They all clinked their glasses. Jax was one hell of a cook.
“So, tell me, Dani, what’s it like being Jax’s girlfriend?” Ryan asked.
She laughed. “You want to take my place?”
“Hell no, that dude couldn’t handle me in the sack. I’m all man, baby,” Jax said. He put his hands behind his head and started to swing his hips from side to side.
“You’ve got no chance. I’m not giving him up.” Lily put her hand on Ryan’s arm. “Shall we tell them?”
She looked toward Jax. She saw the love he had for his friends and any doubt she had about Lily evaporated. He didn’t trust easily, but he loved his friends. She saw it so easily.
“We’re getting married in two weeks,” Lily said.
“You’ve finally set a date?” Jax asked.
“We’ve set a date, and we’ve set a location. It’s going to be in two weeks, and we want you both to be there. It’s going to be a really small affair, but you’re not going to like where it is, Jax,” she said, nibbling her lip.
“It’s the lake, back home. We think it was fitting for our date seeing as that was where we met. You know, when we all went for a picnic as kids.”
Dani looked among all of them. They wanted Jax to be there. His father and aunt were going to be there. She reached out taking his hand. “I’d love to see your home and where you grew up. Especially where you got all those girls to fall madly in love with you. If we’re still together that is. I would totally love that.”
“I see what you’re doing, Dani. I’ll be there.”
“Good because you are best man. You’re in charge of the bachelor party.”
“And making sure he makes it down the aisle. I will hold you personally responsible for anything that happens to him, Jax.”
“Hey, I take care of my own. You should totally know this by now.”
“I also know you like to play tricks, mister.”
Another glass of wine was poured, but Ryan and Lily had been drinking water. They had to leave as they both had work in the morning. Before long, Jax was saying goodbye, and Dani was clearing the table of all of the dishes, drinking her wine.
Jax moved up behind her, wrapping his arms around her waist as he pressed his face against her neck.
This was all new to her, and yet it still felt so right.
“What are you thinking?” she asked.
“Thank you.”
“For what?”
“For giving me a reason to go back home. To go to their wedding. I don’t want to let them down. I’m not going back to see my dad.”
“It wasn’t just about their wedding.” She put her glass down on the counter beside the sink and spun in his arms so that she was facing him. “They’re your best friends, Jax. They want you there, and I can see why. You mean a lot to them.”
“I don’t care. I’m going because you are.”
She cupped his face, running her thumb across his bottom lip. “They’re your friends, and they need you for their big day. Not because of me. You’re better than that guy. Remember that.” She pressed a kiss to his lips because it felt so natural to do so.
Jax didn’t let her go, his arms staying around her as she did the dishes. He didn’t offer to help, but after a few minutes, his hands started to wander.
She gasped as one hand cupped her tits while the other touched her pussy. She wore some light pants and a shirt as the night was warm.
“You feel wet.”
“Jax?”
“I’m not breaking any of your rules right now. I’m just touching you, and that is more than okay. You said so yourself.”
He lifted his hand up and began to unbutton her pants. She tried to focus on the dishes and was pleased that she’d already washed all of his knives. She wouldn’t have been able to concentrate on them and that would have been dangerous. So very dangerous.
He slid a hand inside and cupped her pussy. His fingers moved beneath the band of her panties to touch her. He ran a single finger between her slit, stroking her clit before moving down to plunge inside her.
“Fuck, you are tight and wet.”
“Jax?”
“Don’t worry. I’m going to make it feel good. Keep doing the dishes. I just want to touch and play.” His other hand moved up beneath her shirt, cupping her tit. Her nipples were always so sensitive that the first stroke over one beaded tip had her crying out.
He pressed his cock against her ass, and the pleasure from being surrounded was so fucking good. She didn’t want him to stop.
“Dani, that wasn’t clean.”
She grabbed the wok and started cleaning it again. He added a second finger inside her, and his thumb began to stroke her clit, running back and forth. She took a deep breath, trying to think of anything that would calm her. She’d been without a man for so long she had forgotten how good it was to be touched.