Page 37 of Beyond Repair: Part One

Her eyes widen and her mouth pops open. I'm starting to worry I may have read into this all wrong, then Henry chuckles burying his face in her neck.

"Henry he-he?—"

Henry kisses her cheek from behind. "I encouraged her to hum a few times. I bet her you guys wouldn't last five minutes without taking it away."

"Babe!" Kai's bark of laughter makes Nina blush.

Turning my heated stare on the dainty girl in front of me, Iencourageher to open up to me. "And what was your bet, Nina?" Her lips twist, and she closes her eyes. I tug her hands away from her face when she tries to cover her rosy cheeks. "No, no. You wanted to play games. Tell me how long you thought we could hold out before we couldn't take your breathy little moans anymore."

Part of me is terrified that we're pushing too far. Henry sent a message earlier saying she had a rough appointment but not to worry. Obviously, I'm still worried.

He also told us she needed a distraction since she wasn't feeling well and he may have started pushing the boundaries we've put in place with her. We weren't going to pursue anything beyond building our friendship again, but leave it to Henry tobroach the topic of my dominant lifestyle. I was shocked and a little mad until he followed his text up with an explanation that Nina seemed a little turned on when he talked about it with her.

Kai hasn't stopped fucking teasing me about it since. Not to mention the tension in my body is only ratcheting up higher the longer my cock throbs in my damn shorts. Thank fuck Ridge took away the damn spoon and ice cream. I probably would have lost myself had we kept going.

Also, what the fuck is up with Henry pushing our buttons today? And what gave him the green light to start pushing Nina's?!

"Nina didn't think you would notice or care if she made an enticing show of licking your spoon, Trev." Henry gives me a cheeky grin and my jaw clenches at the meaning behind his words.

To Kai, I say, "You better spank his ass tonight."

Between bouts of laughter, he says, "We don't do that shit. But maybe if he begs for it, I'll warm his cheeks."

"Um," Nina squeaks and tries to get up off the couch. She doesn't get very far with the family snuggler wrapped around her like a koala.

Henry shushes her and pushes me back with his fucking knee. "Shh, the sexy vampire is about to carry her out of the hospital."

Just like that, the tension dissipates and the two troublemakers dive back into the fictional world where the bad boys get the girls.

Kai watches Henry and Nina with warmth and love in his eyes. My heart squeezes at the realization that some things haven't changed. Maybe Henry saw a bit of the old Nina earlier and took that as his green light to take things up a notch.

I just hope Nina's ready because the four of us aren't going to be able to hold back for long. Not after her sexy display with her frozen snack.

Chapter 31

Nina

Ridge: Hi

Ican't stop the gasp from spilling from my mouth.Why is he texting me in the middle of the night?

We just swapped numbers last week. Apparently, over three weeks of not having a way to contact me when they aren't here was no longer allowed. Trevor's words.

Honestly, the only people I text or call are my parents, so I didn't think to have another form of communication with the guys. And social media is off the table and forever will be for me.

I get the security information I need from the detectives and officers on Mr. M's case when they think he's on the move. I really don't need to read the articles about him making his way across the Canadian border. The girls aren't lasting anywhere near as long as I did. What he does to those girls after they've served their purpose? The same purpose I was used for...I refuse to think about it.

I already know every single detail because he used to taunt me with what would happen once I got too weak to do my chores.The brutal treatment up to the point where my usefulness ended would seem like a day on the beach, he used to say.

I hate that I lasted so long.

Is it my fault he's killing faster? Did I anger him when I escaped and these girls are taking punishments meant for me?

I remember wishing that when the time came, I could have one final ray of sunshine to warm my face.

So it's in the darkness that I fear I'll never feel the sun again. Gulping and without any thought to what I'm doing, I type a response.

Hi.

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