prove my point.
But it doesn’t matter now. He’s proven yet again that he can win any game. I just have to learn to win when he doesn’t realize we are playing the game.
“Sleep well, Victoria?” he asks, stretching after getting a full night’s sleep, releasing me for the first time all night.
I don’t know whether to hate or love that his arms are no longer wrapped around me.
I give him a dirty look because I know he will know if I’m lying to him.
He smirks as his eyes drop down to my breasts. There’s a gleam there I’ve found in his usual stare when he looks at me.
I don’t cover my body. I let him see what he missed. I gave him plenty of chances to apologize. To have sex with me. Now, he needs to know how much of a mistake not fucking me was.
“I’m going to shower,” I say, walking to the door so that he can stare at my ass.
“Don’t use all the hot water!” he shouts when I open the door and walk out.
I sigh. I don’t know what it’s going to take to break him. I threw myself at him, naked, and he still didn’t take the bait. He’s winning, and I’m not sure how to stop him.
“Please put some clothes on, sis,” Logan says as he walks down the hallway, shielding his eyes.
I grab a towel from the bathroom and cover up. “Sorry, I forgot you were here.”
His eyes look at me and then the door to the guest bedroom that I left open. “Wait,” he says, looking back and forth again. “You and Carter?” He looks to the bedroom door. “I’m going to kill him.”
Logan starts storming down the hallway to give Carter a piece of his mind.
I bite my lip. I should say something. Let him know that Carter didn’t fuck me. He just slept with me naked in his bed while he tortured me with his unrelenting touch and hotness. I might not be able to win against Carter, but at least Logan can chew him out.
I step into the office with a fake smile on my face when I realize that Carter is already here. I don’t know how he got here so fast since I occupied the only bathroom until the last possible second before I needed to leave to get here on time. But, somehow, he looks clean and completely put together, as he always does.
“Good morning, Lily,” I say, ignoring Carter.
He stares me down as I enter.
“Good morning,” Lily says, seeming relaxed, which is good since she has the television interview this evening.
Her phone buzzes, and she answers.
I turn my attention to Carter. “You look surprisingly clean and well dressed for someone who didn’t have access to a bathroom this morning.”
He leans back in his chair while I take a seat next to him.
“I used Logan’s neighbor’s bathroom. Katherine didn’t mind me using her place in exchange for getting my company.”
I raise an eyebrow. “So, you offered to sleep with her in exchange for using a bathroom? How desperate are you?”
He leans close to me. “Not as desperate as you are to have sex with me.”
I push him away from me. He falls back in his chair with a thump, but it’s not enough. I want to slap him in the face. I shouldn’t feel that way. He’s not mine. If he wants to sleep with the hot neighbor, he can. But I’m tired of him taunting me about it.
“Did Logan let you have it?” I ask, knowing that will at least push his buttons a little.
“Logan doesn’t know what he’s talking about,” Carter says, staring off into space.
I sigh. “I should have told him that you didn’t fuck me last night. But it was too fun for me to let him yell at you first.”
“He knows I didn’t fuck you,” Carter says with a seriousness in his voice I wasn’t expecting, turning back to me.
I tuck a strand of my hair behind my ear. “Then, what was all the yelling about?”
Carter swallows. “He thinks I’m going to hurt you.”
I laugh. “You already have—about a million times. Nothing you do now can really hurt me.” I sigh, running my hand through my hair, pulling out the few curls that I have. “Don’t worry. I’ll talk to Logan when I get back. You’ll still be best friends.”
“I’m not worried about my relationship with Logan.”
My heart stops when I see how Carter is looking at me. I’m not sure