Utter despair flashed across her features. “You have no idea what losing you will cost me.”
As she pivoted on her stilettos and marched away, my brow furrowed. Why was Lorelei Battenberg so hung up on snagging a Davenport? There were plenty of rich frat boys she could sink her claws into.
While I contemplated the temperamental blonde’s true agenda, Cordelia sauntered into the room in a skintight purple dress that matched the vibrant streaks in her hair, drawing my attention.
Gage’s jaw clenched at the sight of her. “I’ll see you later.” He slipped through the crowd, vanishing like a ghost.
What was that about?
My thoughts were suddenly interrupted when Lexi slowly emerged from behind her roommate, sporting a scowl like she’d rather be anywhere but here. Her auburn hair flowed around her shoulders, and a black dress hugged her curves, garnering too much attention from my frat brothers. Hot jealousy pooled in my gut as they drank her in, each one practically eye-fucking her.
I bypassed Cordelia and stormed toward Lexi, resisting the urge to punch a few guys on the way.
“Well, I’m here, Kill. Let’s go?—”
My fingers dug into her hips as I yanked her into me, earning a cute squeak that sheared off when my mouth crashed onto hers. I forced my tongue between her lips, and she barely put up a fight before melting into me with a low groan. Shit, that sound had my dick throbbing.
Sweetness spilled over my taste buds as our tongues tangled together, blood rushing through my veins. This girl tasted likeparadise. She was probably as close to heaven as my tainted soul would ever get.
My palms lowered, smoothing over her ass as I rocked my hips into hers. I didn’t care who saw. In fact, I welcomed it. Everyone needed to know Lexi was mine—even though she would vehemently deny it.
When I finally pulled back, my lips brushing over hers as she gobbled up air, a lusty haze filled her blue eyes. Perfect. Maybe she’d forget all about?—
“Nice try, Kill.” Lexi’s words burst my bubble. “All you managed to do was embarrass me.”
“That’s not all I did.” I sucked her earlobe, making her shiver. “I bet you’re wet now.”
The flush in her cheeks deepened, and her gaze flicked to the side as she nibbled on her lip. “Not even close.”
“Liar.” I chuckled at her insulted expression. “You’re doing that thing with your lip.”
“Am not.”
My teeth clenched as I adjusted the severe hard-on now pushing at my jeans. “Are too.” I lifted her palm, kissed the bandage I had applied to her cut earlier, and drew her out of the room. “Let’s go downstairs.”
Lexi swallowed thickly and blinked. “Why do we need to go downstairs? Isn’t that where the, um, moreintimateparty is happening?”
I gave her a dark grin. “Exactly.”
As I led her down the steps and into the large gold and crimson room decorated with fairy lights, ivy, and silk drapes, her breaths quickened at the debauchery already unfolding. A few couples had shed their clothes and were grinding against each other on the couches.
“Are you freaking serious?” Lexi muttered, turning her head toward me as if the scene disgusted her.
It didn’t. Her pupils were dilated as fuck, and her nipples peaked against the thin satin of her dress.
After we walked down a long hallway, moans echoing behind closed doors, I pulled Lexi into an opulent room constructed of copper fixtures, burnished wood, and leather. The rich scent of wood polish and lavender hung in the air instead of its usual stench of scotch, cigars, and sex. Someone must have given the place a thorough cleaning recently.
Black velvet drapes covered one of the walls while the built-in cabinets along another held all types of toys behind the closed doors that would have Red blushing from head to toe.
“Where are we?” she asked as I shut and locked the heavy oak door.
I tossed my hat onto the large mahogany desk on the far side of the room. “Bass’s other office.”
Tons of incriminating evidence about our members was locked in the catacombs below. We kept information to blackmail our own people if necessary. Sometimes murder wasn’t enough punishment for betrayal.
Stan had taken the files I’d stolen from Gregory Banks before I could bypass the security on the flash drive, so I’d have to break into the archives, but I sure as hell wouldn’t bring Lexi with me. Instead, I figured there could be something on my stepbrother’s computer that might satisfy her for now.
She scrutinized the gothic decor, her heels moving over a plush rug near the fireplace. “Are there cameras in here?”
