“Drew,” I say between hot, searching kisses.
“Mmm?” He suckles my upper lip before licking my bottom one.
“How did your talk go with your coach?” I have to ask. If I let him distract me, I’ll forget and it’s important.
Drew, however, stiffens and lets me go with a frown. “So you did know he was coming over.”
I’m not going to apologize about it. He needs someone to talk to besides me. Someone who might understand how it feels. Sympathetic I am, but I haven’t been there. I’m not a competitive athlete.
“Did you discuss therapy?”
“Jesus,” Drew snaps, running a hand through his hair. The golden-brown ends stick up at the top. He falls back against the counter and glares. “I don’t want to talk about this.”
Of course not. He never does. I open my mouth to tell him as much when the door opens.
“Hey, hey, hey!” Gray saunters in with a big bag of groceries under his arm. Oblivious, he sets it on the counter. “You,” he says to me, “forgot to pick me up.”
I cringe. “Oh, hell, Gray. I’m sorry. I got distracted.”
“Yeah, yeah, just leave the poor, defenseless tight end sitting on the curb while you get busy with the QB.” He grins though before giving me a kiss hello on the cheek.
Over his shoulder, Drew’s scowl deepens as he glares pointedly at my cheek. A flush of annoyance hits me. So I can overlook his slutty ex rubbing herself against him but he’s pissy about a kiss on the cheek? I glare back as Gray turns and gives Drew a pat on the shoulder.
“Hey, man. How’s it going?”
“Great.” Drew sounds like he’s grinding down a tooth.
If Gray notices, he doesn’t mention it. “Cool. But hold up, I’ve got to piss like you wouldn’t believe.”
Drew rolls his eyes as Gray runs off to the bathroom. “Why did you invite him here?”
“Hush.” I give his waist a quick pinch, and he yelps, skirting away from my reach. “He’s here because he’s your friend, you ass.”
“He’s just feeling sorry for me.”
“Well, who wouldn’t when you’ve decided to revert to being five?”
Drew gives me a warning look, which I ignore.
“He’s here because he cares. And since when have you not liked Gray’s company?”
“Since he started kissing my girl?” he offers with false pleasantness.
I gape at him. This isn’t Drew. He isn’t overly possessive or irrational. He doesn’t turn on friends.
“You’re going to regret that statement,” I tell him quietly. “You’re going to realize what a shit you’re being.”
His lips flatten into a line, but Gray’s already walking down the back hall. He eyes us but doesn’t miss a step. “Now, then,” he says as if nothing’s wrong. “Let’s get cooking.”
The corded muscles along Drew’s forearms stand out as he clenches a fist. They stare each other down, a combined four hundred plus muscled-pounds of growing male aggression. Neither of them appears to be willing to break eye contact first. Then Drew moves, so fast, I flinch.
His fist slams down on the table, rattling the plates. “No,” he snaps, then takes a harsh breath before shoving back from the table. “No, all right?” His movements are not with his usual grace when he rises, bumping his leg on the chair. “I’m just f**king tired of you two sneaking around trying to fix me.”
Sneaking around? I almost shout the words, I’m so irate, but I’m not going to fight with him in front of Gray.
Gray snorts. “We’re trying to help you.”
“Well, don’t.”