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‘Nah, man. I’m sexy as fuck, but you’re next level,’ I told him, and his responding grin was blinding.

‘Damn right.’

‘Okay, you two. Morty’s waiting on us.’

I blinked. ‘Who the fuck is Morty?’

Chance smirked and jabbed a finger into her side, tickling her. ‘Her second boyfriend.’

I was already shaking my head in denial. ‘No way. I’m boyfriend number two. Right, Kali? Tell him.’

They shared a loaded look, and I was pleasantly surprised that I could understand what was being said in the silence. Kali was blushing, which looked like strawberry sauce drizzled over her pale, creamy features, and I wanted to lick it off to see if it tasted as sweet as I imagined. Chance, though, he smug. His look screamed I told you so, and Kali wacked him half-heartedly on his bicep.

‘Oh, shut up.’

‘Iamboyfriend number two, right?’

Her gaze found mine, suddenly vulnerable and a little nervous. She was so fucking adorable. ‘I’m totally keeping you,’ she told me, a cheeky grin lifting up her plump pink lips.

I was in front of her in the blink of an eye. ‘And I’m totally going to kiss you now.’

Neither one of them protested when I lowered my face. My lips claimed hers in a passionate kiss that she returned with just as much vigour. Her sweet little body ground against mine, andI realised Chance was pushing his hips into hers, getting off on watching us together.

That, in turn, sent me into a head-spiral of lust. My cock rose, aching in its stiffness, and I dry-humped her like a fucking animal. I had waited weeks for this. Fuckingweeks. I’d had to die just to get a single taste of her, and now that I had, I wasn’t holding back. She was it for me. I was hers. I knew this with all the certainty in the world.

Was it insane? Probably. But who the fuck cared? This woman was mine, and I was claiming her before anyone else tried to take their piece. Three boyfriends, and I had yet to meet the second, but if he was good enough to win her over, then I liked him already.

When she moaned into my mouth, I couldn’t take it a second longer. I had to have her, and I had to have hernow.

But Chance yanked her away from me, my lips momentarily kissing air where they were once moulded to hers. My eyes snapped open, and I glared at the man for daring to put a stop to where that was leading.

‘What the fuck, man?’

‘Morty.’

‘Oh, shit,’ Kali said breathlessly. ‘We need to go. Morty’s kind of… um…’

‘A psychopath that happens to be in love with our girl here, but that love doesn’t necessarily extend to us,’ Chance finished for her, levelling me with a pointed look. I quickly got the hint.

‘Right. Introductions first, then fucking. Got it. Let’s go.’

He was shaking his head when I zoomed up through the ceiling and ended up in my living room. Chance and Kali were quick to follow, and they led me outside to where another man was waiting. A man covered in swirling shadows with a glare fixed on his black, bottomless pits that passed as eyes. He was attractive in the way a moth might be attracted to aflame. Common sense said stay away, but there was something about him that drew you in anyway, even against your better judgment.

I could totally see why Kali wanted him, not to mention the benefits of having someone like him on your side. Talk about a secret weapon.

‘Thanks,’ I whispered to Chance from the corner of my mouth, and he chuckled under his breath, amused, yet there was an undertone of tension that told me if this guy didn’t like me, I was no matter how hard I kicked and screamed in protest.

‘Don’t thank me yet.’

Yeah, that didn’t sound good for me at all.

Chapter 21

Mortimer

And there he was. The bane of my fucking existence. The one that started it all.

Kali and Chance were leading him right to me, and I couldn’t help but take him in. He looked different from when I last saw him. He had lost some weight, but he was still trim and looked strong. Stronger than he had any right to look after he’d just died of cancer.