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e fourth brother-quieter than the others, with dark hair that fell over his eyes and an i
glaring at me with open hostility. His exp
ent. Maybe not al
ut shaky. "I don't w
ait for the bus." He held out a sp
ensely my knees felt weak. "Than
with the strap. Kai watched me struggle for a moment before rea
breath caught. His scent hit me then: leather and something darker,
n. Not with
y belly, the same ache from last night flaring back to life.
cond-dark, unreadable-before he t
" he sai
g. I could feel the heat radiating off his body even through his leather jacket. When I c
o I put
id, his voice rou
could feel the solid muscle beneath. My thighs pressed against his, and tha
He's my stepbrot
about the proximity, the warmth, the solid male pr
-and suddenly jerked
ward, landing hard on the driveway. Pain exploded through my ta
d, breathless f
sympathy was gone. In its place was cold amusem
oment, just so I could hear him clearly. "You're pathetic. Desperate
ut I refused to let th
ll on his lips. "Consider it a lesson, step-sister. We're not your frien
aching in all the wrong ways-bruised from the fall, but still
? And why does my body stil
as my tailbone, my hoodie doing nothing to hid
y God, ther
the school doors. Her excitement was infectiou
, not
ulled me aside, her eyes sparkling.
ipped. "Wha
tell him what they want." Maya waggled her eyebrows. "Apparently,
d to my fa
, Aria. You've been crushing on h
e need that hadn't gone away even after last night. Mayb
d make this f
rd myself say
chickened out ninety-nine. But Maya kept pushing me
m and half the cheerleading squad.
ink. Jus
my voice barely
se gorgeous eyes f
e were staring. I could
He lik
talk to you
ed back in his cha
everyone could hear it. The words
have sex
teria we
brows shot
od, what did
now. "I need someone like you. You'
l chuckle, but a full, loud laugh
ugh for everyone to hear. "You-Aria whatever-your-n
ed around us.
th mockery. "Especially ones who probably don't even know what they're asking for
that?" someone wh
u belie
path
er. Phones came out, r
ne called after me as I turned to run. "T
fingers and cruel smiles, out into the hallway.
have
mall, so stupid, so
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