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Ugh.
...these games aren’t supposed to hit so close to real life.
The house has a whole different vibe tonight, angrier and darker than anything I’ve felt since I came home. Tension so thick it tastes like sulfur.
Dad finally talked Evie down after Chris stormed out. I listened in on their pained conversation in the other room for over an hour before she crawled into bed.
The whole episode left my jaw on the floor for—honestly, I’ve lost track of how many times.
I don’t know how I let Chris touch me without completely freaking.
That hug in front of our parents was bad enough, but his hand gliding down my back, the not-so-subtle brush of our bodies, the way he pinched mythigh...
Hello, stepbrother, you moody stack of ass.
My arrogant, demanding, sinfully sexy stepbrother.
What are the odds?
What have I done to piss off the universe so badly?
His touch hurt as much as it ignited me.
Nothing but a cruel reminder of what we’d lost tonight by fate screwing us over like this. But I still don’t understand.
Why, for the love of God, did he have to rub it in?
Literally rub it.
I’m stuck on his hand under the table, riding up my skirt. His searching fingers made me paralyzed with lava in my veins.
So rude.
So brash.
So atrociously tempting.
I’m not even sure what was worse—the screaming urge to jam a fork in his face or the insane thought that I should just sit back and let his fingers roam higher.
What the hell is wrong with me?
I’m pretty sure I’m the only one who knows he’s still here in his room, too.
A little while ago, I heard him banging around behind my wall. Almost like he was throwing something heavy.
Why Evie practically made us roommates, I’ll never understand.
This house has eight more empty guest rooms on different levels. Plenty of places for precious space from this maniac who’s dead set on upending my life.
My fingers flutter across the screen, returning to his number.
Chris McFire.
That’s what I named his contact in my dorky, just-kissed wisdom after our little collision on the beach.
Now, it isn’t cute or funny at all.
Now, the entire planet is giving me the middle finger, reminding me what an idiot I am to even think about letting a stranger in my pants.
