Page 23 of Feel Free to Scream

That wrangles a sob from her lips, and then she’s screaming as she loses it, drenching my entire hand.

“That’s it, little ghost. You’re such a good girl to come for me like that.” I bring my hand to my lips, tasting her. “So very sweet. You wanna try?”

She just stares at me open-mouthed, so I take it as an invitation, sliding two fingers right to her tongue.

Claire shakes her head, jumping off the bar. “Oh my god, oh my god, I can’tbelievewe just did that!” she practically screams. “I can’t believeyoudid that to me! In public! And oh my god, Noah! I have a boyfriend, you idiot!”

I laugh while I watch her lose it. In truth, I’m pretty sure no one looked at us twice; we were pretty discreet, and for those thus inclined, there are far more interesting things happening upstairs. But now her little scene is drawing plenty of eyes.

“You weren’t thinking about Noah when you came for me,” I remind her. “In fact, I think you said Noah never made you come.”

“I’m not a cheat!” she screeches. “I’m not the kind of person who goes behind their boyfriend’s back! You had no right!”

That makes one of you, I want to tell her. But at the same time, it’s not my place to make her see what anyone with eyes can guess.

She doesn’t want her high school sweetheart, and he doesn’t want her either. He prefers sluts who give it up easily. As for her, I’m not quite sure what she wants yet. I am only certain that if it was him, she wouldn’t have moved to the other side of the country.

“You would have been a bit more convincing if you’d said all that before the orgasm,” I tell her with a shrug.

She groans, glaring at me. “I’m not playing this game. Leave me alone.”

Then she hurries her little ass away, and I let her walk. The sway of her hips as she rushes out is enough of a reward. Besides, I’ve had a taste. It’ll do for tonight.

10

CLAIRE

Ican’t believe it! How could he just…and how could I? Why didn’t I stop him from—ugh!

I groan, stomping my foot as I head out of the bar slash library and into the sitting room. It’s a lot busier than it was when I first arrived. Lily was right about the starting time, it seems.

Oh, gosh, Lily. I can’t leave without her. We came together. I might not know much about parties, but even I understand that. Girls don’t dump each other in the middle of a party. I mean, technically she left first. But I’m sure she would have been back.

God, what if she did come back and saw me…doingthat. Letting him touch me, like some tramp?

But no, I see her around Cross and his friends, looking like she’s seconds away from snapping.

“You can’t just remove my clothes with some dumb program and post that!” Her voice is so loud, not even the music playing around the room drowns it out. “I could sue you!”

“You can’t afford to, darling,” I hear Cross retort, as I wade through the throng of bodies jumping, twisting, circling to the sound of a deep beat.

On instinct, I grab my phone and start recording them.

“Plus, my lawyers can take you. And let’s face it. It wouldn’t stop the world from seeing the picture.”

Is every guy in this place a huge dick?

On instinct, I grab my phone and start recording them.

“You’re vile!” she screams in his face.

“Yeah, yeah. But you can kiss me or become the newest porn star in Thorn Falls. Up to you.”

Yep. They’re all cut from the same cloth.

I don’t feel even a little bit sorry as I turn my screen so it faces him. “You sure about that? Because even a shitty lawyer can nail your ass after a recorded confession, not to mention some blackmail on top.”

Lily turns to me, gaping in shock.

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