“Oh.”

Can he really feel my coronary heart pounding?

“Your smile and chortle had already gained me over. That’s what I would like… once I’m on go away.” His tone shifts after his pause, like he catches himself. Is that how he delicately underscores that something that got here from me calling him would have been non permanent?

“Don’t hog your sister,” a male voice calls out from just a few ft away. It’s my new stepdad. “Let your brothers get to know Cheri too.”

“We’re not completed,” Taz whispers.

I nearly collapse as he steps away. Whether or not my motivations are proper or improper, I can’t inform anymore. We occur to be subsequent to the place Stonewall is sitting. I prolong a hand and marvel if he’s nonetheless harboring my panties. “We could?”

His arms ball into fists. “No.”

I’m fairly positive I visibly flinch however my embarrassment is brief lived as Commando takes my hand. He’s taller and thicker thanTaz. I’m barely extra ready this time and place my arms on his waist as we sway to the music. It seems that’s not a terrific selection both. He’s thicker, however he’s stable muscle. No quantity of looking at tiki statues might help. It is likely to be making issues worse as I’m questioning if his physique is as exhausting because the statue. And never simply his physique, my thoughts wanders to specific components.

“I didn’t imply something by not providing you with my quantity when your buddy requested.” His defensive remark breaks into my ideas. It’s cute that he thought of that.

“You didn’t need me to have your quantity?” I say playfully.

“It’s not like that.”

“It’s okay. You don’t have to clarify.” It’s prudent to depart out that his dismissal didn’t cease me from fantasizing about him.

“It’s simply that we’re not dwelling for lengthy.”

“Taz talked about that you simply’re on go away.”

“Yeah, so it didn’t appear proper.”

Are the island breeze and reggae music attending to me, or is the entire state of affairs of getting ridiculously scorching stepbrothers breaking my mind? Avery mentioned to have a very good time. I’m going for it.

I say, “So that you’re not the one-night-stand sort?”

He coughs. “Is that every one you need?”

I’m undecided what I need. Earlier than I can type it out, he continues, “I’m sorry. You’re my stepsister. We shouldn’t—”

“I used to be additionally a complete stranger to you up till thirty minutes in the past. Don’t make an enormous deal of it. I’m twenty—greater than sufficiently old to…” What am I about to say? I mood the remainder of my assertion. “…have enjoyable.”

Taz is sitting subsequent to Stonewall. “Is our stepsister just a little tease?”

Was I supposed to listen to that? Pleasure bubbles by way of me. Why do I like being referred to as a tease? Isn’t that sexist? I scramblefor sanity. “If a man mentioned he needed to have enjoyable, would you name him a tease?”

Taz smiles. “Does he plan on making good on his insinuations?”

“Knock it off.” Commando stills and glares at Taz.

“With the proper particular person, sure.” Am I hypothetically answering for myself?

“Then being a tease is an efficient factor.”

What simply occurred? Why are my nipples beading so exhausting I worry I would poke Commando? And the tingles dancing over my physique, they’re settling between my legs.

The track ends and a band member says they’re occurring break. Commando pulls away earlier than the recorded music is piped by way of the PA system. The track is sluggish. Not a terrific distraction.

I nonetheless can’t get a learn on Stonewall. That makes me wish to dance with him much more. This time, I don’t give him a selection. I take his large hand, raise it, and once I understand it is going to be unimaginable to maneuver him, I seize his different hand and faux he’s dancing with me.

He doesn’t stand. Doesn’t draw back. Doesn’t loosen up.

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