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Zane
I’m lounging on Sandy’s bed, watching Nox cuddle up to the girl who he claims not to be involved with. I’m surprised neither of them woke up to me entering the room. Nox usually suffers from horrible insomnia, so when he crashes, he really crashes. Viv, however, usually wakes up to the smallest noise. I’ve been here for a few hours when he stirs. His face dips down and his nose presses into Viv’s hair.
When his eyes open, he takes a moment before glancing around the room. He damn near jumps out of his skin when he finds me just sitting here in the darkened room. Grinning, I give him a little finger wave. Nox’s head falls back against the blankets as he rolls his eyes at me.
Viv moves her arm, wrapping around his stomach as her leg hitches up over his hip. Nox hisses and pushes her thigh back down a few inches. He glares over at me and I just smile at him, not willing to make any extra noise and wake up our little sleeping assassin. We just both sit there in silence with Nox avoiding looking at me and me staring at both of them.
When Viv finally stirs again, she leans into Nox, pressing a kiss to the side of his neck. A soft groan is her reward and his chin tilts up.Her lips press into his skin again and I smirk. Her head tilts and I can’t really see what she’s doing on the other side of Nox from where I am, but from the way he grips her hip, he must really like it.
“Hey, Zane,” she says before she even looks over at me as she pulls away from Nox’s neck.
A wide grin spreads across my face. “How long have you known I was here?”
Her soft hazel eyes finally meet mine as she pushes herself up to look at me. “Since you got here at two this morning.”
My grin widens impossibly more. She was kissing Nox knowing I was watching. The little minx seems to have figured me out. “How are you feeling?” I ask, suddenly pissed off, thinking about how Cain just told me what happened early this morning when I got back home once I finished my job. He now has a black eye and I don’t feel guilty at all. They kept something about Viv from me, and that is unforgivable. Truthfully, they’re all lucky it would hurt her if I did anything permanent.
I try to ignore my rage, since Viv doesn’t really deserve it. Sure, she should have told me, but I’d rather take my anger out on the guys. I raise my arms, stretching out my back and smiling at her. “So what did you threaten Cain and Nox with to get them not to tell Sloane about the messages?”
Nox frowns at me. “She didn’t threaten me.”
Viv smiles at me and shrugs. “I offered Nox whatever he wants, and Cain got twenty-four hours.”
“What do you mean he got twenty-four hours?” Nox asks, sitting up to look at her.
Her tongue rolls over her lips, wetting them before she answers. “An entire day where he can do whatever he wants with me.”
Nox and I just gape at her. She’s really putting that much trust into Cain after everything? The man is constantly pushing Viv’s buttons just to get a reaction out of her. I can’t really say I understand the connection between Viv and Cain. From what I’ve seen, he’s always just rude or mean to her. I fight the urge to tell her it’s not happening. I actually have a reason to trust Cain, but I can’t say I’d trust him to have a full day with Viv alone. Cain’s words come back tomy mind before I can voice my opinion. Stand beside her, not in front of her. I can do this. “Okay, but just know that you can call it quits at any point. If he has a problem with that, then just stab him again.” I shrug.
Nox just turns to glare at me. “What the fuck, Z?”
I shrug again. “If he doesn’t take no for an answer, he deserves to be stabbed.”
Nox pauses and tilts his head to the side. “Okay. You’ve got a good point.”
Viv huffs, scooting down to the end of the bed before getting off over Nox’s legs. “He won’t do that,” she tells us confidently as she gets up and heads to her dresser.
I lie back on the bed, cushioning my head on my arms as I watch her pick out her clothes for the day. I don’t even consider looking away when she starts to take off those ridiculously sexy pajamas she always wears. Nox chokes on his own saliva, but he doesn’t look away either as Viv turns her back to us while she pulls on a pair of lacy yellow panties and a matching bra.
She turns to pick up the sweater she picked out and I bite my bottom lip. The lace cups of her bra are completely transparent. I want to bite her nipples through that thin fabric so bad that I actually push myself up in preparation. She’s already pulling her cream-colored sweater down over her head though, and I want to cut the damn thing off in retaliation. Then I realize how hot she looks in nothing but a sweater and a pair of panties. Too soon, she shimmies into a pair of skinny jeans and hides those from me too.
She slips into her boots and just looks at us expectantly. When neither of us do or say anything, she huffs, “I don’t know about you two, but I’m going to get breakfast.”
I jump up, aghast that she’s thinking about leaving me here. Nox just gives her a small smile. “I don’t have an early class and I need to get dressed at home.”
Viv skips over to give him a tight hug before walking back to me at the door. Nox slings his legs over the side of the bed and I finally get a look at the hickey Viv must have given him earlier while I was watching. “I’ll see you in art class.”
“Meet you at the cafe before?” he asks as he tugs his jeans up.
“Definitely.” She grins at him before grabbing my hand and tugging me out of the room, leaving him in there by himself. I guess she doesn’t mind if we’re alone in her room. Now I want to go back in there and look through all of her stuff like I’m sure Nox is doing.
When we get to the dining hall, I’m surprised to find Sandy and Sloane sitting together at the table we usually meet at every morning. Sloane smiles at Viv, leaning over the table to place a kiss on her cheek when she sits down across from Sandy. “I missed you at the gym this morning.”
I chuckle at that. “Yeah, she was too busy in bed with Nox.”
Viv elbows me as I sit down next to her. “You make it sound like you found us naked or something.”
“Ah, you find them snuggling in bed too?” Sloane asks with a chuckle.
