Page 117 of Their Little Ghost

“No,” Aiden says with a scowl. “She’s not. She’ll never understand.”

“Can you swim, Sarah?” Lex asks, stroking my collarbone. “Because I think you’re trying to stay afloat. You’re kicking your legs, bobbing above the surface, but every so often, you’re dragged down. You keep kicking, hoping no one notices that you’re secretly drowning. You’re drowning because you’re afraid you’ll never know what true happiness is. Drowning because you’re worried you don’t know how to feel at all. Drowning because no one sees you until you’re splashing, causing a scene, gasping for air. By then, it’s too late. Until then, they don’t see what’s happening underneath… but I do.”

I gulp, swallowing hard.

Maybe this is a mistake.

Sex is one thing. It’s easy to separate my body from my mind, but Lex has managed to pinpoint how I feel, even though I struggle to articulate it myself. If a crazy psychopath from Sunnycrest understands, what does that say about me?

“Am I right?” Lex prompts.

I don’t answer.

“We understand you,” Lex says, brushing my lips with his thumb to make them part. He slides a finger into my mouth, and I lock my lips around it. “Mmm. I see right through you like you’re a ghost. You want revenge, don’t you?”

I suck his finger, pretending it’s his cock, without breaking eye contact. Lex’s erection twitches in his pants.

“I’ll take that as a yes,” Lex says.

Eli creeps up behind me and sweeps my hair around to the front. He licks along the curve of my shoulder from behind, making me moan while sandwiching me between him and Lex.

“We’re going to make you ours,” Eli murmurs.

“Yes,” I whisper, basking in the longing for them. “Fuck… yes…”

I don’t hesitate, despite having never been with more than one man at once before. Being pressed between them makes me crave more. A desperate need blooms inside me, growing stronger the longer I’m wedged between their bodies.

Lex pulls the edge of my thong away from my skin, then holds his lighter to it, setting the thin string alight. I don’t wince, my desire overshadowing any fear of being licked by flames.

“Careful,” Lex says. “Or you’ll get burned.”

The smell of singed fabric fills the air as the side of my panties falls away. He moves the flame to the other side, watching my reaction like this is some kind of test. Again, I don’t move.

My burned underwear drops to the floor.

“There’s no going back now,” Eli whispers, leaving me completely naked.

Aiden watches from the side of the room, crossing his muscular arms. I meet his gaze, and he grins.

“We see right through you,” Aiden says. “You don’t know what you’re getting yourself into.”

I run my hands through Lex’s black hair, then kiss him passionately. I open one eye to look at Aiden as if to say,Does this look like the face of a person who doesn’t know what she’s doing?

I groan as Eli’s fingers slip between my legs. I gasp into Lex’s mouth as Eli circles my wet entrance, then he slides two fingers inside me, covering himself in my wetness and Aiden’s cum.

“Who’s going first, Eli?” Lex asks like I’m invisible.

“I’m not a sex toy,” I hiss. “And for that comment, you’re going last.”

I spin to face Eli and trail a finger down his chest. He’s ripped; his abs feel like they’re carved from stone. He’s hotter than any player on the hockey team and makes Max look weedy in comparison.

“Careful,” Eli drawls in his delicious accent. Him riding on horseback will be my fantasy the next time I’m touching myself alone. “Lex doesn’t like being told what to do.”

I pout, and say, “Neither do—”Fuck!I yelp. Lex grabs my hips and yanks me back to his impatiently waiting cock. “You bastard!”

“A bastard you’re wet for,” Lex mocks, rubbing his hardness between my ass cheeks.

“You can save the best for last,” Eli says, stroking my hair. “But while I wait…”