Page 25 of Veiled

“Probably. You’ve been teaching for a while, it’s probably in there somewhere and you drank it out of your memory,” Remi teased then laughed when Gray gave her the middle finger. “Sorry, bud, I like what you like.” And she winked at him and he shook his head and busted out laughing.

“Fair, everyone here likes the same thing.” And he winked at me. I rolled my eyes. These guys were going to kill me.

“In more ways than one apparently.” Hunter pointed at the middle of my legs, I blushed, and he laughed. “Okay my turn, I’ll make this really good, I have been thinking about it a lot actually.” He clapped his hands. It looked ridiculous, he was just so damn muscular and dominant, to see him be silly was endearing.

“When are you going to put Zane out of his misery, so he can stop being a grouchy asshole, and just kiss him, and make up?” Zane choked on his soda.

“Haha, asshole, we already spoke today, so mind your business.” I stuck my tongue at him. The guys smiled in approval and it made me feel warm that there was no hint of jealousy.

I mean hell, Remi and I just hooked up and it was like a consistent flip between friend and lover in my head. Has it only been a few hours? I feel as if I knew her my entire life. It's the oddest sensation. I shook it off and focused on the boys instead.

“Aww, we missed the make up? Not fair, I wanted to watch,” Ryder jokes. A small smile formed on Zane’s face as he leaned close and his lips grazed mine.

“Yeah, you missed it, but it's okay. She isn’t going to make this easy and that's okay with me. I love the challenge.” He grabbed my face and looked into my eyes as he said, “as long as Hudson knows that she will always be my entire heart, I’m okay with that.” I nodded and gave him a small kiss and his face lit up and it sent warmth to my heart.

Remi looked at us and smiled. “Well, I’m going to go ahead actually and go. I have to get some stuff ready for tomorrow. Did you see those fucking skirts? Fuck no. I’m cutting them all. I’m not fucking walking around with a kilt.” I laughed.

“I already cut mine; I’m not dealing with that shit either. Fuck that.” We got up, picked up the boxes and cups, and headed down the stairs. I gave her a hug at the door, and it turned into a lot more as she tried to push me up against the door to kiss me, but I pushed her back instead, pulling her hair and biting her neck then kissing her soundly until we both looked dazed. I gave her my number and closed the door. I smiled as I turned around and the guys were leaning against the stairs looking like a sexual HGTV episode. I rolled my eyes. I looked around the mess and cringed, and I walked to the kitchen to grab a bottle of water.

“Bedtime, boys! We must prepare for the new year like good boys and girls!” I announced as I tried to head upstairs but Ryder grabbed my hand before I was able to. I laughed and blinked up at him as he brought me close to him.

“Uh, I didn’t ask my question.” He leaned back and hugged me, wrapping his arms around my waist. “We have established that you’re pretty much it for us we have said it a few times. You haven’t mentioned it though. Does it bother you?” I looked in his eyes and saw real worry there. Nope, not my jokester, he wasn't allowed to look sad. I reached up on my tip toes and pulled him down and kissed him, rubbing myself against him. He bent me slightly back, taking control of the kiss and taking my breath away at the same time. When we pulled apart, I looked up at him.

“This may not be conventional, and I will say it’s strange how fast this even got to this point, but it feels right and I’m going to go with that. My gut is normally not wrong, so I'll stick to that. You all feel like you’re a part of me. To be honest, I can’t even see past a couple days ago. I’m good, I promise I would tell you otherwise.” I smiled as I looked at them.

“Good, because I can’t see past you. Even if it is a sausage fest,” he grumbled, and I smacked his chest.

I looked at Zane. “What is your question? You never asked either.”

He pulled me toward him and whispered in my ear, “Can I take you on a date tomorrow? Book shopping and some coffee?” He said book shopping. He wants to take me book shopping. I can’t say yes, because now I have to go plan my wedding. If a man wants to take you book shopping, you marry him, period.

I smiled, well actually, I beamed like a fucking perverted horny firefly. “Fuck yes, it’s a date. You keep it up and I may have to marry you. Books are my weakness.” He laughed and hugged me tightly, giving my forehead a kiss. I loved how he was truly trying. It just made things a lot better for me to heal.

“Actually, we’ll all have to go into town tomorrow, so while you guys have your date, we’ll go shopping,” Grayson mentioned, and the guys nodded.

“Oh yay! Then after me and Zane have our date, maybe we can all meet for lunch around one?”

“Works for us, sweetheart. We have a little surprise that I think will make tomorrow a lot better too,” Hunter said, and the guys smiled. I was jittery and excited, and I needed to go to bed so I could wake up!

“Okay bedtime, bedtime, everyone, go, go, go we have a big day!” I started to go upstairs, and Hunter grabbed my hand, I almost growled in frustration. I needed to get ready to go fucking book shopping and I will fucking shank him.

He rolled his eyes at my face. “You and the books. We need some ground rules. One of them is whenever you leave us, you need to give us a kiss, no discussion.” Okay, I can do that. Then sleep. Then books. I jumped up on him and he caught me with a laugh and kissed me sweetly before setting me down. Then Ryder grabbed my ass, horny fucker, and brought me in and kissed me until I blushed. He winked at me and passed me over to Grayson, my sweet giant who must have had some type of pent-up passion. He wasted no time to turn me around and press me against the stairs and kiss his way up my neck before tangling his tongue with mine teasing my tongue rings, his hands sliding up and down my sides teasing the rim of my shorts before letting go. I was in a little daze and Zane took up his spot and gave me a sweet kiss, filled with promise and hope. Ugh, these guys were just perfect. I skipped my happy ass upstairs and went to bed, but not before I took a picture of me laying down naked to the group chat.

Grayson- Not cool. ??

Ryder-We need to book club and chill, soon.??

Hunter-How do I type in a growl in a chat? You’re lucky we have to get up in a few hours. ??

Zane-I want a picture of…??

I laughed and sent a picture of what he wanted.

Zane- Fuck. ??

Grayson- Evil.??

Ryder- This is some bullshit, I’m going to bed.??

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