“Noted.”
“So I don’t mean to be forward or anything but I was new here once and finding friends isn’t always easy. But my bestie Seraphina and I like to go out for drinks every now and then if you want to come along.”
I don’t have any friends here, and I hate to admit that, but I would like at least one. “I might just take you up on that. I could use someone with more estrogen. This place is filled with men. And I mean, I love Chelsi, Owen’s wife, but she is about ready to pop and her mood swings are unbearable. And all those little girls in the house. I hide in the basement.”
Anna May laughs. “Well, I’ll give you my number. I know we plan to go out tomorrow. Faye is in town, so she probably needs to get away from Hunter and the baby too.”
“I’d like that.”
“Well I need to head to the studio and drop off the rest of this food to Mason before we work on some recordings. See you tomorrow.”
I wave at her as she walks out of the office, then I take the containers she left and pop them in the fridge.
* * *
I collapse onto my back after a very good round of afternoon sex. I could not put up with the sound of the kids running around while I was trying to take a nap and then one text from Carson, and I was on my way to his house in an instant.
“I’m hanging out with your sister-in-law tonight.”
He turns his head and looks at me. “Really?”
I nod. “I just thought you should know. She invited me out when she dropped off the food yesterday.”
He rolls to his side and props his elbow up to rest his head. “You trying to get in with my family?”
I roll my eyes at him and go to climb out of bed but he pulls me into him. “I’m kidding, Grace. It will be good for you to get out of your brother’s house.”
I roll over to face him and he pulls me closer, his hand resting on my ass. “It will be good to do something other than slave away in your office and in your bed.”
He leans forward and sucks my bottom lip between his teeth then bites down. “I am pretty sure you enjoy being my slave.”
“Don’t even go there, Carson.”
He drops his head into the crease of my neck. “Why not? You seem to like it an awful lot when I put my dick in you.”
He grabs my thigh and pulls it over his hip, dragging us so our hips are touching and I can feel him getting hard against my stomach. “You’re right, I do like that,” I say as I rub myself against him. “But being your errand girl who gets you coffee and food and whatever the hell else you ask of me is rather annoying.”
His hand glides up my thigh and over my hip until he presses against my lower back, pressing me even closer into him. “But you like the reward so much,” he teases.
I don’t have anything to say to that as he leans down and sucks a nipple into his mouth before sliding inside of me.
After our second round, I find the energy to pull away from him to take a shower. I brought my clothes and makeup I planned for the night since I didn’t know how long I would be here with Carson and I really didn’t want to go back to the circus at my brother’s house.
I swipe on a layer of gloss and walk into his bedroom to find him on his computer with glasses on. I hate to admit how sexy he looks with them on but he does. And that’s a secret I plan to keep to myself.
He pays me no mind as I get dressed. Anna told me to dress up because we were going to some club where her friend Liam works. I questioned wearing club attire to a restaurant but figured we would just fit in with all the college kids. And I have an off-the-shoulder sweater to throw on over my dress to dress it down.
I’m sliding on my heels when I catch Carson staring at me.
“Are you really going out in that?”
I look down at my silver minidress. It’s tasteful yet sexy as hell. It’s a high neck halter style so it keeps the girls hidden but the entire back is open. “No, I just decided to put this on for fun, and I am going to change out of it in a second.”
“I can only assume you are going to Vinyl if you are wearing that.”
“How do you know that’s where we are going?”
“Because Anna’s friend works there and I have heard Noah talk about it a few times.”