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Pete tenses. “I thought you lived on your own.”
“You thought wrong,” I firmly reply. “My stepbrother’s a big guy and he’s super protective over me.”
A grin crosses Pete’s face. “He’s not here now.” He increases his chewing and his eyes linger around my cleavage. “I had a girl like you once. Hot as hell but a cold bitch on the inside.” Pete lets out a whistle. “A wildcat between the sheets, though. Did anything I wanted.”
Creep.
“I think we’re done for the day, Pete, “ I say and rise when he stops me and his eyes flare with desperation.
“Fuck, alright, I lied,” he groans. “I’ve never had a girl like you.” His eyes widen in awe. “Never seen anything like you. You look like a porn star and a kindergarten teacher mixed into one.”
“Eww Pete,” I mutter, crossing my arms. “I really think you should go.”
That desperation on his face increases. “I’ll pay you. I’ll pay you however much you want if you just let me fuck...kiss you.”
Swallowing, I ignore the dip in my stomach. “Kiss me?” I say with a grimace. I want to refuse but I can’t handle everyone finding out about my journal. “It’ll cost you 200.000 dollars,” I breathe and Pete spits.
For a moment it seems like he’s about to say no but then he growls. “Fine. But then you’ll be kissing me out in that pool wearing a teeny weeny bikini.”
My skin crawls but I think I can sacrifice my dignity. It’ll just be a little kiss.
And then I’ll have the money and my secret thoughts about Dacre will be mine to keep.
****
The breeze up on the rooftop gives me shivers and I hold onto my robe like it’s an armor.
I can’t believe I’m doing this. It’s making my stomach turn but I’ll just close my eyes and pretend it’s my stepbrother which I have a ton of experience with. Glancing at Pete, I hold down a frustrated whimper.
He’s sitting by the edge of the pool on his haunches, his hand swirling the water. I think this is him trying to be seductive and I recoil when he wiggles his brows at me.
“Get in,” he orders. “The water’s warm enough.” When I hesitate, he adds, “Drop the towel.”
“This better not be a trick,” I warn and he chuckles.
“You’ll get the money cash. Cross my heart. Now hop in, snowflake.”
Sighing, I let the robe fall and I’ve never felt more exposed in my life. This is so unlike me. I play tennis on the weekends and I’ve seen girls flash their boobs to the professional male players in the locker room across the hall but I’ve never done anything remotely like that.
I’ve never had to work for anything really. And I’ve never had to use my body to get what I want.
But it’s just a kiss.
Nothing more.
Testing the water, I sink into the pool and its only deep enough for the water to reach up to my waist. I better get this over with. The more I stall the worse it gets. Inwardly I curse myself for ever writing down those sticky thoughts.
But I couldn’t keep them in my mind anymore. They made it hard for me to fall asleep at night and I’d be all fidgety and frustrated. And who can blame me. Something happens to a good girl when she meets a bad boy and especially when she lives with said bad boy who’s emitting all that testosterone, all that pent up energy. It’s not like Dacre did anything to make it any easier. When he looks at me, he doesn’t flinch, regarding me as if I’m some decorative object he wants to possess.
“Tick tock,” Pete grunts and I flinch, rubbing my hands down my arms.
“No tongue,” I say and his face drops.
“You’re pushing it.”
I’m halfway toward him. A couple of more steps and I’ll be close enough for him to kiss me but suddenly this is starting to feel so freaking wrong, I can’t go through with it. There’s something about Pete that’s seriously off putting and besides...
The thought of me kissing another man, even though he’s more of a toad than a man at the place where Dacre and I live together....where Dacre eats, where he breathes, where he sleeps...it feels like a betrayal.
