Deal Breakers (Dealing with Love 1)

She leans into me. “You think so?”

I hold her tight and kiss her temple. “I really do.”

DEVYN

MOVING DAY IS FINALLY here. We enlisted everyone’s help so the process is much smoother than I would’ve expected. Nathan keeps running between all three bedrooms while Riley is putting his bed together.

I narrowly miss crashing into my exuberant little boy and lean against the doorframe. “Do you need any help?”

Riley finishes screwing Nate’s headboard to the frame and looks up. “No, I’m almost done. I’d love a bottle of water though.”

“One water coming right up,” I say.

I make my way downstairs and head over to the kitchen. A noise causes me to stop dead in my tracks right before I cross into the room. I listen for a moment and hear muted whispers and a weird smacking sound. I tiptoe around the corner and am frozen by the sight in front of me. Brody has Lorraine pinned against the fridge and she’s not protesting in the least. In fact, she happens to be running her fingers over the crotch of his jeans.

Brody groans as he presses into her. “Fuck, Rainey. You’re killing me.”

Lorraine leans into him and kisses him briefly before pulling back. “You know you love it.”

He grabs her hips with both hands. “Honey, you know I do. You can touch my dick any time you’d like.”

She takes one of his hands and guides it to her breast. “Mmm. I like that idea.”

What the heck is happening right now? Oh my God, I can’t take this anymore!

I clear my throat. “Hi, guys.”

They break apart so fast it’d be comical if I wasn’t so freaked out right now.

“Devyn!” Lorraine shouts nervously. “What are you doing here?”

I lean against the island and give them a knowing look. “It’s my kitchen. What are you doing in here?”

“Uh…” she stammers.

Brody rips open the refrigerator door so hard I’m surprised it doesn’t fall off the hinges. “Uh…beer. We came to get beer. Right, Rainey?”

I smirk. “It takes two of you, huh?”

Brody looks between the two of us and apparently decides that flight is the best course of action. “Uh…I gotta go…somewhere other than here.”

He quickly shoulders past me and steps out the back door. Lorraine tries to follow but I block her from going anywhere. “Lorraine, what did I just walk in on?”

She blushes. Lorraine never blushes. “Depends. How long have you been standing there?”

I cross my arms over my chest. “Long enough.”

She rolls her eyes. “It’s nothing. We’re just having a good time.”

“You and Brody? How long has this been going on?”

She looks over my shoulder. “I don’t know…not long. Please don’t say anything, Dev. We don’t want to make a big deal out of nothing. We’re just scratching an itch. That’s all.”

I look at her skeptically. “Rainey, that doesn’t sound like—”

“Hey, sis, can I fire up the grill now? I’m fucking starving,” Drew says.

Rainey takes his interruption as her ticket to end our conversation. She pats him on the back. “Great idea, Drew! I’ll help!”