hatred of her burns hotter than my desire to watch her bounce on my cock. Don't get me wrong—I want her. I fucking hate that I do, but I do. I'm just not willing to let bygones be bygones to have her. I'd rather ruin her and then fuck her while she's broken down to nothing.
I DRIVE HOME FROM the beach, enjoying the way the wind blows through my hair with the top down. Despite Ken buying me an overpriced Shelby GT to try to bribe me for my affection, I still drive my Jeep to and from the beach every day. I haven't even gotten behind the wheel of the GT, no matter how tempting it's been. It's dirty, just like him.
The cool water of the shower runs down my body, ridding me of all the salt from the ocean. I revel in the feeling. I love nothing more than a shower after spending the day at the beach. To feel the clean water on my skin. It's soothing.
I step out and dry myself with a towel before wrapping it around my waist. If I hurry, I can probably think of a way to fuck with Lennon before she gets home from Tessa's. Colby picked her up this morning as I was leaving, and she made sure to smile sweetly at me before getting in the car—so I can only imagine what she has planned.
Walking over to my closet, I slide it open to find everything gone. All my shirts, hoodies, literally anything to cover the upper half of my body—they're all nowhere to be found. I can't help but chuckle as I pull on a pair of sweatpants.
This is how she thinks she's going to take me down? She better try harder than that.
THE SOUND OF LENNON'S voice reaches my ears. Judging by the way I can only hear one side of the conversation, I'm guessing she's on the phone. I quietly make my way closer so I can hear what she's saying.
“Ugh, I'm just so tired lately. I guess with dance and all this bullshit with Cade, I just haven't gotten much sleep.”
Bullshit with Cade, huh? I step into the room, and the second she sees me, her sentence gets completely cut off. I open the fridge and pull out a bottle of water, completely aware of her staring as I chug half of it in one go. When I'm done, I wipe my mouth with the back of my hand and come up next to her.
“You know, if you wanted me to go shirtless, all you had to do was ask. I would've saved you the trouble of hiding all my shirts.” I can hear Tessa chuckle in the phone, and I reach up and pull Lennon's bottom lip from in between her teeth. “By the way, that's not the only thing I'm not wearing.”
She watches as I reach down and grab my crotch. As if Tessa's going into full blown hysterics brings her back into reality, she scowls at me. Her hand presses against my chest and she pushes me back until my ass hits the counter. She hangs up the phone without a single word and slides it into her back pocket.
“Your ego is a little too big, so let's get one thing straight. I'm not just out of your league. I'm not even in your stratosphere.” She arches up on her tip-toes and presses a soft kiss to the underside of my jaw. “Let's be real. You've got nothing on Colby Hendrix.”
That strikes a nerve, and in a single move, I spin us around until she's caged in with my hands on the counter. “Let me find out he touched you. I fucking swear, Lennon. One goddamn finger on you, and I'll break every bone in his body.”
“Why?” she presses. “Whose job is it to touch me? Yours?”
“Lennon,” I growl.
A smug grin spreads across her face as she comes closer, until her lips are only centimeters from mine. I should pull away, get more control of the situation since I clearly don't have much right now, but I can't.
She licks her lips and drags her finger down my neck. “Never going to happen.”
With that, she breaks from my hold and saunters out of the room without looking back, leaving me to wonder what the hell just happened. Tied score, 1-1.
THE BENEFIT TO OUR parents being out at some charity function and my sister sleeping over a friend’s house is that it gives me