “I’m going to kill you.”
“You’re going to have to survive dinner first.”
If Caitlin noticed what had been going on in the car, she didn’t show it. I had no choice but to force a big smile and open the door. Brayden took a minute to get out, and I suspected I knew why. I also noticed he stood partially behind me while Caitlin and I made the introductions. Serves the jackass right.
Surprisingly, the first few minutes weren’t as awkward as I’d expected. Inside, our table wasn’t ready yet, so we went to the bar for a drink. Brayden ordered some obscure liquor that I’d never heard of, and Justin said it was his favorite. That sent the two men into a long conversation, jumping from one subject to another like they were long-lost friends.
Caitlin and I stood to the side, watching. She sipped her wine and whispered, “If you guys wind up getting married, I hope you don’t mind if I don’t call him Dad. You know, because I used to call him Daddy.”
My eyes practically popped from my head.
She grinned. “I’m kidding. Still too soon?”
“About a hundred years too soon, Caitlin Marie.”
But as weird as it was, her off-the-wall comment turned out to be just the ice breaker I needed. Laughing about the lunacy of our situation allowed us to acknowledge it and tuck it away, rather than letting it loom over the evening.
The four of us spent the next two-and-a-half hours laughing and enjoying each other’s company. Justin was a great guy, and once Brayden found out he’d invented a few gadgets for his orthodontics business, they pretty much forgot we were in the room. The evening couldn’t have gone better. At least until we were saying goodbye out in front of the restaurant.
Caitlin and I hugged, promising to call tomorrow, but I knew we’d probably be texting from the car in five minutes. When she pulled back, one of her earrings caught on my sweater and fell to the floor. Always the gentleman, Brayden bent to pick it up. When he did, something slipped from his pocket. His inside jacket pocket. Worse, when the hot pink vibrator clanked to the ground, the damn thing turned on. The four of us stood in the middle of the sidewalk, staring down at an eight-inch vibrator vibrating on the concrete.
I shut my eyes. “Please tell me that didn’t happen.”
Justin chuckled. “What? That my girlfriend’s mother’s boyfriend who used to be my girlfriend’s boyfriend just dropped a sex toy bigger than my junk on the ground?”
A smile bloomed on Brayden’s face. “Justin, you are going to fit in perfectly with my friends.”
CHAPTER 29
Alex
With the Ryan’s House renovation over, Brayden and I now had our weekends back, so I spent an amazing couple of days in the City with him. On Friday we’d gone to the MET and had dinner in Chinatown. Then Saturday, since it rained, we’d had a cozy day and night in watching movies and making homemade pizzas.
Today, though, was about catching up with Brayden’s friends before I had to go back to Connecticut on Monday morning. An emptiness always followed me around when I knew I had to leave Brayden soon. But I was excited for a surprise I had for him later this afternoon. The sun was shining today, and I felt optimistic about the future.