Page 14 of Cruel Betrayal

This isn’t the kind of life you leave in anything other than a body bag.

My little minxmoves around her bedroom in nothing but a towel. She doesn’t know that I can see her through the window. That blissful ignorance is going to end eventually, but I’ll be there to hold her hand through it all.

I can protect her in ways that nobody else ever has.

Shifting, I step closer to the shadows, leaning against the tree and pretending to scroll on my phone while waiting for the bus. I glance up at her again from beneath the rim of my hat, grinning when she opens the curtains and looks down at me. Well, maybe not me. In my direction. But she doesn’t see me.

I know she doesn’t because I’ve spent time scouting out this position, making sure that she can’t see me. Making sure I can keep my little minx safe.

And she provides me with her presence.

She’s beautiful. Breathtaking. There’s nobody in the world who compares to her, and she knows it. I’m sure she does. She wouldn’t carry herself with that much confidence if she didn’t know it.

That confidence makes her all the more attractive.

My cock swells as she leans a little closer to the window.

I want her so bad. But I need to be patient, even though the anticipation of being with her is nearly killing me.

All good things happen in time, and I have to pick the perfect moment for us. The right one.

I pull out my phone and snap a picture of her while she’s standing in the window, saving it to the Little Minx folder on my phone.

Soon, we’ll be together.

Chapter Five

JADE

I tryto shake out the nerves, but it feels impossible. It’s like I’m being waterboarded by anxiety as I walk back to my apartment, Haven beside me.

She hums to herself before grabbing my arm and pulling me to a stop. “You look like you’re holding back the biggest shit of your life. Why don’t you tell me what’s going on?”

“Okay, well, no, I’m not, just in case you were worried about the health of my bowels.”

Haven cackles and loops her arm through mine, walking with me. “Thanks for telling me, but I really wasn’t worried about it. Now, tell me what’s going through your head right now because you look like you’re on the verge of losing your mind.”

“It’s not that I’m losing my mind, but more so that I have no clue what to do when I meet this guy. I mean, I thought we were going out for dinner, but now we’re going to coffee, which means that the entire plan I had of how this date was going to go has gone out the window.”

“I don’t think you can plan a date down to every minute detail. Especially when you don’t really know the guy or what the two of you are going to talk about.”

I sigh as we enter my building. “I know, but I feel better thinking that I can. I mean, like you said, I don’t know this guy. I mean, sure, we sext and all that, but sexting is just a bit of fun. He’s actually going to see me in person, and what if I don’t look anything like my pictures?”

Haven wiggles her eyebrows at me as we step off on my floor. “I’ve seen a lot of the pictures you sent him. Now I know that your body is just as hot in person as it is in pictures.”

With a roll of my eyes, I open my door. “You know that I couldn’t handle you.”

“Oh, honey, you’re not my type. You have too many big brother issues.”

I burst out laughing.

No matter how many times we have this back and forth, it never ceases to amuse me.

She’s been my best friend for as long as I can remember, and there’s not a single time she doesn’t figure out something to say to make me feel better.

Haven follows me into the bedroom and drops down onto the bed. “Okay, you’re going to show me all the outfit options, and we’re going to go with the one that says cute, but also willing to get on my knees and suck your dick.”

“Oh, fuck off. That happened once, at a frat party.”