“Hey, where you going?” Kai grabbed my arm, stopping me. “We’ve got to talk about Damon.”
“Tomorrow.” I pulled away, dismissing him, and made my way through the foyer and up the stairs.
I couldn’t think about Damon right now. He was injured, and he wasn’t doing anything tonight.
Walking down the dimly lit hallway, I approached Rika’s bedroom, noticing that the door was open. The entire upstairs was quiet, the echoes of the music downstairs like a faraway hum.
But when I stepped into her doorway, I found the room empty. The lights were off, as they had been the last time I’d been up here, and her bed was still made.
I looked back down the hallway, narrowing my eyes. Where the hell was she?
Throwing open doors, I searched my parents’ room, my brother’s room, the guest bedrooms…But when I got to my room, I noticed a flicker of light coming from underneath the door.
Reaching out a slow hand, I turned the knob and pushed it open.
And my heart skipped a beat.
“Shit,” I barely whispered under my breath.
Alex sat on the side edge of the bed, and Rika stood between her legs, both girls with their hands on each other. Alex held Rika’s hips, staring up her and looking entirely too interested.
And Rika…
My fucking stomach was floating up into my throat, and I inched into the room, closing the door behind me.
Rika put one knee on the bed at Alex’s side, leaning her hips into Alex’s chest and threading her fingers into her hair, caressing Alex’s neck and shoulders.
Alex inched up Rika’s gray tank top, leaving soft kisses across her belly and darting out the tip of her tongue to taste Rika’s skin.
My cock rushed with blood and heat, swelling painfully.
She was going to win this round.
“What are you doing?” I was already sweating. Jesus.
Rika blinked her eyes up at me, gentle and calm. “Game change. New players,” she repeated my words. “You’re not needed. Sorry.”
And then she let out a moan, arching her body into Alex’s mouth and letting her head fall back.
I grunted, resisting the urge to adjust myself. Goddamn her. What the hell did she think she was doing?
Was she really willing to go this far to challenge me?
“You’re in my bed,” I pointed out, trying to look unaffected.
Rika grinned down at Alex who was still kissing her stomach, both of them practically ignoring me. “Your bed is bigger,” she answered. “You don’t mind, do you?”
I steeled my jaw, seeing her hands trail down Alex’s chest and grasp at her dress, pulling it up and off her body.
But I barely noticed, because I couldn’t take my eyes of Rika. She still wore her thin, pink pajama shorts, looking so sexy and innocent with her glowing skin and hair. I swallowed the dryness in my throat, not sure if she was bluffing, trying to get me to react, or if she really did want this. Both possibilities, though, would have her coming out on top. She’d know she was smarter and stronger.
Alex’s hands ran up and down Rika’s legs, and she started pulling down her shorts, nibbling the skin over Rika’s hip bone.
“Ah,” Rika groaned, her eyes closed. “Michael…”
I lost my breath, shaking my head and my heart in a thousand knots.
She was winning. I was playing her game, and I was fucking losing. God, I wanted her so goddamn much.