Kings of Quarantine (Brutal Boys of Everlake Prep #1) - Caroline Peckham ,Susanne Valenti Page 0,87

fell into the pool beyond it. But never mind, that was someone else’s problem now.

“Do you need me to undress you too?” I asked, cocking a head at our girl as she shivered in her homemade puddle.

“No. You can just go,” she said firmly, folding her arms over her chest and pushing out those lips like that might make me more likely to leave.

“Naw, I’m good here,” I replied, bathing in the hatred that flared in her eyes. There she was. That wild thing I’d spotted the first time I’d laid eyes on her. “Take your clothes off and get in the tub.”

She scowled at me and I stalked forward to stand over her, making her tip her head back to look up at me.

“I thought the deal was no sex?” she demanded.

I coughed out a laugh at the balls on her. “No worries, baby, I like my women hot, not cold. We can keep our underwear on if you think you can’t contain yourself if we skinny dip.”

“We?” She arched an eyebrow at me and I offered her a taunting grin as I kicked my socks and shoes off before dropping my sweatpants and getting into the hot water.

It felt fucking amazing and I’d only been out in that storm for fifteen minutes. She was going to come when she got in here. No question.

I moved to the far side of the ten seater tub, setting the bubbles running and sank down onto one of the seats, resting my arms on the backs of the chairs either side of me as I waited for her.

Tatum was still sitting in her puddle and I blew out a breath as I fought against my anger.

“Look, I get that you’re all cold and shit,” I said. “But you agreed to our terms. We give the orders, you get the fuck on with it. Eagerly. Though in all honesty, I’m down with you speaking your mind just as much as you like to me. Call me any and every name under the sun, I thrive on that shit. But...” I levelled her with my darkest look and was satisfied when she recoiled a little. “Don’t. Keep. Me. Waiting.”

I beckoned to her and though her eyes flared with fury, she shrugged out of her blazer then quickly pulled the tie and shirt off. If it had been a strip show it would have been a pretty shit one, but I had to admit the end result was worth a second look as she finally stood and pushed her skirt down her thighs before stalking towards me in her lacy black underwear.

She was shooting me daggers, but frankly that only made her look hotter.

Tatum dropped into the hot water, a shiver visibly rushing along her skin as she suppressed a groan of relief. I had this shit locked down. Seriously, Blake and Saint were never getting a puppy. They had no fucking idea how to look after another living thing.

“Are you satisfied now, asshole?” she hissed and I offered her a wide smile.

“Perfectly.”

She didn’t seem to think that deserved a response and instead sank right down into the hot water until she was completely submerged.

I waited way longer than a full minute for her to emerge again and I surveyed her with interest as she blinked the water from her lashes and drew in a deep breath.

The bubbles fell still as the timer on them ran out and I was gifted a view of her near naked body through the clear water. I couldn’t deny that I wanted her. There was something seriously fuckable about that girl and it wasn’t just her looks either. She had the kind of smart mouth that made me want to silence it and the kind of wilful spirit that had me imagining up all kinds of ways I’d like to tie her up and punish her.

“All warmed up?” I asked, my voice rough around the edges as my slightly drunken brain got all excitable.

“I’m frozen through, douchebag,” she snarled, clearly taking my permission for insults seriously and I had to say I liked that.

“I could warm you up real good,” I offered, eyeing her hungrily for a moment as I wondered if she’d take the bait.

“How?” she asked, mistrust in her big blue eyes.

“Just spread your legs and say the word,” I growled because I was an asshole and I could.

Her thighs clamped together like she thought I’d force them apart, but I’d never take a girl by force.