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“They have a file on them, do they?” His voice is tight.
I smile but don’t reach for him. “No. But it’s there. Lili loved him from when she was young. I can see how his father took advantage. Hendrick didn’t notice her until she was probably eighteen? I could see it on the edges of photos, accidental shots of them kissing. He loves her, too.”
“They loved each other.”
“So—”
“And there was you, she’d look at you like you were her personal hero. She loved her brother. I think…I think she wanted you both to get along.”
Okay, I don’t know that, but it’s a good guess.
“I’ll get the kit.” He stalks out.
Maybe I shouldn’t have told him the truth. Maybe—
“You saw all that?” Hendrick steps around the corner and into Jac’s room.
I nod as he sets down the bottles and glasses, pours me a drink, and offers me artisanal ginger beer as a mixer. “Yes. To both.”
“She worshiped him. Hands down. And you’re right. She wanted us to get along. Back then we sort of did, but Lili was—” He stops, sits next to me and hands me the drink, kissing me. “She would have liked you.”
“Or hated me.”
He laughs and there’s a sadness that slashes at my heart. “It was a long, long time ago. There aren’t any ghosts, not for me. She’ll always have a piece of me; she’s in my heart, but you take up the space…and I fucking love you. I wish…I wish I didn’t. Then you’d be Jac’s and this would be easy.”
He knows.
A throb of pain, dark and hot hits me. He knows I can’t stay.
Fuck. I take a swallow of my drink.
I wrap my fingers around his tie and pull him in, sighing into his mouth, sliding my tongue along his. I need this man. He’s part of me. Just like I need Jac.
The kiss turns hot, wild, and soon my drinks on the bedside stable and I’m straddling him, rocking my pussy and clit against the erection in his pants, rubbing on the zipper, because if it’s not his cock or fingers, I’ll take that.
My body starts to heat, and my core begins to rev.
“Fuck, you’re a pure fucking fantasy brought to life, Cat. I can’t get enough of you.”
I moan as he wraps his arm around me to work me against him. “I can’t get enough of you, either.”
“Oh, don’t fucking mind me,” Jac says, sarcasm and humor running through his voice. “I’ll just bleed to death.”
Hendrick pulls me in hard against him as he lifts his head. “More for me. Go ahead.”
I wiggle free. “Sit, Jac.”
He does, and I pull off his shirt and set about cleaning the wound. Hendrick rises and gets him a drink, then stands back and drinks his own. As his phone buzzes, he pulls it out and puts it to his ear, disappearing into the hall to talk.
“Ow.”
I roll my eyes. “You’re a big, sadistic asshole, Jac. You throw me around, taunt, and commit acts of violence on me—”
“You love it, MG.”
I do. I ignore that. “—and here you are, whining like a baby.”
He grabs my wrist, brings it up to his mouth and bites. And I whimper at the thrill it sends spiraling through my blood, and my clit throbs. “Not whining. I got shot for you.”
