Page 72 of Pucking Revenge

“Please,” I add. I’m grumpy. I’m never grumpy, but I haven’t seen Sara since Saturday, and I’m feeling territorial. Like I want to put my hands on her and physically fight off my brothers when they try to steal her attention from me. It’s slightly pathetic. I know. Okay, it’s really pathetic. And they were sure to point that out during Sunday night dinner at my mom’s yesterday.

A squeak beside Gavin snags my attention, and for the first time, I really take Sara in. She’s watching me with wide eyes and parted lips, clearly shocked by my insanity.

“Where’s Sara?” Aiden stumbles onto the plane, curly hair a disaster yet again. “I need to talk to her about?—”

When his words cut off, I spin to face him.

He’s frozen at the front row, his hands on the seat backs on either side of him. I follow his line of sight, and for the first time realize that Lennox is sitting across from Sara and Gavin.

Blowing out a breath, I home in on Gavin, ready to ask him what the hell is happening here, but behind me, Aiden heaves. I spin, and sure enough, he cups his mouth and does it again. What the fuck?

“Shit.” Gavin is up and out of his seat in a flash, hustling down the aisle toward our baby brother.On his way, he nods at the group of medical staff seated near the front. “Let’s get him checked for a concussion again.”

Once they’ve ushered Aiden to the back of the plane, I stuff my bag into the overhead compartment, then settle in beside Sara in what used to be Gavin’s seat. “Hey, Lennox.”

There’s a cup of coffee on the table between us that I’m almost certain belongs to Gavin, so I slide it across the surface so it’s in front of the empty seat beside Sara’s best friend.

“He okay?” Her focus is fixed on the closed door at the back of the plane where Gavin disappeared with Aiden.

“He probably ate something he shouldn’t have. Kid is always having too much sugar.”

The laugh that escapes her is forced. She knows Aiden, so she probably realizes it’s more than that.

“You joining us for the trip?”

Sara answers this time. “Yeah, Gavin said she could stay with me since she’s off this week.”

My stomach sinks, but I force a smile to my face. With Lennox staying in Sara’s room, I doubt we’ll have any time to spend alone. I always bunk with Aiden, even though we could easily afford our own rooms. The rest of the guys double up, so regardless of our last name, we do too.

Honestly, most of the time I don’t mind. Like me, Aiden doesn’t sleep around. He’s faithful to Jill, and before they started dating, he was a serial monogamist. Most nights, we watch TV and go to bed early.

One of these nights I’ll have to make an exception. Maybe put Aiden and Lennox together. That would certainly be interesting.

“You okay?” Sara edges in closer and squeezes my thigh. My entire body relaxes at her touch.

I lean back against the seat and let my head loll to the side. “Yeah, Pumpkin.” My smile is all genuine affection. “Just needed my hit of sweetness this morning.”

She bites her lip and presses a kiss to my jaw. “That work?”

I tip her chin up so her lips are a breath from mine. “That how you kiss your boyfriend?”

Her smile grows, and pink stains her cheeks. “You trying to tell me you want a real kiss?”

“Yeah, Sar. That’s exactly what I’m saying. You going to give it to me?”

We watch each other for a beat. I’m sure my smile is just as dopey as the one she’s wearing. Then, finally, she leans in and fuses her plump lips to mine.

I slide my hand from her jaw to her nape and thread my fingers through her hair so I can angle her up for an even better kiss.

The connection is broken all too soon when she eases back with a heavy breath. “Shit.”

I chuckle and kiss her once more, soft and sweet, then force myself to sit back in my seat. But I take her hand in mine as I do and hold it on my lap.

“Nice seat.” Gavin drops into the row across from me and picks up his coffee.

“Aiden okay?” Lennox asks.

I’d honestly forgotten she was here. Whoops.

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