Page 45 of Ruin

“Wolf?” Ryo called because of the sound. Before I could stop Ryo, he had the door open and stood in it, looking around frantically with a gun pointed. “What’s going on?”

Tension slapped at me. Would Josh stay hidden? Would he want no one to know? I could understand why, but annoyance didn’t begin to describe my reaction if that was the case.

“I—”

“Nothin’” came from the floor before Josh stood with his hands on his waist. He glared from Ryo down to me, then back to Ryo. When his gaze dropped to me once more, it ran over my body, and his eyes narrowed even more. He moved quickly and picked up the sheet to wrap around me, covering half of my head as well.

My breath caught in my throat. Was he seriously hiding me from Ryo’s gaze?

Ryo snorted out a laugh before he covered it with a cough.

“Can I help you, Ryo?” I asked and tried to slap the sheet away, but Josh held it in place.

My chest expanded at the thought of Josh being possessive, but it was only Ryo.

“You were late,” Ryo said.

“What time is it?” I tried to pull the sheet away again, but Josh sank to the bed behind me and held it in place. “What are you doing?” I demanded.

“Nothin’,” he clipped.

“It’s after eight, Wolf,” Ryo called.

“I’ll be out soon,” I told him.

“Very well. Ruin, I also closed your bedroom door, since you left it open sometime through the night.”

Ruin grunted. “Thanks.”

Ryo laughed again before I heard the door close. Josh’s hold on the sheet loosened, and I thrashed my hands around until the sheet dropped off my head, pooling around my waist. I went to turn until Josh tugged my back into his chest, and his lips met my shoulders.

“Sorry,” he offered sheepishly.

“What was that?” I asked.

“I panicked.”

“Panicked? Not over being seen in my room, but over Ryo seeing me half-naked?”

My pulse raced even before he answered with “Yeah. I didn’t like the thought of anyone seein’ you like that.”

“I could have felt the same way, with me not wanting him to see you like that,” I pointed out.

“I thought that too. It’s why I sat behind you.”

I couldn’t help it. I laughed. He was crazy, but I liked it.

With another surprising kiss to my neck, he stood. I turned and placed my feet on the floor. I used my hands at the backs of his thighs to tug him between my legs.

I stilled when my emotions bubbled up. Why did I suddenly feel like crying?

It was stupid.

But staring up at what I desired, knowing he had come to me willingly to try this out, meant everything to me. Where had my flirty, confident side gone?

“Hey,” Josh uttered, cupping the side of my face.

Pushing the wild emotions back, I smirked up at him. “Morning wood again?”

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