I take a swig of my beer as I sway along, letting them do their thing, rubbing and grinding, and tryingeverything under the sun to elicit a reaction that doesn’t quite manifest.
While the girls stay tangled with each other, Kevin catches my hand and tugs me toward the stairs. We stumble against bodies and walls before finally making it to my bedroom.
Not sure why I’m even following. I’m just not in the mood for him or anyone else. My dick is painfully uninterested.
He knows better than to kiss me in public, so once the door closes, he rises onto his toes, but I press a hand against his chest, starting to push him back. Before I can, he’s wrenched away—so violently, he nearly topples.
It happens too fast. A hand slices through the narrow opening of the door, seizing Kevin by the nape. He gasps before being hurled out, his body hitting the opposite wall with a thud.
A grin tugs at my mouth as Vaughn steps in front of me, one fist clenched, flexing in sync with the muscle twitching in his jaw.
Dressed in a dark-green shirt, black slacks, and immaculate leather shoes, he looks devastating. Mouthwatering, even though his muscles are tight and he looks like he’ll cut all hell loose.
Actually, he looks mouthwatering because of that.
I’d devour his rage the fuck up if I could.
“Well, hello, gorgeous.” Kevin stands up and dusts off his clothes. “You’re kind of interrupting, but I’ll forgive you?—”
“I see you around here again, and it’ll be the last time you’ll be seen anywhere.” Vaughn’s words are chillinglycalm as he slams the door in Kevin’s ashen face, muffling the sounds from downstairs.
“Poor guy.” I sigh as I wrap an arm around Vaughn’s torso from behind, my chest pressed against the hard ridges of his back.
No, I couldn’t help it, and fuck me, he smells good.
The woodsy scent explodes in my nostrils and calms my senses, and I find myself closing my eyes as I inhale him.
“Kevin’s just a normal dude, so maybe don’t go terrorizing him with those harsh threats. Not everyone comes from our world.”
Vaughn spins, breaking my grip and slamming me to the floor. My skull thuds against the carpet, and in the next breath, he’s on top of me, his hand crushing my throat, his body braced above mine, caging me beneath him.
He’s not really choking me that hard, leaving me some room to breathe, but his grip is firm, his thumb and fingers pressing into the sides of my neck.
But that doesn’t matter, because I’m distracted as hell.
Byhim.
Just having him this close, his face inches from mine, electrifies me.
Steals the fucking air from my lungs.
And I’m totally fine with suffocating.
Loose strands of hair fall across his forehead, his features bathed in soft light, but his eyes blaze with barely contained rage.
“ThenKevinshouldn’t have had the liberty to touch you.” His voice rumbles like a growl, the words dripping with threat. “I told you, didn’t I? You need to quit your whorish fucking habits.”
“You’ll have to stop me yourself, Mishka. If I don’t see you often, I’ll just relapse. That’s who I am.”
“Who you are?” he snarls inches from my face, his breath ghosting over my heated skin. “And what are you? An animal who’s ruled by his dick?”
I shrug. “Sometimes.”
“You little?—”
“Oh, shut the fuck up.” I punch him in the chest, because seriously, can’t hurt that gorgeous face—ever. “You can’t just disappear for weeks on end and then show up again, acting all possessive, and expect me to just take you. If you want me to stay loyal to you, you’ll have to do the same.”
“I haven’t touched another person, you goddamn motherfucker!” His punch knocks me sideways, and we crash into a roll. This time, I end up on top, straddling his thighs to pin him down before I slam his wrists into the floor on either side of his head.
