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“Never said you couldn’t.” He turns to face me as I rush to stand and retaliate with the hand towel from the bar.
“Not the dick. Not the dick.” He stutters and stands solid with his hands covering him, but allowing me to hit him in the leg before he grabs me in a bear hug, swinging me around the room a few times.
“You’re insane.”
“You just realizing this?” He stops spinning us, pulling me against his bare chest and allowing me to inhale his sexy scent all over again while he kisses me. His hands begin to grope me and all I can think about is the chance of Noah coming in to see this and what he’d say.
“You should go with Noah. I think it would be good for the two of you to spend some time together.” He grips both of my arms and pulls me away from his chest.
“Not a chance. I only agreed to do this because I want to spend more time with you. If you want to ditch, I’d be more than happy to spend time with you in my bedroom.”
“Levi, I feel bad doing all of this in Noah’s house. Maybe I should try to get a hotel or something for a week.”
“If that’s what you want, we can go tomorrow. But I’m not letting you go by yourself until I can get the guys to get that neighbor of yours taken care of. I have a friend working on a few things.” I don’t ask questions when he turns his back toward me. Something tells me I don’t want to know what they’re up to, but I won’t feel bad if they do handle him.
“Thank you, Levi.” My soft voice has him looking over his shoulder mid-step before he leaves me standing in the kitchen alone.
“You’re welcome, Kali.”
Chapter Fifteen
Noah
If I have to watch him wrap his arms around her again, I may drive this fucking golf cart straight into the water.
“Line it up and just tap it. You’ve got this one.” I try to encourage from the cart, hoping to give his overly attentive ass a break from grinding up against her on this shot.
She glares over at me. I know she can tell I’m irritated. Hell, Levi must know too, unless he’s just an idiot. My guess is he doesn’t give a shit and actually enjoys seeing me raging like a lunatic.
“All right, you drink again, Kali.” She’s starting to slur her words and has quickly moved into the no go zone for what I was hoping to accomplish tonight.
She was supposed to get tipsy and then I’d get her to start talking and she’d tell us how she truly feels. I’m ready to get Levi out of the picture when it comes to Kali. She’s mine and she always has been and that’s something he has known for years.
“I’m done. I can’t hit that little ball when I’m sober. I’ll be drinking at every hole if we keep this up.”
“If you want me to drink for you on the rest of the holes, I will. Just remember you have to deal with the whiskey dick when we get back.” It takes everything inside me not to run him over as I watch him slap her on the ass and I have to hear her laugh. Fuck all of this. I never should’ve came out here with them tonight. Levi isn’t going to step aside easily on this, he’s making that very clear with every moment that passes.
It’s the eighteenth hole and Levi is a blubbering drunk. She seems to be sobering up some, but at this point I’ve joined in just to dull the sharpness of the banter between the two of them.
“Fuck, I’m drinking again.” Levi lies in the grass after his last shot. He knows he’s done for. “Noah, I’m watching you.” I hear his comment, but ignore it as I help him up.
“Come on. I’ll get us back to the house.” My house sits near the golf course and Mike won’t mind if I borrow the cart till morning. I can go through the field this way and stay off the roads.
I sit him on the back seat while she slides in next to where I’ll be sitting. “This was fun.” The moon lights up her face, allowing me to see her smile. For a brief second I’m frozen, just taking everything about her in.
“Noah, what are you doing?” I watch her lips say my name and fight like hell to keep from kissing her. I wage war on myself for the thoughts going through my head and wish I could be the guy that takes what he wants and doesn’t give a shit about the consequences. I know if I do anything tonight, she’ll never forgive me and that’s not something I’m ready to deal with again.
“Taking you home.” She doesn’t say a word on the way back to the house. I drive in silence and try to sort the chaos going on in my mind. She’s the woman I’ve always loved and I’ve lost her because I’ve been afraid my entire life of what other people would think. I’ve been miserable making other people happy.
I park the cart in my parking spot and she staggers into the house, leaving Levi for me to take in. I’m half dragging him to the couch when I hear her throwing up in the back bathroom.
“Kali, are you okay in there?”
“Go away, Noah.” She’s hurling before she finishes saying my name. I open the door to her hugging the toilet, her hair hanging all around her face.
“Fuck. I’m not good at this shit Kali.” I pull her hair back and wait for her to finish throwing up before I toss her a towel and help her up. “I’m going to put you in the guest bedroom down here tonight. He’s passed out on the couch already.” She nods, agreeing with me while I help her out of the bathroom and across the hall.
“I’m sorry I’m such a pain, Noah. I don’t want to be.” Her words ring in my ears and it hits me that she has no idea that I’ve always wanted her and the issues she brings into my life. I have to talk to her again, but tonight is not the time.