Sips About to Go Down (Stryker Family #1)

by Audrey Vaughn

Bubba looks like he hasn’t had a coherent thought in his life, much less have the brain power to be a brand ambassador. “Do you like bourbon?”

Lol😊

I can’t be picky. I’m an adult. I worked with Erik’s pretentious ass friends without snapping, so I can handle Wes Stryker.

Lol 😂

“Good, because the business needs this,” he says, leveling me with a gaze so serious that my throat clenches with anxiety. “We need to diversify our revenue streams and bounce back from several down quarters.”

Do I sense the forced proximity\ Workplace romance trope😊

Back in high school he had girls all over him, and seeing him now, I doubt that’s changed. His body has evolved from lanky teenage boy into delicious, built man — muscular, but not too bulky, with shoulders that make me physically angry at their perfection and aroused in equal measure. His dark, loosely curly hair is tousled just right, and his stubble makes him look like he rolled out of bed and just happened to look this perfect.

Oooh me likely lmao😊

But then I remember he has no idea we have to work together. My grin returns. He’s going to be shocked and annoyed.

Oh boy

The smirk melts right off Wes’s face and is quickly replaced with the same horror I felt when I heard the news. His expression almost makes up for the fact that we’re stuck together for however long this’ll take. Almost.

I Definitely see a forced proximity trope coming 😊😊😊

In high school, I thought Rose was pretty cute, at least as far as girls who found me as irritating as a gnat went. But now she’s undeniably hot. She’s grown into herself a bit, her curves a little softer and thicker in a way that I’m already fond of. Her delicate features are more mature too, her rich brown skin glowing even in the shitty lights of the bar. A little golden hoop is in her nose, and her hair is in braids that are so long they pool in her lap.

Oh I think he likes her.

“So average people and booze snobs?” I ask.

Lmao

Another thing I don’t know how to do, but could figure out. Dad and JD aren’t exactly internet savvy enough to call me on it — they just know whether something makes money or not.

Sound about right lmao

look at Rose, who is just as thrilled about this as I am. Living with a woman would be weird enough, but living with Rose? She’s probably going to smother me in my sleep. And I’m going to have to ignore how hot she is while fighting the urge to put a spider in her bed or something.

Living with a woman would be weird enough, but living with Rose? She’s probably going to smother me in my sleep. And I’m going to have to ignore how hot she is while fighting the urge to put a spider in her bed or something.

lmao 😂

Living with a woman would be weird enough, but living with Rose? She’s probably going to smother me in my sleep. And I’m going to have to ignore how hot she is while fighting t...

lmao

“No, I’m just going to dick around and tank the company that pays my family’s bills.” I run a hand through my hair and look past him.

Lol

“No, I’m just going to dick around and tank the company that pays my family’s bills.” I run a hand through my hair and look past him.

wow...

Fucking asshole. This situation’s going to test my patience, but it’s worth it if I can get a little more respect.

Damn

We don’t need to make it a dick measuring contest at every turn.” The words slip out before I can pull them back. Of course, he grins.

Lmao

“I would totally win a dick measuring contest,” I say, imitating his voice and rolling my eyes. “There, I said it for you.”

i'm Sorry What?😂

“So, some ground rules,” he says, pulling the bag of food out from the cabinet. “First, these walls are thin as fuck. If you invite a dude over, just text me so I don’t have to hear all of that.”

lol

I’m not telling him that my love life is dead and six feet under, mostly decomposed.

Damn

The cat’s named Dennis and the dog is Murphy. They share three brain cells between the two of them and I never know which one of them has them at any given time.”

Why? ama I not surprised lol

He takes his time eating a rib, sucking sauce off his thumb in a way that shouldn’t be even remotely erotic. But it is, somehow.

Oh wow

Girl Stop lmao

I turn to leave, my whole body heating. I’m not a virgin, of course, but I haven’t seen a lot of dicks in my life. Even through a sheet, his looks way bigger than any of the ones I’ve ever seen.

Girl what lol 😃

I turn to leave, my whole body heating. I’m not a virgin, of course, but I haven’t seen a lot of dicks in my life. Even through a sheet, his looks way bigger than any of the ones I’ve ever seen.

lmao

Ignore, ignore, ignore. Surely the universe wouldn’t be that rude to attach a nice dick to a guy who’s already hot.

thats what you think 😉

“Sometimes optimism isn’t all that bad.”

Great quote

The way he moves behind the bar, like he’s entirely in control and can bend flavors at his will, would be attractive if he wasn’t using it to

prove a point against me. The way his arms look when he shakes the drink adds insult to injury.

oh boy

So a guy as hot as Wes, even if he works my last nerve, thinking I’m attractive? Not just attractive — hot? It feels good. It feels more than good.

What's wrong with that 😀

What would it be like to grip her hips or ass or thighs, my fingers sinking into her softness? Softness is my weakness, and she looks soft everywhere. And she’s so petite that we could do a lot of fun positions and —

OkayWes imma stop you right there lol😂

Then the lights finally turn on in my brain and I register that I’m staring.

Whatever it is, it makes her smell good, like vanilla with a little something else. I take a few deep breaths through my nose. Not sniffing — just breathing very deeply.

Apparent of men love the smell of vanilla

But it’s also so I can get a

good look at her ass in those shorts. It’s the kind of ass I could stare at for way too long, lush and heart-shaped, so I peel my eyes away.

🙂🙂

“Using your feminine assets to defeat me instead of your natural charm?”

Que? 😃

“Hello, ladies,” I say with a smile as a group of four women a bit younger than my mom come in. I don’t recognize them, so they must be in from out of town. “What can I get for you?”

Peak customer Service

“Fuck all men except for Wes.”

Lmao 😂

“Those ladies all want to bang you.”

And do 😋

Something ugly surges up in me. Who the fuck do these guys think they are? Of course, there’ll be hot women out there who you want to look at. But you don’t

You clearly like her

Good lord. A single look from Wes is like a kiss on that sweet spot on my neck from anyone else. I’m putty without him putting a hand on me.

🤗🤗

“Because gingerbread moonshine tastes like the Gingerbread Man’s asscrack. There’s no way you can make that taste good.”

Interesting description lol

Shit. I want to just touch her. I’ve never seen a more perfect ass on any woman before — the way it perfectly matches her thick thighs and the curve of her hips is art.

You know that a lie😶

“This really does taste like the Gingerbread Man’s asscrack.”

Lol

Her white hair is piled into a neat bun on top of her head, and based on the size of it, her hair is probably almost down to her waist. The combination of her outfit and her presence — she’s tall and big-boned, not at all frail with age — is a lot all at once.

camps must be eating well lol 😂

“From her house — because I went there and cooked it.” He gives me one of those cocky smiles of his, but there’s a sense of real happiness behind it.

We love a man who can cook

I want something made by a woman with old ass pans and fingers that don’t even feel heat after decades of cooking.”

Aww

Gabi, who’s probably around eight months old if I had to guess, reaches toward Wes. Bex happily hands her off and Wes holds her like he holds babies all the time, bouncing her a little and smiling. I’m not sure why I’m so shocked — the Stryker family goes beyond his immediate family, and those parts of the family definitely have other kids. Is the fact that he’s holding a very adorable baby getting me, or is it the fact that his bicep looks extra delicious flexed like that? Or both?

Most likely both

But fucking her would be such a bad idea. We’re roommates. We’re coworkers. We have history. Plus, I don’t know how that would pan out. Maybe if we just fucked once… No, still a bad idea. We just made things between us less complicated, and here I am trying to fuck it up again.

Damn Wes

Use your black girl magic for good, not evil <3, the caption says.

I will definitely make a note of that

“Dunno, pick whatever.” I shift so we aren’t touching at all. Her thighs are going to be the death of me, looking like that. So thick and touchable.

Ooop😀