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“I love her too.”

His love for her didn’t feel like a threat. If anything, it made me feel good that she could have him too. Rainbow Reed deserved as much love as could possibly be given and I knew that didn’t make sense. I should want to kill Bru for admitting how he felt about her.

But I didn’t.

I didn’t want to kill him, and, in this moment, I wanted to just have what I’d desperately wanted. I wanted to be inside Bow Reed.

I wanted to have her.

“Archer…” Bow’s lips parted as I tasted her neck, as I sucked and pressed her up against the pool. I thrusted into her through my boxers, and she shook so hard I thought she’d fall apart. “I love you.”

It pained me to hear it just as much as it livened me. I felt so unworthy of her love, her care. My tongue swept hers. “I love you.”

Admitting it again nearly made me wince. I did love her, but, at the same time, I was betraying Thatcher with that love.

She loves me.

I parted Bow’s legs, the only thought in my mind her heat. The thought of touching her made me blind, and I eased her panties away. My fingers found their way inside her and…

Fuck.

Bow’s mouth fell open as my digits pumped, her greedy sex devouring my fingers. She grabbed my biceps just to hold on, and I growled when she dragged her fingernails down my skin. She instantly left welts, and I forgot myself. I forgot who she was and the consequences that would befall us both after this moment. I forgot the consequences that would befall me as I took my cock in my hand and stroked it through my boxers. I wanted to be inside her. I wanted tofuckher.

I wanted to make love to her.

I knew nothing about love. If I did, I wouldn’t have shown it for years as hate. I wouldn’t have treated someone so innocent so poorly.

My growls became something different as I pumped my cock. At the same time, I fucked her with my fingers. I couldn’t gothere. I refused. I couldn’tlet go, and it took everything I had to keep distance between us. Bow looked so beautiful as she fucked my hand. There was a glow to her skin I wanted to taste, just like her nipples. They were beaded hard through her bra, and I pressed my chest against hers.

She called out again, and I did too. I pumped my dick, and she came hard over my hand. Jolting, her slick body slid against mine, and I engulfed myself in the warmth. My cock surged, and soon, I was coming in my boxers just like I did at Legacy House. I came like a fucking teenageragain.

Because of her.

I kissed Bow, her mouth open as she laid her head back to the pool’s ledge. Her dark hair spread out like she was a damn mermaid, a siren sent to tempt me.

This girl did prove to be my undoing in the end, and, as my lips moved against hers, I found that kissing her, tasting her, was the only thing that kept my thoughts at bay. I felt the influx of betrayal and regret threatening to crash though this moment. I couldn’t pass off that I made my best friend’s little sister comeagain, but Thatcher wasn’t the only one in my mind. I thought about Bru too.

I thought about how he wasn’t here this time.

CHAPTER

TWENTY-SIX

Wells

Me:Something happened between Bow and me.

Bru:I know.

Me:You do?

Bru:Yeah.

Me:How?

Bru:I followed you to the pool.

Bru:I wanted to make sure you were okay, and when I saw her, I wanted to make sure she was okay with you being there.