Make Me Stay (Hope #5) by Jaci Burton

Author:Jaci Burton [Burton, Jaci]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781472228161
Publisher: Headline
Published: 2015-11-29T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 21

“WHAT DO YOU think they’re all talking about?” Reid asked as he finished off a beer and loaded up another set of ribs into a pan, then piled up another set onto the grill.

“I think they’re talking about how all men are assholes, how lousy we are in bed, and how our communication skills suck.”

Reid arched his brow and looked over at Bash. “Or is that just what Chelsea says about you?”

Bash grinned. “I can guarantee you that Chelsea is lording it over the other women, saying her man is a stud in bed, always listens to her, and is the greatest guy she’s ever met.”

Carter Richards pulled his beer away from his mouth and laughed so hard he went into a coughing fit. “Goddammit, Bash. I nearly choked to death.”

“While Molly is likely telling her sad story about how her fiancé, Carter, has a tiny dick.”

“Fuck off, Bash,” Carter said.

Bash laughed. So did Reid and the rest of the guys, who for some reason had ended up gathered around the grills—and the beer.

No surprise there.

He enjoyed catching up with the guys. Before he’d left town, many of these men had been his friends. Some of them were friends of his brothers, but he’d known a lot of them most of his life. They were as much his brothers as his own brothers were. He trusted them as much as his family.

With Luke and Logan in charge of the grills, he carried a pan of fully cooked ribs into the house. Martha took them from him and laid them in the ovens to stay warm.

“How’s it going in here?” he asked, taking a moment to slide into a spot next to Sam’s grandmother, Claire, as well as a few other women close to Claire’s age. They had several decks of cards laid out across the kitchen table.

“We’re playing rummy,” Claire said. “Care to join us?”

Reid grinned and rolled up his sleeves. “I’d love to.”

Three games later, he’d had his butt soundly kicked, once by Claire and twice by Faith.

He got up. “You ladies are too good for me.”

Claire smiled up at him. “You need to play more often.”

“I do. I haven’t played that game in years.”

“Which is why you were so bad at it.”

He laughed. “You’re right about that.”

He wandered off, intending to head back to the barbecue, but literally ran into Sam as he rounded the corner of the kitchen.

She was juggling a few empty pitchers, and they all went tumbling in the air when they collided. Sam grabbed one, and he lunged for the other two before they hit the floor.

“Sorry,” he said. “I didn’t see you coming around the corner.”

“It’s my fault,” she said, rubbing at a wet spot on her shirt, which just so happened to be on her left breast.

Not that he had been staring at her breasts or anything.

“Need me to help you with that?”

She lifted her gaze to his, and he was instantly lost in the blue depths of her eyes. She gave him an easy smile.

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