I spin on my axis and hate how quickly the hate stirring in my gut dies down.
Fuck. Me.
The house sitter is standing in the doorway to the living room with Lexie, wearing white shorts and a neon green bikini top that makes her tits look…
I can’t lie, she’s a fucking ten.
I knew she was my type from the second I caught her in my bed in her underwear that night, but I was too pissed at my dad to care. She’s curvy in all the right places, with full, pouty lips I want to fuck and a noticeable birthmark above one of her breasts.
Her long, curly black hair is thrown over her shoulder, cascading down her tan stomach. My dick jerks in my pants as I imagine myself gripping that waist and ramming myself inside her from behind.
Fuck, Finn, stop.
I hate her.
I really do.
I just wish my cock hated her, too.
“Beautiful day, isn’t it?” Gem saunters to the living room table to grab the few beer cans we didn’t get around to throwing away. I can’t take my eyes off her as she huddles up the empty cans into her arms.
Still in the kitchen, I peek at Theo on the couch, and I know he’s having the exact same thoughts from the way his eyes flare. Gem glances at Theo sweating like a pig, and her plump mouth curls into a smile.
She’s enjoying this way too much.
Her gaze shifts to me, but she immediately tears her eyes away when she realizes I was already staring. Avoiding my glare, she ambles to the dining room table.
“I was thinking of going for a swim, then running to the grocery store this afternoon. You guys want anything?” She pulls a grocery list out of her pocket.
“Hell yeah.” Theo pushes off the couch and grabs a seat at the dining room table with her. He starts walking her through all the items he wants, and I can’t even blame him.
Theo is broke.
“Not a dollar to his name”broke.
He’s worked for his parents his whole life but decided to quit shortly before summer started. He said he needed a break. And not just from his job. From his whole family.
It’s no secret that the Cox family dynamic sucks ass. Theo gets kicked out of his house by his parents on the regular for failing to be the academic success story they’d hoped for.
And while everybody else in Silver Springs is obsessed with basketball, Theo’s folks think basketball is garbage and a complete waste of time. In their eyes, their son is setting himself up for failure by thinking “throwing a ball into a hoop” is more important than his grades.
It also doesn’t help that Theo’s parents have been at each other’s throats for as long as he can remember. At this point, he’s just waiting for one of them to grow some balls and pull the plug on the marriage.
Propping my elbows on the kitchen island, I scroll on my phone, listening to Theo flirt with the house sitter so shamelessly I roll my eyes to the point of eye strain.
I’m going to vomit.
“Great. All set, then.” Gem rises to her feet and walks to the sliding glass door that leads outside, giving us a shot of her perfect fucking ass in the process.
She jerks the door open, Lexie not far behind. Just as she’s about to step onto the patio, I remember something.
“Hey, sitter girl?”
She stops.
“Give me the code first.” I don’t need to explain for her to know I’m talking about the thermostat. In response, she looks me dead in the eyes, nudges a strand of her curly hair away from her face, and flashes an innocent smile.
“Sorry, I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
Then she’s out the door.
Floored, I watch her stroll to the pool with Lexie and realize there’s a hint of a smile on my lips. She just used my own words against me, and what’s worse? I can’t even be mad.
She might’ve just beat me at my own game…
But I taught her how to play.