milk.
I stepped toward the door to head to my room and ran smack into Gabrielle, knocking a pile of clothes she was carrying right out of her arms. “Sorry,” I said, bending down to help her pick them up and realizing the garments were all lacy and delicate pieces of underwear. Why was she carrying her underwear around? I picked up something lacy and cream colored with a string of pearls attached to it that I assumed made up the thong part of the delicate panties, and watched her cheeks turn crimson right before she snatched them from my fingertips.
“I uh … didn’t know you were in here,” she said, sounding a bit flustered. “I thought Lena was in here, and I wanted to show her … never mind.” She started pulling all the stuff toward her, wadding it up into a pile as she kept her eyes glued to the floor.
I finished gathering up the rest of her underwear and handed them to her. She took them and hugged them to her chest, as though that could hide the fact that they were all very risqué and sexy. I walked away, leaving her there all pink-cheeked and flustered. I almost knocked Lena down in my haste to get away. “Shit. Sorry,” I said.
“It’s okay. Is Gabby in there? ” she asked, pointing toward the kitchen. “She said she bought some goodies and wanted to show me.”
“Yeah, she uh … yeah.” I stuck the apple in my mouth to avoid saying anything more about the underwear.
Damn. I wouldn’t have thought Gabriell e Demeres would have had a clue as to what sexy was. Not that she wasn’t sexy, I just didn’t think she realized it. I guess I was wrong about that, and half wondered if those panties were for her, or Lena.
Inside my room, I stripped down for a shower. I hadn’t had a chance to clean up this morning before rushing out of that girl’s room. Well, her cousin’s room as she’d informed me when she told me she was just visiting. Lucky for me her cousin was out for the night. From the looks of the room, I’ d guess her cousin was a girl, and one who loved the colors purple and pink. I glanced around my own room. I didn’t think I’d be sleeping here tonight either, especially if I had a good time at the bachelor party. I looked at the time on my phone. Doc would be at the bar in thirty minutes to meet me to go over the night’s activities. I hurried into the shower, trying to think about all the stuff I still needed to do for the party tonight, but only managed to think about silky white thighs and sexy, lacy pearl-thong underwear.
Chapter 4
Gabriell e
Lena came into the kitchen and laughed at the way I stood clutching all the underwear to my chest. “Why are your cheeks so red?”
“Are they?” Great . I absentmindedly reached up and palmed my face while juggling the pile of panties tighter in the other arm.
“ Yeah. Here let me help with those,” she said and grabbed the pile of clothes from me, placing them on top of the table.
“ As interesting as this all looks, you ladies will have to excuse me. I’ll leave you two to your … whatever it is you’re going to do here, but it looks like fun.” Jackson gave me a smirk and kissed Lena on the lips before strolling out of the kitchen.
“ What was he smirking about?” she asked.
“Nothing,” I quipped. Just Brodie, going out of his way to embarrass the hell out of me and make me look like a fool , I thought to myself. Of all the pieces of underwear I had dropped, why did he need to pick up the lacy pearl thong?
“ Oooh, Gabby, these are so very pretty. Thank you so much for getting these for me. One thing I do miss about living here is the lack of department stores, and shopping online just isn’t the same as being able to touch things.” She held up the thong with the pearls. “Wow. I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything like these before. Will I be able to feel these when I sit down?”
“How should I know? But the saleslady assured me that you won’t mind the sensation if