This Time Around (Maybe #2)(37)

I clear my throat at her comment, and then get my ass in the shower.

*****

She spins around, doing some fancy thing with her leg. She looks amazing, especially in that tight fitting thing she’s wearing. I don’t know how we ended up at the dance studio, but after spending the day together, Sephie wanted to meet Taiya. So here we are, watching her dance and teach a class. I discreetly adjust myself, hoping no one saw, and thinking how f*cking inappropriate it is to get a hard on for my wife, while she’s teaching an entire group of people.

Sephie laughs, letting me know she knows what’s going on. Taiya lifts her head up at the sound, her attention now on us. She smiles as she sees me, and then looks towards Sephie and beams. I know she’s been so excited to meet her new sister-in-law, and now she gets the chance.

“I’ll see you all next week!” Taiya tells her class, saying her byes and walking over to us.

“Hi,” she says, her eyes bright with excitement. She gives me a peck on the lips and then turns her head to my sister. “Hello Persephone, nice to meet you.”

Sephie smiles. “Call me Sephie,” she says, throwing me an amused smirk.

“How did you know it was my sister?” I ask, putting my arm around her.

“Because you wouldn’t be stupid enough to bring any other woman here,” she says, the little spitfire. “Plus you both have the exact same shade of hair. And even though her eyes are brown, they are the same shape as yours.”

Sephie laughs, and makes a whipping sound. “Great, now my little sis thinks I’m whipped,” I mutter, trying to hide my grin.

“Then she’s smart,” Taiya says. “What did you two get up to today?”

“Ryan took me on my first bike ride. Then we were going to go to the gym, but we went and ate instead,” Sephie tells Taiya. “Then we went and saw a movie.”

“Sounds like you two had a good time,” Taiya says, smiling.

“We did,” Sephie says, smiling up at me. It’s the weirdest feeling, almost like we’ve known each other for years.

“I’ll meet you guys at home then?” she asks, looking between Sephie and me.

“Yeah, and Taiya?”

She looks up at me, those beautiful green eyes wide and unguarded. “Yeah?”

I lean towards her and whisper into her ear. “You looked f*cking beautiful teaching that class.”





Chapter Twenty-One

Taiya

“Xander looks like he would be kinky in bed,” Sephie says out of nowhere, causing Summer to choke on her drink.

“Why would you say that?” I ask, trying to hold in my laughter.

Sephie looks over at Xander and sighs, “I don’t know just look at him. Tattoos, muscles, long hair… that intense look on his face.” I look at Xander, who is sitting with Dash and Tag, and laugh. He does look like he might be intense in bed. He’s currently talking with the guys, his hazel eyes sharp and intelligent.

“What do you think he’s into?” I ask, actually curious now.

Sephie purses her lips in thought. “I don’t know. Bondage? That would be hot.”

I look at Xander once more, with raised eyebrows, speculating.

“Maybe he likes to have sex with a goat mask on, or something,” Sephie jokes.

I burst out laughing, causing all the men to look over at me. Ryan walks over, like I knew he would, to see what’s going on.

“What’s so funny?” he asks, touching my cheek with his fingers.

“Nothing,” we all say at the same time, except for Sephie who says, “Just wondering what Xander’s like in bed.” The woman has no filter whatsoever.

“That’s my brother!” Summer whisper-yells. “Do you want to talk about how Reid is in bed?”

Sephie makes a face. “Let’s make a deal to never mention this again.”

“Done,” Summer says, immediately.

Ryan leans down. “You better not be wondering anything.”

I lift my chin up. “He’s pretty good looking.

Ryan practically growls. “No looking.”

“No looking? Can I touch then?” I taunt, flashing him an innocent look.

“You’re too much,” he says, grabbing my chin with his thumb and index finger and giving me a deep kiss, one completely inappropriate for public view. When he pulls back, I’m panting.

“Get a room!” Reid calls out, smirking.

“You’re ruining girls’ night!” Sephie huffs, gulping down her drink. Sephie, Summer and I decided to have a night out, just us girls. Isis couldn’t make it, because she had to study for her exams. An hour into our evening Ryan, Reid, Xander, Dash and Tag show up, sitting at their own table, and proclaiming their own night out. We all know they just wanted to keep an eye on us. Ryan gives me another quick kiss and then re-joins his table. An hour later and the pretence is over, because we’re all sitting together drinking, laughing and enjoying our time together. When I see Xander sit down next to Sephie, causally putting his arm around her, I quickly look to the twins, who are both staring at Xander’s arm with narrowed eyes. Well, that’s a disaster waiting to happen.

Summer and I head to the bathroom together, because apparently, even slightly tipsy girls can’t go alone. I fiddle with my hair, pushing it away from my face, trying to control the wispy curls.