Hunter’s gaze flew to mine, and once again, she was vengeance. “There’s not going to be a wedding.”
I cocked my head. “You don’t trust her judgment?”
Hunter barked a laugh and then made the most daring move of all. She stepped into my face until her bare toes touched my shoes. “Nice try, asshole. I don’t trust you.”
“She wants you there, you know.” Just as I expected, Hunter had nothing clever to say to that. “Coby wants you to give her away.”
“Never,” Hunter hissed.
It was my turn to crowd her space. I forced her backward until her back was against the wall, and she had to tip her head back to hold my gaze. The moment she did, I got comfortable, bracing my forearms on the wall by her head.
Fuck it.
I heard the words before I even realized I was saying them.
“Coby is already mine, Hunter.” I leaned down until our lips were just a breath away. “But I haven’t won yet. My acquisition isn’t complete. Can you guess what’s missing?”
“No.”
Feeling like I’d die without it, I let our lips touch. The faintest brush. When Hunter’s breath hitched, I knew she’d felt it, too. “Try, Vengeance. Try to guess what else I want. What I need.”
Chest rising and falling fast, lips parted in shock, she shook her head as my meaning slammed into her. “You can’t.”
“I will.”
“How would that work?” She whimpered. “You’re marrying my best friend.”
“It’ll work because I say it will,” I assured her. “I’m marrying Coby because I want to. I’m marrying next month because I have to, but make no mistake, I want you both in my bed.”
“You’re crazy.”
“Then why aren’t you running, Vengeance? Why are you looking at me right now like you want me to fuck you?” I daringly dropped my hands to her hips, and when she didn’t object, they slid around to her ass. I swallowed my groan. Hunter Parrish was more than a handful—in more ways than one. “We both know you could disarm me if you wanted to.”
“So your goons can catch me as soon as I walk out the door?” I smiled down at her, and she rolled her eyes again. “Whatever.”
My phone chimed then, cutting off my response. The only contacts I didn’t have silenced were Abel and Kellan, so I reached into my pocket and pulled it free.
I swore after reading Abel’s message, but I could feel Hunter watching me closely now, so I put a leash on my temper.
Pocketing my phone after texting orders to Abel, I lifted Hunter off her feet.
She immediately wrapped her thick legs around my waist to keep from falling while I carried her to the bed and sat on the edge with her in my lap. I couldn’t help massaging the plump globes of her ass and watching her lashes flutter.
Fucking beautiful.
“Talk to me, Vengeance. Do you want out of this cabin, or don’t you?”
Hunter’s eyes snapped open, and she pushed my hands away. “Stockholm Syndrome hasn’t set in yet, sir. I’m not fucking you.”
Letting myself give in to what led me here in the first place, I said, “Then kiss me.”
“What?”
“Kiss me like you mean it, and I’ll let you see Coby.” Hunter’s lips opened and closed as she searched my gaze to see if I was telling the truth. “It’s not a trick, Vengeance. I don’t want to keep you apart any more than I want to choose.”
Still unsure, Hunter swallowed hard. “One kiss?”
“One chance,” I warned. “So make it good.”
