I laughed at her response, and grabbed her hand to gain her attention. “Well, if you aren’t pregnant, then what could you possibly do that will surprise me?”

“Give it time, my friend. It’s going to completely rock your world. We have been planning it for a while now.”

I was about to push for more info, but was halted by the arrival of Tori. She rushed across the yard and pulled Eden in for a hug, before offering me air kisses. All I could think about was her admission of giving Josh a blow job, and how it had been all a lie.

“Sorry I’m late. My flight was delayed, and then the driver got lost. But I’m here now, and I’m so ready for tonight. Where’s that handsome fiancé of yours and his gorgeous brother?” Tori asked and started looking around the backyard for Josh and Ky. “There they are. If you’ll excuse me, I just have to go and speak to Josh about a text he sent me today.”

Tori rushed away, and I watched as she walked straight up to Josh and wrapped her arms around him. Immediately, his eyes flashed to mine and I looked away. I would ignore the feeling of my stomach sinking, and I would certainly not get lost of thoughts of why Josh was texting her. I turned my back to them and got lost in a mindless conversation with Ky and Eden. Colby soon joined us, and rested his arm around my shoulders. Tori and Josh were soon forgotten, as Colby told stories of life on the road and his latest run in with a groupie called Shannon, who had decided that she was destined to have his children.

“Looks like Tori has found her guy for the night.” Colby laughed beside me, and I inwardly groaned.

“Those two have history,” Eden declared. “She definitely has her claws into him, and won’t stop until she has him.”

I couldn’t stop myself from looking back to Josh and Tori. They were standing close to each other, though Josh had his hands jammed into his pockets. She rose on her tiptoes and dropped her mouth to his ear, and I could only imagine what she was saying to him. Josh, like he knew I was watching, looked over at me, and our eyes locked fiercely onto each other. I never had a problem with Tori before, but now I felt myself wanting to pull him away from her and tell her that I knew all about her fake admission of blowing him.

“I’m going to chat with Aunt Carole,” I muttered and removed myself from Colby’s embrace. Crossing the backyard, I felt myself being watched. I knew who it would be, but I ignored the pull of looking back at him for now.

The engagement party was in full swing. Drinks flowed, people danced, and everyone was celebrating Ky and Eden. The beginnings of a slight champagne buzz started hitting me as I sat by the pool with Aunt Carole. Her infectious laugh and stories soon made me forget all about Josh and Tori, and it was welcomed. I lost control when I was around him, and control was something I couldn’t lose again. To everyone else I was still in a relationship with Lachlan. No one other than Josh knew that we had broken up weeks ago, and certainly no one knew that I had lost control with Josh.

“Oh, would you look at that,” Aunt Carole gushed beside me as she looked at the dance floor. My ovaries made themselves known, and felt like they exploded within me at the sight before me. There was no way I could stop myself from watching Josh dance with his grandmother. The love that they shared for each other was radiating from them as they laughed after he slightly dipped her. I couldn’t take my eyes off him, and I watched in silence as they moved around the impromptu dance floor as if they were the only two people dancing. Josh’s eyes flashed to mine, and a smile tweaked on his lips. I watched with interest as he leaned down and whispered something into Grandma Crawford’s ear. Her face erupted into a full blown smile, and she looked straight to where I was standing. I watched as Josh gently linked his arm with his Gran before they crossed the yard and made their way to me. My nerves shot to life, and I couldn’t help but smile at the look of happiness spreading across her face. She was one of those elderly people that seemed to shrink as she aged. She was seriously the cutest grandma ever. She had curly white hair that almost looked purple, and she always wore her favorite brightly-colored eye shadow. She was a rocking grandma.

“I hope my boys have told you how gorgeous you look tonight, baby doll,” she said when she reached me. I leaned down and kissed both her cheeks, as warmth hit me at the sound of the nickname she had given me the very first day we met.

“And I hope they have told you how beautiful you look, Grandma Crawford. I love that dress. Very stylish and very hip.”

She beamed with pride and ran her hands over her dress, before focusing her attention squarely on Josh. “Joshua, why haven’t you snapped up this beautiful girl yet? I want to see you with a girl who is good enough for my grandson, and Ashlyn is the one. I don’t want to be too old to enjoy it, so hurry up,” she stated matter-of-factly with a stern look and a snap of her fingers.

He smiled warmly at Grandma Crawford, before his eyes fell to me. “I’ll see what I can do.”

“That’s a good boy. Now I must go and find that son of mine and demand a brandy.” Grandma Crawford, seemingly happy with his answer, shuffled over to where Eden and Ky were talking to guests, and left me alone with Josh.

“Come dance with me,” his husky voice said, more demanding than asking.

“We are being watched,” I whispered.

“By who?”

“Tori.”

Josh shifted his stance and looked over his shoulder. Tori was standing on the other side of the yard with Eden, but her gaze was focused entirely on Josh and me. The moment she saw Josh looking, she smiled, and I swear she pushed her boobs out.

“I don’t care who’s watching us. I want to dance with my date, even though she’s been avoiding me most of the night.”

“You’ve been busy.”

“Come dance with me, Ashy.”

I chanced a look at the hand he held out and sighed. The thought of being in his arms as our bodies swayed together was overpowering, and something I couldn’t deny that I wanted. I was failing miserably in the promise I made to myself that I’d stay away from him, that I would avoid any situations with the potential of making me lose control.

My hand joined his as if magnets were pulling us together, and Tori was forgotten. The warmth it provided was overpowering, and immediately I panicked at the sensation it sent through me. On instinct, I began to pull away, but his hold tightened, taking away any chance to escape. As he led me to the impromptu dance floor, I smiled at Grandma Crawford, who looked at us with a wistful expression.

When we reached the middle, Josh wrapped his arms around my waist and I wrapped mine around his neck.

“So why have you been avoiding me?” he asked softly. “And don’t use Tori as an excuse.”

“She has been hanging off you all night. I am not a fan of being a third wheel.”

He leaned down until his breath hit my ear. “You are number one, always.”

The music floated through the air, and silence fell between us while my brain screamed at me. You are number one. As our bodies began swaying along to the seductive tempo, I lost all sense of control and reason. Being in his arms, feeling the firmness of his body pressed against mine and his words penetrating my deepest memories, made me lose my inhibitions. My fingers found the edge of his hair on the back of his neck, and my nails ran through the thickness. He groaned softly, and his eyes slammed shut as he shifted his body closer to mine. My hips pushed into his, and his fingers dug into my skin through the satin covering my body in silent warning.

“Remember where we are, Ashy,” he muttered in a thick voice. “Even though it feels fucking incredible and I want to taste those sweet lips of yours again, I know I can’t.”