Page 60 of Tempt Thy Neighbor

She shakes with laugher. “Yeah. Fuck.”

Her lips seek mine, soft and gentle, a stark contrast to what just happened.

“Sutton?”

“Hmm?”

“I think we both lost the bet.”

I laugh, nodding. “I think we did too.”

She pads backinto the bedroom wearing nothing but a grin, and I’m still trying to catch my breath.

“That good?” I tease, unable to stop myself.

And just like that, the grin slips into a scowl. I laugh.

She glowers at me as she crawls back into her bed, snuggling up to me.

It surprises me, especially since I thought she’d for sure give me the boot the moment we were finished.

But somehow, I’m still here, and I’m not about to complain about lying in bed with a beautiful naked woman.

She rests her head on my chest and I wrap my arm around her, and it somehow feels like the most natural thing I’ve ever done.

Well, aside from fucking her.

That felt pretty damn natural too.

Her breathing begins to even out, and just when I think she’s asleep, she speaks.

“I don’t care that you’re a Barnes.”

It’s the last thing I was expecting her to say.

“Okay.”

I don’t know what else to say.

She pushes away, sitting up beside me, not caring that the sheet slips down. With her tits on display, it’s hard to concentrate on what she’s saying.

“—what you heard, but it’s not what you think.”

“Huh?”

She huffs, then drags the sheet back up over her.

“I said, I’m not sure what you overheard, but I can promise you you’re wrong about it.”

I shake my head. “No. I heard you talking to your mother. That last time…”

I don’t know why there’s a lump in my throat all of a sudden. I don’t know why there’s a pang in my chest when I think about what I heard her say.

“That last time we were together,” I say, pushing through it, “I heard it. I was grabbing a drink from the bar and you were standing two people down with your mother and her friends. I guess you were talking about the eligible bachelors at the event that night. She went down a list of names, tossing out every guy with a net worth over ten million. When she mentioned Thomas and you gagged, I chuckled at your reaction because I can’t stand my brother and I was glad you felt the same.”

She grins at the memory. “Your brother is kind of awful.”

“Agreed.” I nod. “But then your mother mentioned me, and I swear I heard every word you uttered clear as day. You said,Well, he does have the biggest bank account.At first, I thought it was funny. I thought you saw me and you were screwing with me. Then you walked away without a backward glance and I realized you never even knew I was there.”

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