Page 23 of Pretty Lies (Watch Me Burn #1)

CHAPTER TEN

RORY

M y memory was shot to shit. I remembered stumbling along the hallway towards Tyler’s bedroom with Tyler and Caden, but I’d woken up to find Jensen curled up beside me instead.

The night was a blur, my mouth was like cotton, and my limbs ached without me even moving. I’d never danced that much in my life.

Jensen’s eyes opened as if he felt my gaze on him, a smile slowly stretching across his face.

“Morning, babe.”

I rolled onto my back and stretched out with a groan, my head thumping as my stomach rolled. “How’d I end up in here with you?”

“You don’t remember? You were that fucked up, huh? Ty and Caden got a little bit too handsy with you, so I brought you to bed with me instead.”

I frowned, rolling over to face him and draped a leg over his hip to curl up to him. His dick pressed against my core but I ignored it, and so did he.

“What do you mean they got a little handsy ? Last thing I remember, I was dancing with them and then we decided to go to bed.”

He cringed, not looking comfortable in saying it as if I was going to have a meltdown.

“I wasn’t sure how you’d feel this morning about having a threesome, and when I say threesome, I mean a dick in the cunt and a dick in the ass, kind of threesome. They’re both rough in bed, so I was worried you’d regret it or end up hurt and freaked out.”

“I agreed to a threesome ?” I sputtered, and I tried hard to remember but came up blank. Getting that blacked out was dangerous, and I was lucky to have had Jensen looking out for me.

Would I have been okay with Tyler and Caden? Or would they have pushed me and scared the hell out of me?

“You were coked out of your fucking brain on top of being drunk. I didn’t think you’d agree to it sober, and until you do, I don’t think doing it drunk or high is a good idea.”

I peered up at him, reaching a hand up to run my fingertips across his cheek affectionately. “Did I climb all over you? I’m sorry if I did.”

He chuckled, resting a hand on my waist as he shuffled closer.

“Nope. By the time I got you away from them, you were basically passed out in my arms.”

I never got that wasted.

The door swung open and Caden walked in with a scowl etched across his face.

“Morning, baby. Morning, cockblocker .”

Jensen snorted, putting his arms around me as if Caden would yank me from the bed. “Fuck off. You guys would’ve been too much for her, and you fucking know it.”

Caden shrugged before moving across the room and flopping down beside me, placing a kiss on my neck that sent tingles down my spine.

“Did you have a good night? You seemed to be enjoying yourself before cockblocker dragged you away to sleep.”

“Yeah, I had loads of fun. Where’s Ty?” I asked with a small smile, enjoying being between them like this. Being between two guys was something I never thought I’d like, but there was some kind of comfort to it.

“Probably still crying in bed because he didn’t get you to bounce on his dick last night,” he replied crudely, and I rolled my eyes, choosing not to comment on that.

“Which room’s his? I’ll go wake him up.”

He looked amused but motioned towards the bedroom door. “Turn left, and it’s two doors up on the right.” I climbed over him and kissed his cheek, slipping from the bed and snagging my phone from the charger.

It was sweet that Jensen had done that for me because there was no way I’d have done it.

I padded along the hallway to Tyler’s room, finding him sprawled out in bed snoring lightly. I hesitated before sneaking in and carefully putting my phone on the bedside table. Lifting the blanket, I slid under it into the warmth, Tyler’s eyes opening as he smiled at me sleepily.

“Well, good morning. What are you doing in here?”

“Waking you up.”

“With a blow job?” he asked hopefully, a huff of laughter leaving me.

“No. I’m definitely feeling too sick to do that.” I cuddled up to him anyway, despite him being filthy-minded. I was starting to get used to them all being so crude.

I squealed in surprise as he suddenly jumped on top of me, pressing his erection against my crotch with a gentle thrust.

“You made me so fucking horny last night. You’re a lot of fun when you want to be, Donovan.”

“Get off me, you fat piece of shit,” I groaned as my head throbbed, but my breath caught as he ran his thumb along my lower lip and held my gaze.

“One night, I’ll get you into my bed for some fun with Holloway and we’ll worship you.

You’ll love it,” he murmured, a moan coming from me as he bent down to kiss me.

I wrapped my legs around him, pulling him completely down on top of me, and a feral growl left him as he thrust against me while pulling my hair slightly.

My panties dampened and I ground against him, wishing he’d slip his fingers into my pants and touch my clit.

“Thought you were just going to wake him up?” Caden chuckled as he walked in, earning a smirk from Tyler as he glanced over his shoulder at him.

“Oh, trust me. I’m awake.”

“So I can see,” he snorted, giving me an amused smile. Shyness washed over me suddenly, and I went to push Tyler off of me, but Caden shook his head and softened his gaze, noticing my discomfort. “Stay in bed if you want. I’m heading back to Dad’s anyway.”

I frowned, anxiety bubbling up at the thought of being in that massive mansion by myself.

“Why?”

“Max and Mom got back this morning, and I’m not meant to be there,” he reminded me before turning to leave, my heart thumping harder at his retreat.

It felt weird to see him go without touching him.

“Wait.” I fumbled as I managed to shove Tyler off and climbed out of bed, jumping into Caden’s arms and wrapping myself around him tightly. He chuckled as he gave me a kiss, but it sounded fake which put me on edge.

At first, I thought he was mad, but when I peered into his eyes, he was smiling warmly.

“I’ll see you at school on Monday, but if you ask the guys real nicely, they might want to hang at the house to keep you company. You know, in case you get lonely.”

It was like he could see inside my head, and I loved that he knew my concern.

“I’ll miss you,” I admitted nervously, his body tensing for a second before suddenly relaxing again. It was strange, but I put it down to me being clingy.

I’d always rolled my eyes at girls who needed guys around to make them feel safe, but now here I was, doing exactly that.

I really had to get my fucking shit together.

“I’ll miss you too,” he said after a beat, playfully smacking my ass. “I’d better go.”

He put my feet back on the ground and gave me a goodbye kiss on his way out of the room, Tyler sighing dramatically.

“Guess that means we’d better get you home. Right, party animal?”

“Can’t we stay here all day?” I whined, the corners of his mouth tugging into a smirk.

“That depends. Will you be naked? I could be persuaded.”

“You won’t like the outcome. If you bounce me around, I’ll throw up.”

“I can be slow and gentle,” he joked, just as Jensen wandered in with a frown on his face as he stared at his phone. Worry spiked inside of me, making me forget all about Tyler’s suggestion and my hangover.

“You didn’t tell me you had a Facebook account,” Jensen said accusingly as if I’d been keeping secrets, and I let out a snort as I relaxed my shoulders.

“Who doesn’t? I don’t really use it much though.”

“I added you and sent the profile link to the guys, so accept us or else. Oh, expect pictures to be plastered all over it all the time, okay? Some from last night are going up today, so I’ll tag you in them.”

Dread rolled through me as I stared at him. Did I flash my tits or something equally stupid? Why were there photos?

“What do you mean? Pictures of what?” I asked weakly, his arm dropping around my shoulders as he laughed, completely oblivious to my panic.

“All of us! I even got a photo of you doing shots so there’s proof you had a good time.”

I didn’t have time to reply before I heard the sound of my phone ringing.

“It’s too early for this,” I grumbled as I grabbed my phone, knowing there was only one person that would be calling.

“What?” I asked bluntly as I answered and pressed it to my ear,

“Where the fuck are you?” Max snapped instantly without greeting me, my head throbbing as if he’d punched it. It had taken him a whole week to call me, so I should’ve been the one who was angry, not the other way around.

“Would you believe me if I said I was at the library studying to better my future?” I offered bluntly.

“No, I fucking wouldn’t.”

“I’m at Ty’s, but we’re about to head home,” I replied with a yawn, ignoring the smirk on Tyler’s face as he reached out and toyed with the hem of my shirt. His fingers brushed my waist, and I was so tempted to accept his idea of getting naked in bed, just to avoid going home to face Max.

“What the fuck are you doing there at this hour?” Max bit out, the volume causing me to wince. I needed some pain killers and a huge glass of water.

“Oh, well it was Friday night. You know Josie mentioned the guys hang out regularly on Fridays for movie nights.”

“Who is we ?” I knew he was fishing to see if Caden had been with us.

“Me, Ty, Jense, and Luke,” I replied smoothly, not wanting to start an argument with the hangover from hell having a rave in my skull. “Why?”

He grumbled and demanded I got my ass home, hanging up before I could answer.

I glanced at Jensen and sighed, running a hand through my hair. “Can you give me a ride home?”

“Sure thing. You coming for a drive, Ty?” Jensen asked, watching as Tyler bounced to his feet as if he’d had more than three hours sleep, swatting my ass on his way past to get changed.

We all got ready to leave, and once we were in the Camaro with the engine rumbling, I frowned. “Where’s Luke?”

Tyler gave me an amused grin from the back seat as he bounced around. I had no idea how he wasn’t making himself sick. Wasn’t he hungover too?

“You thought he was going to stick around after you humped him on the dance floor while you were high as fuck? He took off.”