Beautiful Broken Promises(86)

“Yeah, we couldn't all just get to know one another like normal people do. The freight train that is Emerson has to bulldoze straight through to drinking pals,” Quinn laughed.

When they finished their shots, a round of shot glasses slammed back onto the table. One of the guys standing close to Rae and Em sucked air through his teeth and asked, “That was too f*cking sweet. What was it?”

“It’s called ‘Blue Balls,’ gentleman. Enjoy!” Em called, as she hauled a bouncing Raegan toward us. Cole, Jace, Jax, and I dissolved into laughter as we saw every single one of those dicks’ faces drop in astonishment. Em had played that one perfectly.

“Alright, alright, you made your point, beautiful,” Jaxon laughed and pulled Em into his arms.

“Em, you’re married now. Why do you continue these shenanigans?” Quinn chided.

“Quinn, we’re married, not dead!”

“God, I love you,” Jaxon laughed.

“See, he loves my shenanigans!” Em called out drunkenly.

Raegan was out of breath when she reached my side, but that didn't stop me from grabbing her and planting my lips roughly on hers. She tasted like raspberries and vodka. I licked around the inside her mouth, trying to savor her.

“You were moving those hips pretty well,” I whispered.

“I can show you more of those moves.” Her lips grazed my ear and I actually shuddered at the amount of lust in her voice.

“We should leave. Now.” I grabbed her hand to drag her out, but she pulled back, laughing.

“Not yet! Please. I’m having so much fun.” I already couldn’t tell her no. She and Kate had me wrapped around their little fingers.

I reached back to the bar and handed her a fresh glass of water. “Okay, you win. But I can’t take you when you’re passed out drunk.”

She chugged down the entire glass, right in front of me. “Well, we can’t have that now, can we?”



RAEGAN -

Em had broken the ice between us, and I couldn’t stop smiling because it had been so long since I’d actually had deep, belly-laughing fun. Even before Mexico, I had been hopping between homes with a newborn baby. There hadn’t been time for me to take a break or anyone around to even allow me to do that. I worked, I took care of Braden—most of those hours were spent with Kate—and sometimes I managed to squeeze in sleep. But anything else, there just wasn’t time for.

“I love her!” Em called out to Lane, while hugging me and simultaneously pulling me away from him.

“Yeah, well I loved it when she was over here,” he called back, gesturing with his now empty arms. I smiled brightly at him and followed Em to the pool table, leaving the guys behind to continue talking at the bar.

Quinn brought over drinks for all of us, and we propped up on barstools near the pool table we had claimed for the night. The guys from earlier had cleared out, which was nice because now we had the chance to just hang out without the stress of one of the husbands getting antsy.

“You have no idea how hot your boyfriend is,” Quinn said to me.

I laughed at her and took a sip to hide my reddening face. “Oh, I have every idea how hot he is.”

“Mmm, I’m sure you do,” Em added.

“Oh, you guys act like you aren’t married to walking dreamboats yourselves,” I huffed playfully.

“That doesn't mean we can’t fantasize about what he looks like under those clothes,” Em started. “Look, I can’t think of Cole like that because he’s practically my brother… it weirds me out. I know what Jace looks like because I sleep with his identical twin every night. Lane’s my only mental fantasy.” She tapped the side of her head as if the image was there right now.

“Em, if I didn't love you, I’d throttle you right now,” Audrey laughed. “Don’t think about my husband when you’re with Jaxon.”

“Hey, you’re the one that’s been with both of them, you lucky bitch!” Quinn yelled, a little too loud. Audrey’s face immediately turned as red as her shirt.

“Whoa, what?” I had to ask.

“I was with Jaxon before Jace. It was stupid. I don’t like to talk about it.” Audrey’s words were clipped.

“We need more shots!” I called to our waitress. “This just got good.”

“As long as we can talk about something else besides my husband and Lane’s bodies,” Audrey begged.