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My breath catches in my throat when I see the lacy purple bra she’s wearing underneath, her full tits spilling out of the cups. I should look away, but Ican’t. Fuck, her tits areperfect.
“They think I should fit this mold of what they expect me to be, but nobody’s ever asked whatIwant,” she continues as she pops the button on her jean shorts and shimmies them down her hips. They drop to hit the pavement below her, leaving her in a skimpy purple thong that matches her bra as she approaches the edge of the pool and sinks back down again, dipping her feet into the water. “All I want is the freedom to be myself, for the people in my life to love me for who I really am and not the role I have to play.” She scooches forward until her ass is hovering over the pool’s edge, then begins lowering herself in.
Guess my dick isn’t broken after all. It’s fully, painfully erect as I watch Juliet slide into the water slowly, controlling her movements with her grip on the pool’s edge so that her head doesn’t go under. Once again, I shouldn’t be staring, but there’s no way in hell I can stop now- not when tiny waves from her descent are lapping at those beautiful tits, the lights beneath the water casting a golden glow over every inch of bare skin.
“So I’ll ask again,” she says, tilting her head as if she’s trying to read me. “Does anyone know who you really are? Or do you shut everyone out under the pretense of doing your job?”
I clear my throat, willing my mind to stop wandering and my dick to calm the fuck down. What gives, anyways? I couldn’t get it to wake up while it was practically shoved down Rosie’s throat, and now it’s suddenly raring to go?
“This is who I am,” I grit out.
Juliet shakes her head, clucking her tongue as she pushes off the wall and starts treading water. “Nah, I’m not buying it. Nobody’s all business, all the time.” She spins around, making waves with her hands on the surface of the water. “Don’t you ever just let yourself go?”
I scrub a hand over the top of my buzzed head, moving away from the wall to tread water across from her. “Not all of us have the luxury of doing whatever we want,” I grumble.
“You do, though. You’re Alpha.” The corner of her mouth lifts, her eyes glittering silver. “You just won’t let yourself.”
My wolf immediately rises to the surface to peek back at hers through my eyes, and even though he’s been a prickly motherfucker all evening, he’s suddenly docile, practically rolling over with his tongue hanging out. Which is really fucking odd, considering how he was acting when I was with Rosie. He’s never shown preference for one female over another before, and the fact that he is now gives rise to a whole slew of questions that I don’t want the answers to.
“That isn’t true,” I say, shaking my head as Juliet begins to swim around me slowly. I continue to tread water, keeping a healthy distance between us as I watch her intently.
She cocks a brow in challenge. “No? Then how come you’ll watch me from outside my window, but you won’t get close to me when I’m right here?”
Busted.
If there was any question as to whether she saw me lurking in the woods last night, there’s my answer. My face flushes hot with embarrassment as I shake my head. “I just can’t.”
“Why not?” Juliet giggles as she reaches out for me teasingly.
I grab her wrists before her hands can land on my chest, holding them away- but she takes that as an opportunity to swing the lower half of her body closer, wrapping her legs around my waist. My brain fucking short circuits, my dick punching at her ass and my body lighting up like a livewire.
“Stop,” I grind out, though I don’t exactly push her away. I hold tight to her wrists, my heart slamming against my ribs as we share the same air, her eyes locked with mine.
The playful smile melts from her face as her breaths come out faster. “Why?” Juliet whispers.
The air between us feels supercharged, crackling with tension.
I want to give in. Want to say fuck it and just take what I want, damn the consequences. That should be my prerogative, as Alpha, but with power comes responsibility, responsibility that I can’t abandon.
I feel her thighs tense against my hips as she leans her upper body closer, tempting me to cross the line. “You lifted the no touching rule, right?” she asks, her tongue darting out to lick her lips.
Goddamnit.
Against every instinct, I pull back abruptly and shove Juliet away. I drop her wrists, let her legs slide away from my waist. I whip around in the water, lunging for the edge of the pool and pulling myself up.
“It still applies to me,” I growl as I push out of the water and find my feet on the pavement. As soon as I do, I turn over a shoulder to peer down at Juliet, meeting those wide, blue eyes that could take me to my knees. “I…”
Have no idea what to say.
The words won’t come, so I just shake my head and walk away, scooping up my clothes and shoes from the pool deck and not hazarding a backwards glance as I retreat.
Regret is truly a double-edged sword.
12
I’m just putting the finishing touches on my makeup- a sultry smoky eye look with winged liner- when my cell phone begins vibrating on the bathroom counter, the screen lit up with an incoming call. I pop the mascara wand back in the tube and glance down, expecting it to be Kylie calling since we made plans to go out to a club called Hydra tonight after we both interviewed for jobs at Jokers earlier. It’s not her name I see on the screen, though; it’s a number I don’t recognize. I don’t usually answer calls from unknown numbers, but since the first three digits are a Denver area code, I pick it up with a hesitant, “Hello?”
“Is this Juliet Anderson?” a male voice asks on the other end of the line. Wherever he is, it’s loud. I can hear the roar of music and voices, clattering glass, and a cacophony of other sounds I can’t quite place.
