Page 78 of Beautiful Distraction

Is that supposed to be a joke?

I take in his wink, and the penny drops.

Oh, my fricking God.

His brother has to be a cop.

“My dear brother’s the deputy,” Kellan explains.

The fricking deputy? The one everyone seems to be missing.

“What are brothers for?” Ryder laughs.

I swat at Kellan’s hand on my ass, the slap so hard thesound reverberates in the night.

“I’m going home,” I mutter and rattle at the gate.

“Let me—” Kellan starts.

“No. I’ll find my way back. Thanks.” I shake my head andshoot him a deadly look, even though he probably can’t see it in the darkness.“It was nice meeting you…”

“Ryder.” He stretches out his hand, and I take it.

“Sorry about the—” My voice chokes.

I rush past him, head held high, trying my hardest not tolook back.

It’s the walk of shame.

I might have lost any sense of decency, but I still have mydignity, right?

Right?

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CHAPTER TWENTY

After returning to the bar, I make up some bullshit excuse,and Kellan drives both Mandy and me home—the silence in the car deafeningin its intensity. I barely mumble something about a headache before dashing formy bedroom and barricading myself inside for the rest of the night.

Holy shit!

I can’t believe I let Kellan compromise me like that. Sure,I had the orgasm of my life, but…

What. The. Fuck?

In his brother’s back yard?

With his brother barely a few steps away?

Knowing his brother’s the deputy?

The bastardknewRyder would be back any time. HeknewRyder could hear us.

Why the fuck would he take me there to have his wicked wayswith me?

Because I’m another conquest for his panty collection.That’s what I am. I can’t even pretend that I don’t know it. Like I can’tpretend I didn’t hear Sharon’s warning.

And I even asked him for it.

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