Taking in a shuddering breath, she whispered, “That I was stupid?”
Tate took in a quick breath, and her gaze fell to his lips. They were so full, so inviting. She wanted nothing more than to get lost in his kisses, but knew it was wrong.
Tate was frozen against the wall as he watched every move that Audrey made. She started to move away, she had to or she would ignore all the reasons she couldn’t kiss him and do it anyway.
“Flirting is against friends’ rules,” she said as she backed away down the hall.
“But it’s fun,” he said with a grin.
Audrey nodded. “It sure is.”
And it was fun, even if it could be considered another epic mistake, because she didn’t think their friendship was going to last long. Either they wouldn’t be able to be friends or they were going to end up in bed.
She didn’t know which was worse.
Audrey was lying on the couch, recapping how great Shelli’s party had been while she looked mindlessly through the Facebook app on her phone. Aiden was upstairs asleep, but she wasn’t tired yet and so decided to take time off instead of work. She needed to check in on work stuff but had no desire to do that. She’d much rather play on Facebook.
Being the nosy girl she was, she typed in Tate’s name and waited for his timeline to come up. Tate had posted a new status sixteen minutes before, and Audrey couldn’t help but laugh when she read it.
Friendship is harder than I thought.
She hit the Like button and rolled her eyes. Little did he know that she was thinking the same thing. She was starting to rethink her reasons for wanting to be with him. She had no clue what he wanted in a relationship, hell, she didn’t even know if he wanted a relationship. He just wanted to get to know her. What if he did, then didn’t like who she was? But what if he did and she really liked him? Next thing you know, they would be in love and she’d have to tell him she couldn’t have his children. Then what? Would he understand? Would he want to adopt a baby? Or would he leave her? Could she really put herself on the path to potential rejection?
Before she could make a witty comment, there was a knock at the door. She wondered who it was, and looking at the clock, saw it was almost midnight. Rolling off the couch, she headed for the window and saw Lucas’s truck in the driveway.
“Eek!”
She ran to the door and threw it open to her beautiful sister and her husband. “You’re home early!” she said, wrapping her arms around them.
“We caught an early flight home,” Fallon said against Audrey’s cheek. “We missed y’all too much.”
Audrey pulled back, grinning at two of her favorite people. They were tanner than they had been, and both looked blissfully happy, especially Fallon. Lucky bitch.
Jealous, Audrey said, “Did you have fun?”
“Too much! It was a blast. You have to go to Goa, it’s beautiful!” Fallon gushed as they came inside. “Audrey, oh my God, let me tell you, it was insane. No one was there but us and Alex, our chef. It was magical.”
Fallon looked up at Lucas in a dreamy way that made Audrey want to puke.
In a good way, of course.
“It was,” Lucas agreed, leaning over to softly kiss his wife. “Now where is my little guy?”
Audrey smiled. “Upstairs, in the closet that you have not finished.”
Lucas smiled sheepishly. “I’ll get it done.”
“When? You have hockey to play.”
“I’ll get to it. I have help I am going to call on,” he said with a grin.
Knowing that the help was Tate made Audrey’s belly flutter. She could just imagine him shirtless, sweat dripping down his hot, rock-hard body.
Ignoring her weird, horny, and completely inappropriate thoughts, she watched Lucas run upstairs to get Aiden. Turning her attention to her glowing sister, she asked, “So did y’all do it everywhere?”