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“You suck, Calista.”
“No, you suck, Darius. I am the victor. You are the loser.” She blows a raspberry at him and he wanders off grumbling something I can’t hear.
“Look at you, you competitive little badass,” I say, catching Calista off guard. She raises her gun toward me. “If I wanted to, I could’ve shot you and had the win,” I say.
“Then why didn’t you?” she asks, lowering it back to her side.
I shrug, making my way closer. “I guess I was having too much fun watching you gloat.”
Her smile is sheepish. “I know it’s wrong, but I couldn’t help myself. It’s not easy being the only girl in a family of four.”
“I can imagine.”
She places her hand on my chest, briefly resting her palm over my heart. This isn’t the first time she’s done this. It seems like a method for her to connect with me without crossing any lines. To share an intimate moment without actually being intimate.
When she starts to pull away, I catch hold of her hand and tug her into me. Our torsos crash together, followed by our lips. I’m not sure who moved first. I only know it’s long overdue and I never want this fiery kiss to end. I never want to lose the feeling of our tongues tangling with our fingers buried in each other’s hair. We tug and yank and grind together, searching for relief from the maelstrom of desire. But there isn’t any to be found.
The urgent sense of need keeps ratcheting up and I know there’s only one way to ease this ache. And now is not the time or place. Just as the tethers of reality are creeping in through the lustful fog, I hear my sensor alarm go off.
Drawing back from her clinging lips, I glance down at the red flashing lights on my chest and then look at Calista.
She fucking shot me while we were kissing.
I start with a single, deep laugh that turns into a roar that continues to grow. Calista soon joins in, and the two of us are gripping our stomachs by the time we’re settling down.
“You got me, champ,” I say.
She shrugs, looking contrite. “Sorry. I really wanted to win.”
My lips slowly spread into a smile. “I can tell. But if you ask me, we both won.” I press a soft kiss to her lips. “What do you think about finding everyone so you can gloat properly?”
She grins. “I like that idea.”
I take hold of her hand and we make our way through the rest of the room together. When the arrows on the floor direct us to an exit, I turn the knob and step through first. Seeing Ned and our friends waiting for us, I quickly drop her hand as they start to cheer.
“Way to go, Calista!,” Evie shouts.
“Yay for girl power,” Wendy joins in as everyone gathers around to congratulate Calista.
“Dude, you lost to my sister,” Orion tells me.
“So did you,” I fire back.
He nods. “Good point.”
Murphy edges up beside me, giving me a knowing look. “So, you let her win?”
“No, I didn’t.”
He pats my arm. “Come on. You can tell me the truth.”
“I am. She won fair and square. She’s a badass.”
Impressed, he nods. “How about that? Ryder Goode taken down by a woman.”
I give a careless shrug. Little does he know, I’ve been taken down by her in more ways than one.
CHAPTER14
