He groaned. “She will, and she’ll give you the third degree about it.”

“Great minds think alike.”

He kissed her back and hugged her. “Great minds. Great bodies. Great sex.”

“Yeah.” She let him hold her, and she didn’t want to move.

His phone buzzed. “That’s probably Auggie.”

“My cue to leave.”

“Are we...” He followed her to the door. “Are we still okay?”

“We are perfect.” For now, she thought but didn’t say, starting to feel more for him than she was comfortable with. “Go have fun with Benji and Auggie. I’ll see you tomorrow night at six, and we can rehearse before dinner with my family.”

“Now I’m worried.”

“You don’t look worried.”

He gave her a wide smile. “That’s because I can’t forget that you called me studly. And you came all over me. That will live on in my mind forever.”

“Xavier.” She shook her head, her cheeks hot. “Tease. I need to go if your sister is coming.”

“Run away. Escape while you can.” He stopped her at his door and kissed her again, his hands cupping her cheeks with care and making her so very, very pliant. “Get home before I forget myself and fuck you all over again.”

“Hold on. I’m thinking.”

He winked and opened the door. “Might want to run. I can sense my twin coming up the stairs.”

She hurried away, ignoring his laugh and enjoyed her evening doing nothing.

Until she thought about what awaited them the next night and allowed herself a mini-freakout.

Ensconced in Benji’s gamer cave—what he called his living room—Auggie took one look at her brother and knew he was a lot happier than normal. And for such an upbeat guy, that was saying something. She glanced at Benji, looked at Xavier, and raised a brow. Benji gave a subtle shrug.

She should have known better than to try to get an opinion from the tall nerd, but come on, anyone with a brain could see her brother practically glowing.

Had to be the chick upstairs.

Justine in 3D, who had been invited but backed out of game night at the last minute.

Hmm.

Even without the naughty neighbor, Auggie enjoyed game night at Benji’s, especially because he seemed to finally be thawing in her presence. She didn’t know what she’d done to annoy him, but for the past few months, he seemed to freeze up whenever she came around.

And that was a shame, because she saw a lot of cuteness under that godawful hair.

“Justine canceled because her parents are getting under her skin,” Xavier announced after they’d spent an hour eating pizza and playing a few rounds using all new characters in Benji’s new game-test design.

“I know the feeling,” Auggie muttered, not pleased with her mom lately. “Mom not only had a mediocre date with your guy, but she stood mine up. Although, I guess Mike wasn’t the best with his hit or miss plans. Still, she made no attempt to get together with him after their last cancelation.”