An involuntary shiver wracked my body at the memory of Keiran fucking me without mercy over his father’s kitchen table. Keenan had walked in and taunted me about how much I shamefully enjoyed the harsh pounding fuck. Something in his voice told me he may have even known I liked being watched, too.
It was something I’d never admit to Keiran. He was too possessive, so it was a good thing I didn’t have a burning desire or fetish for voyeurism. The possibility of being caught only served as something to tip the edge.
“That doesn’t surprise me. He’s a little shit. He probably walked in on purpose.”
“Yeah, probably,” I agreed absentmindedly. My mind wasn’t on Keenan. I was craving the feel of his older brother taking me.
Maybe I should go home.
“I walked in on Dash and Willow, too,” I offered just to dim the heat.
“Now that I’d love to see. Dash is yummy.”
“Sorry. Willow’s got that locked down with no plans to free him, ever.”
“I don’t want to claim him. I just want to ride his face and maybe anything else he has to offer.”
If I had juice in my mouth that time, I definitely would have made an even bigger mess. “Too much,” I protested with a laugh.
“Sorry. I’ll keep it in my pants,” she sighed.
“Q might get jealous.” I was instigating. I needed to know if something was or could be between them, but her eyes only darkened with anger, and maybe shame.
“I’m nothing but a dirty memory to Q. A dirty memory he’s already forgotten.”
The regret in her voice was heartbreaking, and I wondered once again at the past Q and Di shared. I realized the silence that fell between had stretched too long. Her eyes were downcast, and she was no longer eating. I searched for a way to unfuck this situation and rescue my foot, yet again.
“I shouldn’t have said that.”
“Maybe I should have had a drink,” she murmured. A knock at the door saved me from answering that. The last thing Di needed to do was ignore her problems, but I doubt she’d listen anyway. She disappeared to answer the door, and I put our dishes in the sink.
“What are you doing here and who are you?” I heard her say.
Shit.
“Is she here?” I heard Q question.
Fuck!
“Is who here?”
“Don’t fuck with me, Diana.”
“Oooh, Diana. So formal considering our history. You do remember you used to fuck my brains out when we were little more than tots, don’t you?”
I hurried to the door and turned the corner in time to see Keiran’s face twist with disgust. Beside him was an equally pissed off Q and a disturbed Jesse, whose astonishment mirrored my own. I was still sore with him so I couldn’t muster any sympathy for him.
Keiran noticed me almost immediately. He pushed past Di and into the apartment. He was crazy mad. It was all there in his storm-gray eyes.
“Are you fucking crazy?”
“Keiran, I told you last night I can’t do this with you right now.”
“You come here of all places?”
“What’s wrong with here?”
“Yeah,” Di cosigned. “What’s wrong with here?”
Keiran didn’t bother to acknowledge her. It was Q who spoke up. “Your mother is looking for you, Diana.”
*
Keiran threatened to handcuff me to the steering wheel if I wouldn’t come willingly, and he was mad—and crazy—enough for me to believe him, so I thanked Di for her hospitality, ignored Jesse, who pleaded with his eyes for forgiveness, and said goodbye.
Keiran actually scolded me when we drove away. Q had driven his own car but stayed behind to deal with the aftermath. Jesse sat in the back seat fidgeting, and I secretly enjoyed his discomfort. His loyalty had clearly shifted so as long as Keiran and I were at odds, he was the enemy.
“Lake, I’m sorry—”
“Shut it,” Keiran and I ordered simultaneously. I watched Keiran’s jaw tighten as he kept his gaze fixed on the road. I managed to keep my expression neutral when he sensed my stare and glanced toward me. In my peripheral, I caught Jesse looking between us as if we’d grown two heads.
“Why did you bring him anyway?”
“He wanted to make sure you and he didn’t do anything stupid,” Jesse answered sarcastically. I ignored him and faced forward again. Only five more hours of uncomfortable tension to go.
At some point, I’d fallen asleep and slept through Keiran dropping off Jesse and driving us home. It wasn’t until I felt his arms around me and he lifted me that I woke up.
“Welcome home,” he taunted. I looked up and was blinded by his shit-eating grin and wondered how bad things could get if I slapped it off his face.
“Don’t be so smug. I could always handcuff you to the bed again and this time, throw away the key.”
The anger in his eyes should have scared me, but it tickled me with delight instead. “Don’t ever do that again,” he warned.
“You handcuff me all the time. Is there some kind of double standard to foreplay now?”
“Have I ever handcuffed you and ran away?”