I looked over at her with a teasing smile. “When have I had the time to go look?”
“I would have already looked.” She sniffled.
I laughed. “That’s why I hid your Christmas gift somewhere you would never look,” I said smugly.
She gasped as if I had physically hit her. “You did not! When did you get it?” Her eyes narrowed at me suspiciously.
“I gave the money to Jace to get it for me,” I informed her with a smile.
“I’m finding it when we get back. Your apartment isn’t that large,” she said confidently. “I’ll find it. I always found the gifts the guys and Pops hid from me.”
“Good luck with that,” Troy stated as he took a seat on the other side of me. He had just gotten back from delivering copious amounts of food to the techies. “You’ll never find it.”
“I can’t believe we are on a mission this close to Christmas. When we get back, we’re going to be stuck in the gift room for days.” Rachel sighed as she sat down in our little circle.
“We still haven’t gotten a tree or decorated it,” Dawn frowned as she slid into to our circle as well.
“I’ll take care of labeling all the stockings,” Sierra stated.
Our little circle continued to grow. I looked over to see one of the Illinois girls, Georgia, squeezing in next to Jace and Remy. They were sitting on the couch with the laptop opened in front of them. The attention she was giving them was starting to annoy me. I knew she knew they were my connections. I also knew her interest in them was far from friendly.
I smirked as I remembered the evening we had last night. I knew where their love and devotion laid. My men were sexy, handsome, and smart. Georgia wasn’t the first girl to try to divert their attention, and she wouldn’t be the last. I would have to continually trust them and not let the tiny little green monster that resided in me out. The moment I started to ride them for the attention they garnered from other women, unwittingly, was the moment my insecurities would possibly cause unnecessary drama for us.
As if Jace sensed me looking at him. He smiled slowly and winked at me. I love you, Blake Lynn Thomas.
I smiled back at him and blew him a kiss. I love you, too, Jace Jordan Bell, I responded back.
“You have more patience than I do,” Jemmy sniffed as she looked over at my line of vision. “These girls always actin’ so thirsty.”
I couldn’t help but shout with laughter. “What?!”
“She’s been around Marcel for too long,” Terrance grunted as he sat down on the edge of one of the coffee tables.
“What is that even suppose to mean?” I asked genuinely confused.
“It means they try to hard to get a man’s attention or they’re horny,” Troy said softly in my ear.
I laughed. “It does not!” I looked over at Terrance. He nodded and smiled.
“Who comes up with these things?” I asked mystified.
“Who knows?” Rachel said with a shrug as she took a bite of her food. “I swear, Drake is the best cook ever!”
“I agree,” I smiled as I pierced a slippery dumpling with my fork.
“So, you aren’t going to talk to thirsty girl over there?” Jemmy asked belligerently.
“Nope,” I shook my head. “They can look and try all they want, but they are mine. I trust them.”
I was done letting the Adams and Georgias of this world affect me.
Troy kissed me unexpectedly, and I looked at him in surprise. “You know you mean the world to us,” he whispered against my ear.
I looked at my reflection and turned to look at my back. “Noah has amazing taste,” Dawn sighed as she leaned against my pillows.
Dawn, Sierra, Rachel, and Jemmy had followed me back into my room. It still felt weird to have a tribe of girls. I wasn’t use to changing in front of anyone other then Ella. They had no boundaries when it came to personal space, but I was getting use to it.
They draped all over my bed as I showered and waited for me to finish my hair before I slipped into the faux leather shorts that hugged my curves and upper thighs, silver sequined cowl necked crop top and leather jacket. He even bought me knee high black leather boots to go with it. It wasn’t something I would have picked out for myself, but I would wear it for him. I worked hard on my physique, but I still felt horribly self-conscious sometimes.