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Whatever. I’veearnedthis orgasm. I’ll celebrate it however I damn well please.
I grip his neck, my lips resting against his forehead as I come down from the high. There’s an unsettled unfurling in my stomach that I can’t quite decipher.
Could it be that we’ve had unprotected sex for the third time in a row?
Could it be that the hole I’ve had inside me since Ziva’s death feels smaller than it’s ever been?
Maybe it’s how I’m starting to realize that, as much as I may want this man, I know deep in my bones that I can’t have him.
Or maybe it’s that, despite all the reasons I should’ve hopped that fence again and ran screaming for the hills…
I still don’t regret staying.
33
URI
“Say that again.”
I throw Alyssa a disbelieving glance while she giggles. “I’m serious. Hewantedto learn.”
“He wanted to learn how to knit?” I repeat. “Lev. My brother?”
She gives me a satisfied smirk. “Mhmm. He walked into my room yesterday while I was knitting and he was really interested. So I’m starting classes tomorrow.”
My first thought is,He’s just walking into your room now?Instead, I shake my head. “I’ll have to see that to believe it.”
She shrugs. “He may like it; he may hate it. But I think it’s a positive sign that he wants to try something new.”
“The little suck-up doesn’t want to try something new. He just wants to be close to you.”
Can’t really blame him.
“I know,” she says softly. “I enjoy spending time with him.”
As I drive into the estate, I notice a car parked just outside on the turntable.
Fuck.
“Uri, I just wanted to thank you for taking me out tonight. I know that…”
She keeps talking but I’m not listening anymore. I’m staring at Niko’s silhouette, leaning against the entrance wall that leads to the house. Of course he opted to stand outside and wait for me. He wanted to know exactly what I was up to.
Alyssa seems to have caught on that something’s up because she’s stopped talking. Instead, she’s looking at me curiously. “Uri? Something wrong?”
“Everything’s fine,” I say in a voice too brusque to be believed.
I park haphazardly on the drive and get out of the car. Alyssa follows me towards the house in silence. I can see her adjusting her dress from my peripheral vision. She looks like a woman who’s been recently ridden hard and put away wet—which, to be fair, is accurate.
“Little brother,” Nikolai greets in an amused murmur.
When I stop in front of Nikolai, Alyssa stops next to me. I give her only a cursory glance. “Go to bed. The evening’s over.”
She flinches instantly, hurt pooling in her eyes so fast that I want to kick my own ass. She glances at Nikolai, then back at me. Then, with a clenched jaw, she enters the house.
My brother watches her walk away the whole time. As much as I would like to, I don’t stop him. Purely because I know that’s exactly what he wants me to do.
Only when she’s disappeared does he turn back to me with raised eyebrows and a knowing expression. “She’s pretty.”
