Page 61 of Wild

“Dinosaurs and Jeff Goldblum … um yeah, it’s my favorite movie.”

“You have a crush on Jeff Goldblum?” Rush asks with amusement.

“Duh, have you seen him? Or listened to him speak? He could read me the dictionary and I’d happily sit there and listen.”

Rush chuckles. “How does Hollis feel about that?”

“How do I feel about what?” Hollis asks, stepping back into the room. He gets a disgruntled look when he sees Fox and Rush beside me, but then shakes his head as a determined smile takes over his face.

He strides over to me and I squeal as he picks me up and sits down with me in his lap.

“Mia, here, has a crush on Jeff Goldblum,” Fox explains.

“Really?” he asks, eyeing me with surprise.

“Why is this shocking?”

“I don’t know,” Hollis admits. “I guess it’s unexpected is all.”

“Can we watch the movie now?”

“Wait, we need popcorn,” Cannon says in his gruff voice, hopping up.

I don’t know why but I’m still always surprised when he opens his mouth. He’s broody and quiet all the time. When he shows any bit of enthusiasm for something it takes me by surprise.

As the movie begins Cannon pops popcorn in the suite’s kitchen making the room smell like buttery goodness.

“I can’t believe you guys have popcorn here,” I mutter to Hollis.

He chuckles, the sound rumbling against my back as he holds me tight. “Only because Cannon is a mother hen and went to the grocery store the day after we got here to make sure we had everything we needed.”

“Better to be a mother hen than to starve,” Cannon defends from the kitchen.

“Shh, I want to watch the movie.”

Hollis pinches my side and whispers in my ear, “You started it.”

We’re all sucked into the movie and startle when the phone rings—the front desk letting us know the pizza is here, since the delivery guy isn’t allowed on this level.

“I’ll go get it,” Hollis says, lifting me off his lap and depositing me back onto the couch.

He slips out, the door clicking shut behind him.

It feels like he’s gone forever, but he finally returns with four boxes of pizza. He lays them on the coffee table with the lids open and we all grab a slice of the one we want.

Once again, he picks me up and sits me in his lap.

Between the pizza and the movie, I find myself fighting to not fall asleep.

Fox notices and grabs a blanket holding it out to me. I drape it over myself and therefore Hollis. If he’s hot he doesn’t complain.

I have to admit, I’ve enjoyed hanging out with the guys. It’s nice to do something outside of the studio, and now I’m even more curious for what they have planned tomorrow.

Hollis begins to comb his fingers through my hair and I warn softly, “You’re going to make me fall asleep.”

“Then go to sleep,” he says huskily.

“I have to drive home.”

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