But there is no brain space for boners now.
None.
Zero.
Not even if I think about her lips.
Her smell.
The way she curved her body against mine.
Nope.
I’m not getting aroused again.
Especially while I’m sitting here with my mates. Three great big, hairy male mates. There are no better boner killers than that.
Maybe I should just stare at them to erase the image of Logan’s sister melting in my arms by the carousel, sighing against my lips as that guy snapped our pic, and emitting that sexy little gasp when I kissed her for the hashtag.
When I touched her face, her cheek, her jaw.
And when I kissed her a second time last night.
I definitely need to focus on something the opposite of enticing, and these fellas will do.
Logan with his dark hair, who looks nothing like his twin sister.
Jason and his familial relationship to me.
Fitz and his beard and his ink, the familiar face of one of the NHL’s top D-men. Who’s our paintball ace.
Done. Summer is no longer in my head. Ejected.
“Perfect. You’re our secret weapon,” Logan says.
“It’s good to have a ringer on our team, isn’t it?” Jason gestures to Fitz, who winks.
“I got your backs, boys.”
“If we didn’t have Fitz,” Logan says, always planning for contingencies, “I’d invite my sister because she is the most competitive bastard I know—”
Dammit to fucking hell. Why did he mention Summer? Why not show me a picture of her in that dress again and just kneecap me now? Though, admittedly, I wouldn’t look away.
“Wait. More than me?” Fitz asks, mortally offended. His million-dollar-a-year job depends on him being ruthlessly competitive.
Logan arches a brow, considering Fitz’s question. “Maybe not more than you. But close. Only, she won’t play paintball with us. She says it’s”—he stops to sketch air quotes—“‘Neanderthal.’”
“Smart woman,” Jason remarks, then gestures to the bar where his wife is mixing drinks. “And speaking of smart women, I’m going to see my bride and nab a refill.”
I raise my empty glass. “Same here. On the refill, that is.”
We head to the bar, where a couple of hipster guys are checking out Fitz. The taller of the pair says, “This is my chance. I should go talk to him. I’ve had a crush on him forever. But do you think he’s involved with one of those guys?”
“Probably, because who wouldn’t want him? It could be your shot though. You have to take it, Gavin. Do it,” the other one urges.
Jason shoots me a smirk and quietly says, “Should I tell them the good news that he’s not with one of us? Or do you want to pretend you’re engaged to Fitz as well as Summer?”
I lean back, catching the eye of the taller of the guys at the bar. “Sorry, mate. Fitz is with this guy,” I say, clapping my cousin on the back.
Jason mutters under his breath, “Fucking hell. You beat me to it. Also, what if Fitz was into him?”
“Fitz is a big boy. He can make his own moves.”
“You’re a terrible wingman.”
“That may be true.”
After we refill our drinks, Jason says he’s going to spend time with his bride, so I return to the boner-killers, settling into my chair and turning to Fitz. “By the way, those guys at the bar are devising a strategy to come talk to you.”
This gets his attention. He raises a curious brow. “Are they hot?”
I give him a Seriously? look. “How am I supposed to answer that?”
“Do you have eyes?”
“I do.”
“Can you not tell if a dude is good-looking?”
