“Now,” she starts.“First, look at your beautiful girlfriend’s face and forgive us for dropping in on your sacred time with Uncle Louie.But we missed you guys and had to see you.So we thought we’d bring dinner to you.Madisyn, please tell them not to be too mad at us.”
For a split second, silence strangles the air out of the kitchen.I calculate how long it would take me to bolt for the door.Again, I’d rather face the snowstorm outside than be on fire with them here in their kitchen.
They’re going to demand to know who I am.
Or snap my neck, no questions asked.
**Chapter Five
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Madisyn
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What happens in a secondfeels like centuries in my mind.How am I going to spin this situation?
“How can we be mad looking at our girlfriend’s beautiful face?”Kaiser Martin says, ripping the earth from under my feet.Wait, what?
I choke.Let me rephrase.I choke like I’ve tried to ram the very large potato I was peeling down my throat.
“Whew.Also, I should be mad at you for keeping Madisyn all to yourself.If we hadn’t crashed your cabin getaway, we would never have known she existed,” Tina scolds.
“Yes, and we wonder why,” Ren says drily, his gaze on me while he earns himself a good-natured swat with her kitchen towel.
“Oh, hush,” Tina says, closing the gap between them and throwing her arms around each one of them as she hugs and kisses them affectionately.They then greet the rest of their family, and it’s not a secret how much they’re loved and love in return.
“Okay, now each of you can say hello to your girlfriend,” Tina adds.
I want the tiled floor to crack open enough for me to fall through to the bottom of the earth.It doesn’t.They come toward me.First Ren, then Kaiser, then Tristan.
I don’t breathe.Their cologne engulfs me, weakening my knees and obliterating coherent thought.I have no idea what they’re going to do.Maybe out me for the imposter that I am now?
Ren cups my cheek.His hand, cold, soothes the flaming redness in my cheeks but creates a catastrophe of mayhem in the pit of my stomach and between my legs.He lowers his head.I make the mistake of looking into his captivating blue eyes, all for a second, but that is all it takes for him to drown me in a pool of flames.
God help me.
“Girlfriend,” he murmurs, but it sounds like a question.
Well, that’s my gig over with now.He’s going to demand I reveal my true identity and state my business for being here, or they’re going to hang me from a tree outside.
The only thing I know for certain is I can’t tell them about my true purpose for being here.Admitting that would be tantamount to complete failure.I’m still holding out hope I can salvage my mission.I have to take my cues from them.
He lowers his face toward me.My gasp is immediately swallowed as Ren places his mouth over mine.I’m stunned.Astonished.Bewildered.My nipples already unquestioningly hardened, aching even more.I’m worried that I’m too wet and they'd know.It’s all those stupid dreams I’ve been having about them.
I’m reeling, spiraling out of control, right there under his touch.
He’s kissing me.Ren Knight is kissing me, and it feels surreal.He coaxes my lips to part before he slips his tongue into my mouth.My level of comprehension can only tabulate two things.Ren is kidding me.Ren shouldn’t be kissing me at all.
I’m still dazed, shocked, and confused when he releases me, and Kaiser takes me next.Am I dreaming?No, if I were, this would be a nightmare.
I’m their enemy.I’m going to steal something precious from them.They should strangle me to almost death so they could get answers out of me.Who am I?What the fuck am I doing in their cabin, cozying up with their family?
“Girlfriend,” Kaiser says, nodding in greeting, his smile making my nerves dance for him.His thumb brushes over my kiss-swollen bottom lip.He pulls on it, opening my mouth before he bends his head and takes ownership of me.
His kiss is hot, titillating, and teasing.I distance myself from the girl leaning into him, desperately trying to pull him closer.I don’t know her.She doesn’t exist.She shouldn’t exist.
Kaiser chuckles as if he’s proud of what he’s doing, luring me closer, me wanting him to press his lips harder against mine.He wipes at my bottom lip before he releases me and then sucks off the dampness.
