toes to bring my lips closer to his ear. "Don't worry, big guy. I'll be loud, so you can pretend you didn't completely blow your chances while you fuck your hand tonight."
Dangerous anger flashed over his face, but I just laughed as Steele grabbed my hand and yanked me away from his friend. He ushered me ahead of him through the club, with Kody and Archer following.
"You just can't help yourself, can you?" Steele murmured to me as we wove between dancing patrons, and I chuckled again. "If you keep provoking him, shit is going to blow up soon."
I snorted, looking at Steele over my shoulder. "Like Archer's ego?"
He just rolled his eyes, and I grinned.
We collected our coats from the pretty girl working the coat check, and I quickly huddled into mine as we stepped out into the freezing night air. It'd started snowing again while we were in the club, and I was woefully underdressed for the temperature.
"Fucking hell," I moaned, my teeth chattering as I hurried to button my cashmere coat closed. "Why did we park so far away, again?"
It was a rhetorical question, considering Club Twenty-Two was located down an alleyway that didn't permit any vehicle access. But Kody took pity on me and tucked me under his arm, burying his own hand into the pocket of my coat while we walked in sync.
We only needed to walk a couple of minutes to get back to the Range Rover, and Archer opened the passenger door for me with a pointed look. Like an... I'm not fucking driving while you blow one of my friends in the backseat, kind of a look. I rolled my eyes at him, but slipped out of Kody's embrace anyway.
"Spoilsport," I muttered, ducking under Archer's arm and into the car. If I was being honest, it was a selfish move on my part. As soon as the boys piled in and Archer hit the ignition, I flipped my seat warmer on and sighed at the almost instant warmth on my ass.
"Uh, babe?" Kody said from the backseat. "What's this? It was in your pocket."
I glanced over at him and found him holding up a piece of folded notepaper.
"Beats me. Why'd you take it out of my pocket, creeper?" I was teasing, seeing as it was probably just a receipt or something. But the serious look on Kody's face hinted at something more sinister.
He flipped the paper open, showing me what was on the inside, and my blood ran cold.
I know something you don't know. But do you want to know too? I can tell you everything... I know more than they do.
27
The note from my stalker—because it was almost definitely from my stalker—seriously put a dampener on the night, and the drive home was full of tense silence. Once home, the silence continued as we all dropped our coats and headed upstairs.
Regardless of the creepy fucking message from my stalker, I hadn't forgotten the totally unsubtle promises Kody had been making to me all night, or the heated way Steele had watched us while we danced. I wasn't going to let my stalker ruin another great night.
"Kody," Archer said as we all reached the top of the stairs. "Can I have five minutes?"
I scowled. Apparently, it wasn't only my stalker who was cunt-blocking tonight.
Kody sighed and scrubbed his hand over his face, looking tortured, but he nodded. "Sure, bro. I'm sure it's something urgent that can't wait until the morning."
Archer just glared back at him, but Kody wasn't flinching. I bit back a laugh, thinking Archer might come out on the wrong end of Kody's fist again if he wasn't careful.
"It is," Archer growled in anger. "Urgent, that is." He nudged his own bedroom door open and indicated that Kody join him.
"Fucking cockblocker," Kody muttered under his breath, echoing my thoughts perfectly. He took a moment before following Archer, grabbing my face with one strong hand and kissing me hard and fast. When he broke away, I was panting. and Kody made a growl of frustration. "I'll try and keep this brief," he told me in a husky whisper before releasing me.
"Hey, can I get your help taking this T-shirt off, Hellcat?" Steele asked loudly, his voice heavy with suggestion and amusement.
Kody let out a loud curse as he stomped into Archer's room, slamming the door behind him, and Steele snickered a cruel laugh. I shook my head at him, but he just grinned and held his own bedroom door open further