Bending my head down, I smirk.
Declan sighs but says, “All right. You’ll come upstairs with us.”
And there it is.
Well played, Reynolds.
9
ARYA
I’d forgotten what Declan’s house is like. Original artwork by famous painters hanging in every room. Ultra expensive furnishings and accessories. A handsome chef who makes the most delicious French, American, and Creole food. It’s like dying and going to billionaire heaven.
Eden pushes a blonde tendril behind her ear and rolls the ottoman we’re using as a table into the center of our group. “So, Arya, what’s going on? Your text about Erik Sorensen made no sense.”
The other three turn their heads toward me. Avery has electric blue eyes and dark hair like Declan. They could be brother and sister except she wears glasses. Having her in the room makes me hesitate to talk. We don’t know her well.
“Yeah, I want to know, too,” Tavi says, licking marshmallow off her top lip. “Spill the tea,chica.” Octavia’s got brown-black hair like mine, but thicker and straighter. Her figure and sweetness put us all to shame. Breasts the size of melons, wide hips, super round butt. Adorably cute face. She’s like a curvy girl cartoon meant for manga porn.
“My parents don’t want me living alone. They know Sorensen’s uncle… so, there it is.”
Eden cocks a brow as she nibbles on the end of a buttery pastry pocket. “Therewhatis?”
I tilt my glass to take a sip of the incredible bourbon and Kahlúa hot cocoa.Stalling.
Tavi dips her tongue in the marshmallow and sucks some of it into her mouth like she’s finishing a blow job. “Well, I say you’re lucky. The Viking is gorgeous. And he’s got the biggest cock on campus.”
There’s a moment of stunned silence, and then Eden chokes out a laugh.
“If that’s true… wow,” Eden says. “Declan wasquitelarge. I’m not sure I’d want to go bigger.”
“Oh, you would. The Viking’s good.” Tavi splashes some chocolate-flavored liqueur into her mug.
Oh, my God.Major side-eye.
“For fuck’s sake,” I say. “Why not quit school and become a porn star already, Tav?”
Tavi flashes me a wide smile. “If I wanted to rule Sexhub, I could.”
That causes a round of laughter from all of us, even me.
“Did you sleep with him yourself, baby girl?” Eden asks Tavi.
I’m glad Eden asks because I want to know.
“No,” Tavi says. “But I accidentally walked in on him fucking Isobel last year, and there was no doubt he was destroying her… in a good way. She said he was the best sex she ever had. Sore for days after.”
My nipples tingle and tighten and so does my pussy. I don’t want to think about Erik fucking anyone, not even me, but as soon as the talk starts, I can’t stop the thoughts that roar through my mind like a freight train.
“Well, good for him,” Eden says. “Maybe they would’ve been something if not for what happened to her. Poor Isobel.”
After a beat, I realize Tavi was speaking about Isobel Long. A missing girl that Casanova killed. I shudder, feeling cold all over. The jealousy I felt a second ago vanishes. Here was a girl with a bright future, and she died before she turned twenty.
Fuck.
“So the feud is over now?” Tavi says, leaning forward to tap my forearm. “And you’ll finally let him do you?”
Sucking in a sharp breath, I glare at her. “I don’t know what you mean.”
