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Not going to hurt me. You mean any more than you already have?
Standing up, I walked over to him and knelt down in front of him. “Kai?” I asked, trying to meet his eyes. “Are you okay?” He blinked, and I hated how broken he looked. “No,” he whispered.
My poor fucking baby boy 😕
I hadn’t realized it, but I’d been relaxed with Kai here. Now I wasn’t again.
Because he’s Bestie baby boy (aka my man)
“I stopped them.” His breath fell over my face. “I chose you over my friends.”
Okay and? The hells that gonna go?
“You want to know what I’ve learned? I don’t win by playing your games. I win by making you play mine.”
It’s giving villain origin story
“Goddamn,” he whispered against my lips. “I want you.” “You’re not the only one.” “Kai?” he gauged. “Don’t look to him, Rika.”
🫨🤫
Plenty of other women here. Yeah, that was a fucking bluff if I’d ever heard one. I couldn’t keep my eyes off her, and I’d either have to swallow my pride and actually be nice to get into her bed tonight, or . . . Or I’d have to pick another fight.
Womp freaking womp
What if I’d completely corrupted her? What if she’d begun to like playing games too much, and the lust to play—and to win—overpowered her need for me? What if her heart had hardened so much that she closed herself off in order to survive? What if I was the one who had to bend? Unease weighed on my shoulders, and I let out a breath. I need her. I want her.
She was winning. I was playing her game, and I was fucking losing. God, I wanted her so goddamn much.
Sucks to Lose
I loved that I dominated her pretty little head more than my brother ever could.
I could’ve had her—her first time, everything—and I let her go three years ago.
We want what we want.
But promise me what? What did I want from her? Promise you’ll never leave me? Promise you belong to me? Promise you’re mine?
Ding ding ding
I had her in my arms. Finally. Why did I fuck it up?
No. She wouldn’t do that. She would never hurt me.
This is my fault. I’ll never be able to make this right. They’ll suffer because I trusted her.
Nothing was her fault.
Now, don’t get me wrong. I don’t blame you. And now that I know you’re one of the good guys, I can admit that I actually really like you.
“You really think you need to prove anything to her?” Kai asked. “You think she hasn’t been in love with you just the way you are her entire life?”
“Don’t tell me how to treat you, okay? I know exactly what you like.”
Respectfully smash
whispered, “I love you, Michael.”
🫨
I inched closer to Kai, the steam sitting like a cloth on my skin as he refused to look up. “Why won’t you look at me?” I asked softly. He breathed out a small laugh, looking nervous. “Because you’re the first woman I’ve said shit to since I got out, and I’m afraid . . .” His chest rose and fell faster. “I’m afraid I’ll want to touch you.”
My poor baby boy ☹️
I reached out and wrapped my arms around Kai’s neck. Burying my face in his neck, I held back the tears pooling in my eyes as I pressed my body into his and hung on to him like I was the one who needed him.
“Thank you, Rika,” he said, sincerity clear in his eyes.
I might be scared that our relationship was in danger, or that he would feel threatened by Kai, but Michael knew where my heart was. He didn’t doubt me. He doubted himself.
If he loved me, we would be invincible.
“Because you love Michael more than me,” I shot back.
“It’s not just Michael, you know?” He peered over at me. “Will and I were worried about you, too. You’re one of us. It would be hard to . . .” And then he dropped his eyes as if searching for the right words. “We feel close to you,” he admitted, gazing up at me again. “We don’t want to see you hurt, okay?”
I’m not tearing up ur tearing up
“Because he loves you more than us,” Kai answered, flipping damn near close to my own words back at me.
