“Not you,” Jasmine replies with her nose up in the air.
Another guy steps in front of us, forcing us to a stop. “Hey, we’re headed to a party. The penthouse here at Kingdom. You two wanna join us?”
“No thanks,” I answer.
Jasmine snorts. “If we want to fuck you, we’d approach you. Move over, dipshit.” She shoves him out of the way and begins to drag me along again.
We pass door after door. A few men who wear security badges look at us oddly. I don’t think we’re supposed to be back here, but since they can tell we’re dressed as ring girls, they let us go.
We come to a door that hasGravewritten on the outside in white letters. I would say it’s because he fights so often, not because he owns the casino. But either one could be why he has a designated room, and the other fighter doesn’t.
“Jasmine, I don’t think …”
She shoves the door open and pulls me into it. Grave sits on a black table with his legs dangling over the side. He’s still dressed in his black shorts, his sponsor’s name down the side. Titan stands to his left with his back toward us. Cross leans up against the far wall with his eyes down on his phone in his hands, and Bones stands to the right.
All look up at us as I hear the door shut. And my stomach drops when my eyes land on a set of blue ones staring at me. One of our many hookups come to mind.
I lie on my stomach on my bed. My math book open, and I’m writing in my notebook, solving the problems when I hear my window open.
Looking over, I see Bones climbing in. He’s got a black and white baseball shirt on, a black hat backward, and faded jeans. We’re in college, and he still sneaks through my bedroom window. It’s kinda become tradition. My parents would flip if they knew I was sleeping with a man that I’m not in a relationship with. They’ve always been strict. I’m pretty sure they think I’m still a virgin.
“Hey?” I ask, sitting up. “I didn’t know you were coming over tonight?” He told me earlier that he had practice.
He walks over to my bedroom door and locks it. My body instantly heats. He removes his hat, tossing it to my floor. His dark hair falls to his eyes, and he shoves it back, making it stand straight up. Then he reaches up and pulls his shirt up and over his head, revealing a hard chest and a six-pack. He and the Kings work out regularly. They have to stay fit for the baseball team. My eyes scan over his skull tattoo on his smooth chest. It has a crown tilted on the corner, and crossbones underneath it. All the Kings have them. As if it’s some kind of branding. “Bones … my parents are home …”
“So?” he asks, already kicking off his tennis shoes. Then his hands go to work on his jeans.
“So?” My eyes widen. “They’ll hear us.” I look over at the window. My parents think I’m the good girl. I’m not, but that doesn’t mean I want them to find out. “Let’s go to your car …”
He grabs my upper arm and tosses me onto the bed. “Bones—”
He cuts me off, placing his hand over my mouth. I look up at him straddling me, breathing heavily through my nose. His blue eyes bore down on mine. He’s angry. About what, I don’t know. We don’t share our feelings or personal information. We are as detached as two people who are just fucking can be.
His free hand goes between my legs, and he’s shoving the thin layer of my underwear to the side. I’m always wet for him. “Then I better gag you,” he says, running a finger over my pussy.
I arch my back, taking in a breath through my nose. His fingers dig into my cheeks as he presses his hand over my mouth. I scream out into his hand when he enters me in one hard push. Bones likes to make it hurt. He took my virginity. It hurt. I cried. Then he made it feel better.
A knock comes on my door, and my eyes widen. He stops moving, but his eyes stay on mine.
“Emilee, you okay?” my mother asks.
He removes his hand from my mouth, and I suck in a long breath. “Yes,” I say and flinch at how high my voice is. “Just stubbed my toe,” I add.
“Okay. Dinner is in an hour.”
“Okay …”
He slaps his hand back over my mouth and leans down, placing his lips by my ear. His body weight is pinning me down, making it hard to breathe, and his cock is still inside me, but he hasn’t started moving yet. “I’m gonna fuck this tight cunt of yours, and then I’m gonna eat my cum out of you. You’re gonna be my dinner, Em.”
I blink, pulling myself out of that memory.
Grave smiles at me. “Hey, it’s the deaf girl.”
Titan widens his stance and crosses his arms over his chest as he glares down at me. Cross’s eyes go big the moment he recognizes me.
Bones looks me up and down slowly before he turns to fully face us. “What are you doing here?” he asks with a tilt of his head. He doesn’t look surprised or mad. Just indifferent. Like I never meant a thing to him. And thankfully, Jasmine speaks before I can process that.
“She came to get her phone,” she snaps. “Titan?”
