Marcus

Chapter Twenty Five

Marcus ~

Marcus and Caroline exchanged small flirty touches all evening beneath the table, loving the feel of one another and enjoying each other's playful teasing as the night went on.

His eyes were fixated on the gorgeous woman who had his whole heart, watching her laugh and cut up with his teammates as if she'd never left him. He'd longed for this feel for so long and was still in shock that it was actually happening.

As the night went on Marcus couldn't stop his hand from searching for her skin, reaching out and touching her in some way to reassure himself that she was real. As if she knew exactly what he was doing, Caroline gladly accepted his light touches and reciprocated them, giving him reassuring smiles while sitting as close to him as possible.

"Who invited this joker?" James said loudly as he slapped Pierce playfully on the back.

"Hey buddy, thanks for this sweet ass set up." Pierce answered, looking around their private table.

"That was all Nat." James said, as he made his rounds saying hi to everyone.

"Where is my Nat anyway?" Pierce asked anxiously, raising up on his toes and surveying the crowd.

"Right here babe." Natalie's voice rang out from behind him, carefully carrying a tray full of colorful shots to the table.

She set the tray down carefully with Pierce's help, getting a roar of hoots and hollers as she passed everyone a very large, very colorful shot.

"Caroline take any pain meds tonight?" Caleb whispered to Marcus.

Before he could answer, Caroline's ears perked and she leaned forward, cutting him off and answering for herself.

"No, she hasn't," Caroline answered on her own behalf playfully, shooting Caleb a sly smile.

"Just checkin' Darlin'" Caleb said with a wide grin.

"I made her choose between pain meds and drinking tonight. She insisted that she didn't need the pain meds." Marcus said, giving Caroline a skeptical look.

"Leave her alone, you two. She's a grown ass woman who wants a damn shot." Lainey sassed, having already finished off two drinks herself. Lainey muttered something in spanish as she grabbed two shots for Caroline and herself and grinned up at Caleb mischievously.

Marcus watched as Caleb lowered his head and whispered something into Lainey's ear, something that made her giggle and squirm beneath his hands making a blush spread across her cheeks and neck in response.

"Who's got a toast?" Austin asked, holding his shot glass up, prompting everyone around him to mirror his actions.

"I've got one." Pierce said, stepping forward and clearing his throat.

"Oh this oughtta be a fuckin' treat." Declan said.

"Ten bucks says it has the word blowjob in it." Lexi added.

The whole group watched as Pierce held his glass up in the middle of the group, waiting for everyone to quiet down.

"Here's to snatching kisses...and the other way around." Pierce said with a grin.

Everyone's eyes narrowed and faces scrunched as they tried to make sense of his words when all of the women at the table started groaning and rolling their eyes.

"Cheers." Declan said loudly, followed by a chorus of cheers from everyone at the table as they laughed and took their shots.

"Mmmm that was yummy, Nat can we get some more of those?" Lexi said excitedly.