Page 74 of The Villain We Tempt

“Wrong?” she snaps, shoving me away and wrenching out from under me like she’s just been electrocuted. She scrambles off the bed and backs away from me, her eyes haggard as she shoves her skirt down. “It came outwrong? Is that what you were going to say?!”

Fuck.

FUCK.

“Galina—”

“Have you been spying on me?!” Her face turns dark as thunder. “Did you…” Her jaw drops. “Did youbugmy fucking room?!”

Ooookay.

This is going from bad to shitty real fast.

How do I fix this.

“And if I did?”

I cringe instantly when I see her venomous reaction.

Note to self: that wasnothow to fix it.

“Are you spying on me in my room?!” she screams at me.

She reaches down and snatches up her hoodie, yanking it on and zipping it all the way up.

“You know what?!” she rages furiously. “Don’t even answer that. I wouldn’t trust a fuckingwordyou said now, anyway.” She glares viciously at me as she hugs her arms over herself.

I start to walk toward her.

Then I stop.

…A can of pepper spray being shoved into your face has a way of doing that.

“Easy—”

“BACK. THE FUCK. UP.”

“Gal—”

You know how there are some things thatreallydon’t go together? Like drinking orange juice after brushing your teeth?

I have a new one: pepper spray to the face after eating pussy.

I hiss and drop to my knees, clawing at my mask as I turn away from her.

Sweet fuckingfuck, how the hell did this go off the rails so badly?

“This game is done!” she hurls at me. “Over. Stay thefuckaway from me.”

I groan and yank my mask off as the door slams shut, blindly reaching for water to splash in my screaming eyes.

So, yeah. Galina pepper-sprayed me in the face.

And that, kids, is how I met your mother…

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