Page 33 of Tainted Romance

“I find that a bit unfair since you are pretending to be Taylor’s mate after all.” Ebony crossed her arms, leaning back on those dangerously tall high heels of hers. “How about Zane decides?” Her head flittered over to Zane.

My eyes were on him and when he didn’t say anything I wanted to reach for the nearest branch and whack him with it.

“Well then, Zane?” Ebony prompted him.

‘Be too hard to sleep in the same room as you.’Zane’s voice flashed in my mind before he spoke out loud.

“I’ll crash with Ebony.” He picked up his bag and hers, before walking back into the cabin - Ebony, of course, following, grinning with victory.

“Don’t worry, sweetheart, I’m not the type of guy that likes to feel up a sleeping lady.” Taylor winked at me.

I wanted to kick something, that something being Zane.

Fine, he could sleep with her. Share a room with her, whatever. I wouldn’t let them think I cared; I wouldn’t give Ebony the pleasure.

I had planned on just getting through the weekend. Ignore Taylor and sneak looks at Zane, but my plan had changed.

My whole mission for this weekend now was that I wasn’t going to ignore Taylor. I was going to give him every bit of my attention, and while doing that, I was going to ignore Zane and Ebony.

If Zane thought sharing a room with me was going to be hard, then he was about to get a very rude awakening.

Chapter Thirteen

Time was slowly ticking by, and it seemed that every minute that passed I was making more of a mess of the situation, not to mention Taylor was more than keen on anything I suggested. So, when I suggested a dip in the hot tub, he didn’t even have to think about agreeing.

Then when I suggested a drink, he agreed.

When he suggested twenty questions, I agreed.

Then when he kissed me, I kissed him back and now here we were.My arms linked around his neck, his fingers running down my back, and our lips locked.

It started suddenly, and it ended just as suddenly because my empty mind was filled with a raging mad man’s voice.

‘STOP IT.’Zane’s words scorched my mind, and I pulled away from Taylor straight away,my eyes darting up and landing on Zane standing coolly a mere meter away next to Ebony.

Taylor’s eyes opened, and his eyebrows furrowed together, but he soon realized why I had stopped when Ebony stepped into his line of sight.

“We thought we would join you two, but it seems we might be crashing the party.” Ebony’s hazel eyes sparkled with amusement.

I broke away from Taylor and moved back to sit across from him.

“Not at all.” Taylor shook his head then ran a hand through his wet hair. His eyes snapped to mine for a moment before he looked away; just like me, he was questioning what had just happened.

Ebony got into the tub first, followed by Zane. I couldn’t take my eyes off the water. I couldn’t look in his direction as I felt ashamed of what just happened, but it happened so quickly, and, at the time, I was just trying everything in my power to forget about Zane.

It seemed locking lips with Taylor had done that. I could barely remember my name when we were kissing; it was like my mind had gone blank.

A splash of water caused me to snap back into the moment. Taylor was looking at me amused, head tilted to the side. Clearly, I had missed something.

“You aren’t listening are you, Allie?” Taylor smirked.

“Sorry, what did you say?”

“Ebony asked if we wanted to go for a run?”

I hadn’t been for a run in a while, and I had never seen Zane’s wolf. “Sounds like a good idea.” I shot her a tight smile. “Perhaps the best one you have ever had.”

Ebony stifled a laugh and kissed Zane’s cheek. “I actually think it was my second good idea today.”

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