The reality of my involvement with Riptide was a secret I wasn’t able to share, not even with my closest sisters.

“Communicate of the satan,” Tank muttered.

Our dialog was lower quick because the satan made his entrance, his tall body and assured stride turning heads as he moved by means of the Roost. His darkish hair was pulled again, revealing his sharp jawline and eyes that discovered mine with a spotlight that despatched a reminiscence of this morning by means of me.

In a second of panic, I turned to an previous flame, Dave, who had chosen that second to slink over with a smile that was all allure and no substance. I leaned into him, a transfer for my sisters’ profit, however my pores and skin prickled with the falsehood of the gesture.

Riptide’s method halted momentarily, a muscle ticking in his jaw as he took within the scene of me in one other man’s arms. The vibe shifted immediately, with all of the unstated rigidity my transfer created.

Nevertheless, his advance grew to become unflinching, his focus chopping by means of the chatter of the Roost like a knife. He didn’t even look at Dave as he reached me, the depth in his gaze locked solely on mine.

“You prepared to go away?” His voice got here in a deep rumble, barely concealing the undercurrent of one thing extra, one thing like jealousy.

As he cracked his knuckles, a behavior I’d seen when he was making an attempt to tamp down on stronger feelings, I caught my sisters’ eyes on us, their expressions stuffed with amusement. We left the Roost collectively below the pretense of our investigation, the glances from my sisters staring a gap in my again. Moving into the evening with Riptide, I used to be aware of the balancing act I used to be performing, between loyalty to my sisters, the burgeoning one thing, and the upcoming hazard we have been racing to uncover. The evening forward promised no solutions, solely extra questions, however turning again wasn’t an choice.

With my Harley out of fee, my solely choice was to journey with him, a undeniable fact that each irritated and secretly happy me. He fired up his bike, the engine’s growl booming within the quiet evening. We left the Roost behind. The journey was a silent battle of wills till Riptide immediately veered off, pulling up beside an deserted warehouse, the construction looming like a specter within the moonlight.

Chapter 11

Brat

As soon as Riptide lower the engine, he confronted me. “Care to clarify what that was about with that prick Dave?” he requested, his voice tight, the sooner hints of jealousy now overtly coloring his tone.

“ him? He’s a lawyer, you realize,” I requested, teasing.

“Yeah. Nobody round right here I don’t know,” he answered, curtly. “How are you aware him?”

“It was nothing,” I retorted, my protection extra reflexive than thought-out. “He’s previous information. My sisters can’t learn about you and me. Simply taking part in the half, you realize?”

Riptide’s chortle was quick, devoid of humor. “Regarded like greater than ‘nothing’ to me.”

“What about you and my president?” I requested, my voice stuffed with accusation rising.

“What?” he exclaimed.

“She says she’s been combined up with you earlier than,” I defined.

“Oh, hell no. I had nothing with that girl. Nothing like that. She’s married, for Christ’s sake. We’ve crossed paths, that’s all. We’ve been in a bodily battle. Alright?”

“You fought a girl?” I requested, aghast.

“Rage began it. She requested for it. And it’s not like that both. She verbally requested to throw down, making an attempt to show some extent. I performed my half. I went straightforward on her.”

My jealousy was happy earlier than he requested if I used to be jealous. “No,” I used to be capable of reply in truth.

“This morning,” he started, his voice dropping. “What occurred between us…”

I lower him off, unwilling to dive into these waters with him standing so shut, his presence overwhelming my senses. “It was simply intercourse, Riptide. It doesn’t imply something.”

His response was instant, a flash of one thing intense and uncooked passing over his options. “Simply intercourse doesn’t lower it, Brat. I’ve bought a accountability to my membership to search out this killer. You’re a distraction. A rattling irresistible distraction.”

Earlier than I may argue, he was on me, his arms discovering the wall beside my head, his physique urgent shut. My legs wobbled as hazard and pleasure overtook me.

“That is like highschool another time, isn’t it? Wanting what we are able to’t have,” he breathed towards my neck.

There was a fact in his phrases that resonated deeply, rekindling the joys of our hidden needs from years previous. His possessiveness, so at odds with the liberty our world revered, sparked a fireplace inside me I couldn’t deny.

When he kissed me, it was with a ardour that felt like a storm breaking, fierce and all-consuming. His lips have been insistent, demanding, breaking down my defenses with a ferocity that left me breathless. The world round us, the hazard, the secrets and techniques, the looming menace to our golf equipment, melted away till there was nothing however the uncooked depth between us.

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