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“Invite Niall.”
“The fuck. Why?” His lips pull in disgust as he flicks his gaze to Niall.
“Just do it.”
“Whatever. The asshole probably won’t even come.”
Oh, he will, and he’ll show up with Bianca to flaunt her in my face. It’d be the last time he ever does, though.
***
An hour after the party is in full swing, they arrive and I smirk. Bianca looks nervous and apprehensive like she’d rather be anywhere else. The tight-as-fuck purple dress she’s wearing molds to her ample curves enticingly. I run my tongue between my teeth as I realize it barely reaches the tops of her thighs and slides up even higher as she walks.
The urge to shove Niall’s arm from her ass rises to the forefront of my vision and turns it black with red-hot jealousy. I gulp the rest of my whiskey down and slam the glass on the bartop. If I let my desire for the siren of a woman cloud my judgment, I won’t be able to go through with tonight.
I never claimed to be a good man. And I won’t start now.
Maybe once it’s all over and she’s no longer in love with Niall, I’ll make her mine.
I already know what she likes, her favorite food and movies. I also know she’s clumsy, loves to talk, funny, and she intrigues me like no other. Because of her, I spend my weekends at home just to catch a glimpse of her rather than traveling, which I love. Because of her, I don’t hate the city as much as I used to.
So maybe I’m doing it more for selfish reasons.
The corner I’m standing in gives me a full view of the room, the mass of sweaty bodies on the dance floor, some playing pool in the corner. Niall runs into his friends, slapping their backs and laughing with them while oblivious that Bianca is uncomfortable, even as she smiles.
Seriously, what does she see in him?
“So, is that the guy you want me to fuck?” hums Justin’s friend, Teresa, sizing Niall up and down with a heated gleam in her eyes.
“Seduce. Not fuck,” I clarify. “Long enough until the girl with him sees you two together.”
Teresa is always looking for a good time, especially if it’ll ruin someone else’s night. I met her through Justin, who she hooks up with when he wants to blow off some steam while she does it in the hopes of dating him. The whole town knows he’s the heir to the Merchant legacy and the next CEO of his family’s real estate company.
So it didn’t take much convincing after I told Teresa that Niall is a trust fund kid and will have his own company—my father’s—to run one day. After she heard this, she was all game.
“You’re an evil man, Dash,” she muses seductively while running one finger down my chest. “Breaking that poor girl’s heart. You want to steal her from him?”
I push her hand away from my chest and dryly reply, “How about you stick to your business?”
“Fine.”
“Take him in one of the rooms upstairs once he’s away from her.”
She flicks her hair back and retorts, “I know the drill.”
Shaking my head, I watch her strut her way to Niall and his friend’s little group and introduce herself. My stepbrother secretly leers at her ass before roaming to her face. I curse his stupidity for ignoring the beautiful girl he’s lucky to have and chasing after another pussy. In this room, Bianca outshines everyone. No other woman holds a candle to her innocence.
If she were mine, she would become my entire world. Until her, I didn’t realize how much I craved to have just that.
The night goes on and it isn’t long before Niall ghosts Bianca. Yet again.
Instead of moving from my spot, I observe her. She’s standing in the crowd, small eyes scanning the dark room while worrying her bottom lip. A tempting and innocent little bait if there ever was one.
My phone vibrates in my pocket, so I pull it out and read the text.
TERESA: Show time.
ME: You have 15 fifteen minutes.
