Total pages in book: 104
Estimated words: 100608 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 503(@200wpm)___ 402(@250wpm)___ 335(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 100608 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 503(@200wpm)___ 402(@250wpm)___ 335(@300wpm)
The door creaks open and a cat meows.
“Did we get another cat—holy shit, Jax!”
My blood turns to ice and I freeze. Fuck. Oh my God. Zak.
Dante slides off me, rolling onto his back, not at all tense as me.
“He’s a sucker when it comes to Cato,” Dante says in a calm voice as he drags the sheet up over us. “You ever heard of knocking?”
I’m unable to find words. My skin is hot with embarrassment. Each time my mouth opens, I groan because I can’t seem to speak.
“We’re boyfriends,” I blurt out when I can finally manage.
Dante laughs. “Indeed, we are.”
“I, uh, we, um, we’re together.” I’m rambling and can’t seem to shut up now that I’ve opened the dam. “I wanted to tell you—”
“Dude,” Zak says, snorting out a laugh. “I already knew.”
Dante sits up on his elbows. “You did? Because I just found out tonight he’s my boyfriend.”
Zak rolls his eyes and drops his ass on the foot of my bed like I wasn’t just about to let Dante fuck me in it.
“Please,” Zak mutters, petting Smoky on the head. “You two have been obvious since day one.”
I groan, covering my eyes with my arm. “Really?”
“Yep. I think it’s cool, though.” He starts laughing, drawing my eyes back to him. “Oh, you’re never going to believe what I did today.”
“Remember, I’m the sheriff,” I say with a grin. “Careful you don’t say too much.”
“I bought my car from Leo. Since Dad was being a dick and took it away from me to teach me a lesson, I got a loan from Kimmy’s Dad, Otto, and paid cash for it. When Dad finds out he sold the car he took away from me to me, he’s going to shit bricks.”
“Serves him right.” I shake my head at my brother. “Hopefully ol’ Otto didn’t fuck you on an interest rate.”
“Interest free,” Zak says with a shrug. “It won’t take long and I’ll have it paid off. Dad was selling it for a steal since no one was biting.”
Dad, Mr. Control Freak, really will shit bricks over this. It’s fucking hilarious.
“Are you really okay about this?” I ask, frowning at my brother.
“I’m jealous you got the hot, older guy I was crushing on, but other than that, I’m cool if you want to date guys.” Zak bites on his bottom lip as if he wants to say something but then gives his head a slight shake and stands. “Anyway, I’ll leave you two lovebirds to it.”
“Hey,” Dante says to him. “Do you know a kid named Cormac?”
Zak nods. “Quiet kid. No one talks to him. Why?”
“Is he good to Callan?” I frown at Zak. “Like would he hurt him?”
Zak’s brown eyes flash with protectiveness. “He’d get his ass kicked if he did, but nah, I don’t think he would. Probably wants to fuck him more like it. Him and every other curious guy at our school.” He casts a gaze to the window behind the bed. “Callan is hard to ignore.”
I’m about to implore more, but Zak waves before quickly exiting the room. A few seconds later, I hear the backdoor open and close.
“What the hell was that about?” I turn to Dante. “Was he being weird or was it just me?”
Dante groans. “I guess since you’re my boyfriend now, I have to tell you all my secrets, huh?”
“Absolutely.”
“Callan told me he and Zak fooled around just so Zak would know what it felt like.”
I gape at him. “What?”
“More like a friends thing.”
“Because the friends thing worked out so beautifully for us,” I deadpan.
Dante chuckles. “Much different. I really do think they’re just friends and your brother is curious. Callan wanted him to be safe and experiment with someone he trusts.”
“As if this thing with you isn’t complicated enough,” I tease, “but now we have our brothers fucking around too.”
Dante prowls back on top of me, resuming his position from earlier. “Theirs is just a phase.”
“And us?”
“We’re phasing into something so much more.”
Dante
One week later…
I swear to God, if I have to see Hans’s ass one more time, I’m going to bleach my eyeballs. Don’t get me wrong, the man is fine as hell and I can see why my sister has it bad for him, but I always happen to walk in on them in various states of undress, all of which he’s buried inside my sister, fucking like he wants his dick to fall off.
Rubbing at my eyes, hoping to scratch those images from my brain, I open the email in my inbox. Adrian. I’m amused at his update, but not entirely surprised. I knew he’d fall in love…it was only a matter of time.
I’m about to reply when I receive a text from Jax.
Jax: I miss my boyfriend.
Me: So cute. Who’s the lucky guy, Sheriff?
He sends me a few middle finger emojis that have me laughing. We reply back and forth, teasing like we enjoy doing. Eventually he asks me to dinner and then gets back to work considering there was another Rainbow Vigilante vandalism, this time at Reyes Pharmacy.