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I stare her down. She’s holding back, and if I’m right, whatever she’s failing to tell me is what had her spooked earlier, and it’s what has her feverishly texting whoever is currently messaging her again and again.
“Who’s on the phone, Carina?”
She stares up at me defiantly.
With a quick movement, I grip both her wrists and pin them above her head, then climb on top of her, the blanket separating us. Her phone falls to the floor with a softthunkon the rug.
“Get off me,” she snarls.
“You and I both know I could take that phone and crack the password in under fifteen minutes.” I squeeze her wrists, then force myself to go easy. “Something’s bothering you. Tell me who you’re texting about it.”
“My friends are none of your business.” Her fierceness sends a jolt of need to my cock.
“Everything about you is my business!” I eye her mouth, and then I fuck up. I fuck up royally. Because I can’t stop myself from kissing her hard, from tasting the heaven that rests on her lips like honeyed wine.
She moans, her body warm beneath mine as I swipe my tongue against hers. She answers, kissing me deeply, arching against me as I lose myself in her. Just like I always do. I want her so badly that my brain misfires, my instincts taking over.
It takes all the strength I have to pull myself back, to sit up on the bed and take a deep, shaking breath.
We sit in silence for a while, her wall going back up brick by brick as I try to cling to reason, to duty, to honor.
“Carina, I only want to help you.” I sigh. “Just let me in.”
She leans over the bed and swipes her phone from the floor. With her other hand, she points. “The door’s over there. Don’t let it hit you on the ass on the way out.”
14
CARINA
Gilly sits there for a long moment, neither of us speaking. What else does he want me to say? I gave him his opportunity to tell me the real reason he didn’t want me to go on the date with Falco, but he didn’t take it. I don’t know what he wants from me. If anyone needs to get their shit worked out, it’s him. I’ve got enough battles of my own to deal with.
“Go out on a date with Falco, and I’ll kill him.”
That might actually solve my problem, but it’s really not that easy. I have no idea what the fallout for that would be, not only for Gilly but my brother. But I do know that it would not go over well with the other families.
“That would start a war.”
“People die all the time for all kinds of reasons.” True, but it can’t be him that does it. The Falco family can’t think it came from us.
“Get out of my room. I’m done with this conversation.”
Gilly stands, to my surprise.
A pang of disappointment fills me, but I shouldn’t be shocked. I’m okay for him to play with in the dark but nowhere else. A dirty secret. That’s what I am to him. At first I thought that it might be fun to sneak around with him. I guess what they say is true. Be careful of what you wish for. You just might get it.
“This isn’t over, Carina.”
“It most definitely is, Gilly. I’m not your little toy to play with when you want.” I lash out with my words. I know some of them are for Falco too. He came into my home and threatened me. Scared me.
“You’re not a toy.”
“I’ll scream.”
“Carina,” he warns.
“I swear it, Gilly. I’ll scream this whole house down. Then you'll have to explain to my brother why you’re always sneaking into my room. You tell my secrets, and I’ll tell yours.”
“You’re not being rational.”
