CHAPTER THREE

CHRISTMAS EVE

CHARLEE

Drew is shoveling meals into his mouth at an alarming fee which, oddly, I discover attractive. He goes by way of every dish with a lot gusto it makes me marvel what else he does with such enthusiasm. I believe my mom virtually proposed marriage when he requested for a 3rd serving to of lasagna. She loves feeding individuals greater than I do, and I like it quite a bit.

Everybody on the desk is consuming, consuming, or laughing—generally all three directly—however I’m sitting right here stewing, getting extra irritated by the minute. We’ve been on the desk for over an hour now and Drew has but to say a phrase to me that doesn’t contain passing a dish. Perhaps that wouldn’t appear so unusual if we had been on reverse ends of the desk however the fool is true subsequent to me.

I don’t know what his deal is however it’s pissing me off. We had been getting alongside completely, each of us flirting shamelessly over drinks. I believe he was even about to kiss me proper earlier than my brother walked into the den. I’ll be the primary to confess that my forwardness has intimidated many males in my life; therefore, why I’ve by no means been good at relationships. I refuse to apologize for who I’m—or change who I’m—and the fellows that I’ve dated up to now finally needed somebody extra reserved, I suppose.

That’s not the case with Drew although. He takes all of it in stride and provides nearly as good as he will get. He appears to really recognize my lack of filter, or at the least he did earlier than Brody acquired right here. Like a swap was flipped, now he’s virtually treating me like I’m invisible and I’m fucking sick of it.

I grin after I provide you with a plan to get his consideration. As discreetly as attainable, I slouch in my chair and slide my hand underneath the desk. Drew’s thick quad tenses as I path my fingers in gentle circles proper above his knee. He clears his throat and shakes his leg a bit, most likely attempting to buck me off, however I don’t let that deter me. He lastly provides me the slightest acknowledgement when my hand makes its method to his thigh. He appears to be like at me out of the nook of his eye then pulls the material serviette off his lap, dropping it on the ground.

“Oops, I dropped my serviette!” he says.

I’m pressured to scoot away as his huge physique reaches between our chairs to retrieve the purple linen sq.. His hazel eyes gleam with victory as he sits again up and resumes consuming.

So it’s going to be like that, huh? Recreation on, buddy.

Not solely does my hand choose up proper the place it left off, I squeeze the muscle, inflicting him to leap in his seat, earlier than making my manner in the direction of his inside thigh. His legs instantly snap shut, primarily trapping my hand; all of the whereas, we’re each taking bites of our meals, as if we aren’t taking part in a recreation of soiled tug-of-war. Drew is admittedly robust, however I’m small, which permits me to wiggle out of tight areas. I handle to pry my two outer fingers unfastened and start a sluggish backwards and forwards movement on his leg till I attain the unmistakable bulge beneath the denim. My pinky swipes throughout the tip of his erection proper earlier than all hell breaks unfastened.

Drew begins choking which I believe is an act at first, however rapidly work out that it’s not. I give him a stable whack on the again which efficiently purges the piece of bread that was lodged in his throat. Stated piece of bread flies throughout the desk and lands on my brother’s face with a moist plop.

“Get it off! Get it off!” Brody screams.

As Brody’s scrubbing the serviette in opposition to his face with some severe elbow grease, his elbow knocks over a glass of vino, staining the pristine white tablecloth. My mom and grandmother begin cursing in Italian, arms flailing wildly, whereas Rainey jumps up, attempting to get out of the splash zone. As she stands, her knee knocks the underside of the desk, inflicting the whole bottle of wine to go rolling onto the cream carpeting under.

After I catch sight of my dad on the finish of the desk, nonetheless consuming as if he’s not sitting in the course of this big shit present, I begin laughing so onerous I’m snorting and hyperventilating. Out of the nook of my eye, I see that Drew has began doing the identical. A boyish grin lights up his face when our eyes meet, sending tingles to all my woman bits.

God, he’s a wonderful man. That will look like an odd description for somebody so inherently masculine, however he actually is. I’m normally drawn to males with darker options however Drew is the exception to that, I suppose, together with his darkish blonde hair and twinkly hazel eyes. There’s simply one thing about him that I can’t ignore, and I’m not simply speaking about his look.

“Silenzio!” my mom yells, successfully ending the chaos. “Everybody sit again down and eat.” When no one makes a transfer she narrows her eyes and provides, “Now!”

Forks instantly begin clinking in opposition to plates. Sofia Harris could also be little, however she’s fucking scary when she makes use of that tone.

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