Page 53 of Sinful as They Come
Holly gasped, brown eyes wide. “Brodie!”
“I’m sorry.” He held his hands up. “Just…”
“You’re supposed to be my friend.”
“I am! But I’m not his friend. And he’s… He’s…”
“He’s what?” Holly crossed her arms over her chest. “Whateverhe’sbeen telling you, Brodie, I promise it’s not true.”
“Everything I told him has been right, actually,” I told her. “I’m not a liar.”
Brodie sighed loudly. Was he trying to tell her what had gone down? What he knew? What me and everyone else in the whole school knew? If he was, he was looking to put a target on his back. I nudged him just like he had nudged me earlier.
“I just meant that…” Brodie finally managed to say. “That I’m sure Sawyer will steer clear of him if he steers clear of Sawyer.”
Holly offered a tight-lipped smile. “That’s all I ask. Now, let’s all just relax and have a good night tonight. It should be fun. Carter is great on the barbeque.”
“Yeah, gonna be a real fuckin’ treat,” I grumbled.
Holly just rolled her eyes at me, then she sent Brodie a wave before walking off. My eyes instantly landed on her ass. So round, so peachy. The only good thing about her yapping her head off at me was seeing her walk away.
“She’s, like, the dumbest smart girl I’ve ever met.” Brodie threw his arms up. “That guy’s gonna break her heart. She can’t even see it coming.”
“She deserves it.”
“Does she? She’s not that bad. Someone’s gotta tell that girl what’s going on.”
“Have at it.” I gestured at her. She was skipping over to Carter who welcomed her in his arms, her head tucked under his chin. I watched him as his hands lowered – getting closer and closer to what I had been fixatedon a little earlier. He grabbed at her ass, pulling her closer to him. I could hear her giggle all the way from my truck. I’d have to hear that noise all night. And watch her asshole boyfriend put his hands all over her – hands that had probably been all over a dozen other girls during the day. Stupid prick.
“I couldn’t do that,” sighed Brodie. “Wish he’d just admit it to her.”
Why would he? Carter was having his cake and eating it too. He had a girlfriend who worshipped the ground he walked on, and at the same time, he got to fuck every girl who threw themselves at him. Made no sense to me. If Holly was my girlfriend, I’d have no reason to even think about another girl.
My eyebrows furrowed at that thought.If Holly was my girlfriend. Christ. What the hell was I thinking? The dream was to blame. That stupid dream that had left my cock throbbing. I shut my eyes, forcing the images of her away before they could invade my brain once again. I wasn’t going to let that dream win. No. I was busy, anyway. I’d have to get through the next forty-eight hours without wanting to rip someone’s head off.
Chapter 17
HOLLY
“That bed is real big, huh?” Carter whispered into my ear.
I shuddered, his breath warm on my neck. “I, uh, haven’t seen it.” That was a lie. The first thing I did when we got to the cabin was check out the bed situation. The four bedrooms meant almost all of us got some privacy. But I was worried about sleeping with Carter. I still wasn’t ready forthat. For sex. Something I knew he wasn’t happy about.
He hummed. “There’s so much room for me and you, so much room to do whatever we want.”
A hand landed on my thigh and I choked on my breath a little. Everyone else was in the kitchen, leaving me and Carter alone in the living room. I could see them gathered in there as my eyes darted to the side. He didn’t seem to mind getting handsy despite so many people being around.
“Annie actually asked me to sleep in her room tonight,” I lied. We had not had that conversation at all. “She thinks her room is haunted.”
“She’ll be fine. We finally have the chance to spend some alone time together. That’s why I asked Lucas if we could come here. Doesn’t that sound fun?”
I squirmed in my seat. “Carter…”
“Hm?”
“I… I don’t know if that’s a good idea…”
“You’re my girlfriend and I’m your boyfriend,” he said, pulling away from me. The tone in his voice grew darker. “Tell me what’s wrong with the ideaof me spending the night with you.”
