I’m wrung out. Breathless and sweaty. Cole drags his tongue up my cheek before rolling away and leaving me cold. I fix the buttons on my blouse and clamber off his bed. I know I’m flushed and heavy-lidded, but I don’t want to stick around and let him ruin the lingering bliss I still feel coursing through my veins.
Making a beeline for the door, I don’t stop until his voice cuts through the tension crackling around us.
“What the fuck are you doing, Hadley?”
“Me?” I glance back at him. “I’m going to hang out with my friends.”
“You mean you didn’t—”
“What? Come here just for you?” I shake my ass, unable to fight the smile lifting the corner of my mouth. “Remi invited me.”
His teeth grind together as he watches me. “This, me and you... don’t get any ideas.”
“Wouldn’t dream of it.” I slip out of his room and inhale a ragged breath.
But Conner chooses that exact moment to duck out of his room across the hall. “Hadley, baby, this is a surprise.”
“I was just giving Cole some... notes.”
“I bet you were.” Amusement glitters in his eyes as he approaches. “You heading to see Remi?”
I nod, and he slings his arm around my shoulder. “Let’s go then.” Conner steers me toward the stairs, but I can’t resist glancing back at Cole’s room one more time.
Only he isn’t watching.
And I don’t know if I’m relieved or disappointed.
“Seriously?” Conner barks the second we enter the pool house. Ace has Remi pinned against the wall, dry fucking her.
“Oh my God,” I chuckle, although I’m hardly surprised. They can’t keep their hands off each other.
“Hmm, sorry.” Remi presses her hands into Ace’s solid chest and forces him to back up. “You’re going to have to wait, big guy.”
He lets out an irritated sigh. “Fine, I need a smoke then.” Ace drops down on the couch and Conner joins him.
“Hey.” Remi approaches as I hover. “Thanks for coming.”
“Of course. I’ve been so worried about you.”
“You don’t know the half of it.” Her eyes darken. “Come on, I’ll fill you in.”
“Babe,” Ace says as we sit down, “James said to keep the details on the down low.”
“It’s only Hadley. She won’t tell anyone.”
His cool gaze lands on me, and I hold up my hands. “I’m a closed book.”
“Fine, yeah... whatever.”
“Ignore him, he’s just pissed we didn’t get to finish what we started.”
“Damn straight.”
She rolls her eyes. “So, it turns out Bexley wasn’t the one texting and stalking me.”
“He wasn’t?”
It was no secret that Bexley Danforth wanted Remi. I’d watched for the last two years as he tried everything in his power to get her to give him a chance. But Remi wasn’t most girls.