Page 4 of By Invitation Only

“What?” He chuckled.

“How do you know my name?” I repeated.

“Because we’ve lived side-by-side for three years.”

I crossed my arms over my chest. “But we’ve never said more than hello to each other.”

“Do you know mine?” he asked.

I snorted. “Kinda hard not to when the women scream it nightly.”

“Does it turn you on?”

“I… What is this?” I asked, moving my hand back and forth between us.

Sam placed a hand on the doorjamb then moved in closer as he whispered, “You weren’t sleeping, and are dressed only in a black robe, which leads me to believe hearing me fucking a chick was turning you on. So I want to know if you want to join us.”

“But when you came over here, you didn’t know I was only in a robe andnotsleeping,” I corrected.

With his free hand, he ran his fingers along the silk collar of my robe. “I’ve seen how your eyes drop when you see me, and a tint of red spreads across your cheeks. I know you want me, and I figured hearing me turns you on. I want to get you in my bed.”

I stepped back, and his hand fell away from my clothes. “You think that I’d want to share you?”

Sam cracked another smile. “Have you ever had a threesome?”

“That’s none of your business.”

“That’s a no. In that case, I’ll kick Nikki out and it can just be us.”

What the hell was happening?“I’ll pass,” I stated, and reached for my door to close it.

Sam grabbed it. “You sure?”

I was starting to realize that my fantasy with this jerk was only that—afantasy. He wasn’t who I thought he was. I mean, he did sleep with a lot of women, but I just thought…

I thought he’d one day realize the girl he wanted lived next door to him.

I was totally a loser.

“I’m not into that.”

He smiled again. “Into what?”

I waved my hand in the direction of his condo. “Being another notch on your bedpost.”

He laughed. “Peyton, we’ve been neighbors for a while. Iknowyou want to be another notch, and I’m giving you the chance.”

“You’re such an asshole.”

“But you’ve thought about it, right?” he asked, totally ignoring the fact I was pissed and had just called him an asshole.

Not wanting to give him even more of a bigger head, I said, “I thought that you were a nice guy.”

“I am a nice guy. When I want something, I go after it. Doesn’t mean I’m an asshole.”

I crossed my arms over my chest again. “Why now? Why are you willing to kick that poor girl out?”

“When you banged on my wall, I realized that I could be fuckingyou, so I came over here to get you. Nikki is down for whatever. If I can only have you alone, then I’ll kick her out.”